Thomas M. Priselac, MPH

Thomas M. Priselac has served as president and CEO of the Cedars-Sinai Health System since January 1994 and has been associated with the organization since 1979. He has served on many boards in the healthcare field, including the California Healthcare Foundation, the American Hospital Association (past chair), the Association of American Medical Colleges (past chair) and the California Hospital Association (past chair).

Holder of the Warschaw/Law Endowed Chair in Healthcare Leadership at Cedars-Sinai, Priselac also serves as an adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Public Health, and is an author and invited speaker on a variety of contemporary issues in healthcare.

Recent Work

The Evolving Role of Hospitals and Health Systems in Community Health and Emergency Preparedness

Often under financial pressure while being asked to do more, hospitals and health systems need new approaches to ensure high-value care.

Even if it Survives the Courts, ObamaCare Needs Help

In an op-ed for The Hill, Schaeffer Center professor John Romley and Cedars-Sinai president and CEO Thomas Priselac write that step one to fix the ACA is accepting that payment cuts and cost shaming do not work.

By John Romley, PhD and Thomas M. Priselac, MPH