Thomas M. Priselac
President and CEO Emeritus of Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center and Cedars-Sinai Health System
PARTNERS’ 25TH ANNUAL VISION & EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH CARE
LEADERSHIP TRIBUTE DINNER
THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2025, 6-9PM
FAIRMONT CENTURY PLAZA IN LOS ANGELES, CA.
Biography
Thomas M. Priselac is President and CEO Emeritus, Cedars- Sinai Medical Center and Cedars-Sinai Health System. An advocate for improving quality and access in health care throughout his career, Mr. Priselac developed strategic and operational innovations to foster high-quality, safe and efficient care for patients. Under his leadership, Cedars-Sinai earned an international reputation for quality care, community service, research and education while evolving from a community hospital to a major health system to better serve the people of the Los Angeles region and beyond. Mr. Priselac holds the Warschaw/Law Endowed Chair in Health Care Leadership at Cedars-Sinai.
He joined Cedars-Sinai in 1979 and, until his retirement in 2024, served as President and CEO of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center beginning in 1994, and also as President and CEO of Cedars-Sinai Health System from its formation in 2017. Prior to Cedars-Sinai, Mr. Priselac was on the executive staff of Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh.
Active in policy discussions regarding the delivery and financing of health care, Mr. Priselac is past Chair of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees, serving as Chair during the development of the Affordable Care Act. He is also a past Chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges and formerly chaired the California Hospital Association and the Hospital Association of Southern California Board of Trustees. He currently serves on the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics Advisory Board and the RAND Social and Economic Policy Advisory Board. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the UCLA School of Public Health.
Mr. Priselac has received numerous awards for his leadership in health care and his commitment to improving the health of the underserved, including the American Hospital Association’s Distinguished Service Award, B’nai B’rith International’s National Health Care Leadership Award, the Special Needs Network’s Distinguished Community Champion Corporate Leadership Award and the Charles R. Drew University Board of Trustees Medal of Honor.
Mr. Priselac earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Washington and Jefferson College and a Master of Public Health degree in health services administration and planning, from the University of Pittsburgh.
