Dr. Prem Reddy, MD, FACC, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Prime Healthcare, has been honored with the Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award by President Biden for his dedication to quality healthcare. He also received the Human Values Award at the Global Leadership Forum and a lifetime achievement award from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Dr. Reddy, a cardiologist from rural India, founded Prime Healthcare in 2001. Under his leadership, Prime has grown to 44 hospitals and over 300 outpatient locations across 14 states, employing over 45,000 people. Since 2010, Prime Healthcare has contributed over $12 billion in community benefit activities.
Dr. Reddy is known for his visionary leadership and philanthropy. He founded the Dr. Prem Reddy Family Foundation and the Prime Healthcare Foundation, which together hold assets of $1.3 billion. In 2018, he founded the California University of Science and Medicine (CUSM) to promote health equity and address the physician shortage. CUSM celebrated its first graduation in May 2022.