David T. Feinberg, M.D., M.B.A.
CEO, UCLA Hospital System
Associate Vice Chancellor
Visionary Award

“UCLA Medical Center has been a world-class healthcare institution for more than half a century. The incredible physicians, nurses and hospital staff who make up UCLA will now have a facility that allows them to take their amazing accomplishments to an even higher level. The new Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center will allow us to efficiently and compassionately meet the healthcare needs of our community and our world for many years to come.” 

Dr. David Feinberg is the chief executive officer of the UCLA Hospital System and associate vice chancellor. Since opening its doors in 1955, UCLA Medical Center has consistently provided innovative healthcare. Known worldwide for its pioneering technological contributions, including advancements in organ transplantation, artificial insemination and ultrasound, UCLA Medical Center year after year is ranked number one in the West by U.S. News and World Report’s annual survey of "America's Best Hospitals."

Prior to assuming the leadership role of CEO for UCLA Hospitals, Dr. Feinberg was the medical director of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital (NPH) at UCLA. The Resnick NPH is considered to be the premier psychiatric hospital in the Western United States and was ranked in 2006 by U.S. News and World Report as the fifth best psychiatric hospital in the country.

Dr. Feinberg is triple board certified in the specialties of child and adolescent psychiatry, adult psychiatry and addiction psychiatry. He is a professor of clinical psychiatry in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Feinberg graduated cum laude in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and went on to graduate with distinction from the University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School. He earned his master of business administration from Pepperdine University In 2002.

Dr. Feinberg has published and spoken on numerous occasions on attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, pediatric bipolar disorder, pediatric depression and adolescent substance abuse. Dr. Feinberg is a highly sought after consultant to healthcare agencies regarding the industrialization of medicine.