Chad Lefteris, president and CEO of UCI Health, will serve as a California state delegate to American Hospital Association (AHA) Regional Policy Board 9. In the role, Lefteris will advise on national health policy development, advocating for patients and the community.
“It is an honor to represent California on the AHA board,” said Lefteris. “Working with colleagues across the west on important health policy issues reflects the longstanding UCI Health commitment to improving the health of our communities.”
The AHA is a national nonprofit that represents and serves all types of hospitals and healthcare networks, as well as those they serve. Its regional policy boards are part of the AHA’s formal governance structure. The organization uses regional recommendations to inform national health policy development.
Lefteris, who was appointed CEO of UCI Health in April 2020, has been a transformational and visionary leader. He steered the system through the COVID-19 pandemic, led the planning and development of the $1.3 billion UCI Health — Irvine medical campus, and established the UCI Health Community Network in 2024, which added four community hospitals to the system. He is also opening the system’s seventh hospital later this year, the UCI Health — Irvine Rehabilitation Hospital, designed for the needs of patients receiving acute inpatient rehabilitation care for stroke, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, amputation and other injuries and disorders.