Dr. Denise Sur Elected First Female Chief of Staff at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital
Dr. Denise Sur has been elected chief of staff for 2011 at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital. She becomes the first female chief of staff in the hospital’s 85-year history.
By Ted Braun | February 03, 2011
Dr. Sur has been actively involved in physician leadership at the hospital for many years, serving as vice-chief of staff since 2006. She is vice chair for education in the UCLA Department of Family Medicine and program director for its Family Medicine Residency, as well as a professor of family medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Her professional affiliations include the American and California Academies of Family Physicians, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors.
Dr. Sur resides in Rolling Hills Estates with her husband, Mark and their four children – Mark, Ashley, Elizabeth and Patrick.
“This is a great honor. I am both flattered and excited to be the first female physician to serve in this role,” she said. “I am really looking forward to working with my physician colleagues and hospital leaders as we prepare to open our incredible new hospital this fall.”
Joining her as officers on the hospital’s 2011 Executive Medical Board are Drs. Philip Levin and Roger Lee, who were elected vice-chief of staff and secretary-treasurer, respectively. Dr. Levin is medical director of surgical services at SM-UCLA & OH, as well as a clinical professor of anesthesia. Dr. Lee is director of the Hospitalist program and chair of the hospital’s medicine department.
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