Gary S. Kaplan, MD

Virginia Mason Chairman and CEO Gary S. Kaplan, MD, recieved the inaugural Steven Schroeder Award for Outstanding Health Care CEO, which recognizes a health care executive who has demonstrated courageous and ethical leadership in addressing the twin issues of affordability and quality. The award was presented on Dec. 4 in Washington, D.C., by Neel Shah, MD, founder and executive director of Costs of Care, a Boston-based nonprofit organization. The award is named for Steven Schroeder, MD, former president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation who is a Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care at the University of California San Francisco.