RadNet and Radiology Partners CEOs among the ‘most influential’ leaders in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Business Journal recently named the “most influential leaders and impactful executives” in its namesake city, recognizing CEOs at two of radiology’s biggest companies.
This is the seventh annual LA500 for the magazine and the first time it has chosen the two top execs at RadNet Inc. and Radiology Partners. There are over a dozen other healthcare figures on the list including Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital CEO Elaine Batchlor and Alice Issai, president of Adventist Health Glendale.
“These individuals have helped L.A. by showing vision, creativity, innovation and determination during unprecedented times,” the publication noted. “The Business Journal is pleased to highlight these leaders who have made a tremendous impact on their respective fields.”
Rich Whitney, MBA, founded El Segundo-based Rad Partners in 2012 alongside “veteran industry executive” Anthony Gabriel, MD, the journal noted. In the 12 years that followed, RP has grown into the nation’s largest radiology practice, serving over 3,300 client sites in all 50 states. It also recently scored $720 million in growth equity investments and bought Mednax Radiology Solutions for $885 million in 2020.
Meanwhile, Howard Berger, MD, co-founded RadNet in 1980 and has served as its president and CEO since. He’s a board-certified nuclear medicine specialist and has 25-plus years of experience in healthcare business.
“Under his leadership, RadNet has grown into one of the largest radiology imaging companies in the nation, with a network of more than 360 owned and/or operated outpatient imaging centers in eight states generating roughly $1.6 billion in revenue last year,” the journal noted, adding that RadNet also recently acquired seven centers in Houston.
Marty Stempniak has covered healthcare since 2012, with his byline appearing in the American Hospital Association's member magazine, Modern Healthcare and McKnight's. Prior to that, he wrote about village government and local business for his hometown newspaper in Oak Park, Illinois. He won a Peter Lisagor and Gold EXCEL awards in 2017 for his coverage of the opioid epidemic.