Honoree Rutu Ezhuthachan, M.D. - 2015 Inspired Excellence Awards
Channel: Las Vegas HEALS
Date: 2015-11-18

Meet Rutu Ezhuthachan, M.D., one of the six honorees of the prestigious Inspired Excellence in Health Care Awards. 

As a medical director for UnitedHealthcare, Dr. Rutu Ezhuthachan is responsible for quality improvement. Since joining UHC in 2013, she has worked to improve health outcomes for Nevadans by engaging providers and creating campaigns and initiatives. 

Dr. Ezhuthachan served eight years as chief of pediatrics for Southwest Medical Associates (SMA), one of the largest multi-specialty medical practices in Nevada. She began practicing medicine at SMA in 2003.

With her background in pediatrics, it comes as no surprise that Dr. E, as her patients affectionately call her, still champions children’s health initiatives, such as immunization education, and leads initiatives to prevent preterm births, decrease Cesearean sections, and improve breastfeeding rates. 

She is actively involved in initiatives related to maternal, child, and adolescent health having served as chair for UHC task forces on children and adolescence, and women and neonatal health.

She serves as the vice chairperson of Immunize Nevada and previously chaired the Southern Nevada Immunization Coalition. In 2012, she was asked to serve as the medical advisor for the Statewide Maternal Child Health Coalition. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention honored her with an Immunization Champion Award in 2014. At the 2008 Silver Syringe Awards she was recognized as the “Outstanding Children’s Healthcare Champion” and for the “Outstanding Childhood Immunization Program.” In 2012 and 2013 Las Vegas SEVEN named her a “Top Doc.” 

Dr. Ezhuthachan also serves on the board for several community organizations related to the health and wellbeing of children. These include the Public Education Foundation, Baby’s Bounty, and Acelero Head Start.  She previously served on the Early Childhood Advisory Council for the State of Nevada.  

She completed her pediatric residency at St. John Hospital and Medical Centers in Detroit and was awarded her medical degree from American University of the Caribbean in St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. She also holds a master’s degree in I medical management from the University of Southern California and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 

Dr. Ezhuthachan lives in Las Vegas with her two children, Max and Mia, and her husband, Rob Melvin.

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Inspired Excellence In Healthcare Awards
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Award Inspired by Dr. Roy W. Martin, Las Vegas’ first chief surgeon, circa 1905, the Inspired Excellence in Healthcare Awards recognizes physicians and those who have demonstrated achievements of exceptional strategic leadership in healthcare delivery within our community.

Las Vegas HEALS honored six local physicians for their outstanding contributions to the community as Las Vegas continues to position itself as a world-class destination for health care services.

These physicians have demonstrated achievements worthy of recognition as the best in their field – they are true leaders who ignite and inspire continued possibilities for health care excellence.

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2015 HONOREES
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Joseph Adashek, MD, FACOG – Desert Perinatal Associates
Rutu Ezhuthachan, MD – UnitedHealthcare
Mitchell Forman, DO, FACOI, MACP, FACR – Touro University
Oscar B. Goodman, Jr., MD, PhD – Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada
David Steinberg, MD, FACR, FACNM – Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Dylan Wint, MD – Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health

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