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Prestigious Honor Shines National Spotlight on Healthcare In Nevada

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Renown Health President and CEO Dr. Tony Slonim recognized as one of Modern Healthcare’s 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives in the U.S.

RenownHealthPresidentandCEO,AnthonySlonim,M.D.,DrPH,FACHE,hasbeenselectedasoneofthetopinfluentialclinicalexecutivesinthe U.S. for hisinnovation and leadership in healthcare onanationallevel.

Dr. Slonim is joined by an elite list of 50 esteemed honoreesidentified as Modern Healthcare’s “Most Influential ClinicalExecutives.”Thelistfeaturesleadersfromtop-ratedinstitutions across the country including an impressive list ofthat includes Dr. Anthony Fauci, director, National Institute ofAllergy&InfectiousDiseases,Dr.RochelleWalensky,director,CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention,and colleaguesfromWeillCornellMedicine,YaleSchoolofMedicine,UCLAHealthandmore.

Fawn Lopez, publisher and vice president of Modern Healthcare, the industry's leading source of healthcarebusiness and policy news, research and information, noted, “Under Slonim’s leadership, Renown a couple ofyears ago launched the Healthy Nevada Project® with the goal of doing comprehensive population health work.The Project has sequenced genetic data with 60,000 study participants was expanded across the state. ThesystemisalsobuildinganewclinicallyintegratednetworkafterjoiningforceswiththeUniversityofNevadaSchoolof Medicine. In 2018, Slonim was appointed by the governor as one of the two hospital officials on the state’sPatient Protection Commission, which advises policymakers on access and equity issues. During the pandemic,Renown was an early leader in adopting home monitoring systems, offering free ICU beds to those in need, andexpanding disease monitoring. Slonim wrote passionately about the loss of his father to COVID and used thatexperienceasthebackdroptoadvocate formorefamilyandstaff supportstructures.”

“UnderDr.Slonim’sleadership,RenownHealthisanextraordinaryforceforgoodinourcommunity,”saidJamesDeVolld, chair of the Renown Health Board and Managing Director, Commercial Banking at First IndependentBank. “He leads by example to serve our patients, employees and community, helping pave the way for otherleadersandphysicianstothriveatRenown.WearehonoredtoserveourcommunityalongsideTonyasweworktogethertomakeagenuinedifferencefor those weserve.”

“We never would have anticipated the challenges we encountered through the pandemic. The highest priority ofall CEOs - whether you are the leader of a state or a health system - is to ensure safety and the public’s health.KnowingIhadasolidteaminplacetomitigate,prepare,respond,communicate,andrecoverfromtheCOVID19outbreak and provide access to people who needed us most, gave me confidence and Dr. Slonim was a criticalpart of that team,” said Steve Sisolak, Governor of the State of Nevada. “Little did we know we would also facean economic crisis, political turmoil and significant social unrest. While at times these challenges seemeddaunting, they also accelerated our ability to learn and grow together, to prove we could manage through timesof great ambiguity, to move at unprecedented speeds, and have ultimately prepared us to change our world forthe better. On reflection, it turned out that we could not have asked for better preparation for our future. Thankyou,Dr.Slonim.”

“Tonyisjustgettingstarted!RenownHealthandtheUniversityofNevada,RenoSchoolofMedicine(UNRMed)have announced our affiliation and the creation of the first integrated health system in northern Nevada, saidBrian Sandoval, President, University of Nevada, Reno. “Dr. Slonim has always answered the call, and workedwith me to improve health through proactive community-based prevention, to create an exceptional healthcaresystemforthosewithacuteandchronicdiseases,andtocareforallpeopleinourcommunity.WearesofortunatetohavehiminNevada.”

During Dr. Slonim’s career at major healthcare organizations and academic institutions, he has developed anational profile as an academic leader and tenured professor, holding appointments as clinical professor in thedepartmentsofinternalmedicineandpediatricsattheUniversityofNevada,RenoSchoolofMedicine.Dr.Slonimis also an expert in patient safety, accountable care, health care quality and innovative care delivery modelsfocusedonimprovinghealthwithinthecommunity.

Since joining Renown as CEO and President in July 2014, Dr. Slonim has completely reoriented northernNevada’slargestlocallygoverned,not-for-profithealthcarenetwork.Withapersonalpassionforpopulationhealth,Dr.SlonimcreatedtheInstituteforHealthcareInnovation,launchingthenation’sfirstcommunity-based,population health study that currently has more than 60,000 participants and is returning clinical results on thefirst three genetic conditions identified. The Healthy Nevada Project®is a collaboration with global leader inenvironmental data, Desert Research Institute, and personal genomics company, Helix. The Healthy NevadaProject combines genetic, environmental, social and clinical data to address individual and community healthneedswith thegoal ofimproving healthacrossthestate,andthenation.

The “50 Most Influential Clinical Executives” awards and recognition program honors individuals in healthcaredeemedbytheirpeersandthesenioreditorsof ModernHealthcaretobepavingthewaytobetterhealththroughtheir executive responsibility, leadership qualities, community service and achievements inside and outside oftheirorganization.Judgingforthefinalrankingofthe50MostInfluentiallistisbasedonreaders’votesaswellasinput from the senior editors of Modern Healthcare. Dr. Slonim was among the initial nominee list of 150 namespublishedinMarch2021.Formoreinformationabout theprogram,pleasecontactJodiSniegocki.


About Renown Health

Renown Health is the region’s largest, locally governed, not-for-profit integrated healthcare network serving Nevada, Lake Tahoe and northeast California. With a diverse workforce of more than 7,000 employees, Renown has fostered a longstanding culture of excellence, determination and innovation. The organization comprises a trauma center, two acute care hospitals, a children’s hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, a medical group and urgent care network, and the region’s largest, locally owned not-for-profit insurance company, Hometown Health. Clinical institutes include: Cancer, Heart and Vascular Heath, Neurosciences and Robotic Surgery. Renown is currently enrolling participants in the world’s largest community-based genetic population health study, the Healthy Nevada Project®. For more information, visit renown.org.

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