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The SCAN Foundation Governance
Executive Leadership
Bruce A. Chernof Bruce A. Chernof, MD, Chief Executive Officer

Bruce Allen Chernof, MD, FACP, currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of The SCAN Foundation whose mission is to advance the development of a sustainable continuum of care for seniors. The SCAN Foundation is the second largest foundation in the United States focused entirely on improving the quality of health and life for seniors.

Prior to heading The SCAN Foundation, Dr. Chernof served as the Director and Chief Medical Officer for the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, after serving as the Department’s Senior Medical Director for Clinical Affairs and Affiliations since December 2004.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Chernof served as Regional Medical Director for California Health Programs at Health Net, California's largest network-model managed care plan where he managed the Healthy Families program state-wide and managed Medicaid program in Los Angeles County. Previously, Dr. Chernof worked as an academic general internist in the VA system as well as at Olive View UCLA Medical Center, serving as a UCLA faculty member.

Dr. Chernof completed his residency and served as Chief Resident in Internal Medicine for the UCLA-San Fernando Valley Program. After residency, Dr. Chernof completed a Fellowship in Medical Education at the UCLA School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from UCLA and completed his undergraduate work at Harvard University.

Currently, Dr. Chernof is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at UCLA. Dr Chernof served as the founding Director of UCLA’s five year combined MD/MBA Program. In 2002, the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA recognized Dr. Chernof with the Award for Excellence in Education for these innovative programs. He has had work published in a variety of journals including Medical Care, and the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

René Seidel René Seidel, Vice President, Programs & Operations

Prior to his current position, Mr. Seidel worked for the Department of Health Services in the County of Los Angeles in a number of positions, including State Grants Manager for the Office of AIDS Programs and Policy, the Mental Health Liaison for the Health Service Administration in the Office of Clinical Affairs and Affiliations, and during his last three years with the County as Director of Board Relations.

Before joining the County in 2001, Mr. Seidel directed health and social services programs for many years in community-based organizations. He served as Founder and Executive Director of the Family AIDS Institute in Salvador, Brazil, and as Director of HIV Services at Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles County. As part of this work, he was appointed to a number of community planning commissions and consortia.

Mr. Seidel was one of the founding staff members of the City of West Hollywood Homeless Project.

Mr. Seidel is a graduate of the Polytechnic College for Social Sciences in Munich, Germany.