Senior Vice President/Chief Medical officer
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Dr. Riggs has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the Cedars-Sinai Health System since 2019. Dr. Riggs served as Chair of the Department of PM&R at Cedars-Sinai since 1997-2020. Dr. Riggs is a Clinical Professor at Cedars-Sinai and a Health Sciences Clinical Professor at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Riggs was the Site Director for the UCLA Multi Campus PM&R residency program from 1997 – 2016.
In 2017, Dr. Riggs was instrumental in the establishment of the Division of Informatics in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and in the development of our Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved Clinical Informatics Fellowship. Further, Dr. Riggs serves on the CSHS Board of Directors and on the Executive Committee of the Board.
Dr. Riggs has published and lectured nationally and internationally on clinical, operational, and leadership topics in physical medicine and rehabilitation, health services research, and clinical informatics.
Dr. Riggs completed his medical education at the Medical College of Georgia and trained in Philadelphia in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Riggs is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Clinical Informatics.
Thursday, February 22, 2024
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM EDT
