Physician Leader Advocates for Patients, Health Providers

Dev GnanaDev -- medical director of Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton and president of the California Medical Association -- has created medical programs designed to treat uninsured patients. He also has challenged the Schwarzenegger administration's efforts to reduce payments to physicians who treat Medi-Cal patients.

• "Advocate for Access" (Hines, Riverside Press-Enterprise, 4/2).