Gastroenterologist Martin Brotman, MD, has received a lifetime achievement award from the San Francisco Business Times, according to a news release.
Dr. Brotman has cared for patients in the San Francisco area for more than 40 years. He currently serves as senior vice president of education, research and philanthropy for Sutter Health.
Dr. Brotman opened his clinical practice in the 1960s, focusing on internal medicine, gastroenterology and inflammatory bowel disease. He served as president and CEO of Sutter Health-affiliated California Pacific Medical Center, which is where he created a GI Fellowship, a gastroenterology laboratory and a inflammatory bowel disease center. Following this position, he led Sutter Health's West Bay Region, which includes four hospitals.
Dr. Brotman recently assumed responsibility for Sutter Health's expanded Research, Development and Dissemination (RD&D) function.
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