A few months ago, the Chief Executive Officer of Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (HPMC), Jeff Nelson, gathered his team together to thank them for making a difference and helping the medical center earn awards of distinctions from HealthGrades, a national hospital quality rating company.

"You are truly making a difference…and it is being noticed nationally," Jeff Nelson said. "HPMC’s employees, teams, physicians and volunteers make a difference each day in the lives of our patients. Congratulations to everyone at HPMC for a job well done," he added.

As his team at HPMC agrees, no one deserves the congratulations more than Nelson himself. HealthGrades awarded HPMC with many highly rated distinctions for providing quality patient care, as listed below.

• Treatment of Heart Attack – Five Stars (2007 - 2009)

• Treatment of Heart Failure – Five Stars (2007 – 2009)

• HealthGrades’ Stroke Care Excellence Award (2008 & 2009)

• Ranked Top 5 percent in the Nation (2008 & 2009)

• Ranked Among the Top 10 percent in the Nation (2008 & 2009)

• Ranked Among the Top 10 in CA for Treatment of Stroke (2009)

• Treatment of Stroke – Five Stars (2008 & 2009)

Pulmonary Services

• Recipient of the HealthGrades’ Pulmonary Care Excellence Award (2005 – 2009)

• Ranked Among the Top 5 percent in the Nation for Overall Pulmonary Services (2008 & 2009)

• Ranked Among the Top 10 percent in the Nation for Overall Pulmonary Services (2005 – 2007)

• Overall Pulmonary Services – Five Stars (2005 – 2009)

• Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Five Stars (2008 & 2009)

• Treatment of Pneumonia – Five Stars (2005 – 2009)

Gastrointestinal Services

• Treatment for Cholecystectomy – Five Stars (2009)

Critical Care

• Treatment of Sepsis – Five Stars (2006 – 2009)

• Treatment of Respiratory Failure – Five Stars (2006 – 2009)

General Surgery

• Recipient of the HealthGrades’ General Surgery Excellence Award (2007 – 2009)

• Ranked Among the Top 5 percent in the Nation for General Surgery

• Ranked Among the Top 5 in CA for General Surgery

• General Surgery – Five Stars (2009)

• Treatment for Appendectomy – Five Stars (2006 – 2009)