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Employees Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Joanna Chikwe, M.D.

Joanna Chikwe, M.D.

Highest compensated employee

Chair-Cardiac Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. Published on January 25, 2026.

$3,281,310
2024

Total compensation

Joanna Chikwe, M.D. has been listed as an employee of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Form 990 filings since fiscal year 2021. Total compensation for Joanna Chikwe, M.D. has increased by 23% from 2021 to 2024.

Annual compensation details

$3,281,310
+7.3%
Chair-Cardiac Surgery
2024
$3.1M org
50 hrs/wk
$155k other
--
$3,057,457
+3.3%
Chair-Cardiac Surgery
2023
$2.9M org
50 hrs/wk
$124k other
--

Total compensation by year

Compare the compensation of Joanna Chikwe, M.D. to:

2024

Other employees at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Thomas M Priselac
President and Chief Executive Officer
$8,808,801
$7,559,774 from orgNo related comp$1,249,027 other
Eduardo Marban, M.D.
EXEC Director-Heart Institute
$5,390,749
$5,100,494 from orgNo related comp$290,255 other
Shlomo Melmed, M.D.
Chief Academic Officer
$4,249,450
$3,647,188 from orgNo related comp$602,262 other
Keith Black, M.D.
Chair-Neurosurgery
$4,033,031
$3,784,903 from orgNo related comp$248,128 other
Rajendra Makkar, M.D.
EXEC Director-Cardiac Interventional
$3,923,343
$3,739,602 from orgNo related comp$183,741 other
Bruce Gewertz, M.D.
EXEC VICE Dean-Clinical SYS DEV
$3,324,157
$2,902,936 from orgNo related comp$421,221 other
David M Wrigley
Chief Financial Officer
$3,198,667
$2,858,771 from orgNo related comp$339,896 other
Jeffrey Smith M.D. Jd Mmm
Former Key Employee
$2,462,824
$2,449,560 from orgNo related comp$13,264 other
Bryan Croft
Chief Operating Officer
$1,756,104
$1,635,422 from orgNo related comp$120,682 other
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Revisions to this profile

January 25, 2026:
2024 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 990 published
January 25, 2026:
2023 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 990 published
January 25, 2026:
2022 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 990 published

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