One of the roles of the HonorHealth Women Physician Leadership Council is to promote and reward out-standing women physicians for their clinical excellence and devotion to the health of their community.
 — Julie Crichton, MD, FASA

Julie Crichton, MD, FASA
After graduating with distinction from medical school in Omaha, Nebraska, Dr. Crichton completed her anesthesia residency at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. She is
board certified in anesthesia and has earned the prestigious designation of Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

As a founding member and co-chair of the HonorHealth Women Physician Leadership Council, Dr. Crichton has a multicultural background and more than 25 years of clinical experience in private practice. She works with Envision Healthcare and specializes in anesthesia for breast cancer patients. Holding numerous committee positions in anesthesia, education and collegiality over the years, she currently is president of the Scottsdale and Phoenix Women Physicians Group and a member of the Arizona Chapter
of the International Women’s Forum. Additionally, Dr. Crichton is an active member of Innovation Care Partners (a physician-led, clinically integrated network owned by HonorHealth) Quality and Performance Committee, an HonorHealth peer support leader for caregivers experiencing burn out and exhaustion, and an Envision Wellness Champion.

Dr. Crichton has volunteered her anesthesia services to help those in need around the world, including the Philippines, Jamaica and Haiti. With a background internship in pediatrics, she has volunteered for the Scottsdale Unified School District Wellness Committee and was a keynote speaker for the district and HonorHealth at the height of the obesity epidemic. Dr. Crichton also served as a panelist for the Sesame Street Summit at the Arizona Science Center and was part of the Governor’s Call to Action: Healthy Weight for Children and Their Families event. Through grants and community support, she authored two award-winning children’s books promoting healthy lifestyles and habits that were published in English and Spanish and distributed to more than 20,000 Maricopa County children.

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Our goal is to develop a network of women physicians to use as a foundation to assist in the development and advancement of women leaders at HonorHealth.
 — Tiffany Proffitt, MABS, DO

Tiffany Proffitt, MABS, DO
An emergency medicine physician, Dr. Proffitt completed medical school at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society and Sigma Phi, the national osteopathic medical honor society. She did her emergency medicine residency at Spectrum Health Lakeland in St. Joseph, Michigan, where she was a fellow in the medical education track and co-chair of the Emergency Medicine Women’s Group.

During her residency, Dr. Proffitt also assisted in the development and execution of the annual Southwest Women in Medicine Symposium. Additionally, she was an inaugural fellow of EMRACAST, a resident-run podcast by the national Emergency Medicine Residency Association (EMRA). This enabled her to interview notable women leaders in medicine as well as graduate from the EMRA Leadership Academy. Dr. Proffitt has continued podcasting with EMRACAST as well as with CanadiEM, a premier emergency medicine podcast.

Serving HonorHealth emergency patients since August 2020, Dr. Proffitt is not only a founding member and co-chair of the HonorHealth Women Physician Leadership Council, but also developing a parallel program as a liaison with HonorHealth’s women resident physicians. Additionally, she is training to be an HonorHealth peer supporter.

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The HonorHealth Women Physician Leadership Council is a key initiative to support women in medicine, who constitute more than 50 percent of the workforce. The COVID pandemic has shown the glaring disparities that women face in the workplace. I look forward to supporting this important work, especially early career women physicians and residents.
 — Priya Radhakrishnan, MD, FACP

Priya Radhakrishnan, MD, FACP
Dr. Radhakrishnan serves as chief academic officer and vice president for health equity at HonorHealth. She oversees HonorHealth’s Social Determinants of Health Collaborative and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

A board-certified internist with a special interest in treating chronic complex illnesses, Dr. Radhakrishnan earned her undergraduate medical degree at Calicut Medical College in India and completed her pathology residency at Trivandrum Medical College and internal medicine residency at Lincoln Hospital and Mental Health Center and St. Francis Hospital at Evanston. She is certified in quality improvement through the Inter-Mountain Advanced Training Program.

Dr. Radhakrishnan is the governor for the Arizona Chapter for the American College of Physicians and a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. She was the Robert Craig Academic Chair of Internal Medicine at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix. Dr. Radhakrishnan also served as physician advisor for a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation grant which impacted 2,500 clinicians in Arizona.

Recognized nationally for her clinical and research work with healthcare disparities, quality improvement, technology and medical education, Dr. Radhakrishnan serves as a core member of the Arizona Health Improvement Plan. Under her leadership, HonorHealth received the Association of American Medical Colleges Innovation Award for opioid stewardship and an Arizona Medical Association award for excellence in continuing medical education programs. Dr. Radhakrishnan also has received innovation awards from the Society of General Internal Medicine, the Alliance for Independent Medical Centers and the Arizona Medical Association. She has been recognized as a master teacher by faculty and residents.

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I believe we must create an environment that allows all physicians to provide the best care for our community. Creating a diverse and inclusive environment is necessary and long overdue.
 — Kris Samaddar, MD

Kris Samaddar, MD
Dr. Samaddar is board certified in emergency medicine and is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

He began his undergraduate academic journey at the University of Notre Dame then completed medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed his emergency medicine residency at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.

Dr. Samaddar’s professional interests include physician leadership, optimizing healthcare delivery and quality improvement. During the past 12 years, he has led HonorHealth network-wide initiatives to provide the best care for patients with sepsis and COVID-19. Both large-scale efforts not only improved care, but also decreased mortality rates. Dr. Samaddar’s other leadership positions include serving as human resources director for Scottsdale Emergency Associates, where he created a 50-person emergency department scribe program, as well as chairman of the HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center Emergency Department. Currently, he is the chief of staff at Shea Medical Center.

Passionate about training the next generation of physicians, Dr. Samaddar educates medical students from the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. He believes providing equitable healthcare is necessary to allow patients to reach their full health potential.