Larry deGhetaldi, M.D. is president of the Santa Cruz Division of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF). The Santa Cruz Division of PAMF includes the Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center, the Visiting Nurse Association of Santa Cruz and the Santa Cruz area’s health care services known as the Santa Cruz Medical Foundation (PAMF Santa Cruz).

Dr. deGhetaldi is a board-certified family medicine physician who has served a number of terms on the Santa Cruz Medical Clinic Executive Committee since joining the Clinic in 1985. He represented the clinic in its affiliation negotiations with Sutter Health and additionally chaired the Clinic Management Board. Dr. deGhetaldi serves on several boards of directors including the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, the California Medical Association, Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center, and the Central Coast Alliance for Health. He is also a trustee for the University of California, Santa Cruz Foundation.

The Santa Cruz Division of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation is the county's largest multispecialty physician organization with more than 140 physicians and is the 2008 winner of the Integrated Healthcare Association’s award for "Top Overall Performance". The 30-bed Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center is a nationally-recognized and award-winning ambulatory care hospital and the 2008 winner of the Press Ganey Summit Award for top industry performance.

Dr. deGhetaldi received his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Santa Cruz and his medical degree at the University of Southern California. He completed his postgraduate medical training internship at Stanford University and completed the Stanford University Family Practice Residency Program at San Jose Hospital. He is a graduate (Cohort I) of the California Health Care Foundation’s Leadership Fellowship.

Dr. deGhetaldi and his wife have six children between them.

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