IDN OPPORTUNITIES
Building a Resilient Supply Chain This year’s Contracting Professional of the Year helped to develop and implement unique solutions to supply chain challenges brought on by the pandemic.
Amanda Chawla, Chief Supply Chain Officer, VP at Stanford Health Care, Stanford Children’s Health & Stanford-Valley Care
In 2020, collaboration was top of mind for Amanda Chawla, chief supply chain officer/ vice president, Stanford
Health Care, Stanford Children’s Health and Stanford Health Care – ValleyCare. For instance, at the time of Federation of American Hospitals Conference last February, as Chawla watched the coronavirus developments overseas, she tried to plan for what was coming, not only for Stanford Medicine, but for the local community and industry in general. “I probably didn’t imagine the pandemic to the degree that it is today,” she said. “I was thinking about what was happening abroad at the time of Federation, the potential impact, and what were ways I could collaborate with my colleagues should COVID become prevalent in the United States? How could we work together to secure the Supply Chain?” 38
April 2021
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