Arrowhead Regional Medical Center’s Dr. Valenzuela honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Guillermo Valenzuela, M.D., chair of the Women’s Health Department, has earned the Hospital Association of Southern California’s (HASC) Lifetime Achievement Award.

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center’s (ARMC) Guillermo Valenzuela, M.D., chair of the Women’s Health Department, has earned the Hospital Association of Southern California’s (HASC) Lifetime Achievement Award for his philanthropic efforts and decades of work to improve maternal care in the Inland Empire.

Dr. Valenzuela, born of humble beginnings in Santiago, Chile, has been instrumental in leading the hospital to several regional and national awards, including three consecutive years of earning the U.S. News & World Report Best Maternity Hospital High Performing designation, as well as many quality achievement awards for maternity care.

“Dr. Valenzuela’s contributions have significantly enhanced the quality of care provided by ARMC’s Women’s Health program,” said ARMC Chief Executive Officer Andrew Goldfrach, FACHE. “This national recognition reflects how our maternity care teams’ work leads to better health outcomes for countless families in our region.”

Dr. Valenzuela is also dedicated to philanthropy. In 2007, Dr. Valenzuela launched the Dream Project to assist at-risk youth at Colton High School. This motivational program provided low-income, academically challenged students with financial assistance, tutoring and other resources. Dr. Valenzuela founded the TECH Laptop Scholarship Program in 2008, which awarded 240 laptop computers to elementary school students for more than 12 years, reaching about 5,000 participants.

Additionally, in 2015, Dr. Valenzuela established the Guillermo J. Valenzuela Foundation to improve the health of underserved communities in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, with specific priorities on improving women’s health and increasing the number of medical providers practicing in the Inland Empire.

He also launched the innovative Neighborly, Adaptable, Equitable Care for Black Obstetric Patients with Respect Clinic (NAEBOR) in 2022, in partnership with First 5 San Bernardino, to provide essential prenatal and perinatal health care to underserved African American women and their families. Now in its third year, the clinic seeks to reverse systemic issues that have left African American families suffering poor health outcomes during pregnancy and infancy.

Over his many years with ARMC, Dr. Valenzuela has directed research activities and participated in the education of ARMC’s resident physicians in addition to his responsibilities as chair of the Women’s Health Department. Dr. Valenzuela, known as “Dr. V” to friends and colleagues, is board-certified in maternal-fetal medicine, as well as obstetrics and gynecology. He has published more than 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He also is past president of the San Bernardino County Medical Society, and a winner of the 2021 Community Health Champion Award from the Time for Change Foundation.

For more about Dr. Valenzuela’s HASC Lifetime Achievement Award visit issuu.com/socalhospitals/docs/2025_my_socal_hospital_heroes_tribute_journal.

About Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center is a 456-bed university-affiliated teaching hospital licensed by the State of California Department of Public Health, operated by San Bernardino County, and governed by the Board of Supervisors. It is ARMC’s mission, in an environment of learning and innovation, to serve our diverse community with high-quality, compassionate care. The hospital, located on a 70-acre campus in Colton, California, operates the Edward G. Hirschman Regional Burn Center, the Dev A. GnanaDev Trauma Center, a comprehensive stroke center, an inpatient behavioral health center, neonatal intensive care unit, women’s health and maternal-fetal medicine, orthopedics, five primary care centers, and more. ARMC also provides more than 40 outpatient specialty care services. ARMC is helping to achieve the countywide vision by addressing the community’s wellness and educational needs. ARMC is the primary teaching hospital for the California University of Science and Medicine (CUSM). The University welcomed its first class of students in 2018. For more information on CUSM, visit cusm.edu. For more information about ARMC, visit www.arrowheadregional.org.

Additional County Update News – October 30, 2025