HAPPY KHANNA
Chief of Staff
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
Happy Khanna, MD, chief of staff at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH), is a beloved physician in the community and has been a practicing pediatrician at USC-VHH since 1990. She has been responsible for 90% of the babies born at the hospital, and has also run a busy medical practice for 15 years. She also chairs the Caduceus Society, composed of philanthropic medical staff of the hospital.
Khanna celebrated 30 years at the hospital in 2020, the same year she began her two-year tenure as the first woman chief of staff. Her first year in the role was challenging personally because of a breast cancer diagnosis. Thanks to the care she received at USC-VHH, she is now cancer free. Dr. Khanna never let her illness hold her back. She was quickly back to work seeing patients and resuming her duties as a physician and chief of staff.
