16. Regina Benjamin
U.S. surgeon general
U.S. Public Health Service
Rockville, Md.
17. Larry Wellikson
CEO
Society of Hospital Medicine
Philadelphia
18. David Nash
Founding dean
Jefferson School of Population Health
Philadelphia
19. Peter Pronovost
Director, Quality and Safety Research Group
Medical director, Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Baltimore
20. John Koster
President and CEO
Providence Health & Services
Renton, Wash.
21. Jonathan Perlin
President of clinical services group and CMO
HCA
Nashville
22. Wiley "Chip" Souba
Acting director, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice;
vice president of health affairs and dean, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Lebanon, N.H.
23. Prem Reddy
Founder, chairman
Prime Healthcare Services
Ontario, Calif.
24. Ralph de la Torre
Chairman and CEO
Steward Health Care System
Boston
25. John Halamka
CIO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center;
CIO and dean for technology, Harvard Medical School
Boston
26. Karen Bell
Chairwoman
Certification Commission for Health Information Technology
Chicago
27. Paul Convery
Senior vice president and CMO
Baylor Health Care System
Dallas
28. Carolyn Clancy
Director
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Rockville, Md.
29. Jack Lewin
Outgoing CEO
American College of Cardiology
Washington
30. Thomas Nasca
CEO
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Chicago
31. Glenn Steele Jr.
President and CEO
Geisinger Health System
Danville, Pa.
32. Nicholas Turkal
President and CEO
Aurora Health Care
Milwaukee
33. Delos "Toby" Cosgrove
President and CEO
Cleveland Clinic
34. Gary Gottlieb
President and CEO
Partners HealthCare
Boston
35. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
President and CEO
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, N.J.
36. Brent James
Executive director, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research
chief quality officer
Intermountain Healthcare
Salt Lake City
37. Mark Chassin
President
Joint Commission
Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.
38. Charles Denham
Chairman
Texas Medical Institute of Technology
Austin
39. Jack Cochran
Executive director
Permanente Federation
Oakland, Calif.
40. Darrell Kirch
President and CEO
Association of American Medical Colleges
Washington
41. Nicholas Wolter
CEO
Billings (Mont.) Clinic
42. Francis Collins
Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Md.
43. Harvey Fineberg
President
Institute of Medicine
Washington
44. James Madara
Executive vice president and CEO
American Medical Association
Chicago
45. Dan Stultz
President and CEO
Texas Hospital Association
Austin
46. Christine Cassel
Outgoing president and CEO
American Board of Internal Medicine; ABIM Foundation
Philadelphia
47. Thomas Frieden
Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
48. Margaret Hamburg
Commissioner
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, Md.
49. Steven Safyer
President and CEO
Montefiore Medical Center
New York
50. Bruce Siegel
President and CEO
National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
Washington
