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100 Most Influential People in Healthcare - 2013 (nominees' titles and affiliations)

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    The nominees for Modern Healthcare's 12th annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare competition are presented in alphabetical order. Voting will continue through June 14. The final ranking of the 100 Most Influential will be published in the Aug. 26 issue of Modern Healthcare and online at ModernHealthcare.com.

    Dr. Amy Abernethy, director, Duke Center for Learning Health Care; president, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Glenview, Ill.

    Jeffrey Adams, Director, Center for Innovation in Care Delivery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

    Linda Aiken, director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research; professor of nursing and sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

    Mike Alkire, chief operating officer, Premier, Charlotte, N.C.

    Joel Allison, president and CEO, Baylor Health Care System, Dallas

    Drew Altman, president and CEO, Kaiser Family Foundation, Menlo Park, Calif.

    Dr. Steven Altschuler, CEO, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Dr. Peter Angood, CEO, American College of Physician Executives, Tampa, Fla.

    Carl Armato, CEO, Novant Health, Charlotte, N.C.

    Scott Armstrong, president and CEO, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle

    William Atkinson, president and CEO, WakeMed Health and Hospitals, Raleigh, N.C.

    Alan Aviles, president and CEO, New York City Health and Hospitals Corp.

    Dr. Timothy Babineau, president and CEO, Lifespan Healthcare System, Providence, R.I.

    Dr. Kelvin Baggett, senior vice president and chief medical officer, Tenet Healthcare Corp., Dallas

    Dr. David Bailey, president and CEO, Nemours, Jacksonville, Fla.

    Dr. Richard Bankowitz, chief medical officer, Premier, Charlotte, N.C.

    John Bardis, chairman, president and CEO, MedAssets, Alpharetta, Ga.

    George Barrett, chairman and CEO, Cardinal Health, Dublin, Ohio

    Dr. Howard Bauchner, editor-in-chief, Journal of the American Medical Association

    Max Baucus, Senate Finance Committee chairman (D-Mont.), Washington

    Geraldine "Polly" Bednash, CEO/executive director, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Washington

    Mike Beebe, Governor of Arkansas, Little Rock

    Dr. Karen Bell, chair, CCHIT (Certification Commission for Health Information Technology), Chicago

    Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director, American Public Health Association, Washington

    Dr. Regina Benjamin, U.S. surgeon general, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Washington

    David Bernd, CEO, Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, Va.

    Kate Berry, CEO, National eHealth Collaborative, Washington

    Mark Bertolini, chairman, president and CEO, Aetna, Hartford, Conn.

    Dr. Donald Berwick, former CMS administrator; former president and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, Mass.

    Leah Binder, president and CEO, Leapfrog Group, Washington

    Maureen Bisognano, president and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, Mass.

    Paul Black, president and CEO, Allscripts, Chicago

    John, Bluford president and CEO, Truman Medical Centers, Kansas City, Mo.

    Jonathan Blum, deputy administrator and director, Center for Medicare, CMS, Baltimore

    Dr. David Blumenthal, president, Commonwealth Fund, New York

    Dr. Marc Boom, president and CEO Methodist Hospital System, Houston

    Jennifer Covich Bordenick, CEO, eHealth Initiative, Washington

    Marna Borgstrom, president and CEO, Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System

    Gail Boudreaux, executive vice president, UnitedHealth Group; CEO, United Healthcare, Minnetonka, Minn.

    Deborah Bowen, president and CEO, American College of Healthcare Executives, Chicago

    Richard Bracken, chairman and CEO, HCA, Nashville

    Mary Brainerd, president and CEO, HealthPartners, Minneapolis

    Jan Brewer, governor of Arizona, Phoenix

    Dr. William Bria, president, Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems, Lake Almanor, Calif.

    Lynn Britton, president and CEO, Mercy, Chesterfield, Mo.

    Dr. Jane Brock, chief medical officer and clinical coordinator, Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, Englewood

    Bruce Broussard, president and CEO, Humana, Louisville, Ky.

    Dr. George Brown, president and CEO, Legacy Health System, Portland, Ore.

    Nancy Brown, CEO, American Heart Association, Washington

    Sandra Bruce, president and CEO, Presence Health, Chicago

    Dr. John Brumsted, CEO, Fletcher Allen Partners, Burlington, Vt.

    Dr. Michael Burgess, U.S. representative (R-Texas); founder and co-chair, Congressional Health Caucus, Washington

    Chet Burrell, president and CEO, CareFirst Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Baltimore

    Jonathan Bush, chairman, president and CEO, Athenahealth, Watertown, Mass.

    Dr. Frank Byrne, president, St. Mary's Hospital, Madison, Wis.

    Debra Cafaro, chair and CEO, Ventas, Chicago

    Dr. Jeffrey Cain, president, American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kan.

    Dave Camp, House Ways and Means Committee chairman (R-Mich.), Washington

    Bill Carpenter, chairman and CEO, LifePoint Hospitals, Brentwood, Tenn.

    Dr. Christine Cassel, incoming president and CEO, National Quality Forum, Washington

    John Castellani, president and CEO, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Washington

    Dr. Mark Chassin, president, Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.

    Dr. Humayun Chaudhry, president and CEO, Federation of State Medical Boards, Euless, Texas

    Dr. John Chessare, president and CEO, GBMC HealthCare, Baltimore

    Dr. Benjamin Chu, group president, Kaiser Permanente Southern California and Hawaii, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, Calif.; board chairman, American Hospital Association

    Dr. Andy Coates, president, Physicians for a National Health Program, Chicago

    Dr. Thomas Coburn, U.S. senator (R-Okla.), Washington

    Dr. Francis Collins, director, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

    Michael Connelly, president and CEO, Catholic Health Partners, Cincinnati

    Dr. Patrick Conway, chief medical officer, CMS, Baltimore

    David Cordani, president and CEO, Cigna Corp., Philadelphia

    Dr. Steven Corwin, CEO, New York-Presbyterian, New York

    Dr. Delos "Toby" Cosgrove, president and CEO, Cleveland Clinic

    Mark Covall, president and CEO, National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems, Washington

    Michael Covert, president and CEO, Palomar Health System, San Diego

    Barbara Crane, president, National Federation of Nurses, Washington

    David Cyganowski, managing director, KaufmanHall, Chicago

    Karen Daley, president, American Nurses Association, Silver Spring, Md.

    Helen Darling, president and CEO, National Business Group on Health, Washington

    C. Duane Dauner, president and CEO, California Hospital Association, Sacramento

    Dr. Ralph de la Torre, chairman and CEO, Steward Health Care System, Boston

    Lloyd Dean, president and CEO, Dignity Health, San Francisco

    Suzanne Delbanco, executive director, Catalyst for Payment Reform, San Francisco

    Dr. Ronald DePinho, president, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

    RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director, National Nurses United, Silver Spring, Md.

    Dr. Karen DeSalvo, health commissioner, City of New Orleans

    Susan DeVore, president and CEO, Premier, Charlotte, N.C.

    Paul Diaz, CEO, Kindred Healthcare, Louisville, Ky.

    Jason Dinger, CEO, MissionPoint Health Partners, Nashville

    Joanne Disch, president, American Academy of Nursing, Washington

    Thomas Dolan, president emeritus, American College of Healthcare Executives, Chicago

    John Donahue, president and CEO, Cogent HMG, Brentwood, Tenn.

    Phillip Douglas, chairman and CEO, LifeCare Hospitals, Plano, Texas

    Michael Dowling, president and CEO, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Great Neck, N.Y.

    Dr. Jeffrey Drazen, editor-in-chief, New England Journal of Medicine

    Karen Drenkard, executive director, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Md.

    Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs, Duke University; president and CEO, Duke University Health System, Durham, N.C.

    Todd Ebert, president and CEO, Amerinet, St. Louis

    Dr. Melinda Estes, president and CEO, St. Luke's Health System, Kansas City, Mo.

    William Evans, director and CEO, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tenn.

    Judith Faulkner, CEO, Epic Systems Corp., Verona, Wis.

    Richard Feinstein, director, Bureau of Competition, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Washington

    Trevor Fetter, president and CEO, Tenet Healthcare Corp., Dallas

    Dr. Kevin Fickenscher, president and CEO, American Medical Informatics Association, Bethesda, Md.

    Joseph Fifer, president and CEO, Healthcare Financial Management Association, Westchester, Ill.

    Peter Fine, president and CEO, Banner Health, Phoenix

    Dr. Harvey Fineberg, president, Institute of Medicine, Washington

    Donald Fisher, president and CEO, American Medical Group Association, Alexandria, Va.

    Dr. Elliott Fisher, director, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Lebanon, N.H.

    Dr. Thomas Frieden, director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta

    Pat Fry, president and CEO, Sutter Health, Sacramento, Calif.

    Mark Ganz, president and CEO, Cambia Health Solutions, Portland, Ore.

    Robert Garrett, president and CEO, Hackensack (N.J.) University Health Network

    Bill Gates, co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle

    Dr. Atul Gawande, professor of surgery, Harvard Medical School; professor of health policy and management, Harvard School of Public Health

    Dr. Richard Gilfillan, director, CMS' Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Baltimore

    Dr. Phil Gingrey, U.S. representative (R-Ga.); co-chairman, Republican Doctors Caucus, Washington

    Paul Ginsburg, president, Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington

    Jeff Goldsmith, president, Health Futures, Charlottesville, Va.

    Dr. Larry Goodman, CEO, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

    Lynne Thomas Gordon, CEO, American Health Information Management Association, Chicago

    Dr. Mary Jo Gorman, founder and CEO, Advanced ICU Care, St. Louis

    Alex Gorsky, chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N.J.

    Dr. Gary Gottlieb, president and CEO, Partners HealthCare, Boston

    Robert Graboyes, senior fellow, health and economics, National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation, Washington

    Dr. Howard Grant, president and CEO, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, Mass.

    Charles Grassley, U.S. senator (R-Iowa), Washington

    Mary Grealy, president, Healthcare Leadership Council, Washington

    Jay Grinney, president and CEO, HealthSouth Corp., Birmingham, Ala.

    Dr. Robert Grossman, dean and CEO, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York

    Jonathan Gruber, professor of economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston; director of the healthcare program at the National Bureau of Economic Research

    Glenn Hackbarth, chairman, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Washington

    Val Halamandaris, president, National Association for Home Care & Hospice, Washington

    George Halvorson, outgoing chairman and CEO, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, Calif.

    Dr. Margaret Hamburg, commissioner, Food and Drug Administration

    Jeff Hammerbacher, chief scientist, Cloudera, Palo Alto, Calif.

    John Hammergren, chairman, president and CEO, McKesson Corp., San Francisco

    Jody Hatcher, president and CEO, Novation, Irving, Texas

    Douglas Hawthorne, CEO, Texas Health Resources, Arlington, Texas

    Patricia Hemingway Hall, president and CEO, Health Care Service Corp., Chicago

    Stephen Hemsley, president and CEO, UnitedHealth Group, Minnetonka, Minn.

    Robert Henkel, president and CEO, Ascension Health, St. Louis

    Mary Kay Henry, president, Service Employees International Union, Washington

    Dr. John Hensing, executive vice president and chief medical officer, Banner Health, Phoenix

    James Hinton, president and CEO, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque

    Dr. Rodney Hochman, president and CEO, Providence Health & Services, Renton, Wash.

    Susan Hohenhaus, executive director, Emergency Nurses Association, Des Plaines, Ill.

    Dr. Ardis Hoven, incoming president, American Medical Association, Chicago

    Karen Ignagni, president and CEO, America's Health Insurance Plans, Washington

    Jeffrey Immelt, chairman and CEO, General Electric Co., Fairfield, Conn.

    Joey Jacobs, chairman and CEO, Acadia Healthcare, Franklin, Tenn.

    Shalom Jacobovitz, CEO, American College of Cardiology, Washington

    Dr. Brent James, chief quality officer and executive director of the Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Reynold Jennings, president and CEO, WellStar Health System, Marietta, Ga.

    Dr. William Jesse, senior vice president, Integrated Healthcare Strategies; former president and CEO, Medical Group Management Association

    Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana, Baton Rouge

    Chip Kahn, president and CEO, Federation of American Hospitals, Washington

    Dr. Gary Kaplan, chairman and CEO, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle

    James Kaskie, president and CEO, Kaleida Health, Buffalo, N.Y.

    Donna Katen-Bahensky, president and CEO, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison

    Paul Keckley, executive director, Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, Washington

    Sister Carol Keehan, president and CEO, Catholic Health Association, Washington

    Brian Keeley, president and CEO, Baptist Health South Florida, Coral Gables

    Todd Ketch, executive director, American Health Quality Association, Washington

    Dr. Darrell Kirch, president and CEO, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington

    Dr. John Kitzhaber, governor of Oregon, Salem

    Dr. Howard Koh, assistant secretary for health, HHS, Washington

    Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, N.J.

    Bruce Lawrence, president and CEO, Integris Health, Oklahoma City

    Bill Leaver, president and CEO, UnityPoint Health, West Des Moines, Iowa

    Jeffrey Lerner, president and CEO, ECRI Institute, Plymouth Meeting, Pa.

    Daniel Levinson, inspector general, HHS, Washington

    Dr. Allen Lichter, CEO, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, Va.

    H. Stephen Lieber, president and CEO, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Chicago

    Steven Lipstein, president and CEO, BJC HealthCare, St. Louis

    Dr. Andrew Litt, chief medical officer, Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences, Round Rock, Texas

    Kevin Lofton, president and CEO, Catholic Health Initiatives, Englewood, Colo.

    David Lopez, president and CEO, Harris Health System, Houston

    Dr. James Madara, executive vice president and CEO, American Medical Association, Chicago

    Beverly Malone, CEO, National League for Nursing, Washington

    Dr. Robert Margolis, co-chairman, DaVita HealthCare Partners; CEO, HealthCare Partners, Denver

    Charles Martin, chairman, president and CEO, Vanguard Health Systems, Nashville

    Dr. Lynn Massingale, executive chairman, TeamHealth, Knoxville, Tenn.

    Dr. Mark McClellan, director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution, Washington

    Gail McGovern, president and CEO, American Red Cross, Washington

    Alan Miller, chairman and CEO, Universal Health Services, King of Prussia, Pa.

    Richard Miller, president and CEO, Virtua, Marlton, N.J.

    Dan Moen, president and CEO, LHP Hospital Group, Plano, Texas

    Stephen Mooney, President and CEO, Conifer Health Solutions, Frisco, Texas

    Tracey Moorhead, president and CEO, Visiting Nurse Associations of America, Washington

    Alan Morgan, CEO, National Rural Health Association, Washington

    Dr. Farzad Mostashari, national coordinator for health information technology, ONC, Washington

    Michael Murphy, president and CEO, Sharp HealthCare, San Diego

    Robert Musslewhite, CEO, Advisory Board Co., Washington

    Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, president, Brigham and Women's Health Care, Boston

    Sumit Nagpal, president and CEO, Alere Accountable Care, Waltham, Mass.

    Dr. Thomas Nasca, president, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Chicago

    Dr. David Nash, founding dean, Jefferson School of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia

    James Nathan, president and CEO, Lee Memorial Health System, Fort Myers, Fla.

    Dr. Geeta Nayyar, chief medical information officer, AT&T

    Mark Neaman, president and CEO, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Ill.

    Gary Newsome, president and CEO, Health Management Associates, Naples, Fla.

    Curt Nonomaque, president and CEO, VHA, Irving, Texas

    Dr. John Noseworthy, president and CEO, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

    Barack Obama, president of the United States, Washington

    Margaret "Peggy" O'Kane, president, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington

    Sharon O'Keefe, president, University of Chicago Medical Center

    Debra Osteen, senior vice president, Universal Health Services; president, Behavioral Health Division, UHS, King of Prussia, Pa.

    Mark Parkinson, president and CEO, American Health Care Association, Washington

    Dr. David Pate, president and CEO, St. Luke's Health System, Boise, Idaho

    Neal Patterson, chairman and CEO, Cerner Corp., Kansas City, Mo.

    Dr. Barbara Paul, senior vice president and chief medical officer, Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tenn.

    Dr. Ronald Paulus, president and CEO, Mission Health, Asheville, N.C.

    George Paz, chairman and CEO, Express Scripts, St. Louis

    Dr. Deborah Peel, founder and chair, Patient Privacy Rights, Austin, Texas

    Dr. Jonathan Perlin, president of clinical services and chief medical officer, HCA, Nashville

    Lee Perlman, president, GNYHA Ventures; vice president of administration and chief financial officer, Greater New York Hospital Association, New York

    Judith Persichilli, interim CEO, merged Catholic Health East-Trinity Health system

    Rick Pollack, executive vice president, American Hospital Association, Washington

    Ron Pollack, founding executive director and vice president, Families USA, Washington

    Dr. Peter Pronovost, senior vice president for patient safety and quality; director, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore

    Dr. David Pryor, executive vice president, Ascension Health Alliance; CEO, Clinical Holdings, Ascension health, St. Louis

    Dr. Robert Pryor, president and CEO, Scott & White Healthcare, Temple, Texas

    Dr. Ram Raju, CEO, Cook County Health and Hospitals System, Chicago

    A. Barry Rand, CEO, AARP, Washington

    Kenneth Raske, president and CEO, Greater New York Hospital Association, New York

    Dr. Prem Reddy, chairman, Prime Healthcare Services, Ontario, Calif.

    Cecile Richards, president, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, New York

    Cathy Rick, chief nursing services officer, Veterans Health Administration, Washington

    Dr. Emad Rizk, president, McKesson Health Solutions, San Francisco

    Jeffrey Romoff, president and CEO, UPMC, Pittsburgh

    Curtis Rooney, president, Healthcare Supply Chain Association, Washington

    Dr. William Roper, dean of the school of medicine, vice chancellor for medical affairs and CEO, UNC Health Care System, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Linda Rosenberg, president and CEO, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, Washington

    Dr. Paul Rothman, dean, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore

    Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, director, U.S. Indian Health Service, Rockville, Md.

    Marco Rubio, U.S. senator (R-Fla.), Washington

    Paul Ryan, House Budget Committee chairman (R-Wis.), Washington

    Dr. Steven Safyer, president and CEO, Montefiore Medical Center, New York

    Kenneth Samet, president and CEO, MedStar Health, Columbia, Md.

    Sunny Sanyal, CEO, T-System, Dallas

    Nancy Schlichting, CEO, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit

    Bruce Schroffel, CEO, University of Colorado Health, Denver

    Rick Scott, governor of Florida, Tallahassee

    Kathleen Sebelius, secretary, HHS, Washington

    John Seffrin, CEO, American Cancer Society, Washington

    Dr. Joe Selby, executive director, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Washington

    Scott Serota, president and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Chicago

    James "Denny" Shelton, chairman, LHP Hospital Group, Plano, Texas

    Eric Shinseki, secretary, Veterans Affairs Department, Washington

    Peter Shumlin, Governor of Vermont, Montpelier

    Dr. Bruce Siegel, president and CEO, America's Essential Hospitals, Washington

    Knox Singleton, CEO, Inova Health System, Falls Church, Va.

    James Skogsbergh, president and CEO, Advocate Health Care, Oak Brook, Ill.

    Daniel Slipkovich, co-founder and CEO, Capella Healthcare Franklin, Tenn.

    Wayne Smith, chairman, president and CEO, Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tenn.

    Carol Solomon, CEO, Peoples Health, Metairie, La.

    Dr. Charles Sorenson, president and CEO, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City

    Anthony "Tony" Spezia, president and CEO, Covenant Health, Knoxville, Tenn.

    Rulon Stacey, president, University of Colorado Health, Denver

    Dr. Glenn Steele Jr., president and CEO, Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pa.

    Quint Studer, founder and CEO, Studer Group, Gulf Breeze, Fla.

    Joseph Swedish, CEO, WellPoint, Indianapolis

    Paul Tang, chief innovation and technology officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Mountain View, Calif.

    Michael Tarwater, CEO, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, N.C.

    Marilyn Tavenner, acting CMS administrator, CMS, Baltimore

    Anthony Tersigni, president and CEO, Ascension Health Alliance, St. Louis

    Nitin Thakor, president and CEO, GeBBS HealthCare Solutions, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

    Kent Thiry, co-chairman and CEO, DaVita HealthCare Partners, Denver

    Warner Thomas, president and CEO, Ochsner Health System New Orleans

    Dr. Craig Thompson, president and CEO, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

    Irene Thompson, president and CEO, UHC, Chicago

    William Thompson, president and CEO, SSM Health Care, St. Louis

    Dr. Eric Topol, chief academic officer, Scripps Health, San Diego; director, Scripps Translational Science Institute, La Jolla, Calif.

    Dr. John Toussaint, founder and CEO, ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value, Appleton, Wis.

    Micky Tripathi, founding president and CEO, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, Waltham

    Dr. Reed Tuckson, executive vice president and chief of medical affairs, UnitedHealth Group, Minnetonka, Minn.

    Dr. Nicholas Turkal, president and CEO, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee

    Dr. Susan Turney, president and CEO, MGMA-ACMPE, Englewood, Colo.

    Bernard Tyson, incoming chariman and CEO, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, Calif.

    Stephen Ubl, president and CEO, Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), Washington

    Richard Umbdenstock, president and CEO, American Hospital Association, Chicago

    Chris Van Gorder, president and CEO, Scripps Health, San Diego

    Dr. Robert Wachter, professor and associate chairman, department of medicine, University of California, San Francisco; chief of the division of hospital medicine and chief of the medical service, UCSF Medical Center

    Dr. Robert Wah, chief medical officer, Computer Sciences Corp., Falls Church, Va.

    Mary Wakefield, administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration, Washington

    Jean Watson, founder and director, Watson Caring Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.; dean emerita, University of Colorado College of Nursing, Denver

    Andrew Webber, president and CEO, National Business Coalition on Health, Washington

    Dr. James Weinstein, president and CEO, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Lebanon, N.H.

    Dr. Larry Wellikson, CEO, Society of Hospital Medicine, Philadelphia

    Dr. John Wennberg, founder, director emeritus, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice

    Marla Weston, CEO, American Nurses Association, Washington

    W. Carl Whitmer, president and CEO, Iasis Healthcare, Franklin, Tenn.

    Dean Wilkerson, executive director, American College of Emergency Physicians, Irving, Texas

    Dr. Trenor Williams, CEO and co-founder, Clinovations, Washington

    Dr. William Winkenwerder, president and CEO, Highmark, Pittsburgh

    Dr. Nicholas Wolter, CEO, Billings (Mont.) Clinic

    Dan Wolterman, president and CEO, Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston

    Ron Wyden, U.S. senator (D-Ore.), Washington

    Sylvia Young, president and CEO, HealthOne and HCA's Continental Division, Denver

    Thomas Zenty III, CEO, University Hospitals, Cleveland

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