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    The 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare awards & recognition program honors individuals in healthcare who are deemed by their peers and the senior editors of Modern Healthcare to be the most influential individuals in the industry, in terms of leadership and impact. This program allows for readers to vote for their top choices and selected honorees will be published in Modern Healthcare's annual ranking.

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    The Front-line Worker
    Rank: 1

    The Front-line Worker

    Michael Dowling
    Rank: 2

    Michael Dowling

    President and CEO

    Northwell Health

    Dr. Marc Harrison
    Rank: 3

    Dr. Marc Harrison

    President and CEO

    Intermountain Healthcare

    Samuel Hazen
    Rank: 4

    Samuel Hazen

    CEO

    HCA Healthcare

    Beverly Malone
    Rank: 5

    Beverly Malone

    President and CEO

    National League for Nursing

    Susan DeVore
    Rank: 6

    Susan DeVore

    CEO

    Premier

    Gene Woods
    Rank: 7

    Gene Woods

    President and CEO

    Atrium Health

    Judith Faulkner
    Rank: 8

    Judith Faulkner

    Founder and CEO

    Epic Systems Corp.

    Dr. Anthony Fauci
    Rank: 9

    Dr. Anthony Fauci

    Director

    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

    Jason Gorevic
    Rank: 10

    Jason Gorevic

    CEO

    Teladoc Health

    Dr. Stephen Hahn
    Rank: 11

    Dr. Stephen Hahn

    Commissioner

    Food and Drug Administration

    Dr. Tom Inglesby
    Rank: 12

    Dr. Tom Inglesby

    Director

    Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

    Dr. Melinda Estes
    Rank: 13

    Dr. Melinda Estes

    President and CEO

    St. Luke's Health System

    Larry Merlo
    Rank: 14

    Larry Merlo

    President and CEO

    CVS Health

    David Wichmann
    Rank: 15

    David Wichmann

    CEO

    UnitedHealth Group

    Seema Verma
    Rank: 16

    Seema Verma

    Administrator

    CMS

    Bonnie Castillo
    Rank: 17

    Bonnie Castillo

    Executive director

    National Nurses United

    Gail Boudreaux
    Rank: 18

    Gail Boudreaux

    President and CEO

    Anthem

    Greg Adams
    Rank: 19

    Greg Adams

    Chairman and CEO

    Kaiser Permanente

    Dr. Susan Bailey
    Rank: 20

    Dr. Susan Bailey

    President

    American Medical Association

    Randy Oostra
    Rank: 21

    Randy Oostra

    President and CEO

    ProMedica

    Dr. Penny Wheeler
    Rank: 22

    Dr. Penny Wheeler

    President and CEO

    Allina Health

    Dr. Richard Isaacs
    Rank: 23

    Dr. Richard Isaacs

    CEO and executive director

    Permanente Medical Group

    Dr. Jaewon Ryu
    Rank: 24

    Dr. Jaewon Ryu

    President and CEO

    Geisinger Health

    Ann Mond Johnson
    Rank: 25

    Ann Mond Johnson

    CEO

    American Telehealth Association

    Dr. Karen DeSalvo
    Rank: 26

    Dr. Karen DeSalvo

    Chief health officer

    Google

    Kieran Murphy
    Rank: 27

    Kieran Murphy

    Preident and CEO

    GE Healthcare

    Donald Trump
    Rank: 28

    Donald Trump

    President

    United States

    Frans van Houten
    Rank: 29

    Frans van Houten

    CEO

    Royal Philips

    Joseph Impicciche
    Rank: 30

    Joseph Impicciche

    President and CEO

    Ascension

    Dr. Deborah Birx
    Rank: 31

    Dr. Deborah Birx

    Ambassador-at-large, coronavirus response coordinator

    Trump administration

    Dr. Joanne Conroy
    Rank: 32

    Dr. Joanne Conroy

    President and CEO

    Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health

    Wright Lassiter III
    Rank: 33

    Wright Lassiter III

    President and CEO

    Henry Ford Health System

    Ronald Rittenmeyer
    Rank: 34

    Ronald Rittenmeyer

    Executive chairman and CEO

    Tenet Healthcare Corp.

    Emma Walmsley
    Rank: 35

    Emma Walmsley

    CEO

    GlaxoSmithKline

    Rick Pollack
    Rank: 36

    Rick Pollack

    President and CEO

    American Hospital Association

    Dr. Anne Klibanski
    Rank: 37

    Dr. Anne Klibanski

    President and CEO

    Mass General Brigham

    Dr. Tomislav Mihaljevic
    Rank: 38

    Dr. Tomislav Mihaljevic

    President and CEO

    Cleveland Clinic

    Dr. Steve Goldberg
    Rank: 39

    Dr. Steve Goldberg

    Vice president of medical affairs, chief health officer

    Quest Diagnostics

    Dr. Brian Caveney
    Rank: 40

    Dr. Brian Caveney

    Executive vice president and president of diagnostics

    Laboratory Corporation of America

    Mary Kay Henry
    Rank: 41

    Mary Kay Henry

    International president

    Service Employees International Union

    Ernest Grant
    Rank: 42

    Ernest Grant

    President

    American Nurses Association

    Karen Lynch
    Rank: 43

    Karen Lynch

    Executive vice president, CVS Health and president, Aetna

    Ketul Patel
    Rank: 44

    Ketul Patel

    CEO, CHI Franciscan and president, Pacific Northwest Division, CommonSpirit Health

    Stephen Ubl
    Rank: 45

    Stephen Ubl

    President and CEO

    Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

    Alex Azar
    Rank: 46

    Alex Azar

    Secretary

    HHS

    Leif Murphy
    Rank: 47

    Leif Murphy

    President and CEO

    TeamHealth

    Byron Jobe
    Rank: 48

    Byron Jobe

    President and CEO

    Vizient

    Marna Borgstrom
    Rank: 49

    Marna Borgstrom

    President and CEO

    Yale New Haven Health System

    Dr. Jerome Adams
    Rank: 50

    Dr. Jerome Adams

    U.S. surgeon general

    HHS

    Dr. Jennifer Schneider
    Rank: 51

    Dr. Jennifer Schneider

    Former president

    Livongo (now part of Teladoc)

    Terry Shaw
    Rank: 52

    Terry Shaw

    President and CEO

    AdventHealth

    Ruth Williams-Brinkley
    Rank: 53

    Ruth Williams-Brinkley

    President

    Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States

    Dr. David Feinberg
    Rank: 54

    Dr. David Feinberg

    Vice president

    Google Health

    David Cordani
    Rank: 55

    David Cordani

    President and CEO

    Cigna Corp.

    Diane Holder
    Rank: 56

    Diane Holder

    President and CEO

    UPMC Health Plan

    Michael Neidorff
    Rank: 57

    Michael Neidorff

    Chairman, president and CEO

    Centene Corp.

    Dr. Francis Collins
    Rank: 58

    Dr. Francis Collins

    Director

    National Institutes of Health

    Andy Mills
    Rank: 59

    Andy Mills

    President

    Medline Industries

    Mark Parkinson
    Rank: 60

    Mark Parkinson

    President and CEO

    American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living

    Susan Sedory
    Rank: 61

    Susan Sedory

    Executive director

    American College of Emergency Physicians

    Richard Gonzalez
    Rank: 62

    Richard Gonzalez

    Chairman and CEO

    AbbVie

    Andrea Walsh
    Rank: 63

    Andrea Walsh

    President and CEO

    HealthPartners

    Geoffrey Martha
    Rank: 64

    Geoff Martha

    CEO

    Medtronic

    Javier Rodriguez
    Rank: 65

    Javier Rodriguez

    CEO

    DaVita

    Amy Perry
    Rank: 66

    Amy Perry

    CEO, hospital division

    Atlantic Health System

    Stefano Pessina
    Rank: 67

    Stefano Pessina

    Executive vice chairman and CEO

    Walgreens Boots Alliance

    Maurice Smith
    Rank: 68

    Maurice Smith

    President and CEO

    Health Care Service Corp.

    Mike Pykosz
    Rank: 69

    Mike Pykosz

    CEO

    Oak Street Health

    Kenneth Raske
    Rank: 70

    Kenneth Raske

    President and CEO

    Greater New York Hospital Association

    Dr. Laura Forese
    Rank: 71

    Dr. Laura Forese

    Executive vice president and chief operating officer

    New York-Presbyterian

    Laura Kaiser
    Rank: 72

    Laura Kaiser

    President and CEO

    SSM Health

    Amir Dan Rubin
    Rank: 73

    Amir Dan Rubin

    Chairman, president and CEO

    One Medical

    Dr. Rod Hochman
    Rank: 74

    Dr. Rod Hochman

    President and CEO

    Providence

    Lloyd Dean
    Rank: 75

    Lloyd Dean

    CEO

    CommonSpirit Health

    Loressa Cole
    Rank: 76

    Loressa Cole

    CEO

    ANA Enterprise

    Sophia Thomas
    Rank: 77

    Sophia Thomas

    President

    American Association of Nurse Practitioners

    Debra Osteen
    Rank: 78

    Debra Osteen

    CEO

    Acadia Healthcare

    Chip Kahn
    Rank: 79

    Chip Kahn

    President and CEO

    Federation of American Hospitals

    Dr. Susan Ehrlich
    Rank: 80

    Dr. Susan Ehrlich

    CEO

    Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center

    Mojdeh Poul
    Rank: 81

    Mojdeh Poul

    Executive vice president, healthcare division

    3M

    Wayne Smith
    Rank: 82

    Wayne Smith

    Chairman and CEO

    Community Health Systems

    Dr. Wyatt Decker
    Rank: 83

    Dr. Wyatt Decker

    CEO

    OptumHealth

    Annette Walker
    Rank: 84

    Annette Walker

    President

    City of Hope Orange County

    Dr. Tejal Gandhi
    Rank: 85

    Dr. Tejal Gandhi

    Chief safety and transformation officer

    Press Ganey Associates

    Paul Black
    Rank: 86

    Paul Black

    CEO

    Allscripts Healthcare Solutions

    Jennifer Taubert
    Rank: 87

    Jennifer Taubert

    Executive vice president and worldwide chairman, pharmaceuticals

    Johnson & Johnson

    Stéphane Bancel
    Rank: 88

    Stéphane Bancel

    CEO

    Moderna

    Dr. Roy Schoenberg
    Rank: 89

    Dr. Roy Schoenberg

    President and CEO

    Amwell

    Jo Ann Jenkins
    Rank: 90

    Jo Ann Jenkins

    CEO

    AARP

    Barry Ostrowsky
    Rank: 91

    Barry Ostrowsky

    President and CEO

    RWJBarnabas Health

    Peter Fine
    Rank: 92

    Peter Fine

    President and CEO

    Banner Health

    Dr. Bechara Choucair
    Rank: 93

    Dr. Bechara Choucair

    Senior vice president and chief health officer

    Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals

    John Starcher
    Rank: 94

    John Starcher

    President and CEO

    Bon Secours Mercy Health

    Carlos Migoya
    Rank: 95

    Carlos Migoya

    President and CEO

    Jackson Health System

    Cynthia Hundorfean
    Rank: 96

    Cynthia Hundorfean

    President and CEO

    Allegheny Health Network

    Steven Collis
    Rank: 97

    Steven Collis

    Chairman, president and CEO

    AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    Susan Salka
    Rank: 98

    Susan Salka

    CEO

    AMN Healthcare

    Matt Eyles
    Rank: 99

    Matt Eyles

    President and CEO

    America's Health Insurance Plans

    Lori Tremmel Freeman
    Rank: 100

    Lori Tremmel Freeman

    CEO

    National Association of County and City Health Officials

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