100 Most Influential People in Healthcare - 2022

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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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Michael Dowling
Rank: 1

Michael Dowling

President and CEO

Northwell Health

CVS Health Karen Lynch
Rank: 2

Karen Lynch

President and CEO

CVS Health

Roz Brewer
Rank: 3

Rosalind Brewer

CEO

Walgreens Boots Alliance

Judy Faulkner
Rank: 4

Judy Faulkner

Founder and CEO

Epic Systems

Greg Adams
Rank: 5

Greg Adams

Chair and CEO

Kaiser Permanente

Samuel Hazen
Rank: 6

Samuel Hazen

CEO

HCA Healthcare

Eugene Woods
Rank: 7

Eugene Woods

CEO

Advocate Health

Brian Thompson
Rank: 8

Brian Thompson

CEO

UnitedHealthcare

Joe Biden
Rank: 9

Joe Biden

President of the United States

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
Rank: 10

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

Administrator

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Xavier Becerra
Rank: 11

Xavier Becerra

Secretary

Department of Health and Human Services

Dr. Cheryl Pegus
Rank: 12

Dr. Cheryl Pegus

Managing director

Morgan Health

Mark Cuban
Rank: 13

Mark Cuban

Co-founder

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co.

Gail Boudreaux
Rank: 14

Gail Boudreaux

President and CEO

Elevance Health

Jim Skogsbergh
Rank: 15

Jim Skogsbergh

CEO

Advocate Health

Dr. Jonathan Perlin
Rank: 16

Dr. Jonathan Perlin

President and CEO

The Joint Commission

Wright Lassiter III
Rank: 17

Wright Lassiter III

CEO

CommonSpirit Health

Dr. Joanne Conroy
Rank: 18

Dr. Joanne Conroy

President and CEO

Dartmouth Health

Joseph Impicciche
Rank: 19

Joseph Impicciche

President and CEO

Ascension

Dr. Karen DeSalvo
Rank: 20

Dr. Karen DeSalvo

Chief health officer

Google

Bonnie Castillo
Rank: 21

Bonnie Castillo

Executive director

National Nurses United

Ernest Grant
Rank: 22

Ernest Grant

President

American Nurses Association

Beverly Malone
Rank: 23

Beverly Malone

President and CEO

National League for Nursing

Mary Kay Henry
Rank: 24

Mary Kay Henry

International President

Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Albert Bourla
Rank: 25

Albert Bourla

Chairman and CEO

Pfizer

Stéphane Bancel
Rank: 26

Stéphane Bancel

CEO

Moderna

Dan Liljenquist
Rank: 27

Dan Liljenquist

Senior vice president and chief strategy officer

Intermountain Healthcare

Leah Binder
Rank: 28

Leah Binder

President and CEO

Leapfrog Group

Stephen Ubl
Rank: 29

Stephen Ubl

President and CEO

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)

Rick Pollack
Rank: 30

Rick Pollack

President and CEO

American Hospital Association

Dr. Philip Ozuah
Rank: 31

Dr. Philip Ozuah

President and CEO

Montefiore Medicine

Kim Keck
Rank: 32

Kim Keck

President and CEO

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Chip Kahn
Rank: 33

Chip Kahn

President and CEO

Federation of American Hospitals

Dr. Bruce Siegel
Rank: 34

Dr. Bruce Siegel

President and CEO

America's Essential Hospitals

Bruce Broussard
Rank: 35

Bruce Broussard

President and CEO

Humana

Elizabeth Fowler
Rank: 36

Elizabeth Fowler

Director

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

Dr. Wyatt Decker
Rank: 37

Dr. Wyatt Decker

CEO

OptumHealth

Dr. Gianrico Farrugia
Rank: 38

Dr. Gianrico Farrugia

President and CEO

Mayo Clinic

Bill Gassen
Rank: 39

Bill Gassen

President and CEO

Sanford Health

Dr. Mitchell Katz
Rank: 40

Dr. Mitchell Katz

President and CEO

NYC Health + Hospitals

Dr. Jaewon Ryu
Rank: 41

Dr. Jaewon Ryu

President and CEO

Geisinger

Dr. Tomislav Mihaljevic
Rank: 42

Dr. Tomislav Mihaljevic

President and CEO

Cleveland Clinic

Dr. Anne Klibanski
Rank: 43

Dr. Anne Klibanski

President and CEO

Mass General Brigham

Dr. Shereef Elnahal
Rank: 44

Dr. Shereef Elnahal

Undersecretary for Health

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Dr. Richard Isaacs
Rank: 45

Dr. Richard Isaacs

CEO and executive director

Permanente Medical Group

David Cordani
Rank: 46

David Cordani

Chairman and CEO

Cigna

Michael Slubowski
Rank: 47

Michael Slubowski

President and CEO

Trinity Health

Leslie Davis
Rank: 48

Leslie Davis

President and CEO

UPMC

Marc Miller
Rank: 49

Marc Miller

President and CEO

Universal Health Services

Thomas Warner
Rank: 50

Warner Thomas

President and CEO

Sutter Health

Dr. David Lubarsky
Rank: 51

Dr. David Lubarsky

CEO and vice chancellor of human health sciences

UC Davis Health

Peter Fine
Rank: 52

Peter Fine

President and CEO

Banner Health

Terry Shaw
Rank: 53

Terry Shaw

President and CEO

AdventHealth

Byron Jobe
Rank: 54

Byron Jobe

President and CEO

Vizient

Sister Mary Haddad
Rank: 55

Sister Mary Haddad

President and CEO

Catholic Health Association of the United States

Michael Alkire
Rank: 56

Michael Alkire

President and CEO

Premier

Dr. James Madara
Rank: 57

Dr. James Madara

CEO and executive vice president

American Medical Association

Dr. Marc Harrison
Rank: 58

Dr. Marc Harrison

General Catalyst

Laura Kaiser
Rank: 59

Laura Kaiser

President and CEO

SSM Health

Robert Garrett
Rank: 60

Robert Garrett

CEO

Hackensack Meridian Health

David Strong
Rank: 61

David Strong

President and CEO

Orlando Health

Dr. Clive Fields
Rank: 62

Dr. Clive Fields

Co-founder and chief medical officer

VillageMD

Kate Walsh
Rank: 63

Kate Walsh

President and CEO

Boston Medical Center

Shawn Martin
Rank: 64

R. Shawn Martin

Executive vice president and CEO

American Academy of Family Physicians

Micky Tripathi
Rank: 65

Micky Tripathi

National coordinator for health information technology

Department of Health and Human Services

Mike Pykosz
Rank: 66

Mike Pykosz

CEO

Oak Street Health

Maurice Smith
Rank: 67

Maurice Smith

President and CEO

Health Care Service Corp.

Tina Freese Decker
Rank: 68

Tina Freese Decker

President and CEO

Corewell Health

Barclay Berdan
Rank: 69

Barclay Berdan

CEO

Texas Health Resources

Dr. David Callender
Rank: 70

Dr. David Callender

President and CEO

Memorial Hermann Health System

Cynthia Hundorfean
Rank: 71

Cynthia Hundorfean

President and CEO

Allegheny Health Network

Candice Saunders
Rank: 72

Candice Saunders

President and CEO

Wellstar Health System

Dr. Rhonda Medows
Rank: 73

Dr. Rhonda Medows

President of population health management

Providence

Dr. Georges Benjamin
Rank: 74

Dr. Georges Benjamin

Executive director

American Public Health Association

Dr. Steven Corwin
Rank: 75

Dr. Steven Corwin

President and CEO

NewYork-Presbyterian

Dr. Omar Lateef
Rank: 76

Dr. Omar Lateef

President and CEO

Rush University System for Health

Andrea Walsh
Rank: 77

Andrea Walsh

President and CEO

HealthPartners

Jason Gorevic
Rank: 78

Jason Gorevic

CEO

Teladoc Health

Randy Oostra
Rank: 79

Randy Oostra

Retired, former CEO

ProMedica

Madeline Bell
Rank: 80

Madeline Bell

President and CEO

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Robert Wieland
Rank: 81

Dr. Robert Wieland

CEO and chief medical officer

Allina Health - Aetna

Tim Hingtgen
Rank: 82

Tim Hingtgen

CEO

Community Health Systems

Tim Robinson
Rank: 83

Timothy Robinson

CEO

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Catherine Jacobson
Rank: 84

Catherine Jacobson

President and CEO

Froedtert Health

Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo
Rank: 85

Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo

Editor in Chief

Journal of the American Medical Association and JAMA Network

Dr. Humayun Chaudhry
Rank: 86

Dr. Humayun Chaudhry

President and CEO

Federation of State Medical Boards

Matt Eyles
Rank: 87

Matt Eyles

President and CEO

AHIP

Jo Ann Jenkins
Rank: 88

Jo Ann Jenkins

CEO

AARP

Kenneth Raske
Rank: 89

Kenneth Raske

President and CEO

Greater New York Hospital Association

Ram Jagannath
Rank: 90

Ram Jagannath

Global Head of Healthcare

Blackstone

Dr. James E.K. Hildreth
Rank: 91

Dr. James E.K. Hildreth

President and CEO

Meharry Medical College

James Mathews
Rank: 92

James Mathews

Executive director

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Ruth Brinkley
Rank: 93

Ruth Williams-Brinkley

President

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States

Kevin Mahoney
Rank: 94

Kevin Mahoney

CEO

University of Pennsylvania Health System (Penn Medicine)

Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom
Rank: 95

Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom

Senior vice president of community health and equity, and chief wellness and diversity officer

Henry Ford Health

Lori Herndon
Rank: 96

Lori Herndon

President and CEO

AtlantiCare

Mark Parkinson
Rank: 97

Mark Parkinson

President and CEO

American Health Care Association

Dr. James Downing
Rank: 98

Dr. James Downing

President and CEO

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Vivian Lee
Rank: 99

Dr. Vivian Lee

President of health platforms

Verily Life Sciences

Ellen Kelsay
Rank: 100

Ellen Kelsay

President and CEO

Business Group on Health

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