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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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