100 Most Influential People in Healthcare - 2017
Rank 20
James Madara
Executive VP and CEO, American Medical Association
- Compensation: $2,035,378
- Years on list: 5
Madara serves as the CEO and executive vice president of the American Medical Association, the nation's largest physician organization. Madara, who took the helm in 2011, has helped sculpt the organization's long-term strategic plan. As an extension of this vision, he now also serves as chairman of Health2047, an independent, design-driven innovation firm based in San Francisco whose mission is to help advance the AMA's goal of improving the nation's health.