100 Most Influential People in Healthcare - 2017
Rank 85
Stephen Klasko,
63
President and CEO, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health
- Compensation: $1,785,333 - according to 2015 IRS Form 990
- Years on list: 1
Klasko has been president and CEO of Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health since 2013. He is author of 2016's "We CAN Fix Healthcare in America" and editor in chief of the journal Healthcare Transformation. Since 2014, Jefferson Health has grown from a three-hospital urban academic medical center with annual revenue of $1.8 billion to a major regional academic medical center.