50 Most Influential Clinical Executives - 2019

Pecora most recently led innovation and transformation efforts at Hackensack Meridian Health, including advancing strategies to shift to value-based care and a partnership with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Through Hackensack’s innovation work, he oversaw the growth of a $25 million capital fund that spurred ideas like Pillo, a health robot that helps patients at home and PurpleSun, which makes a disinfection tool that can help prevent hospital-acquired infections. In May, Pecora was named CEO of Outcomes Matter Innovations, a physician-led healthcare transformation company.