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50 Most Influential Clinical Executives - 2019

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    The 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives program (previously 50 Most Influential Physicians Executives and Leaders) honors physician and nurse leaders working in the healthcare industry who are deemed by their peers and an expert panel to be the most influential in terms of demonstrating leadership and impact. It took power to make reform happen; now, it will take influential leaders to make reform work. 

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    Dr. Scott Gottlieb
    Rank: 1

    Dr. Scott Gottlieb

    Former commissioner

    Food and Drug Administration

    Dr. Robert Grossman
    Rank: 2

    Dr. Robert Grossman

    CEO

    NYU Langone Health

    Dr. Mark Schuster
    Rank: 3

    Dr. Mark Schuster

    Founding dean and CEO

    Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine

    Dr. Donald Rucker
    Rank: 4

    Dr. Donald Rucker

    National coordinator

    Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

    Dr. Barbara McAneny
    Rank: 5

    Dr. Barbara McAneny

    Immediate past president

    American Medical Association

    Dr. Stephen Klasko
    Rank: 6

    Dr. Stephen Klasko

    CEO

    Jefferson Health

    Dr. Marc Harrison
    Rank: 7

    Dr. Marc Harrison

    President and CEO

    Intermountain Healthcare

    Dr. Kate Goodrich
    Rank: 8

    Dr. Kate Goodrich

    Chief medical officer

    CMS

    Nancy Howell Agee
    Rank: 9

    Nancy Howell Agee

    President and CEO

    Carilion Clinic

    Dr. Patrick Conway
    Rank: 10

    Dr. Patrick Conway

    President and CEO

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

    Dr. Mitchell Katz
    Rank: 11

    Dr. Mitchell Katz

    President and CEO

    NYC Health + Hospitals

    Dr. Tomislav Mihaljevic
    Rank: 12

    Dr. Tomislav Mihaljevic

    President and CEO

    Cleveland Clinic

    Dr. Rod Hochman
    Rank: 13

    Dr. Rod Hochman

    President and CEO

    Providence St. Joseph Health

    Dr. Leana Wen
    Rank: 14

    Dr. Leana Wen

    President

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America

    Dr. Sachin Jain
    Rank: 15

    Dr. Sachin Jain

    President and CEO

    CareMore Health

    Dr. Troyen Brennan
    Rank: 16

    Dr. Troyen Brennan

    Executive vice president and chief medical officer

    CVS Health

    Dr. Gary Kaplan
    Rank: 17

    Dr. Gary Kaplan

    Chairman and CEO

    Virginia Mason

    Dr. Rhonda Medows
    Rank: 18

    Dr. Rhonda Medows

    President of population health management

    Providence St. Joseph Health

    Dr. Jaewon Ryu
    Rank: 19

    Dr. Jaewon Ryu

    Interim president and CEO

    Geisinger Health

    Dr. Steven Corwin
    Rank: 20

    Dr. Steven Corwin

    President and CEO

    New York-Presbyterian

    Dr. Gianrico Farrugia
    Rank: 21

    Dr. Gianrico Farrugia

    President and CEO

    Mayo Clinic

    Dr. Cheryl Pegus
    Rank: 22

    Dr. Cheryl Pegus

    Senior vice president of healthcare services and chief medical officer

    Cambia Health Solutions

    Dr. Joanne Conroy
    Rank: 23

    Dr. Joanne Conroy

    President and CEO

    Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health

    Dr. Nick Turkal
    Rank: 24

    Dr. Nick Turkal

    Co-President and CEO

    Advocate Aurora Health

    Dr. Laura Forese
    Rank: 25

    Dr. Laura Forese

    Executive vice president and chief operating officer

    New York-Presbyterian

    Dr. Bechara Choucair
    Rank: 26

    Dr. Bechara Choucair

    Senior vice president and chief community health officer

    Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals

    Dr. Andrea Willis
    Rank: 27

    Dr. Andrea Willis

    Senior vice president and chief medical officer

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee

    Dr. Jonathan Perlin
    Rank: 28

    Dr. Jonathan Perlin

    President of clinical services and chief medical officer

    HCA Healthcare

    Dr. Andrew Pecora
    Rank: 29

    Dr. Andrew Pecora

    Formerly president of physician services and chief innovation officer

    Hackensack Meridian Health

    Dr. Mandy Cohen
    Rank: 30

    Dr. Mandy Cohen

    Secretary

    North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

    Dr. David Rhew
    Rank: 31

    Dr. David Rhew

    Chief medical officer

    Samsung Electronics America

    Dr. Carolyn Clancy
    Rank: 32

    Dr. Carolyn Clancy

    Deputy undersecretary for discovery, education and affiliate networks

    Veterans Health Administration

    Dr. Susan Turney
    Rank: 33

    Dr. Susan Turney

    CEO

    Marshfield Clinic Health System

    Madeline Bell
    Rank: 34

    Madeline Bell

    President and CEO

    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Dr. Jerome Adams
    Rank: 35

    Dr. Jerome Adams

    U.S. surgeon general

    HHS

    Dr. Tony Farah
    Rank: 36

    Dr. Tony Farah

    Executive vice president, chief medical and clinical transformation officer

    Highmark Health

    Dr. Anthony Slonim
    Rank: 37

    Dr. Anthony Slonim

    President and CEO

    Renown Health

    Tommye Austin
    Rank: 38

    Tommye Austin

    Senior vice president and chief nurse executive

    University Health System

    Vice Adm. Raquel Bono
    Rank: 39

    Vice Adm. Raquel Bono

    Director

    Defense Health Agency

    Dr. Penny Wheeler
    Rank: 40

    Dr. Penny Wheeler

    President and CEO

    Allina Health

    Regina Cunningham
    Rank: 41

    Regina Cunningham

    CEO

    Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    Dr. Joanne Smith
    Rank: 42

    Dr. Joanne Smith

    President and CEO

    Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

    Dr. James Madara
    Rank: 43

    Dr. James Madara

    Executive vice president and CEO

    American Medical Association

    Dr. Farzad Mostashari
    Rank: 44

    Dr. Farzad Mostashari

    CEO

    Aledade

    Dr. Laurie Glimcher
    Rank: 45

    Dr. Laurie Glimcher

    President and CEO

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Dr. Larry Kaiser
    Rank: 46

    Dr. Larry Kaiser

    President and CEO

    Temple University Health System

    Dr. Richard Shinto
    Rank: 47

    Dr. Richard Shinto

    President and CEO

    InnovaCare Health

    Dr. Tony Tedeschi
    Rank: 48

    Dr. Tony Tedeschi

    CEO

    Detroit Medical Center

    Loressa Cole
    Rank: 49

    Loressa Cole

    CEO

    ANA Enterprise

    Jane Englebright
    Rank: 50

    Jane Englebright

    Senior vice president and chief nursing executive

    HCA Healthcare

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