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50 Most Influential Physician Executives – 2015

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    The 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives program (previously 50 Most Influential Physicians Executives and Leaders) honors physicians 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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    Rank: 1

    Robert Wachter

    Associate Chairman

    University of California at San Francisco

    Rank: 2

    Richard Gilfillan

    President and CEO

    Trinity Health

    Rank: 3

    Thomas Frieden

    Director

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Rank: 4

    Atul Gawande

    Surgeon, professor, writer, researcher

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Rank: 5

    Jonathan Perlin

    President

    HCA Healthcare

    Rank: 6

    John Noseworthy

    President and CEO

    Mayo Clinic

    Rank: 7

    James Madara

    Executive vice president and CEO

    American Medical Association

    Rank: 8

    Karen DeSalvo

    Head, Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

    HHS

    Rank: 9

    Charles Sorenson

    President and CEO

    Intermountain Healthcare

    Rank: 10

    Gary Kaplan

    Chairman and CEO

    Virginia Mason

    Rank: 11

    Patrick Conway

    Deputy Principal Administrator

    CMS

    Rank: 12

    David Feinberg

    CEO

    UCLA Hospital System

    Rank: 13

    Toby Cosgrove

    President and CEO

    Cleveland Clinic

    Rank: 14

    Prem Reddy

    Chairman, President and CEO

    Prime Healthcare Services

    Rank: 15

    Steven Corwin

    CEO

    New York-Presbyterian

    Rank: 16

    Vivek Murthy

    Surgeon General

    U.S. Public Health Service

    Rank: 17

    Lynn Simon

    President and Chief Quality Officer

    Community Health Systems

    Rank: 18

    Peter Slavin

    President

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Rank: 19

    Ram Raju

    President and CEO

    New York City Health and Hospitals Corp

    Rank: 20

    Paul Rothman

    CEO

    Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Rank: 21

    David Blumenthal

    President

    Commonwealth Fund

    Rank: 22

    Elizabeth Nabel

    President

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Rank: 23

    William Conway

    Executive Vice President

    Henry Ford Health System

    Rank: 24

    Robert Wah

    Global Chief Medical Officer

    Computer Sciences Corp.

    Rank: 25

    Kelvin Baggett

    Chief clinical officer

    Tenet Healthcare Corp.

    Rank: 26

    Benjamin Chu

    Group President

    Kaiser Permanente

    Rank: 27

    Victor Dzau

    President

    Institute of Medicine

    Rank: 28

    Robert Grossman

    Dean and CEO

    NYU Langone Medical Center

    Rank: 29

    Tejal Gandhi

    President and CEO

    National Patient Safety Foundation

    Rank: 30

    Ronald DePinho

    Physician

    University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Rank: 31

    William Roper

    CEO

    University of North Carolina Healthcare System

    Rank: 32

    Francis Collins

    Director

    National Institutes of Health

    Rank: 33

    Rodney Hochman

    President and CEO

    Providence Health and Services

    Rank: 34

    Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

    President and CEO

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    Rank: 35

    Christine Cassel

    President and CEO

    National Quality Forum

    Rank: 36

    Steven Safyer

    President and CEO

    Montefiore Medical Center

    Rank: 37

    Gary Gottlieb

    President and CEO

    Partners HealthCare

    Rank: 38

    Patrick Soon-Shiong

    CEO

    Nantworks

    Rank: 39

    Eric Topol

    Director

    Scripps Translational Science Institute

    Rank: 40

    Bruce Siegel

    President and CEO

    America's Essential Hospitals

    Rank: 41

    Richard Migliori

    Chief medical officer

    UnitedHealth Group

    Rank: 42

    Mark Chassin

    President and CEO

    Joint Commission

    Rank: 43

    Barbara Levy

    Vice president for health policy

    American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

    Rank: 44

    Susan Desmond-Hellmann

    CEO

    Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

    Rank: 45

    Troyen Brennan

    Executive vice president and chief medical officer

    CVS Health

    Rank: 46

    Glenn Steele, Jr.

    President and CEO

    Geisinger Health

    Rank: 47

    Georges Benjamin

    Executive Director

    American Public Health Association

    Rank: 48

    Darrell Kirch

    President and CEO

    Association of American Medical Colleges

    Rank: 49

    Steven Altschuler

    CEO

    Children's Hospital

    Rank: 50

    Susan Turney

    CEO

    Marshfield Clinic Health System

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