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50 Most Influential Physician Executives – 2017

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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

    Tom Price

    Secretary

    HHS

    Rank: 2

    John Noseworthy

    President/CEO

    Mayo Clinic

    Rank: 3

    David Feinberg

    President/CEO

    Geisinger Health

    Rank: 4

    Rodney Hochman

    President/CEO

    Providence St. Joseph Health

    Rank: 5

    Toby Cosgrove

    President/CEO

    Cleveland Clinic

    Rank: 6

    David Shulkin

    Secretary

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

    Rank: 7

    Patrick Conway

    Deputy administrator for innovation and quality

    CMS

    Rank: 8

    Benjamin Chu

    President/CEO

    Memorial Hermann Health System

    Rank: 9

    Laurie Glimcher

    President/CEO

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Rank: 10

    Marc Harrison

    President/CEO

    Intermountain Healthcare

    Rank: 11

    Steven Corwin

    President/CEO

    New York-Presbyterian

    Rank: 12

    Gary Kaplan

    Chairman/CEO

    Virginia Mason

    Rank: 13

    Ronald Paulus

    President/CEO

    Mission Health

    Rank: 14

    Lynn Massingale

    Chairman/Co-founder

    TeamHealth

    Rank: 15

    Craig Samitt

    Executive vice president/chief clinical officer

    Anthem

    Rank: 16

    Jonathan Perlin

    President of clinical services and chief medical officer

    HCA Healthcare

    Rank: 17

    Richard Gilfillan

    President/CEO

    Trinity Health

    Rank: 18

    Larry Kaiser

    President/CEO

    Temple University Health System

    Rank: 19

    Prem Reddy

    Chairman/CEO

    Prime Healthcare Services

    Rank: 20

    Bruce Siegel

    President/CEO

    America's Essential Hospitals

    Rank: 21

    Eric Topol

    Founder and director

    Scripps Translational Science Institute

    Rank: 22

    Lynn Simon

    President of clinical operations and chief medical officer

    Community Health Systems

    Rank: 23

    Sachin Jain

    CEO

    CareMore Health

    Rank: 24

    Stephen Klasko

    President/CEO

    Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health

    Rank: 25

    Robert Pearl

    Former executive director/CEO

    Permanente Medical Group

    Rank: 26

    Mark Chassin

    President/CEO

    Joint Commission

    Rank: 27

    Robert Wachter

    Chairman of the medicine department

    UCSF Medical Center

    Rank: 28

    William Roper

    CEO

    UNC Health Care System

    Rank: 29

    Francis Collins

    Director

    National Institutes of Health

    Rank: 30

    Tejal Gandhi

    Chief clinical and safety officer

    Institute for Healthcare Improvement

    Rank: 31

    Susan Desmond-Hellmann

    CEO

    Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

    Rank: 32

    Troyen Brennan

    Executive vice president and chief medical officer

    CVS Health

    Rank: 33

    Robert Wiebe

    Executive VP/chief medical officer

    Dignity Health

    Rank: 34

    Paul Rothman

    CEO

    Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Rank: 35

    David Pryor

    Executive vice president and chief clinical officer

    Ascension Health

    Rank: 36

    Penny Wheeler

    President/CEO

    Allina Health

    Rank: 37

    David Blumenthal

    President

    Commonwealth Fund

    Rank: 38

    James Madara

    Executive vice president and CEO

    American Medical Association

    Rank: 39

    Richard Migliori

    Executive vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer

    UnitedHealth Group

    Rank: 40

    Nick Turkal

    President/CEO

    Aurora Health Care

    Rank: 41

    Steven Safyer

    President/CEO

    Montefiore Medicine

    Rank: 42

    Jonathan Lewin

    Chairman /President/ CEO

    Emory Healthcare

    Rank: 43

    David Torchiana

    President/CEO

    Partners HealthCare

    Rank: 44

    Ralph de la Torre

    Chairman/CEO

    Steward Health Care System

    Rank: 45

    William Conway

    CEO

    Henry Ford Medical Group

    Rank: 46

    Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

    Former president/CEO

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    Rank: 47

    Frederick Cerise

    President/CEO

    Parkland Hospital

    Rank: 48

    David Bailey

    President/CEO

    Nemours

    Rank: 49

    Darrell Kirch

    President/CEO

    Association of American Medical Colleges

    Rank: 50

    Leana Wen

    Health commissioner

    City of Baltimore

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