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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. 

    For eligibility, key dates and requirements, click here for more details.

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    Rank: 1

    Scott Gottlieb

    Commissioner

    Food and Drug Administration

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    Rank: 2

    Marc Harrison

    President/CEO

    Intermountain Healthcare

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    Rank: 3

    David Feinberg

    President/CEO

    Geisinger Health

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    Rank: 4

    Craig Samitt

    Executive vice president/chief clinical officer

    Anthem

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    Rank: 5

    Nick Turkal

    Co-president and Co-CEO

    Aurora Health Care

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    Rank: 6

    Stephen Klasko

    President/CEO

    Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health

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    Rank: 7

    Richard Gilfillan

    CEO

    Trinity Health

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    Rank: 8

    John Noseworthy

    President/CEO

    Mayo Clinic

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    Rank: 9

    Troyen Brennan

    Chief health officer

    CVS Health

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    Rank: 10

    Bechara Choucair

    Senior vice president/chief community health officer

    Kaiser Foundation Health Plan/Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

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    Rank: 11

    Donald Rucker

    National coordinator for health IT

    HHS

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    Rank: 12

    Rod Hochman

    President/CEO

    Providence St. Joseph Health

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    Rank: 13

    Rand Paul

    U.S. senator (R-Ky)

    U.S. Senate

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    Rank: 14

    Jonathan Perlin

    President of clinical services/chief medical officer

    HCA Healthcare

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    Rank: 15

    Richard Isaacs

    CEO/executive director

    Permanente Medical Group

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    Rank: 16

    Tomislav Mihaljevic

    President/CEO

    Cleveland Clinic

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    Rank: 17

    Laurie Glimcher

    President/CEO

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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    Rank: 18

    Leana Wen

    Health commissioner

    City of Baltimore

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    Rank: 19

    James Madara

    Executive vice president/CEO

    American Medical Association

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    Rank: 20

    Harold Paz

    Executive vice president/chief medical officer

    Aetna

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    Rank: 21

    Sue Desmond-Hellmann

    CEO

    Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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    Rank: 22

    Joanne Conroy

    President/CEO

    Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health

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    Rank: 23

    Patrick Conway

    President/CEO

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

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    Rank: 24

    Rhonda Medows

    Executive vice president of population health

    Providence St. Joseph Health

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    Rank: 25

    Tejal Gandhi

    Chief clinical and safety officer

    Institute for Healthcare Improvement

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    Rank: 26

    Farzad Mostashari

    CEO/co-founder

    Aledade

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    Rank: 27

    Lynn Massingale

    Co-founder/chairman

    TeamHealth

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    Rank: 28

    Melinda Estes

    President/CEO

    St. Luke's Hospital

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    Rank: 29

    Francis Collins

    Director

    National Institutes of Health

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    Rank: 30

    Lee Sacks

    Chief medical officer

    Advocate Aurora Health

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    Rank: 31

    Sachin Jain

    President/CEO

    CareMore Health

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    Rank: 32

    Eric Topol

    Founder/director

    Scripps Translational Science Institute

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    Rank: 33

    David Torchiana

    President/CEO

    Partners HealthCare

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    Rank: 34

    Steven Safyer

    President/CEO

    Montefiore Health System

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    Rank: 35

    Sylvia Trent-Adams

    Deputy surgeon general

    HHS

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    Rank: 36

    Steven Corwin

    President/CEO

    New York-Presbyterian

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    Rank: 37

    Paul Rothman

    CEO

    Johns Hopkins Medicine

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    Rank: 38

    Bruce Siegel

    President/CEO

    America's Essential Hospitals

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    Rank: 39

    Paul Tang

    Vice president/chief health transformation officer

    IBM Watson Health

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    Rank: 40

    William Conway

    CEO

    Henry Ford Medical Group

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    Rank: 41

    Susan Turney

    CEO

    Marshfield Clinic Health System

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    Rank: 42

    Gary Kaplan

    Chairman/CEO

    Virginia Mason

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    Penny Wheeler

    President/CEO

    Allina Health

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    Rank: 44

    Robert Wachter

    Chairman, department of medicine

    UCSF Medical Center

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    Carolyn Clancy

    Executive in charge

    VHA

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    Raquel Bono

    Director

    Defense Health Agency

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    Elinore McCance-Katz

    Assistant HHS secretary

    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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    Rank: 48

    Mark Chassin

    President/CEO

    Joint Commission

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    Rank: 49

    Joanne Smith

    President/CEO

    Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

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    Anthony Tedeschi

    CEO

    Detroit Medical Center

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