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50 Most Influential Physician Executives – 2018

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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

    Scott Gottlieb

    Commissioner

    Food and Drug Administration

    Rank: 2

    Marc Harrison

    President/CEO

    Intermountain Healthcare

    Rank: 3

    David Feinberg

    President/CEO

    Geisinger Health

    Rank: 4

    Craig Samitt

    Executive vice president/chief clinical officer

    Anthem

    Rank: 5

    Nick Turkal

    Co-president and Co-CEO

    Aurora Health Care

    Rank: 6

    Stephen Klasko

    President/CEO

    Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health

    Rank: 7

    Richard Gilfillan

    CEO

    Trinity Health

    Rank: 8

    John Noseworthy

    President/CEO

    Mayo Clinic

    Rank: 9

    Troyen Brennan

    Chief health officer

    CVS Health

    Rank: 10

    Bechara Choucair

    Senior vice president/chief community health officer

    Kaiser Foundation Health Plan/Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

    Rank: 11

    Donald Rucker

    National coordinator for health IT

    HHS

    Rank: 12

    Rod Hochman

    President/CEO

    Providence St. Joseph Health

    Rank: 13

    Rand Paul

    U.S. senator (R-Ky)

    U.S. Senate

    Rank: 14

    Jonathan Perlin

    President of clinical services/chief medical officer

    HCA Healthcare

    Rank: 15

    Richard Isaacs

    CEO/executive director

    Permanente Medical Group

    Rank: 16

    Tomislav Mihaljevic

    President/CEO

    Cleveland Clinic

    Rank: 17

    Laurie Glimcher

    President/CEO

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Rank: 18

    Leana Wen

    Health commissioner

    City of Baltimore

    Rank: 19

    James Madara

    Executive vice president/CEO

    American Medical Association

    Rank: 20

    Harold Paz

    Executive vice president/chief medical officer

    Aetna

    Rank: 21

    Sue Desmond-Hellmann

    CEO

    Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

    Rank: 22

    Joanne Conroy

    President/CEO

    Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health

    Rank: 23

    Patrick Conway

    President/CEO

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

    Rank: 24

    Rhonda Medows

    Executive vice president of population health

    Providence St. Joseph Health

    Rank: 25

    Tejal Gandhi

    Chief clinical and safety officer

    Institute for Healthcare Improvement

    Rank: 26

    Farzad Mostashari

    CEO/co-founder

    Aledade

    Rank: 27

    Lynn Massingale

    Co-founder/chairman

    TeamHealth

    Rank: 28

    Melinda Estes

    President/CEO

    St. Luke's Hospital

    Rank: 29

    Francis Collins

    Director

    National Institutes of Health

    Rank: 30

    Lee Sacks

    Chief medical officer

    Advocate Aurora Health

    Rank: 31

    Sachin Jain

    President/CEO

    CareMore Health

    Rank: 32

    Eric Topol

    Founder/director

    Scripps Translational Science Institute

    Rank: 33

    David Torchiana

    President/CEO

    Partners HealthCare

    Rank: 34

    Steven Safyer

    President/CEO

    Montefiore Health System

    Rank: 35

    Sylvia Trent-Adams

    Deputy surgeon general

    HHS

    Rank: 36

    Steven Corwin

    President/CEO

    New York-Presbyterian

    Rank: 37

    Paul Rothman

    CEO

    Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Rank: 38

    Bruce Siegel

    President/CEO

    America's Essential Hospitals

    Rank: 39

    Paul Tang

    Vice president/chief health transformation officer

    IBM Watson Health

    Rank: 40

    William Conway

    CEO

    Henry Ford Medical Group

    Rank: 41

    Susan Turney

    CEO

    Marshfield Clinic Health System

    Rank: 42

    Gary Kaplan

    Chairman/CEO

    Virginia Mason

    Rank: 43

    Penny Wheeler

    President/CEO

    Allina Health

    Rank: 44

    Robert Wachter

    Chairman, department of medicine

    UCSF Medical Center

    Rank: 45

    Carolyn Clancy

    Executive in charge

    VHA

    Rank: 46

    Raquel Bono

    Director

    Defense Health Agency

    Rank: 47

    Elinore McCance-Katz

    Assistant HHS secretary

    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

    Rank: 48

    Mark Chassin

    President/CEO

    Joint Commission

    Rank: 49

    Joanne Smith

    President/CEO

    Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

    Rank: 50

    Anthony Tedeschi

    CEO

    Detroit Medical Center

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