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50 Most Powerful Physician Executives – 2010

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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

    David Blumenthal

    National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

    HHS

    Rank: 2

    Margaret Hamburg

    Commissioner

    Food and Drug Administration

    Rank: 3

    Carolyn Clancy

    Director

    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    Rank: 4

    Francis Collins

    Director

    National Institutes of Health

    Rank: 5

    Thomas Frieden

    Director

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Rank: 6

    Regina Benjamin

    U.S. surgeon general

    Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service

    Rank: 7

    Mark Chassin

    President

    Joint Commission

    Rank: 8

    Emad Rizk

    President

    McKesson Health Solutions

    Rank: 9

    Barry Straube

    Chief medical officer

    CMS

    Rank: 10

    Robert Wachter

    Chief of the division of hospital medicine

    UCSF Medical Center

    Rank: 11

    Paul Tang

    Vice president and chief medical information officer

    Palo Alto (Calif.) Medical Foundation

    Rank: 12

    Patrick Soon-Shiong

    Executive chairman and CEO

    Abraxis BioScience

    Rank: 13

    Christine Cassel

    President and CEO

    American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation

    Rank: 14

    Patrick Quinlan

    CEO

    Ochsner Health System

    Rank: 15

    Stephen Newman

    Chief operating officer

    Tenet Healthcare Corp.

    Rank: 16

    Gary Kaplan

    Chairman and CEO

    Virginia Mason Medical Center

    Rank: 17

    Lanny Copeland

    Chief medical officer

    LifePoint Hospitals

    Rank: 18

    Harry Greenspun

    Chief medical officer

    Dell Perot Systems

    Rank: 19

    Jonathan Perlin

    Chief medical officer and president of the clinical services group

    HCA Healthcare

    Rank: 20

    Gregory Simone

    President and CEO

    WellStar Health System

    Rank: 21

    Gary Gottlieb

    President and CEO

    Partners HealthCare

    Rank: 22

    Steven Safyer

    President and CEO

    Montefiore Medical Center

    Rank: 23

    Patricia Gabow

    CEO

    Denver Health

    Rank: 24

    Edward Murphy

    President and CEO

    Carilion Clinic

    Rank: 25

    Ralph de la Torre

    President and CEO

    Caritas Christi Health Care

    Rank: 26

    Sam Nussbaum

    Executive vice president and chief medical officer

    WellPoint Health Networks

    Rank: 27

    Delos "Toby" Cosgrove

    President and CEO

    Cleveland Clinic

    Rank: 28

    Reed Tuckson

    Executive vice president and chief of medical affairs

    UnitedHealth Group

    Rank: 29

    James Avery

    Senior vice president andchief medical officer

    Golden Living

    Rank: 30

    Alfred Knight

    President and CEO

    Scott & White Healthcare

    Rank: 31

    John Noseworthy

    President and CEO

    Mayo Clinic

    Rank: 32

    Donald Berwick

    President and CEO

    Institute for Healthcare Improvement

    Rank: 33

    William Jessee

    President and CEO

    Medical Group Management Association

    Rank: 34

    Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

    President and CEO

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    Rank: 35

    Darrell Kirch

    President and CEO

    Association of American Medical Colleges

    Rank: 36

    Thomas Nasca

    CEO

    Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

    Rank: 37

    Jack Lewin

    CEO

    American College of Cardiology

    Rank: 38

    Jon Cohen

    Senior vice president andchief medical officer

    Quest Diagnostics

    Rank: 39

    Barry Silbaugh

    CEO

    American College of Physician Executives

    Rank: 40

    Michael Maves

    Executive vice president and CEO

    American Medical Association

    Rank: 41

    Paul Convery

    Senior vice president andchief medical officer

    Baylor Health Care System

    Rank: 42

    Rodney Hochman

    CEO

    Swedish Medical Center

    Rank: 43

    Barbara Paul

    Senior vice president and chief medical officer,

    Community Health Systems

    Rank: 44

    John Koster

    President and CEO

    Providence Health and Services

    Rank: 45

    A. Brent Eastman

    Corporate senior vice president and chief medical officer

    Scripps Health

    Rank: 46

    George Brown

    President and CEO

    Legacy Health System

    Rank: 47

    Dexanne Clohan

    Chief medical officer

    HealthSouth Corp.

    Rank: 48

    Christopher Olivia

    President and CEO

    West Penn Allegheny Health System

    Rank: 49

    Georges Benjamin

    Executive director

    American Public Health Association

    Rank: 50

    John Cochran

    Executive director

    Permanente Federation

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