Top 25 Emerging Leaders - 2022
More than two years into a global pandemic, the healthcare industry has confronted a seemingly endless series of challenges, setbacks and surprises.
But even against that backdrop, the men and women who make up the 2022 class of Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Emerging Leaders have continued to spark growth and innovation in all sectors of the industry. Their myriad accomplishments range from overseeing strategic investments in emerging technologies and advancing hospital-at-home programs to devising process improvements that saved one health system $50 million.
The profiles of this year’s honorees, all age 40 or under, highlight the depth of talent, knowledge and diversity in this generation of healthcare leaders.
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Nichole Davis, 24
Enterprise administrator, OR surgical processing, Enterprise Surgical Operations
Cleveland Clinic
Blake Henderson, 38
Director, diffusion of excellence, Veterans Health Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Tomasz Kawka, 39
Vice president of M&A integration and transformation
Optima Health/Sentara Health Plans
Mairéad McInerney, 37
Corporate director of population health-wellness coordination and member experience
AmeriHealth Caritas
Caroline Njau, 38
Senior vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer
Children's Minnesota
Dr. Lisa Rotenstein, 32
Assistant professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; associate medical director of population health
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
