They are listed here in alphabetical order.
Ken Anderson, DO. Chief Medical Quality Officer of NorthShore University HealthSystem (Evanston, Ill.). As chief medical quality officer of NorthShore University HealthSystem since March 2008, Dr. Anderson oversees quality and safety at the system's four hospitals in Evanston, Glenbrook, Highland Park and Skokie, Ill. He also serves as co-chair of the steering committee that governs the system's Center for Clinical and Research Informatics.
Patrick J. Brennan, MD. Senior Vice President and CMO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (Philadelphia). Dr. Brennan has served as senior vice president and CMO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System since 2005 after serving as chief of healthcare quality and patient safety at the system for four years. He has been a faculty member at Penn since 1998.
Victor J. Dzau, MD. President and CEO of Duke University Health System (Durham, N.C.). Since 2004 Dr. Dzau, a cardiologist, has served as president and CEO of Duke University Health System and chancellor for health affairs at Duke University. He is also the James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and director of molecular and genomic vascular biology. Dr. Dzau's prior positions include the Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic (Medicine) at Harvard Medical School, and chairman of the department of medicine, physician-in-chief and director of research at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
David T. Feinberg, MD. President of UCLA Health System (Los Angeles). Dr. Feinberg has served as president of UCLA Health System since July 2011, and as CEO of UCLA Hospital System and associate vice chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences since 2007. He previously served as medical director of UCLA's Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital and head of the NPH Faculty Practice Group. In February 2012, the Partners in Care Foundation presented Dr. Feinberg and UCLA Health System with the Mathies Award for vision and excellence in healthcare leadership.
Steven G. Gabbe, MD. CEO of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus). Dr. Gabbe became CEO of the Wexner Medical Center in July 2008. He previously served as dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn., for seven years and as chair of obstetrics and gynecology at University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle.
W. Brian Gibler, MD. President and CEO of University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Dr. Gibler has served as president and CEO of University Hospital since September 2010. He previously served as the Richard C. Levy Professor of Emergency Medicine and chairman of the department of emergency medicine at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine for five years. He was also executive co-chairman of the national quality improvement initiative CRUSADE, which aimed to reduce the rate of myocardial infarctions through hospital-based strategies.
Richard L. Goldberg, MD. President of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (Washington, D.C.). Dr. Goldberg became president of Georgetown University Hospital in 2010 after serving in an interim position for one year. He has been with Georgetown since 1968, when he was a medical student and later a member of the psychiatry department's faculty. He has held several executive positions with the hospital, including dean of graduate medical education, vice president of medical affairs and CMO.
Larry J. Goodman, MD. CEO of Rush University Medical Center (Chicago). Dr. Goodman, an internist, became president and CEO of Rush University Medical Center in 2002. He is also president of Rush University, president of the Rush System for Health — a nonprofit organization including Rush University Medical Center, Rush Oak Park (Ill.) Hospital, Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora, Ill., and Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee, Ill. — and principal officer of the Rush Board of Trustees. He launched the "Rush Transformation," a 10-year, $1 billion project to rebuild a significant portion of the medical center, in 2006.
Robert I. Grossman, MD. CEO of NYU Langone Medical Center (New York City). Dr. Grossman became CEO of NYU Langone Medical Center and dean of the NYU School of Medicine in July 2007. He previously served as chairman of the department of radiology and professor of neurology, neurosurgery, and physiology and neuroscience at NYU. He has also served in several positions at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, including chief of neuroradiology.
Larry R. Kaiser, MD. President and CEO of Temple University Health System (Philadelphia). In February 2011 Dr. Kaiser became senior executive vice president for health sciences, dean of the Temple University School of Medicine and president and CEO of Temple University Health System. Previously, he served as president and Alkek-Williams Chair of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, where he was also a professor of surgery and professor of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery.
David Kapaska, DO. Regional President and CEO of Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center (Sioux Falls, S.D.). Dr. Kapaska was named regional president and CEO of Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in October 2010. He previously served as senior vice president of medical affairs for Avera McKennan. Earlier in his career, Dr. Kapaska worked in family practice for 10 years, before which he served as a pilot in the United States Air Force.
Stephen K. Klasko, MD. President and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University Health System (Philadelphia). Dr. Klasko was appointed to the new united position of president of Thomas Jefferson University and president and CEO of TJUH System in June. The roles were previously held by two different people. Dr. Klasko most recently served as dean of the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida and CEO of USF Health in Tampa, Fla.
Vivian S. Lee, MD, PhD. CEO of University of Utah Health Care (Salt Lake City). Dr. Lee, a radiologist by training, has served as CEO of the University of Utah Health Care, senior vice president for health sciences at the University of Utah and dean of the University of Utah's School of Medicine since July 2011. She previously served as the first vice dean for science, senior vice president and chief scientific officer of New York University Medical Center.
John McCabe, MD. CEO of Upstate University Hospital (Syracuse, N.Y.). Dr. McCabe has served as CEO of Upstate University Hospital and senior vice president for hospital affairs since August 2009. He has held several other positions at the hospital, including medical staff president, medical director and chair of the department of emergency medicine.
Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, MD. CEO of University of Michigan Health System (Ann Arbor). Dr. Pescovitz became the University of Michigan's first female executive vice president for medical affairs and health system CEO in May 2009. She previously served as executive associate dean for research affairs at Indiana University School of Medicine, president and CEO of Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis and interim vice president for research administration at Indiana University.
C. Wright Pinson, MD. CEO of Vanderbilt Health System (Nashville, Tenn.). Dr. Pinson, a liver and hepatobiliary surgeon, serves as CEO of Vanderbilt Health System, and deputy vice chancellor for health affairs and senior associate dean for clinical affairs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He has held several leadership positions since joining the organization in 1990, including chairman of the department of surgery, chairman of the medical board and CMO.
Daniel K. Podolsky, MD. President of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas). Dr. Podolsky became president of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in September 2008. He previously served as the Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, chief of gastroenterology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and chief academic officer of Boston-based Partners HealthCare System.
Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD. Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs at University of Chicago Medicine. Dr. Polonsky serves as executive vice president for medical affairs at University of Chicago Medicine, dean of the division of biological sciences, dean of the Pritzker School of Medicine and the Richard T. Crane Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine. He became a member of the University of Chicago faculty in 1981.
Paul G. Ramsey, MD. CEO of UW Medicine (Seattle). Dr. Ramsey has served as CEO of UW Medicine, executive vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Washington since June 1997. He previously served as acting chair and then chair of the UW department of medicine for seven years.
William L. Roper, MD. CEO of UNC Health Care System (Chapel Hill). Dr. Roper is CEO of UNC Health Care System, dean of the school of medicine and vice chancellor for medical affairs. In addition, he serves as a professor of pediatrics in the School of Medicine and professor of health policy and administration in the UNC School of Public Health.
Paul B. Rothman, MD. CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine (Baltimore). Dr. Rothman, a rheumatologist and molecular immunologist, became CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, dean of the medical faculty and vice president for medicine of The Johns Hopkins University in July 2012. He previously served as dean of the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa and led its clinical practice plan since 2008.
Fred Rothstein, MD. President of University Hospitals Case Medical Center (Cleveland). Dr. Rothstein, a pediatric gastroenterologist, became president of UH Case Medical Center in 2003. In addition, he is a professor of pediatrics at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and a gastroenterologist at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital.
Michael Waldrum, MD. President and CEO of the University of Arizona Health Network (Tucson). Dr. Waldrum became president and CEO of the University of Arizona Health Network in January after serving as CEO of the University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham and as vice president of UAB Health System. He previously served as COO and CIO of UAB, and was a member of the medical staff of the UAB School of Medicine in the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine.