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Penny Wheeler, MD. President and CEO of Allina Health (Minneapolis). A board-certified OB-GYN, Dr. Wheeler took the helm at Allina Health in 2015. In addition, she chairs the Minnesota Community Measurement board and serves on the board of Portico Healthnet,…

Nicholas Wolter, MD. CEO of Billings (Mont.) Clinic. Dr. Wolter joined Billings Clinic in 1982 to practice pulmonary and critical care medicine. Fifteen years later, he was appointed CEO, and he now oversees the system’s 304-bed acute care hospital, regional…

Margot Hartmann, MD, PhD. President and CEO of Nantucket (Mass.) Cottage Hospital. Dr. Hartmann is board-certified in internal medicine and has served as president and CEO of Nantucket Cottage Hospital since October 2010. After joining the hospital as an internist…

Toby Hamilton, MD. CEO of Emerus Holdings (The Woodlands, Texas). Dr. Hamilton is a founding partner, CEO and chairman of the board of directors of Emerus Holdings, a network of value-based microhospitals. Prior to joining Emerus, he was regional medical…

Louis Hochheiser, MD. CEO of St. John’s Medical Center (Jackson, Wyo.). In his current role as CEO, Dr. Hochheiser, a family physician, oversees the 108-bed St. John’s Medical Center. Before taking on the position in 2012, Dr. Hochheiser was medical…

Michael McDermott, MD. President and CEO of Mary Washington Healthcare (Fredericksburg, Va.). After completing his residency at Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System, Dr. McDermott began practicing radiology with the Radiologic Associates of Fredericksburg in 1997. From 2008 to 2014,…

Lisa E. Harris, MD. Medical Director and CEO of Eskenazi Health (Indianapolis). Dr. Harris has served as medical director and CEO of Eskenazi Health, formerly Wishard Health System, since 2004. In this role, she oversees a workforce of roughly 4,470…

David Carmouche, MD. Senior Vice President and President of Ochsner Health Network (New Orleans). In early 2016, Dr. Carmouche assumed the position of senior vice president and president of Ochsner Health Network, a clinically integrated network composed of health systems…

Ginger Williams, MD. President and CEO of Oaklawn Hospital (Marshall, Mich.). Although she was trained as an ER physician, Dr. Williams got hooked on healthcare administration early in her career. She served as medical director of Oaklawn Hospital’s emergency department…

Mark Laney, MD. CEO of Mosaic Life Care (St. Joseph, Mo.). Before joining Mosaic Life Care in 2009, Dr. Laney worked at Fort Worth, Texas-based Cook Children’s Health Care System for 20 years. For eight of those years, he served…