The list is based on interviews by Robert Reiss, Forbes contributor and founder and CEO of the forum group, and his team. Each CEO was assigned a category defining their value to healthcare.
Here are the 10 most transformative CEOs for healthcare in America and their category, according to the report:
1. Robert Garrett, CEO of Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health: Innovation
2. Kevin Churchwell, MD, president and CEO of Boston Children’s Hospital: Pediatrics
3. Redonda Miller, MD, president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore: Patient Experience
4. Howard Kern, president and CEO of Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare: Integrated Healthcare
5. Bob Fontana, founder and CEO of Chicago-based Aspen Dental and chairman and CEO of The Aspen Group: Consumer Healthcare
6. Stacey Stewart, president and CEO of March of Dimes: Charity
7. Tom Mihaljevic, MD, president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic: Vision
8. Kate Gutmann, executive vice president and president International, healthcare and supply chain solutions at UPS: Supply Chain Logistics
9. Jeffrey Flaks, president and CEO of Hartford (Conn.) Healthcare: A National Model
10. Michael Alkire, president and CEO of Premier: Healthcare Technology
