For the list, Forbes contributor Robert Reiss and his team at The CEO Forum Magazine defined a transformative CEO as one that “creates new value that reinvigorates a company, reinvents an industry or reboots society.”
Here are the 10 most transforming CEOs for healthcare in America ranked alphabetically, based on interviews Mr. Reiss completed:
1. Michael Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell Health (New Hyde Park, N.Y.)
2. Robert Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health (Edison, N.J.)
3. John Haupert, president and CEO of Grady Health System (Atlanta)
4. Howard Kern, president and CEO of Sentara Healthcare (Norfolk, Va.)
5. Tom Mihaljevic, MD, president and CEO of the Cleveland Clinic
6. Kathleen Ruddy, CEO of St. Baldrick’s Foundation (Monrovia, Calif.)
7. Kathleen Silard, president and CEO of Stamford (Conn.) Health
8. Warner Thomas, president and CEO of Ochsner Health System (New Orleans)
9. Frans van Houten, CEO of Royal Philips (Netherlands)
10. Dawn Zier, president and CEO of Nutrisystem (Fort Washington, Penn.)
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