Leadership & Management

Lindsey Ross, MD. White House Fellow to the U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services (Washington, D.C.). Dr. Ross took leave from her senior neurological resident position at Los Angeles-based Cedars Sinai Medical Center to serve as a science and…

Wendy Mitchell. Vice President of Operations for OSF HealthCare Foundation (Peoria, Ill.). OSF HealthCare Foundation named Ms. Mitchell vice president of operations in March 2015. She is responsible for the foundation’s operations, including implementing strategic priorities and aligning all Ministry…

Kate Liebelt. Chief of Staff to Deloitte Consulting (Chicago). Ms. Liebelt is chief of staff to Deloitte’s U.S. Health Care Provider Consulting practice. She was previously president of a chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives and spent 11 years…

Dan Kistner, PharmD. Senior Vice President of Vizient Pharmacy Program (Irving, Texas). In 2016, Dr. Kistner established the GPO PGY-2 Informatics Residency, a program that provides graduated pharmacists both professional and learning opportunities. Throughout his career, he has earned the Pharmacy…

Elizabeth Wild. Senior Vice President of Global Cancer Services at UPMC (Pittsburgh). Ms. Wild has helped lead the development of cancer care networks in more than 50 UPMC locations worldwide. CMS selected UPMC’s oncologists, who are under her direction, to participate…

KaLeena Thomas. Vice President of Deployment for The Resource Group, a subsidiary of Ascension (St. Louis). After joining Ascension Health in May 2009, Ms. Thomas was promoted to vice president of deployment for The Resource Group in June 2015. In her…

Rebecca Segal. CEO of Rutherford Regional Health System (Rutherfordton, N.C.). Ms. Segal began her tenure as CEO of Rutherford Regional Health System, which includes a 143-bed hospital and a team of approximately 700 clinical and support staff, in January 2017 with…

Joseph V. Sakran, MD. Director of Emergency General Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore). When Dr. Sakran was 17 years old, he was shot in the neck and required immediate medical attention. After a long recovery, he was inspired to work…

Mike Pykosz, JD. Co-founder and CEO of Oak Street Health (Chicago). Since co-founding Oak Street Health in January 2013, Mr. Pykosz has overseen the company’s growth to serve 30,000 patients, operate 20 clinics and employ more than 760 as of…

Ameet Nanda. Vice President of Specialty Services and Site Administrator, Pacific Campus for Sutter Health. (Sacramento, Calif.).  Mr. Nanda was appointed vice president of specialty services and site administrator in April 2017. In this role, he oversees operations and strategy for…