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101 Academic Medical Center CEOs to Know | 2023

The executives who lead academic medical centers and health systems across the nation are tasked with leading organizations that offer leading-edge technologies, research discoveries and clinical trials.

Note: This list is not an endorsement of included leaders, hospitals, health systems or associated healthcare providers. Leaders cannot pay for inclusion on this list. Leaders are presented in alphabetical order.

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A. Wesley Burks, MD

Dean

the UNC School of Medicine, Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs and CEO of UNC Health Care

Chapel Hill, NC

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Adam Messer

President

Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas

Austin, TX

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Alan Kaplan, MD

CEO

UW Health

Madison, WI

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Alastair Bell, MD

President and CEO

Boston Medical Center Health System

Boston, MA

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Albert Wright Jr., PharmD

President and CEO

West Virginia University Health System and West Virginia University Hospitals

Morgantown, WV

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Amie Thornton

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center

Edison, NJ

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Bill Arnold

CEO

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

New Brunswick, NJ

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Bimal Patel

President

Hartford Hospital and Hartford Region, Senior Vice President of Hartford HealthCare

Hartford, CT

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Bob Page

President and CEO

The University of Kansas Health System

Kansas City, KS

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Bryce Gartland, MD. Hospital Group President and Co-Chief of Clinical Operations for Emory Healthcare

Atlanta, GA

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Carlos Migoya

CEO

Jackson Health System

Miami, FL

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Carol Gomes

CEO and COO

Stony Brook University Hospital

Stony Brook, NY

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Catherine Jacobson

President and CEO

Froedtert Health

Milwaukee, WI

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Chad Lefteris

CEO

University of California Irvine Health

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Cliff Megerian, MD

CEO

University Hospitals

Cleveland, OH

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Cory Shaw

President and CEO

UC Health

Cincinnati, OH

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Daniel Podolsky, MD

President

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX

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Danny Jacobs, MD

President

Oregon Health & Science University Hospital

Portland

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David Brown, MD

President

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

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David Callender, MD

President and CEO

Memorial Hermann Health System

Houston, TX

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David Entwistle

President and CEO

Stanford Health Care

Palo Alto, CA

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David Lubarsky, MD

CEO

UC Davis Health and Vice Chancellor of Human Health Services

Sacramento, CA

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David Nelson, MD

Senior Vice President

Health Affairs of the University of Florida and President of UF Health

Gainesville

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Dennis Murphy

President and CEO

IU Health

Indianapolis, IN

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Douglas Girod, MD. Chancellor of University of Kansas Health System

Kansas City, KS

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EJ Kuiper

Division President

CommonSpirit Health-Midwest

Omaha, NE

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Elizabeth Concordia

President and CEO

UCHealth

Aurora, CO

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Emily Sedgwick, MD

President and CEO

University Medical Center of New Orleans

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Eric Dickson, MD

President and CEO

UMass Memorial Health Care

Worcester, MA

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Fatih Mehmet Gul, MD

Vice President

UAE and Group Growth Office and CEO of Fakeeh University Hospital, UAE

Saudi Arabia

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Gerald “J.P.” Gallagher

President and CEO

NorthShore – Edward-Elmhurst Health

Evanston, IL

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Gianrico Farrugia, MD

President and CEO

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

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Greg Haralson

Senior Vice President and CEO

Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center

Houston, TX

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Jeffrey Balser, MD, PhD

President and CEO

Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Nashville, TN

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Jeffrey Gold, MD. Chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE

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John J. Warner, MD

CEO

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Executive Vice President at Ohio State

Columbus

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John Mazziotta, MD, PhD

Vice Chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences and CEO of UCLA Health (Los Angeles)

Los Angeles, CA

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Johnese Spisso

President

UCLA Health and CEO of UCLA Hospital System

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Jon Sendach

Executive Director

North Shore University Hospital

Manhasset, NY

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Joseph Landsman Jr

President and CEO

University of Tennessee Medical Center

Knoxville, TN

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Julie Freischlag, MD

Chief Academic Officer and Executive Vice President

Advocate Health, CEO of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Executive Vice President for Health Affairs of Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

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Kate Becker

CEO

University of New Mexico Hospital

Albuquerque, NM

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Kenneth Davis

President and CEO

Mount Sinai Health System

New York City, NY

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Kenneth N. Sable, MD

Regional President, Southern Market

Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack, NJ

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Kent Thielen, MD

Vice President

Mayo Clinic and CEO of Mayo Clinic Florida

Jacksonville, FL

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Kevin Mahoney

CEO

University of Pennsylvania Health System

Philadelphia, PA

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Kimberly Russo

CEO

George Washington University Hospital

Washington, DC

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Kyle Armstrong

President

Baylor University Medical Center

Dallas, TX

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Leonardo Seoane, MD

Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer

Ochsner Health, Interim CEO of Ochsner LSU Health

New Orleans, LA and Shreveport, LA

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Leslie C. Davis

President and CEO

UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

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Lucio Fragoso

President and CEO

Children's Hospital New Orleans

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Majid I. Al Fayyadh, MD

CEO

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre

Saudi Arabia

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Marc Boom, MD

President and CEO

Houston Methodist

Houston, TX

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Mark D. Sparta

President, Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center; President of the North Region of Hackensack Meridian Health

New Jersey

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Marty Sargeant, MBA

CEO

Keck Medical Center of USC

Los Angeles, CA

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Mason Van Houweling

CEO

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada

Las Vegas, NV

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Michael B. Zenn

CEO

University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics

Chicago, IL

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Michael Good, MD

CEO

University of Utah Health

Salt Lake City, UT

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Michael Israel

President and CEO

Westchester Medical Center Health Network

Valhalla, NY

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Michael Rao, PhD

President

Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Health System

Richmond, VA

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Michael Sachtleben

President

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Washington, DC

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Michael Young

CEO

Temple University Health System and President and CEO of Temple University Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

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Mohan Suntha, MD

President and CEO

University of Maryland Medical System

Baltimore, MD

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Omar Lateef, DO

President and CEO

Rush University System for Health and Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, IL

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Owen Bailey

CEO and Senior Associate Vice President

Medical Affairs at USA Health

Mobile, AL

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Patrick Cawley, MD

CEO, and Vice President for Health Affairs of Medical University of South Carolina

MUSC Health

Charleston, SC

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Patty Maysent, MPH, MBA

CEO

UC San Diego Health

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Peter W. T. Pisters, MD

President

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

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Redonda Miller, MD

President

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, MD

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Reginald William Coopwood, MD

President and CEO

Regional One Health

Memphis, TN

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Richard Anderson

President and CEO

St. Luke's University Health Network

Bethlehem, PA

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Richard Hart, MD

President and CEO

Loma Linda University Health

Linda, CA

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Richard Liekweg

President and CEO

BJC HealthCare

St. Louis, MO

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Richard Lofgren, MD

President and CEO

OU Health

OKhoma City, OK

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Robert Chaloner

Chief Administrative Officer

Stony Brook Southampton Hospital

Brook, NY

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Robert Corona, DO

CEO

SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital and Community Hospital

Syracuse, NY

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Robert Garrett

CEO

Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

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Robert Grossman, MD

Dean

NYU Grossman School of Medicine and CEO of NYU Langone Health

New York City, NY

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Rodney B. Hanners

CEO

Keck Medicine of USC

Los Angeles, CA

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Seth Ciabotti

CEO

Michigan State University Health Care

East Lansing, MI

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Shawn P. Vincent

President and CEO

Loyola Medicine

Maywood, IL

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Stephen Leffler, MD

President and COO

The University of Vermont Medical Center

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Steve Davis, MD

President and CEO

Cincinnati Children's

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Steve Massini

CEO

Penn State Health

Hershey, PA

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Steven Goldstein

President of System Integration Strategy

UR Medicine

Rochester, NY

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Steven J. Corwin, MD

President and CEO

NewYork-Presbyterian

New York City, NY

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Suresh Gunasekaran

President and CEO

UCSF Health

San Francisco, CA

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Thomas McAfee

President

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Chicago, IL

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Thomas Priselac

President and CEO

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

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Timothy Harlin

Executive Vice President and CEO

University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, TX

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Tom Jackiewicz

President

the University of Chicago Health System

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Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD

President and CEO

Cleveland Clinic

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Veronica Hall, RN

President

Henry Ford Hospital

Detroit, IL

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Vito Buccellato

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center

Neptune City, NJ

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Wendy Horton, PharmD

CEO

UVA Medical Center

Charlottesville, VA

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