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Academic Medical Center CEOs to Know | 2025

Academic medical center CEOs are at the helm of some of the most complex and influential organizations in healthcare. They balance a three-part mission that includes delivering exceptional patient care, advancing cutting-edge research, and leading world-class education.

These executives guide institutions that serve as hubs for discovery and innovation, overseeing groundbreaking clinical trials, pioneering technologies and novel treatment models. Beyond the hospital walls, academic medical center CEOs often collaborate with government agencies, research partners and community organizations to expand access to care and improve public health.

Note: Becker’s Healthcare developed this list based on nominations and editorial research. This list is not exhaustive, nor is it 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. We extend a special thank you to Rhoda Weiss for her contributions to this list. 

Contact Anna Falvey at afalvey@beckershealthcare.com with questions or comments.

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Abhinav Rastogi

President and CEO

Temple University Hospital and Executive Vice President of Temple University Health System

Philadelphia, PA

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Access Healthcare

Executive Vice President

Temple Health and President and CEO of Temple University Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

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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

Morgantown, WV

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Alec C. Kimmelman, MD, PhD

CEO, and Dean of NYU Grossman School of Medicine

NYU Langone Health

New York, NY

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Anne Klibanski, MD

President and CEO

Mass General Brigham

Somerville, MA

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Austin Reeder

President

Froedtert Hospital

Milwaukee, WI

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Bill Arnold

Executive Vice President and President

RWJBarnabas Health’s Southern Region and CEO of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

New Brunswick, NJ

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Bob Page

President and CEO

The University of Kansas Health System

Kansas City, KS

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Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD

Executive Vice President

Health Sciences and CEO of University of Utah Health

Salt Lake City, UT

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Boris C. Pasche, MD, PhD

President and CEO

Karmanos Cancer Institute

Detroit, MI

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Bradley Haws

CEO and Associate Vice President

University of Iowa Health Care

Iowa Cita, IA

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Brendan Carr, MD

CEO

Mount Sinai Health System

New York City, NY

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Carlos Migoya

CEO

Jackson Health System

Miami, FL

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Chad T. Lefteris

President and CEO

UCI Health

Orange, CA

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Cheryl Ficara

President

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

Hartford, CT

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Christopher O’Connor

CEO

Yale New Haven Health

New Haven, CT

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Cliff A. 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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Daniel Post

CEO

Banner–University Medical Center Phoenix

Phoenix, AZ

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David Brown, MD

President of Academic Medical Centers

Massachusetts General Brigham

Boston, MA

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David C. Linehan, MD

CEO

University of Rochester Medical Center

Rochester, NY

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David C. Miller, MD

CEO, and Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs at University of Michigan

Michigan Medicine

Ann Arbor, MI

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David Callecod

CEO

Ochsner LSU Health System of North Louisiana

Shreveport, LA

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David Entwistle

President and CEO

Stanford Health Care

Palo Alto, CA

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David L. Callender, MD

President and CEO

Memorial Hermann Health System

Houston, TX

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David Lubarsky, MD

President and CEO

Westchester Medical Center Health Network

Valhalla, NY

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Dawn Bulgarella

CEO

UAB Health System and UAB/Ascension St. Vincent’s Alliance

Birmingham, AL

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Debra F. Sukin, PhD

President and CEO

Texas Children’s Hospital

Houston, TX

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Dennis Murphy

President and CEO

IU Health

Indianapolis, IN

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Dennis W. Pullin

President and CEO

Virtua Health

Marlton, NJ

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Gianrico Farrugia, MD

President and CEO

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

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Gregory A. Nielsen

CEO

East Jefferson General Hospital

Metairie, LA

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Howard B. Chrisman, MD

President and CEO

Northwestern Medicine

Chicago, IL

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Imran Qadeer, MD

President

Allegheny General Hospital

Pittsburgh, PA

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James Downing, MD

President and CEO

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Memphis, TN

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Jason Barrett

CEO

The George Washington University Hospital

Washington, DC

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Jeffrey Balser, MD, PhD

President and CEO

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

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Jena Hausmann

President and CEO

Children’s Hospital Colorado

Aurora, CO

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John Couris

President and CEO

Tampa General Hospital and Florida Health Sciences Center

Tampa, FL

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John Warner, MD

CEO

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

Columbus

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Johnese Spisso

President/CEO/Associate Vice Chancellor

UCLA Health/UCLA Hospital System/UCLA Health Sciences

Los Angeles, CA

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Joseph Cacchione, MD

CEO

Jefferson

Philadelphia, PA

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Julie Freischlag, MD

CEO and Chief Academic Officer

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Chief Academic Officer and Executive Vice President of Advocate Health, and Executive Vice President for Health Affairs of Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

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Justin Precourt, RN, DNP

President

UMass Memorial Medical Center

Worcester, MA

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Kate Becker

CEO

University of New Mexico Hospital

Albuquerque, NM

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Keith Gray, MD

President and CEO

University of Tennessee Medical Center

Knoxville, TN

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Kevin B. Mahoney

CEO

Penn Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

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Leslie C. Davis

President and CEO

UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

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Lisa M. Boyle, MD

President, and Senior Vice President for MedStar Health

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Washington, DC

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Lisa Tank, MD

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center

Hackensack, NJ

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Marc Boom, MD

President and CEO

Houston Methodist

Houston, TX

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Mark Rosenblatt, MD, PhD

CEO

the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

Chicago, IL

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Marlon F. Levy, MD

CEO

VCU Health System and Senior Vice President for VCU Health Sciences

Richmond, VA

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Marty Sargeant

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 Ash, MD

CEO

Nebraska Medicine

Omaha, NE

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Michael Dowling

President and CEO

Northwell Health

New Hyde Park, NY

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Michael Kupferman, MD

CEO

Penn State Health

Hershey, PA

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Michele Morrison, RN

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center

Edison, NJ

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Mohan Suntha, MD

President and CEO

University of Maryland Medical System

Baltimore, MD

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Natalie Fox, DNP

CEO

USA Health

Mobile, AL

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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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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

CEO

UC San Diego Health

San Diego, CA

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Paul S. Viviano

President and CEO

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

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Pete McCanna

CEO

Baylor Scott & White Health

Dallas, TX

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Pete November

CEO

Ochsner Health

New Orleans, LA

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Peter L. Slavin, MD

President and CEO

Cedars-Sinai

Los Angeles, CA

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Peter WT 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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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 Corona, DO

CEO

SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital and Community Hospital

Syracuse, NY

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Robert G. Riney

President and CEO

Henry Ford Health

Detroit, MI

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Robert Stone

CEO

City of Hope

Duarte, CA

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Rodney B. Hanners

CEO

Keck Medicine of USC

Los Angeles, CA

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Shawn P. Vincent

President and CEO

Loyola Medicine

Maywood, IL

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Shereef Elnahal, MD

President

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, OR

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Stephanie Conners, BSN, RN

President and CEO

BayCare Health System

Clearwater, FL

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Stephen Leffler, MD

President and COO

The University of Vermont Medical Center

Burlington

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Stephen Motew, MD, MHA, FACS

President and System CEO

UF Health

Gainesville, FL

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Steve Arner

President and CEO

Carilion Clinic

Roanoke, VA

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Steve Davis, MD

President and CEO

Cincinnati Children’s

Cincinnati, OH

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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 M. Gronow, EdD

President and CEO

University of Colorado Hospital

Aurora, CO

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Timothy H. Dellit, MD

CEO

UW Medicine

Seattle, WA

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Tom Jackiewicz

President

the University of Chicago Health System and University of Chicago Medical Center

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Tom Patrias

CEO

University Medical Center New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

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Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD

President and CEO

Cleveland Clinic

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