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Academic Medical Center CEOs to Know | 2024

The executives who lead academic medical centers and health systems nationwide are responsible for guiding the organizations that provide cutting-edge technologies, groundbreaking research and novel clinical trials.

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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A. Wesley Burks, MD

CEO

UNC Health Care and Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs

Chapel Hill, NC

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Ahmad Salah Hersi

CEO

King Saud University Medical City

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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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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Anne Klibanski, MD

President and CEO

Mass General Brigham

Somerville, MA

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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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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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Carol Gomes

CEO and COO

Stony Brook University Hospital

Stony Brook, NY

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Chad Lefteris

President and CEO

UCI Health

Orange, CA

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Chris Mangin

CEO

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport -Academic Medical Center

Shreveport, LA

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Christopher M. O’Connor

CEO

Yale New Haven Health

New Haven, CT

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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 of Academic Medical Centers

Massachusetts General Brigham

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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Dawn Bulgarella

CEO

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

Birmingham, AL

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Dennis Murphy

President and CEO

IU Health

Indianapolis, IN

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Dennis Pullin

President and CEO

Virtua Health

Marlton, NJ

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Ed Jimenez

President and CEO

University Hospital Newark

Newark, NJ

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Elizabeth Concordia

President and CEO

UCHealth

Aurora, CO

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Eric Dickson, MD

President and CEO

UMass Memorial Health Care

Worcester, MA

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Fatih Mehmet Gul, MD

CEO

Fakeeh University Hospital, UAE and Vice President of UAE and Group Growth Office

Saudi Arabia

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Gerald “J.P.” Gallagher

President and CEO

Endeavor Health

Evanston, IL

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Gianrico Farrugia, MD

President and CEO

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

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Giuseppe Colasurdo, MD

President

UTHealth Houston and CEO of UT Physicians

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Gregory C. Feirn

CEO

LCMC Health

New Orleans, LA

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Howard B. Chrisman, MD

President and CEO

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

Chicago, IL

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Imran Andrabi, MD

President and CEO

Froedtert ThedaCare Health

Milwaukee, WI

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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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Jeffrey Balser, MD, PhD

President and CEO

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

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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

CEO

UCLA Hospital System and President of UCLA Health

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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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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 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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Laurie H. Glimcher, MD

President and CEO

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

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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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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 Rosenblatt, MD, PhD

CEO

the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

Chicago, IL

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Marschall Runge, MD, PhD

CEO

Michigan Medicine and Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs

Ann Arbor, MI

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Mason Van Houweling

CEO

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada

Las Vegas, NV

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Michael Dowling

President and CEO

Northwell Health

New Hyde Park, NY

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Michael Good, MD

CEO

University of Utah Health and Senior Vice President of Health Sciences for University of Utah

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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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

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

CEO

UC San Diego Health

San Diego, CA

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Paul Viviano

President and CEO

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

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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 Pisters, MD

President

the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

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Philip Ozuah, MD

President and CEO

Montefiore Medicine

Bronx, NY

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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 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 Garrett

CEO

Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

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Robert Grossman, MD

CEO

NYU Langone Health

New York City, NY

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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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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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Stephen Motew, MD

President and System CEO

UF Health

Gainesville, FL

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Steve Davis, MD

President and CEO

Cincinnati Children’s

Cincinnati, OH

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Steve Massini

CEO

Penn State Health

Hershey, PA

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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 Priselac

President and CEO

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Cedars Sinai Health System

Los Angeles, CA

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Timothy H. Dellit, MD

CEO

UW Medicine and Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs

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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Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD

President and CEO

Cleveland Clinic

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Wendy Horton, PharmD

CEO

UVA Health University Medical Center

Charlottesville, VA

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