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Great Leaders in Healthcare | 2025

The executives below harness cutting-edge digital technology, pioneer new care delivery models, and implement innovative solutions that enhance experiences for patients and providers alike.

Note: Becker’s Healthcare developed this list based on nominations and editorial research. Leaders do not pay and cannot pay for inclusion on this list. This list is not exhaustive, nor is it an endorsement of the leaders or organizations mentioned. We extend a special thank you to Rhoda Weiss for her contributions to this list. Leaders are presented in alphabetical order.

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

A

Adar Palis

Group Vice President of Clinical and Revenue Cycle Applications

Providence

Renton, WA

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Alexa B. Kimball, MD

President and CEO

Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians

Boston, MA

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Allen Harrison

President

Medical City Healthcare

Dallas, TX

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Amber Wilson

Executive Officer of Quality

the Chickasaw National Department of Health

Ada, OK

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Amit Rastogi, MD

President and CEO

Jupiter Medical Center

Jupiter, FL

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Amy B. Mansue

President and CEO

Inspira Health

Mullica Hill, NJ

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Amy Perry

CEO

Banner Health

Phoenix, AZ

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Andrew Molosky

President and CEO

Chapters Health System

Temple Terrace, FL

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Andy Mueller, MD

CEO

MaineHealth

Portland

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Anne Davila Diamond

President

Bridgeport Hospital

Bridgeport, CT

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Anne Klibanski, MD

President and CEO

Mass General Brigham

Boston, MA

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Annette M. Walker

President

City of Hope Orange County

County, CA

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B.J. Boyle

Chief Product Officer

PointClickCare

Toronto, Canada

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Barclay Berdan

CEO

Texas Health Resources

Arlington, TX

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Barry Arbuckle, PhD

CEO

MemorialCare

Fountain Valley, CA

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Bill Gassen

CEO

Sanford Health

Sioux Falls, SD

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Bill Miller

Chair and CEO

Wellsky

Overland Park, KS

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Bo Boulenger

President and CEO

Baptist Health South Florida

Coral Gables, FL

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Brendan G. Carr, MD

CEO

Mount Sinai Health System

New York, NY

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Brian Adams

President and CEO

AdventHealth Central Florida Division

Orlando, FL

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Brian Erling, MD

President and CEO

Renown Health

Reno, NV

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Brian Gragnolati

President and CEO

Atlantic Health System

Morristown, NJ

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Brian Hoberman, MD

CIO

The Permanente Medical Group, Executive Vice President of IT and CIO for The Permanente Federation

Oakland, CA

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Bryan Hanson

CEO

Solventum

Saint Paul, MN

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Candace Johnson, PhD

President and CEO

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Buffalo, NY

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Carl Armato

President and CEO

Novant Health

Winston-Salem, NC

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Carmela Coyle

President and CEO

California Hospital Association

Sacramento, CA

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Carol Burrell

President and CEO

Northeast Georgia Health System

Gainesville, GA

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Cary Grace

President and CEO

AMN Healthcare

Dallas, TX

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Cathy Pimple, DNP, RN

CEO

Newman Regional Health

Emporia, KS

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Charlie Lougheed

CEO

Axuall

Cleveland, OH

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Chris Collins

CEO

ECG Management Consultants

Boston, MA

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Chris Van Gorder

President and CEO

Scripps Health

San Diego, California (CA)

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Christopher J. Durovich

President and CEO

Children’s Health

Dallas, TX

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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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Colleen Kriss

Chief

Staff for Carson Valley Health

Gardnerville, NV

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Craig Albanese, MD

CEO

Duke University Health System

Durham, NC

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Dame Emma Walmsley

CEO

GSK Consumer Healthcare

London, United Kingdom

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Damond W. Boatwright

President and CEO

Hospital Sisters Health System

Springfield, IL

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Darlene M. Rodowicz

President and CEO

Berkshire Health Systems

Pittsfield, MA

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David C. Herman, MD

CEO

Essentia Health

Duluth, MN

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David Feinberg, MD

Chairman

Oracle Health

Kansas City, MO

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David L. Callender, MD

President and CEO

Memorial Hermann Health System

Houston, TX

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David Zambrana, PhD, DNP, RN

President and COO

Jackson Health System

Miami, FL

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Dawn Bulgarella

CEO

UAB Health System and UAB Medicine

Birmingham, AL

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Deborah Feldman

President and CEO

Dayton Children’s Hospital

Dayton, OH

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Deborah Visconi

President and CEO

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center

Paramus, NJ

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Dennis Pullin

President and CEO

Virtua Health

Marlton, NJ

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Don Antonucci

President and CEO

Providence Health Plan

Eugene, OR

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Douglas Padgett, MD. Surgeon-in-Chief and Medical Director at Hospital for Special Surgery

New York City, NY

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Ed Jimenez

President and CEO

University Hospital

Newark, NJ

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Eric Dickson, MD

President and CEO

UMass Memorial Health

Worcester, MA

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Erik Wexler

President and CEO

Providence

Renton, WA

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Eugene A. Woods

CEO

Advocate Health

Charlotte, NC

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Gary Guthart, PhD

CEO

Intuitive

Sunnyvale, CA

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Gianrico Farrugia, MD

President and CEO

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

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Greg Feirn

CEO

LCMC Health

New Orleans, LA

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Gregory Adams

CEO

Kaiser Permanente

Oakland, CA

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Harsh K. Trivedi, MD

President and CEO

Sheppard Pratt

Baltimore, MD

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Helen Boucher, MD

Chief Academic Officer

Tufts Medicine

Burlington, MA

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Imamu Tomlinson, MD

CEO

Vituity

Emeryville, CA

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J

J. William “Bill” Hankins

CEO

AVALA

Covington, LA

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James Kravec, MD

Chief Clinical Officer

Mercy Health-Lorain and Youngstown and System Medical Director, Graduate Medical Education

Youngstown, OH

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James Weinstein, MD

Senior Vice President

Microsoft Health

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Jared Kutzin

Senior Director

the Simulation, Teaching and Research Center for Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System

New York City, NY

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Joanne M. Conroy

President and CEO

Dartmouth Health

Lebanon, NH

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John Couris

President and CEO

Tampa General Hospital and Florida Health Sciences Center

Tampa, FL

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John J. Warner, MD

CEO

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Columbus, OH

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Johnese Spisso

CEO

UCLA Hospital System and President of UCLA Health

Los Angeles, CA

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Joon Lee, MD

CEO

Emory Healthcare

Atlanta, GA

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Joseph Impicciche

CEO

Ascension

St. Louis, MO

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Joseph Moscola

Executive Vice President

Enterprise Services for Northwell Health

New Hyde Park, NY

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JP Gallagher

President and CEO

Endeavor Health

Evanston, IL

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Judson Ivy

Founder and CEO

Ensemble

Nashville, TN

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Judy Faulkner

Founder and CEO

Epic Systems

Verona, WI

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Julie Sprengel

President and CEO

CommonSpirit Health’s California Region

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Kara Kelly, MD

Chair, Department

Pediatric Oncology of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Division Chief, Hematology/Oncology of John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital

Buffalo, NY

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Karine Hovsepyan

Vice President

Value-Based Organizations for CommonSpirit Health’s California Region

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Kathleen Silard, BSN, RN

President and CEO

Stamford Health

Stamford, CT

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Kathy Parrinello, PhD, RN

President and CEO

Strong Memorial Hospital and Highland Hospital

Rochester, NY

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Keith Churchwell, MD

President

the American Heart Association

Dallas, TX

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Kerry L. Heinrich

President and CEO

Adventist Health

Roseville, CA

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Kevin B. Churchwell, MD

CEO

Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, MA

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Kevin B. Mahoney

CEO

University of Pennsylvania Health System

Philadelphia, PA

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Kim A. Keck

President and CEO

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Chicago, IL

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Kimberly Chavalas Cripe

President and CEO

Children’s Hospital of Orange County

Orange, CA

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Laura Kaiser

President and CEO

SSM Health

St. Louis, MO

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Leong Koh, MD

President and CEO

Northwest Permanente

Portland, OR

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Leslie Davis

President and CEO

UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

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Lisa Harris, MD

CEO

Eskenazi Health

Indianapolis, IN

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Lisa Shannon, PhD

President and CEO

Allina Health

Minneapolis, MN

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Liz Dunne

President and CEO

PeaceHealth

Vancouver, WA

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Lori D’Anna

President

Field Operations for Aspen Dental

Chicago, IL

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Loudrige Jean-Philippe

COO

Palm Beach Health Network Physician Group

Beach, FL

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M

Madeline Bell

CEO

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

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Marc D. Miller

President and CEO

Universal Health Services

King of Prussia, PA

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Marc Gorelick, MD

President and CEO

Children’s Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

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Maria Ansari, MD

Co-CEO

The Permanente Federation

Oakland, CA

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Mark E. Manigan

President and CEO

RWJBarnabas Health

West Orange, NJ

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Mary Beth Jenkins

President and CEO/President/Executive Vice President

UPMC Health Plan/UPMC Insurance Services/UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

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Matt Hawkins

CEO and Board Member

Waystar

Louisville, KY

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Michael A. Mayo, DHA

President and CEO

Baptist Health

Jacksonville, FL

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Michael A. Slubowski

President and CEO

Trinity Health

Livonia, MI

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Michael Dowling

President and CEO

Northwell Health

New Hyde Park, NY

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Michael Ng

Co-founder and CEO

Ambience

San Francisco, CA

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Michael Stern

President and CEO

Tower Health

West Reading, PA

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Michael Ugwueke, DHA

President and CEO

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare

Memphis, TN

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Michelle Conger

President

OSF HealthCare

Peoria, IL

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Mohan Giridharadas

Founder and CEO

LeanTaaS

Santa Clara, CA

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Morgan Kendrick

Executive Vice President and President of Elevance Commercial Health Benefits

Elevance Health

Indianapolis, IN

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Nancy Gin, MD

Executive Vice President

Quality and Chief Quality Officer for The Permanente Federation

Oakland, CA

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Neil Meltzer

President and CEO

LifeBridge Health

Baltimore, MD

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Nkem Chukwumerije, MD

President and Executive Medical Director

The Southeast Permanente Medical Group

Atlanta, GA

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Nolan Chang, MD

Executive Vice President

Strategy, Corporate Development and Finance for The Permanente Federation and Regional Medical Director of Business Management for Southern California Permanente Medical Group

Oakland, CA and Pasadena, CA

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Pamela Sutton-Wallace

Acting CEO

Yale New Haven Health

New Haven, CT

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Patrick Hwu, MD

President and CEO

Moffitt Cancer Center

Tampa, FL

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy, DO

President and CEO

Catholic Health

Rockville Centre, NY

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Paul R. Hinchey, MD

COO

University Hospitals

Cleveland, OH

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Paul S. Viviano

President and CEO

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

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Paul Singh

CEO

U.S. Dermatology Partners

Dallas, TX

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Pete November

CEO

Ochsner Health

New Orleans, LA

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Peter A.L. Bonis, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Wolters Kluwer Health

Philadelphia, PA

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Peter WT Pisters, MD

President

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

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Praveen Thadani

President

Priority Health

Grand Rapids, MI

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Prem Reddy, MD

Founder, Chairman and CEO

Prime Healthcare

Ontario, CA

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President and Chair of Prime Healthcare Foundation and Chief Medical Officer of Strategy for Prime Healthcare

Ontario, CA

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President and Chief Medical Officer of Prime Healthcare

Ontario, CA

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Punit Soni

Founder and CEO

Suki

Redwood City, CA

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R. Lawrence Moss, MD

President and CEO

Nemours Children’s Health

Jacksonville, FL

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Rafael Cartagena, MD

CEO

North American Partners in Anesthesia

Melville, NY

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Ramin Davidoff, MD

Co-CEO

The Permanente Federation

Oakland, CA

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Rebekah Fincher

Chief Administrative Officer

Conway Regional Health System

Conway, AR

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Redonda Miller, MD

President

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, MD

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Rich Liekweg

CEO

BJC Health System

St. Louis, MO

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Rich Lisitano

President

Lawrence + Memorial Hospital and Westerly Hospital and Executive Vice President of Yale New Haven Health

New Haven, CT

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Richard Hall

President and CEO

U.S. Oral Surgery Management

Irving, TX

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Richard P. Lofgren, MD

President and CEO

OU Health

OKhoma City, OK

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Richard Pollack

President and CEO

American Hospital Association

Chicago, IL

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Robert Allen

President and CEO

Intermountain Health

Salt Lake City, UT

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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 Kent, DO

President and CEO

Western Reserve Hospital

Cuyahoga Falls, OH

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Robert L. Meyer

President and CEO

Phoenix Children’s

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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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Roxanna Gapstur, PhD, RN

President and CEO

WellSpan Health

York, PA

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Roy Jakobs

CEO

Royal Philips

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Russell F. Cox

President and CEO

Norton Healthcare

Louisville, KY

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Sachin Jain, MD

CEO

SCAN Health Plan

Long Beach, CA

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Safra A. Catz

CEO

Oracle

Kansas City, MO

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Sam Hazen

CEO

HCA Healthcare

Nashville, TN

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Saum Sutaria, MD

Chairman and CEO

Tenet Healthcare

Dallas, TX

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Seema Verma

Executive Vice President and General Manager

Oracle Health and Oracle Life Sciences

Kansas City, MO

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Selwyn M. Vickers, MD

President and CEO

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY

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Seth Ciabotti

CEO

MSU Health Care

East Lansing, MI

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Shane Strum

President and CEO

Broward Health

Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Shawn McCoy

CEO

Deaconess Health System

Evansville, IN

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Shawn Vincent

President and CEO

Loyola Medicine

Maywood, IL

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Shiv Rao, MD

Founder and CEO

Abridge

San Francisco, CA

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Sister Judith Ann Duvall. Board Member for OSF HealthCare

Peoria, IL

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Sister Mary Haddad

CEO

Catholic Health Association of the United States

St. Louis, MO

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Stephanie Conners

President and CEO

BayCare Health System

Clearwater, FL

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Stephen Parodi, MD

Executive Vice President

External Affairs, Communications and Brand for The Permanente Federation

Oakland, CA

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Steve Davis, MD

President and CEO

Cincinnati Children’s

Cincinnati, OH

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Steve Mackin

President and CEO

Mercy

Chesterfield, MO

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Steve Purves

President and CEO

Valleywise Health

Phoenix, AZ

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Steven Corwin, MD

President and CEO

NewYork-Presbyterian

New York City, NY

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Steven Goldstein

President of System Integration Strategy

UR Medicine

Rochester, NY

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Susan Fox

President and CEO

White Plains Hospital

White Plains, NY

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Talya Schwartz, MD

President and CEO

MetroPlusHealth

New York, NY

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Terry Shaw

President and CEO

AdventHealth

Altamonte Springs, FL

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Thomas J. Lynch Jr., MD

President and Director

Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Seattle, WA

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Tim Hingtgen

CEO

Community Health Systems

Franklin, TN

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Tim Robinson

CEO

Nationwide Children’s Hospita

Columbus, OH

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Timothy Law, DO

CMO and Vice President

Integrative Care Delivery for Highmark

Pittsburgh, PA

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Todd LaPorte

CEO

HonorHealth

Scottsdale, AZ

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Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD

President and CEO

Cleveland Clinic

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Vic Schmerbeck

CEO

Emerus

The Woodlands, TX

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Warner Thomas

President and CEO

Sutter Health

Sacramento, CA

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Warren Geller

President and CEO

Englewood Health

Englewood, NJ

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Wendy Horton, PharmD

CEO

UVA Health University Medical Center

Charlottesville, VA

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Wesley Burks, MD

CEO

UNC Health

Chapel Hill, NC

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Wright Lassiter III

CEO

CommonSpirit Health

Chicago, IL

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Zafar Chaudry, MD

Senior Vice President, Chief Digital Officer and Chief AI and Information Officer

Seattle Children’s

Seattle, WA

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