Great Leaders in Healthcare | 2026

Adam Landman, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Information Officer

Brown Health

Providence, RI

Alan Kaplan, MD

CEO

UW Health

Madison, WI

Alan Levine

Chairman, President and CEO

Ballad Health

Johnson City, TN

Albert L. Wright, Jr

President and CEO

WVU Health System

Morgantown, WV

Alexa B. Kimball, MD

CEO and President

Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, MA

Allen Mason

Co-Founder and CEO

Leap Distributors

Dallas, TX

Allon Bloch

Co-Founder and CEO

K Health

New York, NY

Amber Sims

Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Growth Officer

Ascension

St. Louis, MO

Amy Perry

President and CEO

Banner Health

Phoenix, AZ

Amy Trainor, RN

CIO and System Vice President

Ochsner Health

New Orleans, LA

Anne Klibanski, MD

President and CEO

Mass General Brigham

Boston, MA

Barclay Berdan

CEO

Texas Health Resources

Arlington, TX

Barry Arbuckle, PhD

CEO

MemorialCare

Fountain Valley, CA

Barry Stein, MD

Chief Clinical Innovation Officer

Hartford HealthCare

Hartford, CT

Benjamin Kornitzer, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Aetna

Hartford, CT

Benjamin L. Ebert, MD, PhD

President and CEO

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

Bo Boulenger

President and CEO

Baptist Health South Florida

Coral Gables, FL

Bob Segert

Chairman and CEO

athenahealth

Boston, MA

Brendan G. Carr, MD

CEO

Mount Sinai Health System

New York, NY

Brett Hoggard, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Brundage Group

Pinellas Park, FL

Brian Adams

President and CEO

AdventHealth’s Central Florida Division

Orlando, FL

Brian Hasselfeld, MD

Executive Medical Director of Digital Health and Innovation

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Baltimore, MD

Brian Whorley

Founder and CEO

Paytient

Columbia, MO

Bruce Hall, MD, PhD

Vice President and System Chief Medical Officer

BJC HealthCare

St. Louis, MO

Candace S. Johnson, PhD

President and CEO

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Buffalo, NY

Carmela Coyle

President and CEO

California Hospital Association

Caroline Carney, MD

CEO

Magellan Health

Scottsdale, AZ

Cary Grace

President and CEO

AMN Healthcare

San Diego, CA

Chris Collins

CEO

ECG Management Consultants

Boston, MA

Chris Van Gorder

President and CEO

Scripps Health

San Diego, CA

Christina J. Barrington, PharmD

Chief Pharmacy Officer

UPMC Health Plan

Pittsburgh, PA

Christopher Crow, MD

CEO and Co-Founder

Catalyst Health Group

Dallas, TX

Christopher J. Durovich

President and CEO

Children’s Health

Dallas, TX

Christopher O’Connor

CEO

Yale New Haven Health System

New Haven, CT

Cliff A. Megerian, MD

CEO

University Hospitals

Cleveland, OH

Cristy Page, MD

CEO

UNC Health and Dean of the UNC School of Medicine

Chapel Hill, NC

Damond W. Boatwright

President and CEO

Hospital Sisters Health System

Springfield, IL

Dan Frogel, MD

CEO

Thriveworks

Richmond, VA

Dan Kueter

CEO

UnitedHealthcare Employer and Individual

Minnetonka, MN

David Banks

President and CEO

AdventHealth

Altamonte Springs, FL

David C. Linehan, MD

CEO

University of Rochester Medical Center

Rochester, NY

David Feinberg, MD

Chairman

Oracle Health

Austin, TX

David Goldberg

Former Executive Vice President, and President and CEO of Vandalia Health’s North Region

Vandalia Health

Charleston, WV

David L. Callender, MD

President & CEO. Memorial Hermann Health System

Houston, TX

David L. Holmberg

CEO

Highmark Health

Pittsburgh, PA

David M. Dill

Chairman and CEO

Lifepoint Health

Brentwood, TN

Debra Albert, DNP

CNO

NYU Langone Health

New York, NY

Debra F. Sukin, PhD

President and CEO

Texas Children’s Hospital

Houston, TX

Dennis Laraway

Executive Vice President and CFO

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

Dennis Pullin

President and CEO

Virtua Health

Marlton, NJ

Don Antonucci

President and CEO

Providence Health Plan

Eugene, OR

Donna Roach

CIO

University of Utah Health

Salt Lake City, UT

Eduardo Conrado

President and CEO

Ascension

St. Louis, MO

Elizabeth B. Concordia

President and CEO

UCHealth

Aurora, CO

Eric Dickson, MD

President and CEO

UMass Memorial Health Care

Worcester, MA

Eric S. Kirkendall, MD

CMIO and CIO

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Academic Health for Advocate Health

Winston-Salem, NC and Charlotte, NC

Erik Decker

Vice President and CISO

Intermountain Health

Salt Lake City, UT

Erik Wexler

President and CEO

Providence

Renton, WA

Eugene Woods

Co-CEO

Advocate Health

Downers Grove, IL

Feby Abraham, PhD

Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer

Memorial Hermann Health System

Houston, TX

Florian Otto, MD, DDS, PhD

CEO and Co-Founder

Cedar

New York, NY

Gail Boudreaux

President and CEO

Elevance Health

Indianapolis, IN

Georgia Gaveras, DO

Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer

Talkiatry

New York, NY

Gerald “J.P.” Gallagher

President and CEO

Endeavor Health

Evanston, IL

Gianrico Farrugia, MD

President and CEO

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

Gregory Adams

CEO

Kaiser Permanente

Oakland, CA

Gregory C. Feirn

CEO

LCMC Health

New Orleans, LA

Hari Bala

Chief Technology Officer of Health Information Systems

Solventum

Maplewood, MN

Howard Chrisman, MD

President and CEO Northwestern Medicine

Chicago, IL

Imamu “Mu” Tomlinson, MD

CEO and President of Vituity Cares Foundation

Vituity

Emeryville, CA

Irena King, PhD

Founder and CEO

Surgicure Technologies

Boston, MA

Israel “Srulik” Dvorsky

Co-Founder and CEO

TailorMed

New York, NY

Israel Krush

CEO and Co-Founder

Hyro

New York, NY

James Downing, MD

President and CEO

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Memphis, TN

James Hereford

President and CEO

Fairview Health Services

Minneapolis, MN

Jason Richeson

System Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

CommonSpirit Health

Chicago, IL

Jay Khosla

Chief Government Affairs Officer

Humana

Louisville, KY

Jeff Smith

CEO

Bamboo Health

Louisville, KY

Jeffrey Flaks

President and CEO

Hartford HealthCare

Hartford, CT

Jena Hausmann

President and CEO

Children’s Colorado

Aurora, CO

Joanne M. Conroy, MD

President and CEO

Dartmouth Health

Lebanon, NH

Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD

President and CEO

The University of Texas Medical Branch and UTMB Health System

Galveston, TX

Joe Anstine

Co-Founder and CEO

Rhyme

Columbus, OH

Joe Cacchione

CEO

Jefferson

Philadelphia, PA

Joe Connolly

Co-Founder and CEO

Visana Health

Minneapolis, MN

Joel E. Barthelemy

CEO

GlobalMed

Scottsdale, AZ

John Brownstein, PhD

Chief Innovation Officer

Boston Children's Hospital

John Couris

President and CEO

Tampa General Hospital

Tampa, FL

John D’Angelo, MD

CEO

Northwell Health

New Hyde Park, NY

John J. Whyte, MD

CEO and Executive Vice President

American Medical Association

Chicago, IL

John Starcher

President and CEO

Bon Secours Mercy Health

Cincinnati, OH

Johnese Spisso

President

UCLA Health, CEO of UCLA Hospital System and Associate Vice Chancellor of UCLA Health

Los Angeles, CA

Judson Ivy

Founder, President and CEO

Ensemble Health Partners

Cincinnati, OH

Julie J. Sprengel

California President

CommonSpirit’s Dignity Health

San Francisco, CA

Kavitha Bhatia, MD

President and Chair

Prime Healthcare Foundation

Ontario, CA

Kerry L. Heinrich

President and CEO

Adventist Health

Roseville, CA

Ketul J. Patel

CEO

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

Tacoma, WA

Kevin B. Churchwell, MD

CEO

Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Kevin B. Mahoney

CEO

Penn Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Kevin Hammons

CEO

Community Health Systems

Franklin, TN

Kevin Tabb, MD

President and CEO

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Burlington, MA

Kim Keck

President and CEO

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Chicago, IL

Krista Hoglund

President

Jefferson Health Plans

Philadelphia, PA

Kyna Fong

Co-founder and CEO

Elation Health

San Francisco, CA

Kyu Rhee, MD

President and CEO

National Association of Community Health Centers

Bethesda, MD

Laura S. Kaiser

President and CEO

SSM Health

St. Louis, MO

Lauren Leverich Castaldo

CFO

MetroPlusHealth

New York, NY

Leslie Snavely

CEO

CHG Healthcare

Salt Lake City, UT

Lisa Harris, MD

CEO

Eskenazi Health

Indianapolis, IN

Lisa Israelovitch

Co-Founder and CEO

AssistIQ

Toronto, Canada

Lisa Shannon

President and CEO

Allina Health

Minneapolis, MN

Luis Taveras

Senior Vice President and CIO

Jefferson Health

Philadelphia, PA

Luke Miels

CEO

GSK

London, United Kingdom

Lynn Massingale, MD

Co-Founder and Chairman

TeamHealth

Knoxville, TN

Madeline Bell

CEO

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

Margaret Pastuszko

President and COO

Mount Sinai Health System

New York, NY

Maria Ansari, MD

CEO and Executive Director

The Permanente Medical Group

Oakland, CA

Mark Clements, MD

Chief Medical and Strategy Officer

Glooko

Palo Alto, CA

Mark E. Manigan

President and CEO

RWJBarnabas Health

West Orange, NJ

Mark T. Bertolini

CEO

Oscar Health

New York, NY

Martin A. Makary, MD

Commissioner of Food and Drugs

Food and Drug Administration

Washington, DC

Mary Beth Jenkins

President and CEO, President of UPMC Insurance Services and Executive Vice President of UPMC

UPMC Health Plan

Pittsburgh, PA

Matthew A. Love

President and CEO

Nicklaus Children’s Health System

Miami, FL

Matthew Zuino

President and CEO

Baptist Health

Jacksonville, FL

Meena Mallipeddi

Co-Founder and CEO

AmplifyMD

San Francisco, CA

Michael Dalton

CEO and Founder

Ovatient

Cleveland, OH

Michael Hasselberg, PhD, RN

Chief Transformation and Digital Officer

Nebraska Medicine

Omaha, NE

Michael J. Charlton

President and CEO

AtlantiCare

Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Michael Pfeffer, MD

CIO and Associate Dean

Stanford HealthCare and Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, CA

Michael Ugwueke, DHA

President and CEO

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare

Memphis, TN

Michelle O’Connor

President and CEO

Meditech

Canton, MA

Mike Slubowski

President and CEO

Trinity Health

Livonia, MI

Mitchell H. Rosner, MD

CEO and Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, University of Virginia

UVA Health

Charlottesville, VA

Mohan Giridharadas

Founder and CEO

LeanTaaS

Santa Clara, CA

Mohan Suntha, MD

President and CEO

University of Maryland Medical System

Baltimore, MD

Morgan Kendrick

Executive Vice President and President of Elevance Commercial Health Benefits

Elevance Health

Indianapolis, IN

Munjal Shah

Co-Founder and CEO

Hippocratic AI

Palo Alto, CA

Nabile Safdar, MD

Chief AI Officer

Emory Healthcare and Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Nancy Brown

CEO

American Heart Association

Dallas, TX

Neil Lindsay

Senior Vice President

Amazon Health Services

Seattle, WA

Nick Barto

President and CEO

BJC Health

St. Louis, MO

Nikhil Buduma

Co-Founder and CEO

Ambience Healthcare

San Francisco, CA

Olu Jegede, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Health Equity and Community Impact Officer

Cone Health

Greensboro, NC

Omar Lateef, DO

President and CEO

Rush University System for Health and Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, IL

Pat Leonard

CEO

CarroHealth

Plano, TX

Patrick O’Shaughnessy, DO

President and CEO

Catholic Health

Rockville Centre, NY

Patrick Ryan

Chairman and CEO

Press Ganey

South Bend, IN

Paul Hiltz

President and CEO

Naples Comprehensive Health

Naples, FL

Paul Singh

CEO

U.S. Dermatology Partners

Dallas, TX

Pete November

CEO

Ochsner Health

New Orleans, LA

Peter D. Banko

President and CEO

Baystate Health

Springfield, MA

Peter Katsufrakis, MD

President and CEO

NBME

Philadelphia, PA

Peter McCanna

CEO

Baylor Scott & White Health

Dallas, TX

Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD

Chief Clinical Transformation Officer

University Hospitals and President of UH Veale Healthcare Transformation Institute

Cleveland, OH

Peter WT Pisters, MD

President

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Prem Reddy, MD

Founder, Chairman and CEO

Prime Healthcare

Ontario, CA

Punit Singh Soni

Founder and CEO

Suki

Redwood City, CA

Ramin Davidoff, MD

Executive Medical Director and Board Chair

the Southern California Permanente Medical Group

Pasadena, CA

Redonda Miller, MD

President

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, MD

Rhoda Weiss, PhD

National Healthcare Consultant, Speaker, Author and Editor, and Founder of Health Market Leaders (Los Angeles)

Los Angeles, CA

Richard A. Anderson

President and CEO

St. Luke’s University Health Network

Bethlehem, PA

Richard Atkin

CEO

Greenway Health

Tampa, FL

Richard P. Lofgren, MD

President and CEO

OU Health

Oklahoma City, OK

Richard R. Barakat, MD

Physician-in-Chief and Executive Director of Cancer Services and Research for Northwell Health Cancer Institute, and Senior Vice President of Cancer Services

Northwell Health

New Hyde Park, NY

Richard Zane, MD

Chief Innovation Officer and Director

Emergency Services at UCHealth

Aurora, CO

Rob Deininger

President and CEO

AdventHealth East Florida Division

Altamonte Springs, FL

Rob Jay

CEO

ScionHealth

Louisville, KY

Robert Allen

President and CEO

Intermountain Health

Salt Lake City, UT

Robert C. Garrett

CEO

Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

Robert Stone

CEO

City of Hope

Duarte, CA

Roberta Schwartz

Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer

Houston Methodist

Houston, TX

Rod Hanners

CEO

Keck Medicine of USC

Los Angeles, CA

Rohit Chandra, PhD

Chief Digital Officer

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

Roxanna Gapstur, PhD, RN

President and CEO

WellSpan Health

York, PA

Saad Ehtisham, DHA

President and CEO

Atlantic Health

Morristown, NJ

Sachin Apte, MD

Chief Clinical Officer and Physician-in-Chief

Huntsman Cancer Institute

Salt Lake City, UT

Sachin Jain, MD

CEO

SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan

Long Beach, CA

Sagnik Bhattacharya

CEO

Rhapsody

Boston, MA

Sarah Ness

President and CEO

PeaceHealth

Vancouver, WA

Saurabh Tripathi

Executive Vice President and CFO

Ascension

St. Louis, MO

Scott Hayworth, MD

CEO

Hayworth Ventures

New York, NY

Scott MacLean

Senior Vice President and CIO

MedStar Health

Columbia, MD

Sean Cassidy

CEO

Lucem Health

Davidson, NC

Seema Verma

Executive Vice President and General Manager

Oracle Health and Oracle Life Sciences

Kansas City, MO

Selwyn M. Vickers, MD

President and CEO

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY

Shakeeb Akhter

Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

Shan Sinha

Co-Founder and CEO

Canopy Works

San Jose, CA

Shawn Vincent

President and CEO

Loyola Medicine and St. Joseph Health System

Maywood, IL and South Bend, IN

Shiv Rao, MD

Founder and CEO

Abridge

San Francisco, CA

Sr. Mary Haddad

President and CEO

Catholic Health Association of the United States

St. Louis, MO

Stephanie Conners, RN

President and CEO

BayCare Health System

Clearwater, FL

Steve Arner

President and CEO

Carilion Clinic

Roanoke, VA

Steve Burriss

COO

Orlando Health

Orlando, FL

Steve Davis, MD

President and CEO

Cincinnati Children’s

Cincinnati, OH

Steve Mackin

President and CEO

Mercy

Chesterfield, MO

Steve Purves

President and CEO

Valleywise Health

Phoenix, AZ

Steven Goldstein

President and CEO

University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital

Rochester, NY

Sunny Bhatia, MD

President and Chief Medical Officer

Prime Healthcare

Ontario, CA

Susan Huang, MD

Chief Physician Executive, and Chief Executive of Providence Clinical Network

Providence

Renton, WA

Talya Schwartz, MD

President and CEO

MetroPlusHealth

New York, NY

Terry Gilliland, MD

President and CEO

Geisinger

Danville, PA

Theresa Meadows

Senior Vice President and CIO

Cook Children's Health Care System

Fort Worth, TX

Thomas Jackiewicz

President

University of Chicago Medicine

Chicago, IL

Thomas Kelly, MD

CEO and Co-Founder

Heidi

New York, NY

Thomas Lally, MD

Founder, CEO and Chairman

Bloom Healthcare

Denver, CO

Tiffany Murdock, DNP, MSN

Senior Vice President and CNO

Ochsner Health

New Orleans, LA

Tim Robinson

CEO

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Columbus, OH

Todd LaPorte

CEO

HonorHealth

Scottsdale, AZ

Tom Mihaljevic, MD

President and CEO

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

Trey Holterman

Co-Founder and CEO

Tennr

New York, NY

Vipin Kamath

Vice President and Chief of Digital Operations

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Warner Thomas

President and CEO

Sutter Health

Sacramento, CA

Will Carroll, PharmD

Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer

Sutter Health

Sacramento, CA

Wright Lassiter III

CEO

CommonSpirit Health

Chicago, IL