Great Leaders in Healthcare | 2026

Adam Landman

Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Information Officer

Brown Health

Providence, RI

Alan Kaplan

CEO

UW Health

Madison, WI

Alan Levine

Chairman, President and CEO

Ballad Health

Johnson City, TN

Albert L. Wright

President and CEO

WVU Health System

Morgantown, WV

Alexa B. Kimball

CEO and President of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians

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 City, NY

Amber Sims

Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Growth Officer

Ascension

St. Louis, MO

Amy Perry

CEO

Banner Health

Phoenix, AZ

Amy Trainor

CIO and System Vice President

Ochsner Health

New Orleans, LA

Anne Klibanski

President and CEO

Mass General Brigham

Boston, MA

Barclay Berdan

CEO

Texas Health Resources

Arlington, TX

Barry Arbuckle

CEO

MemorialCare

Fountain Valley, CA

Barry Stein

Vice President and Chief Clinical Innovation Officer

Hartford HealthCare

Hartford, CT

Benjamin Kornitzer

Chief Medical Officer

Aetna

Hartford, CT

Benjamin L. Ebert

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

CEO

Mount Sinai Health System

New York City, NY

Brett Hoggard

Chief Medical Officer

Brundage Group

Pinellas Park, FL

Brian Adams

President and CEO

AdventHealth Central Florida Division

Orlando, FL

Brian Hasselfeld

Executive Medical Director of Digital Health and Innovation

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Baltimore, MD

Brian Whorley

Founder and CEO

Paytient

Columbia, MO

Bruce Hall

Chief Clinical Officer

UC Davis Health System

Sacramento, CA

Candace S. Johnson

President and CEO

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Buffalo, NY

Carmela Coyle

President and CEO

California Hospital Association

Sacramento, CA

Caroline Carney

CEO

Magellan Health

Scottsdale, AZ

Cary Grace

President and CEO

AMN Healthcare

Dallas, TX

Chris Collins

CEO

ECG Management Consultants

Boston, MA

Chris Van Gorder

President and CEO

Scripps Health

San Diego, California (CA)

Christina J. Barrington

Chief Pharmacy Officer

UPMC Health Plan

Pittsburgh, PA

Christopher Crow

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

New Haven, CT

Cliff A. Megerian

CEO

University Hospitals

Cleveland, OH

Cristy Page

CEO and Dean

UNC Health & School of Medicine

Chapel Hill, NC

Damond W. Boatwright

President and CEO

Hospital Sisters Health System

Springfield, IL

Dan Frogel

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

CEO

University of Rochester Medicine

Rochester, NY

David Feinberg

Chairman

Oracle Health

Austin, TX

David Goldberg

Former Executive Vice President/President and CEO

Vandalia Health/Vandalia Health’s North Region

Charleston, WV

David L. Callender

President and 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

CNO and Senior Vice President

Patient Care Services at NYU Langone Health

New York City, NY

Debra F. Sukin

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

System Chief Digital Information Officer

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

President and CEO

UMass Memorial Health

Worcester, MA

Eric S. Kirkendall

CMIO and CIO/Academic Health

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist/Advocate Health

Winston-Salem, NC

Erik Decker

Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

Intermountain Health

Salt Lake City, UT

Erik Wexler

President and CEO

Providence

Renton, WA

Eugene Woods

President and CEO

Advocate Health

Charlotte, NC

Feby Abraham

Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer

Memorial Hermann Health System

Houston, TX

Florian Otto

CEO and Co-Founder

Cedar

New York City, NY

Gail Boudreaux

President and CEO

Elevance Health

Indianapolis, IN

Georgia Gaveras

Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer

Talkiatry

New York City, NY

Gerald “J.P.” Gallagher

President and CEO

Endeavor Health

Evanston, IL

Gianrico Farrugia

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

Health Information Systems for Solventum

Maplewood, MN

Howard Chrisman

CEO

Northwestern Medicine

Chicago, IL

Imamu “Mu” Tomlinson

CEO/President

Vituity/Vituity Cares Foundation

Emeryville, CA

Irena King

Founder and CEO

Surgicure Technologies

Boston, MA

Israel “Srulik” Dvorsky

Co-Founder and CEO

TailorMed

New York City, NY

Israel Krush

CEO and Co-Founder

Hyro

New York City, NY

James Downing

President and CEO

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Memphis, TN

James Hereford

President and CEO

Fairview Health Service

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 Hospital Colorado

Aurora, CO

Joanne M. Conroy

President and CEO

Dartmouth Health

Lebanon, NH

Jochen Reiser

President/CEO

The University of Texas Medical Branch/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

Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer

Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, MA

John Couris

President and CEO

Tampa General Hospital

Tampa, FL

John D’Angelo

CEO

Northwell Health

New Hyde Park, NY

John J. Whyte

CEO and Executive Vice President

American Medical Association

Chicago, IL

John Starcher

President and CEO

Bon Secours Mercy Health

Cincinnati, OH

Johnese Spisso

President/CEO/Associate Vice Chancellor

UCLA Health/UCLA Hospital System/UCLA Health Sciences

Los Angeles, CA

Judson Ivy

Founder and CEO

Ensemble

Nashville, TN

Julie J. Sprengel

President and CEO

CommonSpirit Health’s California Region

California

Kavitha Bhatia

President and Chair

Prime Healthcare Foundation

Ontario, CA

Kerry L. Heinrich

President and CEO

Adventist Health

Roseville, CA

Ketul J. Patel

President and CEO

Wellstar Health System

Marietta, GA

Kevin B. Churchwell

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

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

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 City, NY

Leslie Snavely

CEO

CHG Healthcare

Salt Lake City, UT

Lisa Harris

CEO

Eskenazi Health

Indianapolis, IN

Lisa Israelovitch

Co-Founder and CEO

AssistIQ

Toronto, ON, 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

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 City, NY

Maria Ansari

Co-CEO

The Permanente Federation

Oakland, CA

Mark Clements

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 City, NY

Martin A. Makary

Commissioner of Food and Drugs

Food and Drug Administration

Washington, D.C.

Mary Beth Jenkins

President and CEO/President/Executive Vice President

UPMC Health Plan/UPMC Insurance Services/UPMC

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 Co-Founder

Ovatient

Cleveland, OH

Michael Hasselberg

Chief Transformation and Digital Officer

Nebraska Medicine

Omaha, NE

Michael J. Charlton

President and CEO

AtlantiCare

Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Michael Pfeffer

Chief Information and Digital Officer, Associate Dean

Stanford Health Care

Palo Alto, CA

Michael Ugwueke

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

CEO/Executive Vice President

UVA Health/Health Affairs, University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

Mohan Giridharadas

Founder and CEO

LeanTaaS

Santa Clara, CA

Mohan Suntha

President and CEO

University of Maryland Medical System

Baltimore, MD

Morgan Kendrick

Executive Vice President/President

Elevance Health/Elevance Commercial Health Benefits

Indianapolis, IN

Munjal Shah

Co-Founder and CEO

Hippocratic AI

Palo Alto, CA

Nabile Safdar

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

Salt Lake City, UT

Nick Barto

President and CEO

BJC Health

St. Louis, MO

Nikhil Buduma

Co-Founder and CEO

Ambience Healthcare

San Francisco, CA

Olu Jegede

Senior Vice President and Chief Health Equity and Community Impact Officer

Cone Health

Greensboro, NC

Omar Lateef

President and CEO

Rush University System for Health and Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, IL

Pat Leonard

CEO

CorroHealth

Dallas, TX

Patrick O’Shaughnessy

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

President and CEO

NBME

Philadelphia, PA

Peter McCanna

CEO

Baylor Scott & White Health

Dallas, TX

Peter Pronovost

Chief Clinical Transformation Officer/President

University Hospitals/UH Veale Healthcare Transformation Institut

Cleveland, OH

Peter WT Pisters

President

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Prem Reddy

Founder, Chairman and CEO

Prime Healthcare

Ontario, CA

Punit Singh Soni

Founder and CEO

Suki

Redwood City, CA

Ramin Davidoff

Co-CEO

The Permanente Federation

Oakland, CA

Redonda Miller

President

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, MD

Rhoda Weiss

Founder of Health Market Leaders; National Healthcare Consultant, Speaker, Author and Editor

Health Market Leaders

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

President and CEO

OU Health

Oklahoma City, OK

Richard R. Barakat

Physician-in-Chief and Executive Director/Senior Vice President

Cancer Services and Research for Northwell Health Cancer Institute/Cancer Services at Northwell Health

New Hyde Park, NY

Richard Zane

Chief Medical Officer and Chief Innovation Officer

UCHealth

Aurora, CO

Rob Deininger

President and CEO

AdventHealth East Florida Division

Orange City, 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

Chief Digital Officer

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

Roxanna Gapstur

President and CEO

WellSpan Health

York, PA

Saad Ehtisham

President and CEO

Atlantic Health

Morristown, NJ

Sachin Apte

Chief Clinical Officer

Huntsman Cancer Institute and Physician-in-Chief

Salt Lake City, UT

Sachin Jain

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

CEO

Hayworth Ventures

New York City, 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 Life Sciences

Austin, TX

Selwyn M. Vickers

President and CEO

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York City, 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

Maywood, IL

Shiv Rao

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

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

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 of System Integration Strategy

UR Medicine

Rochester, NY

Sunny Bhatia

President and Chief Medical Officer

Prime Healthcare

Ontario, CA

Susan Huang

Chief Physician Executive/Chief Executive

Providence/Providence Clinical Network

Renton, WA

Talya Schwartz

President and CEO

MetroPlusHealth

New York City, NY

Terry Gilliland

President and CEO

Geisinger

Danville, PA

Theresa Meadows

CIO

Residence for Symplr

Houston, TX

Thomas Jackiewicz

President

University of Chicago Medicine

Chicago, IL

Thomas Kelly

CEO and Co-Founder

Heidi

New York City, NY

Thomas Lally

Founder, CEO and Chairman

Bloom Healthcare

Denver, CO

Tiffany Murdock

Senior Vice President and CNO

Ochsner Health

New Orleans, LA

Tim Robinson

CEO

Nationwide Children’s Hospita

Columbus, OH

Todd LaPorte

CEO

HonorHealth

Scottsdale, AZ

Tom Mihaljevic

President and CEO

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

Trey Holterman

Co-Founder and CEO

Tennr

New York City, 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

Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer

Sutter Health

Sacramento, CA

Wright Lassiter III

CEO

CommonSpirit Health

Chicago, IL