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Top Hospital and Health System CEO Influencers | 2025

Hospital and health system CEOs hold unmatched influence in shaping the future of healthcare. With their broad reach and high-profile roles, these leaders have the power to spark meaningful change across the industry. When they champion health equity, advocate for public health, pioneer new care models, or embrace emerging technologies, their actions resonate on a national, and often global, scale.

Becker’s is proud to recognize the following visionary CEOs, who are using their leadership and influence to drive progress, elevate standards and transform the healthcare landscape for the better.

Note: We compiled this list using 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 an extremely special thank you to Rhoda Weiss for her in-depth contributions to this list.

We accepted nominations for this list. Please contact Anna Falvey at afalvey@beckershealthcare.com with any questions or comments.

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Alastair Bell, MD

President and CEO

Boston Medical Center Health System

Boston, MA

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Amy Perry

CEO

Banner Health

Phoenix, AZ

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Anne Klibanski, MD

President and CEO

Mass General Brigham

Boston, MA

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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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Brendan G. Carr, MD

CEO

Mount Sinai Health System

New York, NY

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Candace S. Johnson, PhD

President and CEO

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Buffalo, NY

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Carl S. Armato

President and CEO

Novant Health

Winston-Salem, NC

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Chad T. Lefteris

President and CEO

UCI Health

Orange, CA

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Chris Van Gorder

President and CEO

Scripps Health

San Diego, California (CA)

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Cliff A. Megerian, MD

CEO

University Hospitals

Cleveland, OH

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Damond W. Boatwright

President and CEO

Hospital Sisters Health System

Springfield, IL

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David Banks

President and CEO

AdventHealth

Altamonte Springs, FL

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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 M. Dill

Chairman and CEO

Lifepoint Health

Brentwood, TN

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Dennis W. Pullin

President and CEO

Virtua Health

Marlton, NJ

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Eduardo Conrado

President and CEO

Ascension

St. Louis, MO

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Elizabeth B. Concordia

President and CEO

UCHealth

Aurora, CO

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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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Gianrico Farrugia, MD

President and CEO

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

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Greg A. Adams

CEO

Kaiser Permanente

Oakland, CA

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H

Howard Chrisman, MD

President and CEO Northwestern Medicine

Chicago, IL

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J.P. Gallagher

President and CEO

Endeavor Health

Evanston, IL

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Jeffrey A. Flaks

President and CEO

Hartford HealthCare

Hartford, CT

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Joanne M. Conroy, MD

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 D’Angelo, MD

CEO

Northwell Health

New Hyde Park, NY

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John M. Starcher, Jr

President and CEO

Bon Secours Mercy Health

Cincinnati, OH

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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 G. Cacchione, MD

CEO

Jefferson

Philadelphia, PA

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Julie J. Sprengel

President and CEO

CommonSpirit Health’s California Region

California

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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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Laura S. Kaiser

President and CEO

SSM Health

St. Louis, MO

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Leslie C. Davis

President and CEO

UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

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Liz Dunne

President and CEO

PeaceHealth

Vancouver, WA

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Mark E. Manigan

President and CEO

RWJBarnabas Health

West Orange, NJ

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Michael J. Dowling

CEO Emeritus

Northwell Health

New Hyde Park, NY

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Mike Slubowski

President and CEO

Trinity Health

Livonia, MI

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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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P

Paul Hiltz

President and CEO

NCH Healthcare System

Naples, FL

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Pete November

CEO

Ochsner Health

New Orleans, LA

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Peter McCanna

CEO

Baylor Scott & White Health

Dallas, TX

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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

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, MD

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Richard P. Lofgren, MD

President and CEO

OU Health

Oklahoma City, OK

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Rick Pollack

President and CEO

the American Hospital Association

Washington, DC

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Robert C. Garrett

CEO

Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

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Robert W. Stone

President and CEO

City of Hope

Duarte, CA

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Rod Hanners

CEO

Keck Medicine of USC

Los Angeles, CA

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Roxanna L. Gapstur, PhD, RN

President and CEO

WellSpan Health

York, PA

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Selwyn M. Vickers, MD

President and CEO

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY

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Sr. Mary Haddad

President and CEO

Catholic Health Association of the United States

St. Louis, MO

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Stephanie Conners, RN

President and CEO

BayCare Health System

Clearwater, FL

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Steve Mackin

President and CEO

Mercy

Chesterfield, MO

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Terry Shaw. Past President and CEO of AdventHealth

Altamonte Springs, FL

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Tina Freese Decker

President and CEO

Corewell Health

Grand Rapids, MI

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Tom Mihaljevic, MD

President and CEO

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

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Warner Thomas

President and CEO

Sutter Health

Sacramento, CA

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Wright Lassiter III

CEO

CommonSpirit Health

Chicago, IL

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