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Top Hospital and Health System CEO Influencers | 2024

When these leaders speak up about important health equity issues, advocate for public health, pioneer new care models and adopt cutting-edge technologies, their actions receive global attention. These thought leaders are the arbiters setting new standards in healthcare practices.

Becker’s is proud to recognize the hospital and health system CEOs who are leveraging their influence to 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 a special thank you to Rhoda Weiss for her 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 Carr, MD

CEO

Mount Sinai Health System

New York City, NY

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Brian Gragnolati

President and CEO

Atlantic Health System

Morristown, NJ

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Candace Johnson, PhD

President and CEO

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Buffalo, NY

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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 Callender, MD

President and CEO

Memorial Hermann Health System

Houston, TX

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David Lubarsky, MD

CEO

UC Davis Health

Sacramento, CA

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Dennis Pullin

President and CEO

Virtua Health

Marlton, NJ

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E.J. Kuiper

CEO

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System

Baton Rouge, LA

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Elizabeth Concordia

President and CEO

UCHealth

Aurora, CO

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Eugene A. Woods

CEO

Advocate Health

Charlotte, NC

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Gerald “JP” Gallagher

President and CEO

Endeavor Health

Evanston, IL

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Gianrico Farrugia

President and CEO

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

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Gregory Adams

CEO

Kaiser Permanente

Oakland, CA

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Imran Andrabi, MD

President and CEO

Froedtert ThedaCare Health

Milwaukee, WI

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Janice Nevin, MD

President and CEO

ChristianaCare

Newark, DE

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Joanne 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 M. Starcher, Jr

President and CEO

Bon Secours Mercy Health

Cincinnati, OH

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Johnese Spisso

President, and CEO of UCLA Hospital System

UCLA Health

Los Angeles, CA

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Joseph Cacchione, MD

CEO

Jefferson

Philadelphia, PA

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Joseph Impicciche

CEO

Ascension

St. Louis, MO

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Julie Freischlag, MD

CEO

Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health

Winston-Salem, NC

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Julie Sprengel

President and CEO

CommonSpirit Health's California Region

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K. Craig Kent

CEO

UVA Health

Charlottesville, VA

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Ketul J. Patel

President and CEO

Wellstar Health System

Marietta, GA

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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 Davis

President and CEO

UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

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Lisa Shannon

President and CEO

Allina Health

Minneapolis, MN

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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 Dowling

President and CEO

Northwell Health

New Hyde Park, NY

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Mike Boblitz

CEO

Athens Orthopedic Clinic

Athens, GA

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Mike Slubowski

President and CEO

Trinity Health

Livonia, MI

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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 Pollack

CEO

the 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 C. Garrett

CEO

Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

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Robert Sehring

CEO

OSF HealthCare

Peoria, IL

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Rod Hanners

CEO

Keck Medicine of USC

Los Angeles, CA

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Rod Hochman, MD

President and CEO

Providence

Renton, WA

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Roxanna Gapstur, PhD, RN

President and CEO

WellSpan Health

York, PA

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Selwyn Vickers, MD

President and CEO

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York City, NY

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Shawn Vincent

President and CEO

Loyola Medicine

Maywood, IL

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Sister Mary Haddad

CEO

Catholic Health Association

St. Louis, MO

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Stephanie Conners

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

President and CEO

AdventHealth

Altamonte Springs, FL

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Tim Hingtgen

CEO

Community Health Systems

Franklin, TN

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Tina Freese Decker

President and CEO

Corewell Health

Grand Rapids, MI

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Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD

President and CEO

Cleveland Clinic

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Warner Thomas

President and CEO

Sutter Health

Sacramento, CA

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Wright Lassiter

CEO

CommonSpirit Health

Chicago, IL

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