Hospital and health system CEOs, federal officials, medical educators, and quality experts were voted to Modern Healthcare’s annual list of the 50 most influential physician executives and leaders in health care. More than one-half of this year’s honorees are AMA members.
Three of the top five honorees are AMA members. The No. 2 slot went to John Noseworthy, MD, president and CEO of the Mayo Clinic. Coming in at No. 4 was Robert Wachter, MD, professor and interim chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. And voted in at No. 5 was Toby Cosgrove, president and CEO of the Cleveland Clinic.
These physician leaders joined other such notables as Thomas Frieden, MD, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Robert Califf, MD, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; and Patrick Conway, MD, deputy administrator for innovation and quality and chief medical officer for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The honorees were nominated by their peers and voted on by both readers and senior editors of the publication.
Other AMA members who made the list include:
- Richard Migliori, MD, executive vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer of UnitedHealth Group: No. 6
- Jonathan Perlin, MD, president of clinical services and chief medical officer of HCA: No. 10
- Gary Kaplan, MD, chairman and CEO of Virginia Mason Health System: No. 11
- David Shulkin, MD, undersecretary for health at the Veterans Affairs Department: No. 12
- Roy Beveridge, MD, chief medical officer of Humana: No. 16
- Atul Gawande, MD, surgeon, professor, writer and researcher at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health: No. 17
- Charles Sorenson, MD, president and CEO of Intermountain Healthcare: No. 18
- Mark Chassin, MD, president and CEO of the Joint Commission: No. 20
- Eric Topol, MD, chief academic officer of Scripps Health and director of Scripps Translational Science Institute: No. 21
- Peter Pronovost, MD, director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality and senior vice president for patient safety and quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine: No. 23
- Francis Collins, MD, director of the National Institutes of Health: No. 27
- Humayun Chaudhry, DO, president and CEO of the Federation of State Medical Boards: No. 28
- Tejal Gandhi, MD, president and CEO of the National Patient Safety Foundation: No. 30
- J. Mario Molina, MD, president and CEO of Molina Healthcare: No. 32
- David Pryor, MD, executive vice president and chief clinical officer of Ascension: No. 34
- Victor Dzau, MD, president of the National Academy of Medicine: No. 36
- Troyen Brennan, MD, executive vice president and chief health officer of CVS Health: No. 37
- Lynn Simon, MD, president of clinical services and chief quality officer of Community Health Systems: No. 40
- William Roper, MD, CEO of UNC Health Care, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: No. 42
- Susan Turney, MD, CEO of Marshfield Clinic Health System: No. 43
- James Madara, MD, executive vice president and CEO of the AMA: No. 44
- William Conway, MD, executive vice president and chief quality officer of Henry Ford Health System and CEO of Henry Ford Medical Group: No. 46
- Lynn Massingale, MD, co-founder and executive chairman of TeamHealth: No. 47
Read about this year’s top physician leaders and see the full list at Modern Healthcare.
