50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders 2016

On the basis of peer review survey,  Modern Medicine has selected the 50 most influential  physician executives and leaders in America.  In this era of  ObamaCare,  these leaders  reflect the trends of the time, namely,  health care consolidation into integrated health organizations(19),   academic institutions (4) ,    hospital systems (6) , controlling government agencies(9)   large health plans (3) , various associations (7)   with special interests (2).      

 

 

 

 1. Robert Califf , MD,

Commissioner Food and Drug Administration

2. John Noseworthy, md

President and CEO Mayo Clinic

3. Patrick Conway, MD

Deputy administrator for innovation and quality, chief medical officer, CMS

4. Robert Wachter, md

Professor and interim chairman, Department of Medicine University of California at San Francisco

5. Toby Cosgrove, md

President and CEO Cleveland Clinic

6. Richard Migliori, md

Executive VP of medical affairs and chief medical officer, UnitedHealth Group

 

7. David Torchiana, md

President and CEO Partners, HealthCare

 

8. Benjamin Chu, md

Incoming president and CEO Memorial Hermann

9. David Feinberg. md

President and CEO Geisinger Health System

10. Jonathan Perlin, md

President of clinical services and chief medical officer,  HCA

11. Gary Kaplan, md

Chairman and CEO Virginia Mason Health System

 

12. David Shulkin, md

Undersecretary for health, Veterans Affairs Department

13. Steven Safyer, md

CEO Montefiore Medical Center

 

14. Rodney Hochman. md

President and CEO, Providence Health & Services

 

15. Prem Reddy, md

Chairman and CEO, Prime Healthcare Services Prime Healthcare Services

16. Roy Beveridge, md

Chief medical officer Humana

 

17. Atul Gawande, md

Surgeon, professor, writer, researcher Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health

18. Charles Sorenson, md

President and CEO Intermountain Healthcare

19. Elizabeth Nabel, md

President ,  Brigham and Women's Health Care

20. Mark Chassin. md

President and CEO Joint Commission

21. Eric Topol, md

Chief academic officer, Scripps Health; director, Scripps Translational Science Institute Scripps Health

22. Vivek Murthy, md

U.S. surgeon  general, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

 

23. Peter Pronovost,md

Director, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality; senior VP for patient safety and quality. johns Hopkins Medicine

24. Ram Raju, md

President and CEO NYC Health & Hospitals

25. Bruce Siegel, md

President and CEO America's Essential Hospitals

 

26. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

President and CEO Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

27. Francis Collins, md

Director National Institutes of Health

 

28. Humayun Chaudhry, md

President and CEO Federation of State Medical Boards

29. Richard Gilfillan, md

President and CEO Trinity Health

 

30. Tejal Gandhi, md

President and CEO National Patient Safety Foundation

 

31. Penny Wheeler, md

President and CEO Allina Health

32. J. Mario Molina. md

President and CEO Molina Healthcare

 

33. Thomas Frieden, md

Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

34. David Pryor, md

EVP and chief clinical officer Ascension

35. David Blumenthal, md

PresidentCommonwealth Fund

36. Victor Dzau, md

President National Academy of Medicine

37. Troyen Brennan, md

EVP and chief health officer CVS Health

 

38. Craig Samitt, md

Chief clinical officer Anthem

39. Kenneth Davis, md

President and CEO  Mount Sinai Health System

 

40. Lynn Simon. md

President of clinical services and chief quality officer Community Health Systems

 

41. Francis Crosson, md

Chairman Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

42. William Roper, md

CEO, UNC Health Care, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill UNC Health Care

 

43. Susan Turney, md

CEO Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System

 

44. James Madara, md

Executive VP and CEO American Medical Association

 

45. Craig Thompson, md

President and CEO  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

46. William Conway, md

Executive VP and chief quality officer, Henry Ford Health System; CEO, Henry Ford Medical Group Henry Ford Health System

47. Lynn Massingale, md

Co-founder and executive chairman  Team Health

 

48. Ronald DePinho, md

President  MD Anderson Cancer Center

 

49. Karen DeSalvo, md

National coordinator for health information technologyHHS

 

50. David Bailey, md

President and CEO Nemours Children's Health System