100 Most Influential People in Healthcare 2025
Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare awards recognize policymakers and executives for their impact.
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100: Tom Jackiewicz
President
University of Chicago Health System
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99: Mary Haddad
President and CEO
Catholic Health Association of the United States
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98: Beverly Malone
President and CEO
National League for Nursing
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94: Margaret Murray
CEO
Association for Community Affiliated Plans
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93: John Couris
President and CEO
Tampa General Hospital
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92: Sarah Ahmad
CEO
Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH)
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90: Ann Mond Johnson
CEO
American Telemedicine Association
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85: Emily Brower
President and CEO
National Association of ACOs
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84: Dr. Toyin Ajayi
Co-founder and CEO
Cityblock Health
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83: JC Scott
Former president and CEO
Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
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81: Dr. Omar Lateef
President and CEO
Rush University System for Health
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80: Jennifer Mensik Kennedy
President
American Nurses Association
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79: Roxanna Gapstur
President and CEO
WellSpan Health
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78: Dr. Imran Andrabi
President and CEO
Froedtert ThedaCare Health
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76: Madeline Bell
CEO
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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75: Dr. Kyu Rhee
President and CEO
National Association of Community Health Centers
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73: Kevin Mahoney
CEO
University of Pennsylvania Health System
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72: Ceci Connolly
President and CEO
Alliance of Community Health Plans
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71: Tina Freese Decker
President and CEO
Corewell Health
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70: Stephanie Mercado
CEO
National Association for Healthcare Quality
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68: R. Shawn Martin
Executive vice president and CEO
American Academy of Family Physicians
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66: Dr. John Whyte
Executive vice president and CEO
American Medical Association
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64: Dr. Farzad Mostashari
Co-founder and CEO
Aledade
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63: Dr. David Callender
President and CEO
Memorial Hermann Health System
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54: Seema Verma
Executive vice president and general manager
Oracle Health and Life Sciences
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52: Dr. Peter Pisters
President
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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51: Chip Kahn
President and CEO
Federation of American Hospitals
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48: Robert Riney
President and CEO
Henry Ford Health
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47: Georges Benjamin
Executive director
American Public Health Association
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46: John Starcher
President and CEO
Bon Secours Mercy Health
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45: Rob Allen
President and CEO
Intermountain Health
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42: Leah Binder
President and CEO
The Leapfrog Group
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41: Michael Slubowski
President and CEO
Trinity Health
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36: Dr. Sunny Bhatia
President and chief medical officer
Prime Healthcare
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35: Dr. Jonathan Perlin
President and CEO
The Joint Commission Enterprise
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34: Dr. Anne Klibanski
President and CEO
Mass General Brigham
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33: Neil Lindsay
Senior vice president, Amazon Health Services
Amazon
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30: Dr. Tomislav Mihaljevic
President and CEO
Cleveland Clinic
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29: Maurice Smith
Chair, president and CEO
Health Care Service Corp.
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25: Mark Cuban
Co-founder
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co.
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23: Rick Pollack
President and CEO
American Hospital Association
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21: Dr. Bruce Siegel
Outgoing president and CEO
America's Essential Hospitals
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16: Kim Keck
President and CEO
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
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15: Dr. Gianrico Farrugia
President and CEO
Mayo Clinic
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10: Wright Lassiter III
President and CEO
CommonSpirit Health
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9: David Cordani
Chair, president and CEO
Cigna Group
