About the list

For the list, Modern Healthcare accepted nominations for licensed or previously licensed clinicians who work in the healthcare industry and hold the title of SVP or higher in their organization.

The Modern Healthcare staff then selected the honorees based on the actions the nominee took within the past year to help their organization achieve or exceed operational, financial, and clinical goals. Staff also considered how the nominee has improved community health, addressed industrywide challenges, or otherwise influenced the healthcare industry at either the local or national level.

The 'Most Influential Clinical Executives'

Hospital and health system leaders, listed in alphabetical order, include:

• Marjorie Bessel, chief clinical officer at Banner Health
• Sunny Bhatia, president and CMO at Prime Healthcare
• Peter Chang, SVP and chief transformation officer at Tampa General Hospital
• Stephanie Conners, president and CEO at BayCare Health System
• Amaka Eneanya, chief transformation officer at Emory Healthcare
• Karen Frenier, SVP of human resources and chief nurse executive at Orlando Health
• Nigel Girgrah, chief wellness officer at Ochsner Health
• Nancy Holecek, EVP and chief nursing officer at RWJBarnabas Health
• Catherine Krawczeski, CMO and physician-in-chief at Nationwide Children's Hospital
• Andrew Masica, CMO at Texas Health Resources
• Theresa McDonnell, SVP and system chief nurse executive at Duke University Health System
• Thomas McGinn, senior EVP and chief physician executive officer at CommonSpirit Health
• Sammie Mosier, SVP and chief nurse executive at HCA Healthcare
• Adnan Munkarah, president of clinical enterprise and chief physician executive at Henry Ford Health
• Janice Nevin, president and CEO at ChristianaCare
• Peter Pisters, president at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Angelique Richard, COO at City of Hope National Medical Center
• Veronica Scott-Fulton, chief nurse executive at Bon Secours Mercy Health
• Johnese Spisso, president at UCLA Health
• Joseph St. Geme III, physician-in-chief and pediatrics department chair at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• James Valin, chief clinical officer at Intermountain Health
• Anne Marie Watkins, chief nursing executive and SVP at UCI Health
• Rob Watson, chief clinical operations officer at Baylor Scott & White Health
• Amy Wilson, chief nurse executive at SSM Health
• Richard Zane, CIO at UCHealth

Leaders from other organizations in the healthcare industry, listed in alphabetical order, include:

• Shantanu Agrawal, chief health officer at Elevance Health
• Toyin Ajayi, cofounder and CEO at Cityblock Health
• Maria Ansari, CEO and executive director at Permanente Medical Group
• Georges Benjamin, executive director at American Public Health Association
• Sameer Berry, CMO at Oshi Health
• Henish Bhansali, CMO at Medical Home Network
• David Brailer, EVP, chief health officer, and chief transformation officer at Cigna Group
• Bonnie Castillo, executive director at National Nurses United
• Sree Chaguturu, EVP and president of healthcare delivery at CVS Health
• Patrick Conway, CEO of Optum*
• Georgia Gaveras, cofounder and CMO at Talkiatry
• Jackie Gerhart, CMO and VP of clinical informatics at Epic Systems
• Alice Hm Chen, chief health officer at Centene Corp.
• Tommy Ibrahim, president and CEO at Sanford Health Plan
• Taha Kass-Hout, global chief science and technology officer at GE HealthCare
• Laura Mauri, SVP and chief scientific and medical officer at Medtronic
• Sunita Mishra, CMO at Amazon Health Services
• Krishna Nallamshetty, CMO at Radiology Partners
• Tamala Norris-McJunkins, SVP and enterprise chief clinical officer at Surgery Partners
• Jonathan Perlin, president and CEO at The Joint Commission Enterprise
• John Reed, EVP of innovative medicine and R&D at Johnson & Johnson
• Sanjay Shetty, president at CenterWell
• Bruce Siegel, president and CEO at America's Essential Hospitals
• Richard Snyder, EVP and COO at Independence Blue Cross
• Claire Zangerle, SVP and chief nurse executive at American Hospital Association

* Advisory Board is a subsidiary of Optum. All Advisory Board research, expert perspectives, and recommendations remain independent.

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