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The nominees for 2008


Andrew Agwunobi; secretary; Florida Agency for Health Care Administration; Tallahassee

John Agwunobi; senior vice president, president of professional services division;
Wal-Mart, Bentonville, Ark.

Richard Anderson; chairman, CEO; Doctors Co.; Napa, Calif.

Ron Anderson; president, CEO; Parkland Health & Hospital System; Dallas

Donald Berwick; president, CEO; Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Cambridge, Mass.

David Blumenthal; director, Institute for Health Policy; Massachusetts General Hospital, Partners HealthCare System; Boston

David Brailer; founder, CEO; Health Evolution Partners; San Francisco

William Bria; chairman; Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems; Lake Almanor, Calif.

Martin Brotman; president, CEO; California Pacific Medical Center; San Francisco

Stuart Bussey; president; Union of American Physicians and Dentists; Oakland, Calif.

Mark Chassin; incoming president; Joint Commission; Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.

Kevin Churchwell; CEO; Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University; Nashville

Carolyn Clancy; director; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Rockville, Md.

Dexanne Clohan; chief medical officer; HealthSouth Corp.; Birmingham, Ala.

Thomas Coburn; U.S. senator (R-Okla.)

John Cochran; executive director; Permanente Federation; Oakland, Calif.

Jon Cohen; managing director, health industries advisory services; PricewaterhouseCoopers; New York

Paul Convery; senior vice president, chief medical officer; Baylor Health Care System; Dallas

Lanny Copeland; chief medical officer; LifePoint Hospitals; Brentwood, Tenn.

Denis Cortese; president, CEO; Mayo Clinic; Rochester, Minn.

Delos "Toby" Cosgrove; president, CEO; Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Molly Coye; founder, CEO; Health Technology Center (HealthTech); San Francisco

Robert Crone; president, CEO; Harvard Medical International; Boston

Jennifer Daley; chief medical officer; Partners Community Healthcare; Boston

Charles Denham; chairman; Texas Medical Institute of Technology, Austin

A. Brent Eastman; senior vice president, chief medical officer; Scripps Health; San Diego

Melinda Estes; president, CEO; Fletcher Allen Health Care; Burlington, Vt.

Kevin Fickenscher; executive vice president, healthcare transformation and chief medical officer; Perot Systems Corp.; Plano, Texas

Harvey Fineberg; president; Institute of Medicine; Washington

Thomas Frist; chairman emeritus; HCA; Nashville

Patricia Gabow; CEO; medical director; Denver Health

Julie Gerberding; director; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta

Aaron Glatt; president, chief medical officer; New Island Hospital; Bethpage, N.Y.

Larry Goodman; president, CEO; Rush University Medical Center; Chicago

Gary Gottlieb; president; Brigham and Women's Hospital; Boston

Ron Greeno; co-founder, chief medical officer; Cogent Healthcare; Brentwood, Tenn.

John Halamka; chief information officer; CareGroup Health System; Boston

C. Martin Harris; chief information officer; Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Trent Haywood; senior vice president, chief medical officer; VHA; Irving, Texas

Rodney Hochman; president, CEO; Swedish Medical Center; Seattle

Russell Holman; chief operating officer; Cogent Healthcare; Brentwood, Tenn.

Donald Holmquest; president, CEO; California Regional Health Information Organization (CalRHIO); San Francisco

James Holsinger Jr.; nominee for U.S. surgeon general; U.S. Public Health Service; Washington

Harry Jacobson; vice chancellor for health affairs; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville

Brent James; vice president of medical research and executive director, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research; Intermountain Healthcare; Salt Lake City

William Jessee; president, CEO; Medical Group Management Association; Englewood, Colo.

Gary Kaplan; chairman, CEO; Virginia Mason Medical Center; Seattle

Darrell Kirch; president; Association of American Medical Colleges; Washington

Robert Kolodner; national coordinator for health information technology; HHS; Washington

John Koster; president, CEO; Providence Health & Services; Seattle

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey; president, CEO; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Princeton, N.J.

Mark Leavitt; chairman; Certification Commission on Healthcare Information Technology; Chicago

Lynn Massingale; chairman; TeamHealth; Knoxville, Tenn.

Michael Maves; executive vice president, CEO; American Medical Association;Chicago

Kenneth Melani; president, CEO; Highmark; Pittsburgh

Joseph Mercola; founder; Mercola.com; Schaumburg, Ill.

Blackford Middleton; corporate director of clinical informatics research and development; chairman of the Center for Information Technology Leadership; Partners HealthCare System; Boston

Holly Miller; chief medical information officer; University Hospitals; Cleveland

James Mongan; president, CEO; Partners HealthCare System; Boston

Albert Morris; president; National Medical Association; Washington

Edward Murphy; president, CEO; Carilion Clinic; Roanoke, Va.

David Nash; chairman, department of health policy; Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia

Stephen Newman; chief operating officer; Tenet Healthcare Corp.; Dallas

Terry O'Rourke; chief medical officer; Centura Health; Denver

William Owen Jr.; president; University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Newark

Herbert Pardes; president, CEO; NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System; New York

David Pate; senior vice president, CEO; St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital; Houston

Ron Paul; U.S. representative (R-Texas), GOP presidential candidate

Barbara Paul; senior vice president, chief medical officer; Community Health Systems; Franklin, Tenn.

James Peake; secretary; U.S. Veterans Affairs Department; Washington

Jonathan Perlin; chief medical officer and senior vice president of quality; HCA; Nashville

David Pryor; chief medical officer; Ascension Health; St. Louis

Patrick Quinlan; CEO; Ochsner Health System; New Orleans

Prem Reddy; chairman; Prime Healthcare Services; Victorville, Calif.

Emad Rizk; president; McKesson Health Solutions; Broomfield, Colo.

William Roper; CEO; University of North Carolina Health Care System; Chapel Hill

Thomas Royer; president, CEO; Christus Health; Dallas

Steven Safyer; incoming president; Montefiore Medical Center; New York

Richard Salluzzo; president, CEO; Wellmont Health System; Kingsport, Tenn.

Fred Sanfilippo; executive vice president for health affairs, Emory University; board chairman, Emory Healthcare; Atlanta

Stephen Schoenbaum; president; American College of Physician Executives; Tampa, Fla.

David Shulkin; president, CEO; Beth Israel Medical Center, New York

Adam Singer; chairman, CEO, chief medical officer; IPC-The Hospitalist Co.; North Hollywood, Calif.

Glenn Steele Jr.; president, CEO; Geisinger Health System; Danville, Pa.

Barry Straube; chief clinical officer; CMS; Washington

Dan Stultz; president, CEO; Texas Hospital Association; Austin

Paul Tang; vice president, chief medical information officer; Palo Alto Medical Foundation;
Palo Alto, Calif.

Hal Teitelbaum; managing partner; Crystal Run Healthcare; Middletown, N.Y.

Nick Turkal; president, CEO; Aurora Health Care; Milwaukee

Daniel Varga; chief medical officer; SSM Health Care-St. Louis

Andrew von Eschenbach; commissioner; U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Washington

Robert Wachter; chief, division of hospital medicine; chief of the medical service; University of California at San Francisco Medical Center

Robert Wah; chief medical officer; Computer Sciences Corp.; El Segunda, Calif.

Laurence Wellikson; CEO ; Society of Hospital Medicine; Philadelphia

David Wennberg; chief science and products officer; Health Dialog Analytic Solutions; Portland, Maine

Paul Whelton; president, CEO; Loyola University Health System; Maywood, Ill.

William Winkenwerder Jr.; senior adviser; Deloitte Consulting; Washington

Sidney Wolfe; director; Public Citizen's Health Research Group; Washington

Quentin Young; national coordinator; Physicians for a National Health Program; Chicago

Elias Zerhouni; director; National Institutes of Health; Bethesda, Md.

 
 
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