Being in healthcare in recent years, has not always been a fun place to be, though the industry does offer a lot of opportunity. CEO’s in the field have had to take a lot of heat, but there have been quite a few who have really been successful in their field. Here are 20 that we believe have made a huge difference in the last decade.
- David Blair, CEO of Catalyst Health Solutions: Blair was ranked one of the best CEO’s under age 40. Under his direction, Catalyst Health Solutions has grown revenue from $5 million to $3.6 billion in 11 years.
- Paul Diaz, CEO of Kindred Healthcare: Kindred Healthcare owns hospitals and long term care facilities. Diaz raised revenue more than 4% in one year. He is recognized as one of the most powerful people in healthcare and as one of the most successful minority CEOs. He is also listed as one of the most respected CEO’s of 2010 by CEO Quarterly Magazine and the International Institute of Management.
- Nick Turkal, MD: The CEO of Aurora Health Systems was ranked among 2010′s best physician leaders. Aurora Health Care is a not-for-profit Wisconsin health care provider and a national leader in efforts to improve health care quality.
- Ron Anderson, MD: Anderson is the President and CEO of Parkland Health Systems in Texas. He has been their CEO for 26 years. He has served on the National Health Policy Initiative to advise the White House on healthcare issues as well as the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.
- Warren Browner, MD: Browner is the CEO of California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, where he has published a number of books on clinical research.
- Delos Cosgrove, MD: Cosgrove is the CEO of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Cosgrove currently oversees the Cleveland Clinic, nine community hospitals, 14 family health centers and ASCs, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Cleveland Clinic Toronto and the developing Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi in this role, which he has held since 2004.
- Melinda Estes, MD: Dr. Estes is the CEO of Fletcher Allen Healthcare, a role she has held since 2003. She was previously the CEO and Chair of the Board of Cleveland Clinic in Florida.
- Joseph Golbus, MD: Golbus is the president of the North Shore Health System Medical Group and is also an associate professor of Medicine and Northwestern University.
- Larry Goodman, MD: Goodman is the CEO of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. He was previously the Dean of Medicine at Rush University Medical College.
- David Feinberg, MD: Feinberg is the CEO of UCLA Hospital Systems in Los Angeles, and is also an associate vice chancellor at UCLA.
- Gary Gottlieb: Gottlieb is the CEO of Partners Health System in Boston. He is also a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
- Roberta Luskin-Hawk, MD: Hawk is the CEO of Resurrection Health Care’s St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chicago. She is also co founder of Lakeshore Infectious Disease Associates. She is a highly respected HIV/AIDS advocate.
- Rodney Hockman, MD: Hockman is the CEO of Swedish Medical Center in Seattle. He was formerly the executive vice president of Sentara Healthcare in Norfolk, VA.
- Gary Kaplan, MD: Kaplan is the CEO of Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. He has been awarded the John M. Eisenberg Award from the National Quality Forum. He also was recognized by the Medical Group Management Association as the recipient of the Harr J. Harwick Lifetime Acheivement Award.
- David Grange: CEO of PPD. Grange is the CEO of PPD, the healthcare company that is listed on Forbes Platinum list.
- Marc Casper: Casper is the CEO of Thermo-Fisher Scientific, a position he has held since 2009. Prior to that he was COO. Casper also has the distinction of being the highest paid CEO in healthcare.
- William Weldon, Johnson and Johnson: Weldon has been the CEO of Johnson and Johnson since 2002, though he has been with the company since 1972.
- Miles D. White, CEO of Abbott Labs: Abbott Labs is one of the US’ most successful healthcare companies. White has been at the helm since 1998.
- John C. Lechleiter: Lechleiter is the CEO of Eli Lilly, a role he has held since 2005. He has been with the company since 1979, when his job was that of a chemist. Today, he is the seventh highest paid CEO in healthcare.
- John C. Martin: Martin is the CEO of Gilead Sciences, where he has worked since 1990. He has been inducted into the National Academy of Engineering.