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55 Larry Kaiser, MD. President and CEO of Temple University Health System and Senior Executive Vice President for Health Affairs at Temple University (Philadelphia). Dr. Kaiser is the president and CEO of Temple University Health System, which has 1,020 beds and 1,000 physicians and scientists. He is also senior executive vice president for health affairs at Temple University. In addition, he is the Lewis Katz Dean at the School of Medicine and a professor of thoracic medicine and surgery. Prior to joining Temple in 2011, he served as president of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Dr. Kaiser is also a member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Alan Kaplan, MD. CEO of UW Health (Madison, Wis.). Dr. Kaplan assumed the role of CEO of UW Health, a system with 1,500 physicians who serve more than 600,000 patients annually at six hospitals, in 2016. As a leader, he specifically emphasizes care coordination. Dr. Kaplan previously served as executive vice president and chief clinical trans- formation officer for West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health. He was also the founder, president and CEO of UnityPoint Clinic and president and CEO of UnityPoint at Home. Gary Kaplan, MD. Chairman and CEO of Virginia Mason Health System (Seattle). Dr. Kaplan is the chairman and CEO of Virginia Ma- son Health System, and he continues to practice as an internal medicine physician at Virginia Mason. Dr. Kaplan is also chair of the National Patient Safety Foundation Lucian Leap Institute and a founding member of Health CEOs for Health Reform. In 2019, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award by Seattle Business magazine and the Steven Schro- eder Award for Outstanding Health Care CEO by Costs of Care in 2018. Mark Keroack, MD. President and CEO of Baystate Health (Spring- field, Mass.). Under the leadership of Dr. Keroack, Baystate Health has expanded to include two new community hospitals and more out- patient practices. His strategic knowledge of finance and operations has transformed Baystate into a national leader in healthcare. Prior to holding this position, he served as Baystate Health's system COO and as its chief physician executive, as well as president of Baystate Medical Practices. He has authored over 50 publications and trained in internal medicine and infectious diseases. Stephen Klasko, MD. President and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health (Philadelphia). Under the leader- ship of Dr. Klasko, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health has become one of the nation's fastest growing academic health insti- tutions now with 14 hospitals and 6,600 physicians. As president and CEO, he led the merger of Thomas Jefferson University with Phila- delphia University in 2017. Before holding this position, Dr. Klasko served as CEO of USF Heath and dean of the Tampa-based Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida, both based in Tampa. In 2018, he was awarded one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business and Ernest and Young's Greater Philadel- phia Entrepreneur of the Year. Arthur Klein, MD. President of Mount Sinai Health Network (New York City). As president of Mount Sinai Health Network, Dr. Klein oversees the system's 150 clinical relationships, 18 affiliated hospitals, five nursing homes and 12 physician groups. He works to develop the "best practices" framework to improve patient care and directs the business development team. He manages all national and international initiatives as well. In addition to his role at Mount Sinai Health Net- work, he serves as executive vice president of the Mount Sinai Hospital and executive vice president of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He has held numerous leaderships positions, including regional executive director at Western Region of the North Shore-LIJ Health System, now Northwell Health. Dr. Klein serves on many medical boards and has written extensively on pediatric cardiology. omas Kloos, MD. Vice President of Atlantic Health System and President of Atlantic Accountable Care Organization (Morristown, N.J.). Dr. Kloos is the vice president of Atlantic Health System, a non- profit healthcare system that includes six hospitals with more than 600 providers. As president of Atlantic ACO, he leads all management ser- vices of the New Jersey-based health system. Additionally, Dr. Kloos is a board-certified internal medicine practitioner and a board member of the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations. Mark Laney, MD. CEO of Mosaic Life Care (St. Joseph, Mo.). Dr. Laney joined Mosaic Life Care as CEO in 2009. Prior to that, he spent eight years as president of the Fort Worth, Texas-based 445-bed Cook Children's Physician Network, which includes eight companies at more than 60 locations. Dr. Laney also spent 12 years as a practicing pediatric neurologist at Cook Children's and is the former president of the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association. Jeffrey Le Benger, MD. CEO of Summit Medical Group (Berke- ley Heights, N.J.). Dr. Le Benger is the board chairman and CEO of Summit Medical Group and Summit Health Management, which of- fers management services for Summit Medical Group as well as other physician practices. He has led Summit Medical Group for 20 years, growing the practice to include 900 providers and 80 locations in New Jersey. e practice handles 1.9 million patient visits annually, and it established new locations in Oregon and Arizona last year. James Leonard, MD. President and CEO of Carle Foundation Hos- pital (Urbana, Ill.). Dr. Leonard is the president and CEO of 433-bed Carle Foundation Hospital. Since 2000, he has been responsible for making decisions on patient care and practice environment. Under Dr. Leonard's leadership, Carle is ranked in 2019 as one of America's Top 50 Best Hospitals™ by HealthGrades, has achieved Magnet® des- ignation, the nation's highest honor for nursing care and was chosen as a Great Place to Work® in healthcare. In 2019, Health Alliance was awarded by J.D. Power for highest member satisfaction among com- mercial health plans in the Illinois and Indiana Region. Dr. Leonard joined Carle in 1984 as a primary care physician and then served as associate medical director at Carle Clinic, the medical director of the employee assistance and sports medicine program and served as vice president of medical affairs before becoming CEO following a na- tionwide search. Alan List, MD. President and CEO of Moffitt Cancer Center (Tam- pa, Fla.). Dr. List is the president and CEO of 206-bed Moffitt Cancer Center. He also is the senior member in the department of malignant hematology and the experimental therapeutics program. Most recent- ly, Dr. List was a professor of medicine and director of the leukemia and bone morrow transplant program at the University of Arizona Tucson. roughout his career, he has made many contributions to the field of medicine, specifically with his research on myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia. He is the author of more than 330 peer-reviewed articles. Dr. List is an active member of many orga- nizations, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Stephen Lockhart, MD, PhD. CMO of Sutter Health (Sacramento, Calif.). Dr. Lockhart has served as CMO of Sutter Health, a nonprofit health system with 12,000-plus physicians that care for 3 million pa- tients, since 2015. As CMO, he is responsible for quality, patient safety, research and education. He also emphasizes the importance of using da- ta-driven tools and technology to better understand, treat and prevent disease. Before holding this position, he was the chief administrative of- ficer at Sutter Health's California Pacific Medical Center in San Francis- co and has helped many other administrative positions in healthcare. In addition, Dr. Lockhart is a member of the Precision Medicine Advisory Committee and is a Rhodes Scholar.