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58 Health, a four-hospital health system in Baltimore. Dr. Ringo is re- sponsible for the system's move from fee-to-service to value-based care. Before joining Sinai Hospital, he served as director of population health at Northwell Health System in New Hyde Park, N.Y. Dr. Ringo has received many recognitions throughout his career and currently serves on the Maryland Hospital Association's Council on Legislative Regulatory Policy. Cliff Robertson, MD. CEO of CHI Health (Omaha, Neb.) and Senior Vice President of Divisional Operations of CHI (Nebraska/South- west Iowa). Dr. Robertson leads the largest regional health system in Nebraska with 14 hospitals, 136 clinic locations and 12,500 employees. He has more than 20 years of experience in healthcare administration. Before joining CHI Health in 2014, he served as CEO of St. Luke's Health System in Houston and as COO of CHI Franciscan Health in Washington state. Dr. Robertson is a member of several boards, in- cluding the Geneva Foundation Board. Paul Rothman, MD. CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine (Baltimore) and Dean of Johns Hopkins Medical School. Dr. Rothman oversees the six hospitals and hundreds of physicians affiliated with Johns Hop- kins Medicine. Before becoming CEO and medical school dean in 2012, he was dean of the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa in Iowa City for four years. Dr. Rothman has been recognized numerous times for his contributions to the health community. He has been awarded the James S. McDonnell Foundation Career Develop- ment Award, a Pfizer Scholars Award and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2016. Dr. Rothman is a member of the Amer- ican Society for Clinical Investigation. Marschall Runge, MD, PhD. Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and CEO of Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor). Dr. Runge is the executive vice president for medical affairs and CEO of Michigan Med- icine, one of the largest healthcare complexes in the world and one of the largest hospitals in the state. Prior to joining Michigan Medicine, he held administrative positions at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. Dr. Runge holds five patents and is a former president of the American Heart Association. Jaewon Ryu, MD. President and CEO of Geisinger (Danville, Pa.). Dr. Ryu was named interim president and CEO of Geisinger, a health system that services over 3 million patients in 45 counties, in 2018 and perma- nently took on the role July 1, 2019. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Previously, Dr. Ryu was executive vice president and CMO of Geisinger, where he improved patient care quali- ty, cost and experience. Before joining Geisinger, Dr. Ryu was president of integrated care delivery at Humana. In addition to his responsibilities at Geisinger, Dr. Ryu was appointed to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and is on the board of directors of My Health Direct. Steven Safyer, MD. President and CEO of Montefiore Medicine (New York City). Under the leadership of Dr. Safyer, Montefiore Medicine has expanded its clinical care services and is now a network of 11 hospitals. Montefiore Medicine is also a university hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Dr. Safyer was appointed to his position in 2008 and served in other leadership positions at Montefiore before that. He is a member of numerous boards, including the United States of Care and the New York Academy of Medicine. John Jay Shannon, MD. CEO of Cook County Health & Hospitals System (Chicago). Dr. Shannon was unanimously elected permanent CEO in 2014 aer serving as interim chief of one of the nation's largest public health systems. He started his career at Cook County Hospital, now known as John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, in 1990, and served in sev- eral roles before leaving to become CMO of Parkland Health and Hos- pital System in Dallas. Returning to Cook County Health in 2013, Dr. Shannon served as its chief of clinical integration. Dr. Shannon served seven years on the executive board of the American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago and five years on the executive board of the Chicago Asthma Consortium. Peter Slavin, MD. President of Massachusetts General Hospital (Bos- ton). Dr. Slavin is the president of Massachusetts General Hospital, a 999-bed medical center that performs more than 42,000 operations a year. He served as chairman and CEO of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization for three years. Dr. Slavin also is the former president of Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Anthony Slonim, MD, DrPH. President and CEO of Renown Health (Reno, Nev.). Dr. Slonim serves as the president and CEO of Renown Health, a 946-bed hospital with more than 792 physicians. With more than 19 years of healthcare leadership experience Dr. Slonim is an expert in patient safety, accountable care and healthcare quality. He previously worked on senior leadership teams at Barnabas Health in West Orange, N.J., Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Va., and Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Additionally, Dr. Slonim was one of the drivers behind the Healthy Nevada Project, the first population health study combining genetic, environmental, social and clinical data. Donna Smith, MD. Executive Medical Director and Associate CMO of Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle). Dr. Smith joined Virginia Mason Medical Center in 1995 and served as chief of pediatrics as well as hospital medical director and emergency department medical director before taking on her current roles. She is the immediate past president of the Washington State Medical Association and a former member of the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center board of directors. In addition to her administrative leadership at Virginia Mason, Dr. Smith is a clinical associate professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. omas Smyth, MD. President and CEO of University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center (Towson). Dr. Smyth leads 2,300 health pro- fessionals as president and CEO of the 232-bed University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. He went into medicine to follow in the foot- steps of his father who was a practicing urologist. He eventually took over the practice and led its merger with other practices. He served as director, CFO and COO of Chesapeake Urology Associates, with loca- tions in Maryland and Delaware, before taking leadership roles with the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in 2015. Bonita Stanton, MD. Dean of the Hackensack Meridian School of Med- icine at Seton Hall University (Nutley, N.J.) and President of Academic Enterprise for Hackensack Meridian Health. Dr. Stanton is the found- ing dean of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University. e program has a three-year core curriculum, which allows students to graduate and enter residency in three years. She has a focus on introducing students to the importance of the social determinants of health and she is an outspoken advocate for women in the workplace. Mohan Suntha, MD. President and CEO of University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore). Dr. Suntha is responsible for the 1,000 bed, two-campus health center with 9,000 employees who treat more than 250,000 patients annually. He oversees the hospital, cancer center, trauma center and children's hospital. Previously, Dr. Suntha was the president and CEO of the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medi- cal Center for four years and vice president of system program de- velopment at the University of Maryland Medical System before that. Dr. Suntha continues to hold leadership positions at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. Kevin Tabb, MD. CEO of Beth Israel Lahey Health (Boston). Dr. Tabb serves as the president and CEO of Beth Israel Lahey Health, a system of academic medical centers, teaching hospitals and community hospitals. e health system has more than 4,000 affiliated physicians and 35,000 employees. He previously served as CEO of the Beth Israel Deaconess