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59 System and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Prior to joining BID- MC, Dr. Tabb worked at Stanford (Calif.) Hospital & Clinics as CMO and chief quality and medical information officer. Lisa Tank, MD. CMO of Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian Health and Hackensack University Medical Center. Dr. Tank oversees medical operations at Hackensack University Medical Center, the 781-bed flag- ship nonprofit hospital for Hackensack Meridian Health. e medical center is the primary teaching site for Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University. In her current role, Dr. Tank leads the medical affairs department's strategy for creating the value-based care transformation. Under her leadership, the hospital received $2.7 million in funding as part of the CMS accountable communities model grant to identify and address health-related social needs of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in 2017. Tony Tedeschi, MD. CEO of Detroit Medical Center. Dr. Tedeschi took over as CEO of Detroit Medical Center in 2017. Prior to that, he was CEO of Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago and CMO of Vanguard Health Systems' Chicago market. He was COO for Cook County Health & Hospital Systems. Dr. Tedeschi was a clinical instructor at Chica- go-based Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Craig ompson, MD. President and CEO of Memorial Sloan Ket- tering Cancer Center (New York City). Since 2010, Dr. ompson has served as president and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering, a private cancer treatment institution. Before then, he held leadership positions at the University of Pennsylvania, taught at the University of Michigan and University of Chicago and worked as a physician at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. He was named director of the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania in 2006. Dr. ompson is a member of many boards, including the medical advisory board of Chevy Chase, Md.-based Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Susan Turney, MD. CEO of Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System. Dr. Turney became the first CEO of Marshfield Clinic Health System in 2014 and has presided over a period of growth. During her tenure, the health system has gone from owning and operating one hospital to owning and operating seven and has added more than 3,000 employees. Dr. Turney also has overseen the development of innovative programs to shi patient care to low-cost settings. She is the former president and CEO of Englewood, Colo.-based Medical Group Management Associa- tion. She practiced and taught internal medicine for more than 20 years. Amit Vashist, MD. Chief Clinical Officer of Ballad Health (Johnson City, Tenn.). Dr. Vashist focuses on clinical quality and initiatives to improve performance while cutting costs for the 21-hospital system serving northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia and parts of Kentucky and North Carolina. e board-certified internist and psychiatrist is a liaison to the system's clinical council, a partnership with physicians for quality improvement. His work has included reducing the mortal- ity of sepsis patients and improving the outcomes of heart failure and pneumonia patients as well as the overall patient experience. John Warner, MD. Executive Vice President for Health Systems Af- fairs. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas). Dr. Warner was named to his current position in March 2018, aer serv- ing as CEO of UT Southwestern Hospitals for six years. He oversees the delivery of care to more than 105,000 patients and about 3 million outpatient visits at UT Southwestern facilities and affiliated hospitals and clinics. He previously served as medical director of UT South- west's Doris and Harry W. Bass Jr. Clinical Center for Heart, Lung and Vascular Disease and contributed to building the 460-bed William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital. He was the 2017-18 president of the American Heart Association. Alan Weintraub, MD. Medical Director of the Brain Injury Pro- gram at Craig Hospital (Englewood, Colo.). Dr. Weintraub has served as medical director of the brain injury program at Craig Hospi- tal since 1986. He also is the medical director for the Rocky Mountain Regional Brain Injury System and an associate clinical professor at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. In addition to his ad- ministrative roles, Dr. Weintraub is actively involved in many local and national organizations. Penny Wheeler, MD. President and CEO of Allina Health (Minne- apolis). As president and CEO of Allina Health, Dr. Wheeler ensures that the organization delivers care and supports all patients. In 2006, the board-certified OB-GYN became chief clinical officer of Allina, where she spent seven years before accepting the appointment as president in 2013 and CEO in 2015. In addition to her current role, Dr. Wheeler serves on the board of Portico Healthnet, an organization that helps un- insured Minnesota residents get affordable healthcare. David Williams, MD. President and CEO of UnityPoint Clinic and UnityPoint at Home. CEO of UnityPoint Health Partners (West Des Moines, Iowa). Dr. Williams is president and CEO of UnityPoint Clin- ic and UnityPoint at Home, which make up the ambulatory division of UnityPoint Health, a system of more than 30,000 team members serving residents in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. He is trained and board-certi- fied in pediatrics and has been practicing for over 18 years. Dr. Williams is a member of the American Association for Physician Leadership. n The AMA has launched a new strategy designed to create more impactful support for health systems and medical groups. The new benefits provided allow leadership to tackle the issues that keep them up at night, while also more effectively supporting their physicians. These new resources provide solutions ranging from systematic burnout solutions to more effective innovation adoption strategies.