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19 of the FDA in February, propelling the cardiologist to an agency that regulates about a quarter of every dollar spent in the U.S. William F. Carpenter III. Chairman and CEO of LifePoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.). 2016 marked a decade of Mr. Carpenter at the helm of LifePoint. e system recorded more than $5 billion in revenue in 2015 and, in the past year, expanded its network from 64 to 72 hospi- tals and recorded increased admissions. John Carreyrou. Investigative Reporter for e Wall Street Journal (New York City). Mr. Carreyrou's October 2015 exposé of eranos was a primary trigger for the regulatory and quality scrutiny the company received from federal regulators, which ultimately led to the company's downfall. Margaret Chan, MD. Director-General of World Health Organization (Geneva, Switzerland). Dr. Chan has headed this United Nations agency since 2006, meaning for the past decade she has played an instrumen- tal role in responding to global health emergencies and ethical policy changes. Mark Chassin, MD. President and CEO of e Joint Commission (Oakbrook Terrace, Ill). Dr. Chassin heads the nonprofit, independent accreditation firm that certifies nearly 21,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the United States. e Joint Commission is one of sev- eral organizations approved by CMS to certify hospitals. Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD. Director of the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Md.). As overseer of the U.S. agency for biomedical research, Dr. Collins said 2016 brought the most encouraging budget outcome in 12 years, with a 6.6 percent boost to $33.1 billion for the next fiscal year following years of flat budgets, inflation and sequestration. David Cordani. President and CEO of Cigna (Bloomfield, Conn.). Mr. Cordani leads the health insurer, which recorded $38 billion in rev- enue in 2015 and is in the midst of a $48 billion merger with Indianap- olis-based Anthem. If it passes antitrust scrutiny, the deal stands as the largest merger in the history of the American health insurance industry. Delos "Toby" Cosgrove, MD. President and CEO of Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Cosgrove oversees the 95-year-old system with more than 4,450 beds and $7.2 billion in operating revenue in 2015. In early December, then President-elect Donald Trump appointed Dr. Cosgrove to a 16-member advisory panel of business leaders to share non-partisan advice on policy and strategy. Tamika Cross, MD. Chief Resident at University of Texas Health Sci- ence Center at Houston. As an African American female, Dr. Cross' re- cord of her experience on a Delta Airlines flight in fall 2016 in which her medical assistance was declined in place of that from a Caucasian, male physician triggered a social movement branded with the hashtag #What- ADoctorLooksLike. e campaign brought greater attention to minority physicians and stereotypes held about those in the medical field. Helen Darling. Interim President and CEO of the National Quality Forum (Washington, D.C.). Ms. Darling took the interim leadership role at NQF in 2016. e former president and CEO of the National Busi- ness Group on Health has championed several healthcare causes since, including antibiotic stewardship and innovation in healthcare quality measure development. Lloyd Dean. President and CEO of Dignity Health (San Francisco). Mr. Dean is the leader of a $12 billion health system with 39 hospitals that is currently in talks to affiliate with Englewood, Colo.-based Catho- lic Health Initiatives to form a $28 billion organization. Ronald DePinho, MD. President of MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston). In 2012, Dr. DePinho rolled out MD Anderson's $3 billion, 10-year moonshot initiative to target seven types of cancer and dramati- cally reduce mortality for the diseases. In 2016, President Barack Obama followed suit with the establishment of a nationwide cancer moonshot, led by Vice President Joe Biden, to accelerate cancer research. Michael Dowling. President and CEO of Northwell Health (Great Neck, N.Y.). Mr. Dowling heads the largest health system in New York state — which includes 21 hospitals and 3,900 physicians — and in 2016 the system's reach expanded. In November, Mr. Dowling and Northwell released a rescue plan for four distressed hospitals in Brooklyn aer se- curing a $700 million grant from the state to improve healthcare in the borough. Judy Faulkner. CEO and Founder of Epic Systems (Verona, Wis.). Ms. Faulkner founded Epic in 1979 with a $6,000 investment. Today the com- pany supplies EHRs to some of the biggest names in healthcare, includ- ing Boston-based Partners HealthCare, Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center — and Ms. Faulkner holds the No. 3 spot on Forbes' 2016 list of America's Richest Self-Made Women. David Feinberg, MD. President and CEO of Geisinger Health System (Danville, Pa.). Dr. Feinberg became Geisinger's sixth CEO last year, and he's off to a running start. In 2016 alone, the 12-hospital system shared plans to acquire a medical school, refunded more than $400,000 to dissatisfied patients and kicked off a systemwide effort to hire 1,500 physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses and support staff. Trevor Fetter. Chairman and CEO of Tenet Healthcare (Dallas, Texas). Mr. Fetter became CEO of Tenet in 2003 during what was a rocky time for the private, for-profit hospital operator. Since that time, he's directed 79-hospital Tenet's organic growth strategy and, more recently, its focus on ambulatory business and innovative partnerships with nonprofits. Bill and Melinda Gates. Co-Chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foun- dation (Seattle). e Gates co-lead the world's largest private charitable foundation with a powerful global health division that invests heavily in vaccines to eliminate polio, malaria and HIV. George Gresham. President of Local 1199 - SEIU United Healthcare East (New York). Mr. Gresham began his career in the housekeeping department at Manhattan's Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, and now leads the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in the country with upwards of 400,000 members in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Washington, D.C. and Florida. Ben Harder. Chief Health Analyst for U.S. News & World Report (Washington, D.C.). Mr. Harder oversees the U.S. News & World Re- port's hospital ranking system, which originated in 1990 and has since become arguably the most publicized and coveted ranking among hos- pitals. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah). Senator and Chairman of the Senate Fi- nance Committee (Washington, D.C.). Sen. Hatch led a bipartisan in- vestigation of 20 hospitals in 2016 regarding the practice of concurrent surgeries, which resulted in new and definitive guidance for hospitals to ban the practice outright. Andrew Hayek. Chairman and CEO of Surgical Care Affiliates (Deer- field, Ill.). Under Mr. Hayek's leadership, the outpatient surgery compa- ny — which operates 193 ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospi- tals — recorded more than $1 billion in revenue in 2015. Stephen Hemsley. CEO of UnitedHealth Group (Minnetonka, Minn.). As CEO of the largest insurer in the country, Mr. Hemsley made head- lines in the spring when he shared plans to exit 31 of the ACA's state exchanges in 2017, remaining only on those in Nevada, New York and Virginia.