Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Leaders and members of the Premier healthcare alliance have been named to a prestigious healthcare list highlighting the most influential people in the industry. They are among Modern Healthcare’s list of the 300 Most Influential People in Healthcare. Now, voting is underway to determine the short list of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare.
The solid presence of the Premier alliance’s 54 members on the initial list of 300 is evidence of the effort and innovation happening across the alliance. Premier members are true leaders in healthcare, working every day to improve patient care in America.
Voting for the top 100 list is open until June 15 via modernhealthcare.com. You must vote for five nominees.
Below you will find a complete list of all Premier members who were named among the 300, including Premier’s President and CEO, Susan DeVore and COO, Mike Alkire.
The top 100 people with the most votes will be published in the August 27 issue of Modern Healthcare.
Premier members on top 300 list:
| Dr. Richard Afable | Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian | |
| Mike Alkire | Premier healthcare alliance | |
| Joel Allison | Baylor Health Care System | |
| Dr. James Avery | Golden Living | |
| Alan Aviles | New York City Health and Hospitals Corp | |
| Dr. David Bailey | Nemours | |
| David Bernd | Sentara Healthcare | |
| Marna Borgstrom | Yale New Haven Health System | |
| Dr. George Brown | Legacy Health System | |
| Sandra Bruce | Presence Health | |
| Dr. Frank Byrne | St Mary's Hospital | |
| Gayle Capozzalo | Yale New Haven Health System | |
| Alan Channing | Sinai Health System | |
| Michael Connelly | Catholic Health Partners | |
| Dr. Delos "Toby" Cosgrove | Cleveland Clinic | |
| Dr. Ralph de la Torre | Steward Health Care System | |
| Lloyd Dean | Dignity Health | |
| Susan DeVore | Premier healthcare alliance | |
| Michael Dowling | North Shore Long Island Jewish Health Sys | |
| Mark Eustis | Fairview Health Services | |
| William Evans | St Jude Children's Research Hospital | |
| Peter Fine | Banner Health | |
| Teri Fontenot | Woman's Hospital | |
| Dr. William Fulkerson, Jr. | Duke University Health System | |
| Dr. Howard Grant | Lahey Clinic | |
| Douglas Hawthorne | Texas Health Resources | |
| James Hinton | Presbyterian Healthcare Services | |
| Chris Howard | SSM Health Care | |
| Sally Jeffcoat | St Alphonsus Health System | |
| Reynold Jennings | WellStar Health System | |
| James Kaskie | Kaleida Health | |
| Donna Katen-Bahensky | University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics | |
| Brian Keeley | Baptist Health South Florida | |
| Dr. John Koster | Providence Health & Services | |
| Charles Martin | Vanguard Health Systems | |
| Edward Marx | Texas Health Resources | |
| Michael Murphy | Sharp HealthCare | |
| Lee Perlman | Greater New York Hospital Association | |
| Keith Pitts | Vanguard Health Systems | |
| Dr. Marlon Priest | Bon Secours Health System | |
| Dr. David Pryor | Ascension Health Alliance | |
| Kenneth Raske | Greater New York Hospital Association | |
| Dr. Samuel Ross | Bon Secours Health System | |
| Dr. Steven Safyer | Montefiore Medical Center | |
| Kenneth Samet | MedStar Health | |
| Nancy Schlichting | Henry Ford Health System | |
| Anthony Spezia | Covenant Health | |
| Dr. Glenn Steele, Jr. | Geisinger Health System | |
| Tony Strange | Gentiva Health Services | |
| Joseph Swedish | Trinity Health | |
| Hal Teitelbaum | Crystal Run Healthcare | |
| Anthony Tersigni | Ascension Health Alliance | |
| Dr. Nick Turkal | Aurora Health Care | |
| Dennis Vonderfecht | Mountain States Health Alliance | |
| Dr. Nicholas Wolter | Billings Clinic | |
| Thomas Zenty, III | University Hospitals |