Cleveland Clinic CEO Named 5th Most Influential Physician Executive

CLEVELAND, OH — The CEO and President of the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Toby Cosgrove, was named the 5th most influential physician executive by the magazine Modern Healthcare on Monday.

Cosgrove has been a fixture on the list in recent years, placing No. 10 in 2015 and 2014, but this year marks his first year in the top five. The annual list compiled by Modern Healthcare identifies

"The 50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders honors physicians working in the healthcare industry who are deemed by their peers and an expert panel to be the most influential in terms of demonstrating leadership and impact. These physician leaders are innovators, excel in community services, and demonstrate reputable executive authority," reads the list's about page.

Nominees are graded on five criteria:

• Executive Responsibility
• Leadership
• Professional Achievement
• Innovation
• Community Service

Cosgrove took over as CEO and President in 2004, but started as a surgeon in 1975. The Cleveland Clinic generates $8 billion in annual revenue and it's system contains nine regional hospitals, 21 surgery centers, and facilities in Las Vegas, Florida and even Abu Dhabi, reported Modern Healthcare.

Here's the full list of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders 2016 via Modern Healthcare:

1. Dr. Robert Califf - Commissioner - Food and Drug Administration
2. Dr. John Noseworthy - President and CEO - Mayo Clinic
3. Dr. Patrick Conway - Deputy administrator for innovation and quality, chief medical officer - CMS
4. Dr. Robert Wachter - Professor and interim chairman, Department of Medicine - University of California at San Francisco
5. Dr. Toby Cosgrove - President and CEO - Cleveland Clinic
6. Dr. Richard Migliori - Executive VP of medical affairs and chief medical officer - UnitedHealth Group
7. Dr. David Torchiana - President and CEO - Partners HealthCare
8. Dr. Benjamin Chu - Incoming president and CEO - Memorial Hermann
9. Dr. David Feinberg - President and CEO - Geisinger Health System
10. Dr. Jonathan Perlin - President of clinical services and chief medical officer - HCA
11. Dr. Gary Kaplan - Chairman and CEO - Virginia Mason Health System
12. Dr. David Shulkin - Undersecretary for health - Veterans Affairs Department
13. Dr. Steven Safyer - CEO - Montefiore Medical Center
14. Dr. Rodney Hochman - President and CEO - Providence Health & Services
15. Dr. Prem Reddy - Chairman and CEO, Prime Healthcare Services - Prime Healthcare Services
16. Dr. Roy Beveridge - Chief medical officer - Humana
17. Dr. Atul Gawande - Surgeon, professor, writer, researcher - Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health
18. Dr. Charles Sorenson - President and CEO - Intermountain Healthcare
19. Dr. Elizabeth Nabel - President - Brigham and Women's Health Care
20. Dr. Mark Chassin - President and CEO - Joint Commission
21. Dr. Eric Topol - Chief academic officer, Scripps Health; director, Scripps Translational Science Institute - Scripps Health
22. Dr. Vivek Murthy - U.S. surgeon general - U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
23. Dr. Peter Pronovost - Director, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality; senior VP for patient safety and quality. - Johns Hopkins Medicine
24. Dr. Ram Raju - President and CEO - NYC Health & Hospitals
25. Dr. Bruce Siegel - President and CEO - America's Essential Hospitals
26. Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey - President and CEO - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
27. Dr. Francis Collins - Director - National Institutes of Health
28. Dr. Humayun Chaudhry - President and CEO - Federation of State Medical Boards
29. Dr. Richard Gilfillan - President and CEO - Trinity Health
30. Dr. Tejal Gandhi - President and CEO - National Patient Safety Foundation
31. Dr. Penny Wheeler - President and CEO - Allina Health
32. Dr. J. Mario Molina - President and CEO - Molina Healthcare
33. Dr. Thomas Frieden - Director - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
34. Dr. David Pryor - EVP and chief clinical officer - Ascension
35. Dr. David Blumenthal - President - Commonwealth Fund
36. Dr. Victor Dzau - President - National Academy of Medicine
37. Dr. Troyen Brennan - EVP and chief health officer - CVS Health
38. Dr. Craig Samitt - Chief clinical officer - Anthem
39. Dr. Kenneth Davis - President and CEO - Mount Sinai Health System
40. Dr. Lynn Simon - President of clinical services and chief quality officer - Community Health Systems
41. Dr. Francis Crosson - Chairman - Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
42. Dr. William Roper - CEO, UNC Health Care, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - UNC Health Care
43. Dr. Susan Turney - CEO - Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System
44. Dr. James Madara - Executive VP and CEO - American Medical Association
45. Dr. Craig Thompson - President and CEO - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
46. Dr. William Conway - Executive VP and chief quality officer, Henry Ford Health System; CEO, Henry Ford Medical Group - Henry Ford Health System
47. Dr. Lynn Massingale - Co-founder and executive chairman - TeamHealth
48. Dr. Ronald DePinho - President - MD Anderson Cancer Center
49. Dr. Karen DeSalvo - National coordinator for health information technology - HHS
50. Dr. David Bailey - President and CEO - Nemours Children's Health System