Most Powerful Physician Healthcare Executives 2009

Modern Healthcare/Modern Physician has a recognition list of the "top 50 most powerful physician healthcare executives" for 2009. How many of these names do you recognize? Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), was voted No. 1 in the 2009 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in Healthcare competition. Here are the top 50:

1. Carolyn Clancy 2. Christine Cassel 3. Mark Chassin 4. Donald Berwick 5. Stephen Newman 6. Emad Rizk 7. Jonathan Perlin 8. Gary Gottlieb 9. Robert Wah 10. William Jessee 11. Rodney Hochman 12. David Blumenthal 13. Dexanne Clohan 14. David Shulkin 15. Lanny Copeland 16. Gary Kaplan 17. David Pate 18. Ron Anderson 19. Prem Reddy 20. J. James Rohack 21. Harry Jacobson 22. Georges Benjamin 23. Robert Wachter 24. Daniel Palestrant 25. John Koster

26. Brent James 27. Edward Murphy 28. Patrick Quinlan 29. Barbara Paul 30. Paul Tang 31. Barry Silbaugh 32. Mark Leavitt 33. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey 34. Molly Coye 35. Reed Tuckson 36. John Cochran 37. John Halamka 38. William Bria 39. Darrell Kirch 40. Michael Maves 41. Troyen Brennan 42. Herbert Pardes 43. Steven Safyer 44. Melinda Estes 45. Paul Whelton 46. Jack Lewin 47. Thomas Nasca 48. Harvey Fineberg 49. Adam Singer 50. Ronald Greeno

In case you're wondering how MH/MP generates this list, here's a summary of their methodology: "From Dec. 8, 2008, through Jan. 9, readers submitted more than 4,300 nominations. The final ballot was based on those nominations. Voting began on Jan. 26 and continued through March 6, with more than 27,600 votes cast during that period. The 50 physicians who received the most votes will make the final list, with the ranking determined by the number of votes received."