Methodology

Nominations for the list were open to the public from Oct. 2 to Dec. 31, 2023. Modern Healthcare's senior editors then selected the honorees with input from the rest of the newsroom.

To be eligible, all winners had to be age 40 or younger as of Dec. 31, 2023, and working in any sector of healthcare, including provider organizations, insurance companies, vendors, suppliers, and associations.

Honorees were selected because they've made "a measurable impact on the industry as a whole, including by broadening access to patient care, pushing for changes in their sector or developing innovative technologies," according to Modern Healthcare.

Modern Healthcare's 40 under 40 list

The winners of Modern Healthcare's 40 under 40 awards are:

• Elizabeth Acord, VP for cancer clinical integration at MemorialCare
• Afrakomah Agyeman, manager of population health data interpretation and evaluation at UMass Memorial Health
• Andrew Beam, deputy editor at NEJM AI
• Virgilio Bento, co-founder and CEO of Sword Health
• Jaimie Clark, head of innovation and director of innovation and venture strategy at Catalyst by Wellstar and Wellstar Health System
• Byron Crowe, CMO at Solera Health
• Caitlin Donovan, global head of Uber Health
• Megan Elam, VP of emergency services operations, Cincinnati Children's
• Kealoha Fox, president of Institute for Climate and Peace
• Bennett Graham, president of Main Street Health
• Ricardo Johnson, EVP of strategic growth and government programs at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
• Sarah Joseph Kurien, deputy COO for ambulatory care operations at NYC Health + Hospitals
• Vijay Kedar, co-founder and CEO at Tomorrow Health
•  Daniel Knecht, chief clinical innovation officer at CVS Caremark
• Robert Krayn, co-founder and CEO at Talkiatry
• Whittney LaCroix, president and CNO at Tribal Health
• Rishi Lilly, COO at Oak Street Health
•  Ryan Luginbuhl, director of oncology service line at OSF HealthCare
• Mandy Mason, global lead of healthcare provider transformation at Microsoft
• Anne Marie Morse, director of child neurology and pediatric sleep medicine at Geisinger
• Kimberly Nettles, DEI lead at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
•  Tonychris Nnaka, associate dean for research at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
• Mark Ogunsusi, associate attorney at Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC
• Stephanie Ostrander, VP of physician and advanced practice provider attraction at Corewell Health
• Kimeta Palamar, senior director of digital strategy and innovation at Englewood Health
• Amit Parikh, CMO at Bend Health
• Ally Perleoni, director of government relations at the Association of American Medical Colleges
• Alex Rachmiel, VP and chief of staff to CEO at Optum Health*
• Warly Remegio, VP for nursing professional development and practice excellence at Hartford HealthCare
• Josh Repac, CFO at Meritus Health
• Jayodita Sanghvi, senior director of data science at Included Health
• Chethan Sathya, director of the Center for Gun Violence Prevention at Northwell Health
• Robin Shah, co-founder and CEO of Thyme Care
•  Abhinav Shashank, co-founder and CEO at Innovaccer
• Puneet Singh, CEO of CareBridge
• Unmesh Srivastava, chief digital and technology officer at Clever Care Health Plan
• Tiara Swindell, senior director of ACO operations at Tandigm Health
• Courtnay Thompson, market president at Select Health of South Carolina
• Elad Walach, co-founder and CEO of Aidoc
• Karley Yoder, general manager and chief digital officer of ultrasound at GE HealthCare

(Modern Healthcare  40 under 40 list, 2/12; Modern Healthcare  40 under 40 methodology, 2/12)

*Advisory Board is a subsidiary of Optum, a division of UnitedHealth Group. All Advisory Board research, expert perspectives, and recommendations remain independent. 

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