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Becker's '100 Physician Leaders' list Becker's Hospital Review recently recognized the following physicians in the 2015 edition of its "Physician Leaders of Hospitals and Health Systems" list. This list features hospital and health system presidents and CEOs who hold medical degrees. Leaders were selected based on editorial judgment and discretion. Nominations were considered when making selections for this list. Akram Boutros, MD, President and CEO of The MetroHealth System. Dr. Boutros has more than 20 years of healthcare leadership experience. His previous administrative roles include executive vice president and chief administrative officer of St. Francis Hospital, The Heart Center in Roslyn, New York; and executive vice president, CMO and COO of South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, New York. A board-certified internist, Dr. Boutros also serves on the boards of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, United Way of Greater Cleveland, the Cuyahoga Community College Foundation and the Cleveland Ballet. Most recently, he served as chair of the American Heart Association 2015 Cleveland Heart and Stroke Ball, the most successful in the city's his- tory. Dr. Boutros was also named the EY 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year for Community Impact in Northeast Ohio. Delos (Toby) Cosgrove, MD, President and CEO of Cleveland Clinic. As CEO of Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Cosgrove oversees a $6.2 billion healthcare system made up of more than 75 outpatient locations throughout Northern Ohio, including 16 full-service family health centers and hospital locations in Las Vegas, Canada and Abu Dhabi. Prior to his appointment at Cleveland Clinic in 1975, he was a U.S. Air Force surgeon and served as chief of U.S. Air Force Casualty Staging Flight. Dr. Cosgrove has published nearly 450 journal articles and performed more than 22,000 opera- tions. He is a recipient of Cleveland Clinic's Master Clinician and Innovator of the Year awards, was named Cleveland Business Executive of the Year by Sales and Marketing Executives of Cleveland, and received the Woodrow Wilson Center Award for Public Service, among other honors. 0 6L O C A L D O C S I N N A T I O N A L N E W S Three NE Ohio MD/CEOs named to Thomas L. Stover, MD, President and CEO of Akron General Health System. Dr. Stover was appointed President and CEO of Akron General Health System in February 2012 after serving in leadership positions within the health system since 1996. He previously served as president of Outpatient Services, senior vice president of medical affairs, Chief Medical Officer and medical di- rector for Akron General's three Health & Wellness Centers. Dr. Stover was president and CMO of Partners Physician Group and also served as medical director for the Care Management Program at Akron General Health System. In 2001, he received his MBA from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where he was chosen Outstanding Physician Leader of the Year. ■ 0 6