Michael Dowling, President and CEO of Northwell Health (No. 1 on Fair360, formerly DiversityInc’s 2022 Top Hospitals and Health Systems list), has been named by Modern Healthcare as the most influential healthcare leader in America for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic and recognition of health equity and other public health crises.
Dowling was ranked No. 1 on the publication’s “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” list recently. He has ranked on the list for 16 years, coming in at No. 2 in 2021 and No. 3 in 2020.
Northwell Health is the largest healthcare and private equity employer in the state of New York. In the early days of the pandemic, Dowling led the healthcare network through the first wave of COVID-19 and “worked to upend health inequalities laid bare by the pandemic,” according to a news release.
