Managed Healthcare Executive® announces 2024 Emerging Leaders in Healthcare
Managed Healthcare Executive® is proud to unveil the 2024 Emerging Leaders in Healthcare feature in our August issue, spotlighting 14 exceptional individuals making strides early in their careers.
This year, editors refined the criteria to truly emphasize the "emerging" aspect of the award title, focusing on leaders who are at the beginning of their professional journeys. Watching their career trajectories in the years ahead will be an exciting endeavor.
Each of these leaders has been profiled on our website. Readers can find the candidates’ detailed responses to our questionnaire and video clips of the winners answering key questions.
In a healthcare landscape filled with challenges, these young professionals inspire confidence that the future of U.S. healthcare is in capable hands.
The 2024 Emerging Leaders in Healthcare include:
- Katie Acker, MPH – Health Equity Program Director, Fallon Health
- Eden Avraham-Katz, J.D. – General Counsel, 1upHealth, Inc.
- Nisha Bhide, Pharm.D. – Director, Formulary Operations, Capital Rx
- Courtney Bragg, MBA – Co-Founder and CEO, Fabric Health
- Jamie Bullus, MPH – Population Health Analyst, Optum Rx
- Kayla E. Friend, Pharm.D. – Executive Director, Specialty Digital and Patient Innovation, CVS Health
- Charles Lin, M.S. – Vice President of Implementation and Sales, Longevity Health
- Timothy O’Shea, Pharm.D., M.S. – Director, Specialty Pharmacy, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
- Prerak Parikh, Pharm.D. – Director, Specialty Clinical Solutions, Prime Therapeutics, LLC
- Pleasant Radford Jr., MBA – Health Equity Officer, UCare
- Anoop Raman, M.D., MBA – Chief Medical Officer, Complex Care, AbsoluteCare
- Ana Cristina Rivera, Esq. – Vice President of Legal and Compliance, Abarca Health
- Nick Stepro – Chief Product and Technology Officer, Arcadia
- Abby Sugg, MSHCM – Associate Director of Healthcare and Public Health Programs, Digital Medicine Society
For more information on the annual feature and to explore the profiles of these emerging leaders, and past winners, please visit our website here.
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