Innovator in Health Awardees 2008 - 2020
2020
Rebekah Gee, MD, MPH, FACOG
Chief Executive Officer of Health Care Services,
LSU Health
John Maraganore, PhD
Chief Executive Officer,
Alnylam
Myechia Minter-Jordan, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer,
DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement and Catalyst Institute
2019
Joan Reede, MD, MPH
Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership,
Harvard Medical School
Sonia Vallabh, PhD and Eric Minikel, PhD
Associated Scientists, Prions@Broad,
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Red Sox Foundation
Accepted by Bekah Salwasser, Executive Director
2017
Charlie Baker
Governor of Massachusetts
Patrick Conway, MD, MSc
Former Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;
Incoming President and CEO
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Jessie Gaeta, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
2015
Henri Termeer
Former Genzyme CEO and leader in lifesciences
Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
Acting Assistant Secretary
U.S. Health and Human Services
Partners In Health
Accepted by Gary Gottlieb, MD
President and CEO
2013
Susan Dentzer
Senior Health Policy Advisor
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD
President
Institute of Medicine
The Honorable Deval L. Patrick
Governor of Massachusetts
2011
Donald M. Berwick, MD
Administrator
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Dean Kamen
Founder
DEKA Research and Development Corporation
The Honoroable Thomas M. Menino
Mayor of Boston
2018
Scott Gottlieb
Commissioner of Food and Drugs
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
The Honorable Orrin Hatch
U.S. Senator from Utah
Colleen LaBelle, MSN, RN-BC, CARN
Director, Office Based Addiction Treatment (OBAT) Program, Boston Medical Center
Director, State Technical Assistance Treatment Expansion OBAT
The Honorable Henry Waxman
Chairman, Waxman Strategies
Former U.S. Representative from California
2016
Edward J Benz Jr, MD
Former President and CEO
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Diane Rehm
Host
The Diane Rehm Show
Janet Woodcock, MD
Director, the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
2014
Dr. Margaret Hamburg
Commissioner
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Rebecca Onie
Co-Founder and CEO
Health Leads
James Park
Co-Founder and CEO
Fitbit
2012
Robert J. Beall, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation
The Honorable Regina Benjamin, MD
U.S. Surgeon General
Christine Cassel, MD
President and CEO
American Board of Internal Medicine and
ABIM Foundation
Joseph and Kathy O’Donnell
The Joey Fund
Eric Olson, PhD
Vice President
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
2010
Carolyn Clancy, MD
Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Patricia Gabow, MD
CEO Denver Health
Jennie Chin Hansen
CEO
American Geriatrics Society
Jamie Heywood
Co-Founder & Chairman
PatientsLikeMe
Jack Wennberg, MD
Peggy Y. Thomson Professor (Chair) in the
Evaluative Clinical Sciences
Founder & Director Emeritus, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
2009
Christina Economos, PhD
Associate Professor, Tufts University
Principal Investigator, Shape Up Somerville
Atul Gawande, MD
Research Director, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Eric S. Lander, PhD
President and Director
Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Barry Zuckerman, MD
Chief of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center
Founder, Project HEALTH, Medical-Legal Partnership for Children, Reach Out and Read
2008
Jack Connors
Founding Partner and Chairman, Hill Holiday
Chairman, Partners HealthCare
The Honorable Sal DiMasi
Massachusetts House Speaker
Andrew Dreyfus
President
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
Paul Guzzi
President and CEO
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Reverend Hurmon Hamilton
President
Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy
United States Senator
Richard C. Lord
President and CEO
Associated Industries of Massachusetts, Inc.
John McDonough
Executive Director
Health Care for All
The Honorable Richard T. Moore
Massachusetts State Senator
The Honorable Mitt Romney
Governor of Massachusetts
The Honorable Robert Travaglini
Massachusetts Senate President
Nancy Turnbull
President
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
The Honorable Patricia Walrath
Massachusetts State Representative
Titles shown above represent affiliations at the time the award was received.