Academic medical center CEOs are at the helm of some of the most complex and influential organizations in healthcare. Ms. Conners leads BayCare Health System, a $6 billion nonprofit academic health system with more than 33,000 employees, 16 hospitals and hundreds of outpatient facilities. UCI Medical Center now ranks among Vizient’s top 10 academic medical centers for quality and has earned five Magnet nursing designations. Mr. Rastogi leads a multi-campus academic medical center that encompasses 1,038 licensed beds and more than 40,000 annual inpatient admissions. He previously served as system vice president and COO for New Orleans-based Ochsner Medical Center, the Ochsner system’s flagship academic medical center.