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Ramanathan Raju, MD, MBA, FACS, FACHE President & Chief Executive Officer Chair, NYC Health + Hospitals Insurance Company / Physicians Purchasing Group and NYC Health + Hospitals ACO (subsidiaries) Committees Ramanathan (Ram) Raju, MD, MBA, FACS, FACHE is the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest municipal healthcare system in the nation. Dr. Raju was appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio in January 2014 to lead the 42,000 employees of this $7.2 billion health system, providing essential services to more than one million New Yorkers, including more than 425,000 uninsured, every year in more than 70 locations across the City's five boroughs. NYC Health + Hospitals includes a network of 11 hospitals, trauma centers, neighborhood health centers, nursing homes, a large home care agency, and post-acute care centers. NYC Health + Hospitals encompasses more than 70 community-based health centers, including Gotham Health, Federally Qualified Health Centers with 36 sites, OneCity Health which serves as the largest performing provider system participating in New York State’s Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program, and an Accountable Care Organization which is achieving superior quality scores for patient care while simultaneously reducing costs. NYC Health + Hospitals also owns and operates one of the New York area's largest managed care plans, MetroPlus Health, with nearly half a million members. Prior to becoming President and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, Dr. Raju served as Chief Executive Officer for Cook County Health & Hospitals System (CCHHS) in Chicago, Illinois, one of the nation’s largest and oldest metropolitan hospital systems, consisting of hospitals, a public health department, an ambulatory community health network and a correctional healthcare facility. Dr. Raju spent 25 years as a practicing vascular and trauma surgeon in Brooklyn, before going on to serve as the Chief Operating Officer and Medical Director at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island. Dr. Raju is the recipient of numerous national recognitions, including Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential Healthcare Leaders in 2014, 2015 and 2016, 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, and Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare for 2012, 2014 and 2016, as well as Becker’s Top 25 Healthcare Executives to Follow on Twitter, and Chicago United’s Business Leaders of Color.