EMERYVILLE, CA (June 18, 2022)—Imamu Tomlinson, MD, MBA, was named to the 2022 class of Modern Healthcare’s 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives. The 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives award program honors individuals in healthcare who are paving the way to better health through their executive responsibility, leadership qualities, innovation, community service, and achievements inside and outside of their respective organizations. Recipients are chosen by their peers and the senior editors of Modern Healthcare.
“Clinician leaders have shouldered a heavy load for healthcare organizations and the country at large throughout the past few years. We are proud to recognize those leaders who have risen to the occasion and then some,” says Fawn Lopez, Publisher of Modern Healthcare.
Lopez continues, “These 50 honorees have demonstrated leadership and innovation in a time of crisis and made a vital impact on the success of their organizations, the well-being of the healthcare workforce, and the health of their patients and communities. We congratulate and thank them for their dedication to the advancement of healthcare.”
As an emergency physician and healthcare executive, Dr. Tomlinson leads Vituity’s team of more than 5,000 clinicians who deliver care to patients across the country.
“I truly appreciate this recognition and wish to acknowledge all those who, through their brilliant work, help make our organization so amazing,” says Dr. Tomlinson. “I’m humbled by this honor and am proud to lead an organization so committed to helping others and transforming healthcare for the benefit of all patients and communities.”
This distinction marks the fifth national award bestowed to Dr. Tomlinson in less than two years, following his inclusion on the lists of Becker’s Healthcare’s 75 Black Healthcare Leaders to Know (2022), Modern Healthcare’s Most Influential People in Healthcare List (2021) and 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives (2021), and Fierce Healthcare’s Most Influential Minority Executives (2021).
Read more about Imamu Tomlinson’s culture of brilliance and how it manifests patient-centric care delivery.
This year’s honorees are profiled in the June 20 issue of Modern Healthcare magazine and online at Modernhealthcare.com/awards/50-most-influential-clinical-executives-2022 (digital subscription required for access).
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About Vituity
For nearly 50 years, Vituity has been a catalyst for positive change in healthcare. As a physician-led and -owned multispecialty partnership with a nationwide footprint, nearly 5,000 Vituity clinicians working across nine acute care specialties care for more than 6.5 million patients each year.
Vituity’s acute focus and compassionate care are the driving forces that place us at the heart of better care. Our clinicians and practice management leaders develop front-line solutions for healthcare challenges that improve quality and have a direct positive impact on millions of lives nationwide.
Our services span the entire Acute Care Continuum, integrating emergency medicine, hospital medicine, critical care, anesthesiology, acute psychiatry, neurology, acute care surgery, telehealth, post-acute care, and outpatient medicine. Partnering with hospitals, health systems, clinics, payers, employers, and state and local government, our footprint continues to rapidly expand. Learn more at vituity.com.