These awards honor today's healthcare clinicians, administrators and researchers in New York who are making measurable improvements in health status, improving access to healthcare, positively impacting patient quality of care and demonstrating long-term affordability.

Finalists will be honored and winners will be announced at a private luncheon on May 21

Mark Wagar, President, Heritage Medical Systems, Master of Ceremonies

Meet the 26 finalists:

Heritage Innovation in Healthcare Delivery Award

Recognizing an innovator in the development of new modes of diagnosis, treatment, and care who actively improves the delivery of services and improves quality of healthcare.

Peter B. Bach, MD, MAPP,
Director, Center for Health Policy and Outcomes, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Dedi Gilad,
Co-founder and CEO, Tyto Care

Manmeet Kaur
Founder and CEO, City Health Works

Timothy C. Peck, MD,
CEO and Co-founder, Call9

Jorge R. Petit, MD,
CEO, Coordinated Behavioral Care

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Heritage Healthcare Leadership Award

Recognizing a leader who has made a significant impact in their healthcare field. This forward thinker has forever changed the way care systems work through new models, processes and pathways.

Steven J. Corwin, MD,
President and CEO, NewYork-Presbyterian

Glen de Vries,
President and Co-founder, Medidata Solutions

Deborah Estrin,
Tishman Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean, Cornell Tech

John W. Rowe, MD,
Julius B. Richmond Professor of Health Policy and Aging, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

David Sandman, PhD,
President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation

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Heritage Healthcare Organizational Leadership Award

Honoring an organization that has fundamentally changed how healthcare is delivered. This organization has created, or championed new ways of thinking and doing, uniting diverse constituencies to work together.

Coordinated Behavioral Care,
Jorge R. Petit, MD, CEO

Essen Health Care,
Sumir Sahgal, MD, Chief Medical Officer

Healthfirst,
Pat Wang, President and CEO

Mount Sinai Health System,
Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and CEO

Weill Cornell Community Clinic,
Pamela Charney, MD, Medical Director
Andrew Iannone, Executive Director
Maria Passarelli, Executive Director

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Heritage Innovators in Healthcare Award

Highlighting cutting edge applications of technology and up & comers in the healthcare industry. These breakthrough innovators are making significant contributions in the areas of technology, research, or new approaches to healthcare systems.

Anthony J. Bacchi, MD,
Founder and CEO, TeliStat

Manik Bhat,
CEO, Healthify

Esther Dyson,
Executive Founder, Wellville

Katelyn Gleason,
Founder and CEO, Eligible

Matt Loper,
Co-founder and CEO, Wellth

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Heritage Research Investigators in Translational Medicine Award

Awarded to an individual based on the most significant quantitative results achieved by accelerating the transition of novel and innovative diagnostic tools and treatments to patients.

David Artis, PhD,
Director, Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Weill Cornell Medicine

Thomas Fuchs, PhD,
Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Paige.AI; Director of Computational Pathology, Warren Alpert Center for Digital and Computational Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Professor, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Nina Tandon, PhD,
Co-founder and CEO, EpiBone

Nancy Thornberry,
CEO, Kallyope

Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD,
Lloyd J. Old/Virginia and Daniel K. Ludwig Chair in Clinical Investigation; Chief, Melanoma & Immunotherapeutics Service; Director, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at MSK; Associate Director, Ludwig Center for Cancer Immunotherapy; Member, Ludwig Cancer Research; Professor of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Bruce T. Volpe, MD,
Professor, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research