--- description: From physicians and scientists to businesses and political leaders, these are this year's 50 most influential people in health care. title: The 50 Most Influential People in Health Care of 2018 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca53b0d292018e4a/69893ce27cdbac7c2ed5e33a/healthcare-50.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  Zach Wittman for TIME; Peter Hapak for TIME; Erin Schaff—The New York Times/Redux; Robbie McClaran—Redux for TIME # Health Care 50 Fifty people transforming health care in 2018 [Read More](/5420604/how-we-chose-2018-influential-people-in-healthcare/) ## Public Health *  [Misty Vaughan Allen](/collections/health-care-50/5425010/misty-vaughan-allen/) Tackling Suicide byTIME Staff *  [London Breed and Susan Talamantes Eggman](/collections/health-care-50/5425011/susan-talamantes-eggman-and-london-breed/) Reducing Drug Deaths byTIME Staff *  [Tammy Duckworth](/collections/health-care-50/5425018/tammy-duckworth/) A Champion for Breastfeeding Moms byTIME Staff *  [Bill and Melinda Gates](/collections/health-care-50/5425162/bill-and-melinda-gates/) Funding the World's Biggest Issues byTIME Staff *  [Dr. Scott Gottlieb](/collections/health-care-50/5425001/scott-gottlieb/) Keeping Drug-Makers Honest byTIME Staff *  [Maura Healey](/collections/health-care-50/5425017/maura-healey/) Leading Health Law byTIME Staff *  [Valter Longo](/collections/health-care-50/5425015/valter-longo/) The Fasting Evangelist byTIME Staff *  [Chirlane McCray](/collections/health-care-50/5425013/chirlane-mccray/) Building Happier Cities byTIME Staff *  [Dr. Ann McKee](/collections/health-care-50/5425016/ann-mckee/) Keeping Athletes Safe byTIME Staff *  [Aaron Perry](/collections/health-care-50/5425021/aaron-perry/) Thinking Outside the Hospital byTIME Staff *  [Dr. Tait Shanafelt](/collections/health-care-50/5425014/tait-shanafelt/) Boosting Doctor Morale byTIME Staff *  [Angie Truesdale](/collections/health-care-50/5425020/angie-truesdale/) Fixing Childbirth byTIME Staff *  [Dr. Leana Wen](/collections/health-care-50/5425000/leana-wen-2/) Fighting the Politics of Medicine byTIME Staff *  [Betti Wiggins](/collections/health-care-50/5425012/betti-wiggins/) Upgrading Cafeteria Food byTIME Staff ## Treatments *  [James P. Allison and Dr. Tasuku Honjo](/collections/health-care-50/5425096/tasuku-honjo-and-james-p-allison/) Changing Cancer Care byTIME Staff *  [Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte](/collections/health-care-50/5425094/juan-carlos-izpisua-belmonte/) Closing the Organ Deficit byTIME Staff *  [Dr. Orrin Devinsky](/collections/health-care-50/5425098/orrin-devinsky/) Revolutionizing Medical Marijuana byTIME Staff *  [Helmy Eltoukhy and AmirAli Talasaz](/collections/health-care-50/5425093/helmy-eltoukhy-and-amirali-talasaz/) Simplifying Early Cancer Detection byTIME Staff *  [Kristoffer Famm](/collections/health-care-50/5425102/kristoffer-famm/) Replacing Drugs With Electricity byTIME Staff *  [Mindy Grossman](/collections/health-care-50/5425019/mindy-grossman/) Redefining Wellness byTIME Staff *  [Bjarne Hansen and Gerd Kvale](/collections/health-care-50/5425089/gerd-kvale-and-bjarne-hansen/) Speeding Up Therapy byTIME Staff *  [Dr. Sean Harper](/collections/health-care-50/5425101/sean-harper/) Ending Migraine Pain byTIME Staff *  [Shoukhrat Mitalipov](/collections/health-care-50/5425095/shoukhrat-mitalipov/) Designing Disease-Free Embryos byTIME Staff *  [David Sinclair](/collections/health-care-50/5425092/david-sinclair/) Fighting Old Age byTIME Staff *  [Dr. Régine Sitruk-Ware](/collections/health-care-50/5425091/regine-sitruk-ware/) Reinventing Contraception byTIME Staff *  [Steffanie Strathdee](/collections/health-care-50/5425099/steffanie-strathdee/) Solving Superbugs byTIME Staff *  [Dr. Giuliano Testa](/collections/health-care-50/5425100/giuliano-testa/) Innovating Fertility byTIME Staff *  [Tony Wyss-Coray](/collections/health-care-50/5425097/tony-wyss-coray/) Using Blood as Medicine byTIME Staff ## Cost *  [Dr. Atul Gawande](/collections/health-care-50/5425151/atul-gawande/) Changing Corporate Coverage byTIME Staff *  [Dr. Robert Grossman and Kenneth Langone](/collections/health-care-50/5425146/robert-grossman-and-kenneth-langone/) Making Med School Free byTIME Staff *  [Larry Merlo](/collections/health-care-50/5425150/larry-merlo/) Putting Health Care in Drugstores byTIME Staff *  [Sean Parker](/collections/health-care-50/5425145/sean-parker/) Connecting Cancer Research byTIME Staff *  [Kare Schultz](/collections/health-care-50/5425149/kare-schultz/) Giving Allergy Sufferers Options byTIME Staff *  [Rob Solomon](/collections/health-care-50/5425152/rob-solomon/) Helping the People Pay byTIME Staff *  [Bernard J. Tyson](/collections/health-care-50/5425148/bernard-tyson/) Taking Corporate Health Care Local byTIME Staff ## Technology *  [Yonatan Adiri](/collections/health-care-50/5425156/yonatan-adiri/) Diagnosing On the Go byTIME Staff *  [Oren and Roni Frank](/collections/health-care-50/5425158/oren-and-roni-frank/) Streamlining Psychiatry byTIME Staff *  [Joshua Kushner and Mario Schlosser](/collections/health-care-50/5425155/mario-schlosser-and-joshua-kushner/) Demystifying Insurance byTIME Staff *  [Divya Nag](/collections/health-care-50/5425159/divya-nag/) Putting a Doctor on Your Wrist byTIME Staff *  [Dr. Raj Panjabi](/collections/health-care-50/5425160/raj-panjabi/) Improving Rural Health Care byTIME Staff *  [Todd Pope](/collections/health-care-50/5425161/todd-pope/) A New Future for Robotic Surgery byTIME Staff *  [Anne Wojcicki](/collections/health-care-50/5425157/anne-wojcicki/) Democratizing DNA byTIME Staff The 50 Most Influential People in Health Care of 2018 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/health-care-50/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/health-care-50/"},"headline":"Health Care 50","description":"Fifty people transforming health care in 2018","url":"https://time.com/collections/health-care-50/","datePublished":"2026-03-17T00:08:14.414Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T00:08:14.070Z","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156}},"mainEntity":{"@type":"ItemList","numberOfItems":42,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca53b0d292018e4a/69893ce27cdbac7c2ed5e33a/healthcare-50.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/health-care-50/","name":"Health Care 50"}}]}] ```