Twenty-one leaders from the University of Louisville Health Sciences Center are among this year’s most influential health care business leaders in Greater Louisville, an honor bestowed annually by Business First Magazine. UofL President James Ramsey was also honored.

The honorees were recognized Monday, March 8, at a reception at Theater Square Marketplace, and their names appear in Business First’s special Partners in Health Care issue, published March 12.

Honorees must be nominated and must answer several questions related to their roles within their organization, greatest accomplishments within the past year, sage advice for life and goals they have yet to achieve. The UofL winners were among 173 total recipients of the distinction.

The list of 2010 Partners in Health Care from UofL’s Health Sciences Center includes:

Mary Jane Adams, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, University of Louisville Hospital

Bob Barbier – Chief Financial Officer, University of Louisville Hospital

Roberto Bolli, MD, Vice Chairman for Research, Department of Medicine; Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Director, Institute of Molecular Cardiology

Christine Cook, MD, Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health and President, University Women’s Health Care

Larry Cook, MD, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

Richard Goldstein, MD, Endowed Professor of Surgery     

Laman Gray, MD, Professor of Surgery, Jewish Hospital Distinguished Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery; Medical Director, Cardiovascular Innovation Institute

Edward Halperin, MD, Dean, University of Louisville School of Medicine

Marcia Hern, RN, EdD, Dean, University of Louisville School of Nursing

Stephen Houghland, MD, Medical Director, Centers for Primary Care

Irene Litvan, MD, Director, Movement Disorder Program, Raymond Lee Lebby Endowed Professor in Parkinson Disease

Ken Marshall, Chief Operating Officer, University of Louisville Hospital

Kelly McMasters, MD, PhD, Sam and Lolita Weakley Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery

Donald Miller, MD, PhD, Director, James Graham Brown Cancer Center

Gerard Rabalais, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Chair, University Physician Associates

Jesse Roman, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine

John Sauk, DDS, Dean, University of Louisville School of Dentistry

Allan Tasman, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

James Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer, University of Louisville Hospital

Stuart Williams, PhD, Scientific Director, Cardivascular Innovation Institute

Matthew Zahn, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases