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Dr. Robert Califf, the founding director of Duke University Clinical Research Institute who was appointed to commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this year, ranks as the No. 1 most influential physician executive, according to Modern Healthcare.
Dr. Bill Roper, CEO of UNC Health Care, ranks No. 42 and is the only other person with a North Carolina connection to place on the 2016 list of 50 most influential physician executives and leaders.
Modern Healthcare notes that the FDA…