Steve Allen, MD, MBA is the chief executive officer at Nationwide Children's Hospital.

Dr. Allen received his undergraduate education at Rice University, and obtained his MD from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. He finished his residency in anesthesiology at the University of Washington and his fellowship in critical care medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 1983. In 1999, he obtained his master's degree in business administration from the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Steve Allen came to Nationwide Children's Hospital from Houston, Texas, where he was the vice president and chief executive officer of Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital.

As a tenured professor, Steve has received several teaching awards over the years from medical students and housestaff, and has been listed in "The Best Doctors in America." Steve knows medicine from many vantage points as a father of five, an anesthesiologist, a scientist and as a top administrator.

Claus von Zychlin is the President & Chief Executive Officer for Mount Carmel Health System, Columbus, Ohio.  Mount Carmel Health System is a member of the Trinity Health System and serves Central Ohio with Mount Carmel West, Mount Carmel East, Mount Carmel St. Ann’s, and Mount Carmel New Albany Hospital in addition to a full continuum of health services including a primary care network (MSO), an HMO, a physician-hospital organization, and a behavioral services company.

Prior to coming to Mount Carmel Mr. von Zychlin previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of TriHealth, a community partnership of Bethesda, Inc. and Catholic Health Initiatives in Cincinnati, Ohio.  His career history also includes executive level positions at The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati; Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park Ill.; Saint Francis Hospital, Escanaba Mich.; Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Ill.; and Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, Rockford. 

Steven Gabbe, MD, earned his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Princeton University and his medical degree with Alpha Omega Alpha honors from Cornell University Medical College. He was a medical intern at New York Hospital, a research fellow in reproductive medicine at Boston Hospital for Women and a research fellow in biological chemistry at Harvard Medical School before completing his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Boston Hospital for Women and a clinical fellowship in obstetrics and gynecology at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Gabbe served on the obstetrics and gynecology faculties of the University of Southern California, University of Colorado School of Medicine and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine before joining The Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1987 as professor and chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He was named chair of Ob/Gyn at the University of Washington Medical Center in 1996 and dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2001.

At Vanderbilt, Dr. Gabbe increased National Institutes of Health grant funding by 77 percent, and he increased the number of faculty by 66 percent, to more than 1,800.

Dr. Gabbe is one of the world's leading experts on the complications of diabetes and pregnancy, the author of more than 160 peer-reviewed papers and senior editor of the leading textbook in his field, Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies. He has held leadership positions with the Association of American Medical Colleges and National Institutes of Health, is co-chair of the Liaison Committee for Medical Education and is a member of the Institute of Medicine.

Dr. Gabbe arrived at Ohio State's Medical Center as plans for the largest physical expansion project in its history were developed. The $1 billion project, with planned completion in 2016, will position Ohio State to become a top-20 academic medical center in research, education and patient care.

David P. Blom is president and chief executive officer of OhioHealth.

After his graduation from The Ohio State University in 1980, Mr. Blom began his healthcare career at a small hospital in Massachusetts. He received his master's degree in health care administration from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Blom joined the OhioHealth family of hospitals and health services in 1983. He served as a president and chief operating officer at Grant Medical Center and then as president of OhioHealth's central hospitals, while also serving as executive vice president and chief operating officer.

He was named president and chief executive officer of OhioHealth in March 2002.

Mr. Blom was elected to the board of the Ohio Hospital Association in January 2002. He is active in several civic and community organizations and lives in Westerville with his wife and three daughters.