While Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic vie for the top doctors and patients, their respective CEOs are also being compared.
Here's the breakdown of how Mayo Clinic's Dr. John Noseworthy and Cleveland's Dr. Toby Cosgrove have scored in Modern Healthcare's annual "Top 100 Influential People" list plus the salaries they were paid each year.
Rank in 2011
* Noseworthy - 71, earned $2 million
* Cosgrove - 56, earned $2.5 million
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Rank in 2012
* Noseworthy - 17, earned $1.7 milion
* Cosgrove - 21, earned $3.1 million
Rank in 2013
* Noseworthy - 15, earned $1.9 million
* Cosgrove - 16, earned $3.2 million
Rank in 2014
* Noseworthy - 16, earned $2.3 million
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* Cosgrove - 72, earned $4.1 million
Rank in 2015
* Noseworthy - 8
* Cosgrove - 12
Rank in 2016
* Noseworthy - 30
* Cosgrove - 29
