
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Sophia L. Thomas, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PPCNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) has been named to Modern Healthcare’s 2020 list of the “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare.” The annual ranking recognizes individuals who are deemed by their peers and the senior editors of Modern Healthcare to be the most influential individuals in the health care sector. According to Modern Healthcare, the 2020 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare found ways to help their colleagues and organizations through unprecedented hardships. Its readers selected the most innovative and resilient candidates who influenced the course that health care took during a global crisis and used current events as an inspiration to do better. AANP applauds the nation’s frontline health care workers, including nurse practitioners (NPs), who received the top honor on the 2020 list in recognition of their outstanding efforts on behalf of patients throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Other top recipients included policymakers, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., leaders of professional health care provider organizations, insurer and health system CEOs and others.
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