SAN FRANCISCO – Tosan Boyo, president of Sutter Health’s Greater East Bay Market, has been recognized by the San Francisco Business Times as one of 2024’s 40 Under 40. The publication’s annual list celebrates the most innovative and influential young leaders in the Bay Area business community — featuring brewers, bankers, founders, funders, scientists, entrepreneurs and many more.
In the dynamic landscape of healthcare leadership, few people embody the spirit of innovation and a commitment to excellence quite like Boyo. Born in Nigeria and raised in New Jersey, Boyo’s multicultural background shaped his views on how intersections across culture, policy and healthcare impact vulnerable communities.
“Access to equitable, high-quality care is paramount to our communities and Tosan’s focus and commitment on providing that to our patients is invaluable in Sutter’s work to eliminate health disparities,” shared Warner Thomas, Sutter Health president and CEO. “As a mission-driven leader focused on patients first and people always, I am thrilled he’s received this much-deserved recognition on the 40 Under 40 list.”
Boyo joined Sutter Health last year as the inaugural Greater East Bay Market president as part of Sutter’s new community-based market operating model to serve patients where they live, work and access care. Boyo is a dyad partner with Sutter’s Greater East Bay chief medical officer Matthew Dahnke, M.D., overseeing the care of more than 630,000 patients across Alameda, Contra Costa and southern Solano counties. Sutter’s Greater East Bay Market comprises six hospital campuses, 15 ambulatory care centers and nearly 10,000 staff and physicians.
Read more about Tosan Boyo in the San Francisco Business Times.
Since joining Sutter, Boyo is demonstrating an extraordinary capacity to drive impactful change. Boyo is playing a significant role in Sutter’s new partnership with Stanford Medicine to develop a world-class, 167,000 square-foot cancer center in Oakland that will expand access to coordinated, state-of-the-art cancer care for patients across the region. He is also leading the evaluation of how our patients use our services, including outpatient clinics, specialty care, hospital care and emergency room services, with a focus on identifying unmet community needs in the East Bay.
A true thought leader, Boyo’s public engagements and published works reflect his passion for improving healthcare for all and eliminating health disparities. He is also a firm believer in accelerating health equity through an intentional focus on building a diverse workforce. In honor of Black History Month, he shared a series of LinkedIn posts in which he interviewed Black healthcare providers on how and why they’re working to change healthcare.
Boyo serves as Governance Chair on the Board of Institute of Healthcare Improvement. For decades, IHI has spearheaded best practices to advance high-quality outcomes and zero harm world-wide. Additionally, he is a Senior Fellow at Health Evolution, Co-Chairing the development and deployment of strategies to eliminate health disparities across the US.
“Tosan’s breadth of experience and commitment to transformative leadership makes him one of today’s most inspiring young healthcare leaders,” continued Thomas.
Boyo expressed his gratitude for the recognition and how he values the opportunity to enhance the healthcare experience — particularly for the most vulnerable — and to elevate clinical excellence. “Every morning, I wake up energized to serve others and am deeply humbled to stand among today’s emerging leaders,” he said.
