Save Your Seat!

September 21

Bringing together the largest group of decision makers, innovators, and next generation healthcare leaders in the southeast

Save Your Seat!

September 21, 2023

Bringing together the largest group of decision makers, innovators, and next generation healthcare leaders in the southeast

We have a passion for connection
and collaboration.

We have a passion for connection
and collaboration.

The mission of Health Connect South is to serve the health community as a platform to promote regional health collaborations. Through our collective work, we seek to define and advance the Southeast’s role in the future of health. Serving as a gateway between health industry silos, we seek to facilitate unique and meaningful partnerships. Together, health advances.

Health Connect South is known for our signature annual gathering, which has become the largest healthcare gathering in the Southeast to hear and talk about “the new” in health, the current challenges, and possible solutions.

The content of our gatherings draw from the incredible pool of premier healthcare institutions in the Southeast, including; The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), The American Cancer Society, leading Research Universities, Governmental and Industry leaders and top-ranked Health Systems.

The platform for health leaders

Attendance map and attendee breakdown

34%

CXOs, Executive Directors
and Senior VPs

22%

Dean, Professors, Researchers
and Grad Students

21%

President, Principals, Directors,
Senior Directors and Regional VPs

23%

Physicians, Managers,
Research Coordinators and Other

2022 Featured Speakers

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Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH — Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH
Director

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Thomas Owens, MD — Thomas Owens, MD
President

Duke University Hospital and Senior Vice President for Duke University Health System

Robert M. Califf, MD — Robert M. Califf, MD
Commissioner

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Debra Houry, MD, MPH — Debra Houry, MD, MPH
Acting Principal Deputy Director

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Sandra Elizabeth Ford, MD MBA — Sandra Elizabeth Ford, MD MBA
Special Assistant to the President for Public Health and Science

The White House

Maria Toler Velissaris — Maria Toler Velissaris
Founding Partner

SteelSky Ventures

Michael Mullins — Michael Mullins
Vice President Healthcare Investment Banking

Goldman Sachs

Stuart Smartt — Stuart Smartt
Head of Healthcare

NXT Capital

Shane Jackson — Shane Jackson
President

Jackson Healthcare

Monica Swahn, PhD — Monica Swahn, PhD
Dean

Wellstar College of Health & Human Services Kennesaw State

Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD — Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD
President & CEO

Morehouse School of Medicine

Delvecchio Finley — Delvecchio Finley
President and CEO

Atrium Health Navicent

Daniel Gagnon — Daniel Gagnon
Vice President of Global Healthcare Strategy

UPS

Deep Shah, MD — Deep Shah, MD
Primary Care Physician

Gwinnett Clinic

Jayne Morgan, MD — Jayne Morgan, MD
Executive Director Covid Task Force

Piedmont Healthcare

Sam Williams — Sam Williams
Professor of Practice

Georgia State University and Retired President of Metro Atlanta Chamber

Dalton Divakaran — Dalton Divakaran
Director, Industry Advisor

Global Healthcare at Salesforce

Sri Mani — Sri Mani
Director

The Chartis Group

Patrick Cashman — Patrick Cashman
President

USAntibiotics

Kevin Brown — Kevin Brown
President & CEO

Piedmont Healthcare

Junior Harewood — Junior Harewood
CEO, Georgia & Alabama

UnitedHealthcare

Sherrie Williams — Sherrie Williams
COO

Global Partnership for Telehealth

Andy Miller — Andy Miller
Southern Bureau Editor

Kaiser Health News

Rick Shrum, MBA, MHA — Rick Shrum, MBA, MHA
Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer

WakeMed

David Rubinger — David Rubinger
Market President and Publisher

Atlanta Business Chronicle

Kristy Klein Davis — Kristy Klein Davis
President

Healthcare Georgia Foundation

Adrian Tyndall, MD, MPH — Adrian Tyndall, MD, MPH
Executive Vice President, Health Affairs and Dean

Morehouse School of Medicine

James Lewis — James Lewis
Co-Founder & CEO

11TEN Innovations Partners

Greg Martin, MD — Greg Martin, MD
Director

Predictive Health Institute and Center for Health Discovery and Well Being

Milton J. Little, Jr. — Milton J. Little, Jr.
President and CEO

United Way

Sherry Farrugia — Sherry Farrugia
CEO

Global Center for Medical Innovation

Jim Forbes — Jim Forbes
Chief Strategy Officer

Vizzia Technologies

Laura P. Dannels, PhD, MBA, SPHR — Laura P. Dannels, PhD, MBA, SPHR
Chief Talent Officer & VP Talent Management

Wellstar Health System

Mark C. Johnson, MD — Mark C. Johnson, MD
CEO

Gateway Community Service Board

Tarianna Stewart, PhD — Tarianna Stewart, PhD
Core AI Licensing Executive & Intellectual Property

IBM Research

George Painter, Ph.D — George Painter, Ph.D
Director

Emory Institute for Drug Development & CEO of Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory (DRIVE)

Brandon Herman — Brandon Herman
SVP of Employer Partnerships

Guild

Mark Michalski, MD — Mark Michalski, MD
Worldwide Head Healthcare & Life Sciences AI-ML BD

Amazon Web Services

Marcus Ruzek — Marcus Ruzek
Senior Program Director

The Marcus Foundation

David Ridley, PhD — David Ridley, PhD
Faculty Director, Health Sector Management

Duke University

Jonathan Watkins, MPA, FACHE — Jonathan Watkins, MPA, FACHE
Regional President (Atlanta)

Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Part of City of Hope

Adam Marcus, PhD — Adam Marcus, PhD
Deputy Director

Winship Cancer Institute Emory University

Norman L. Wright — Norman L. Wright
Executive Vice President Health Equity

UnitedHealth Group

Jenna Bryan-Krug, CFA — Jenna Bryan-Krug, CFA
Director

BlackRock

Jamila Goldsmith, MD, FACEP — Jamila Goldsmith, MD, FACEP
Emergency Room Physician

Goldsmith Medical Services, LLC

Greg Jungles — Greg Jungles
HealthTech Startup Catalyst

Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)

Joseph Ebberwein — Joseph Ebberwein
Co-Founder & CFO

Corstrata, Inc.

Tracy Mitzner, PhD — Tracy Mitzner, PhD
Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation

Georgia Institute of Technology

Jaimie Clark — Jaimie Clark
Director

Wellstar Health System and Founder at Catalyst by Wellstar

Joselyn Baker — Joselyn Baker
President

Grady Health Foundation

Claudia Douglass — Claudia Douglass
Principal, Health Industries Advisory - Provider Operations and Strategy

PwC

Dr. Asha D’Souza, PhD — Dr. Asha D’Souza, PhD
Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences

AWS

Anne Fischer — Anne Fischer
Senior Director Market Access & Commercial Innovation

Novo Nordisk

Charlie Kemp — Charlie Kemp
CTO

HelloRobot

Somanth Shenoy, PhD — Somanth Shenoy, PhD
Professor of Pharmacy

UGA

Seth Hain — Seth Hain
Senior Vice President

R&D Epic

Katie Giles — Katie Giles
VP, Learning & Professional Development

Kindred at Home Hospice

David Steele, MD — David Steele, MD
Senior Director, Digital Health Strategy

Stryker

Dana Weeks — Dana Weeks
CEO

MedTrans Go

Jarrett Millsaps, FACHE — Jarrett Millsaps, FACHE
Managing Director & Senior VP

Solas BioVentures

Dr. Hansa Bhargava — Dr. Hansa Bhargava
Chief Medical Officer

Medscape Education

Gregory Esper, MD, MBA — Gregory Esper, MD, MBA
Associate Chief Medical Officer & Medical Director Telehealth

Emory Healthcare

Grace Powers, MS, MBA, FRAPS — Grace Powers, MS, MBA, FRAPS
Founder/Principal Consultant

Powers Regulatory Consulting

Fabio van der Merwe, CHC — Fabio van der Merwe, CHC
CEO

DeKalb Community Service Board

Health topics are broad to create interdisciplinary partnerships

But information is specific to tackle current health challenges. And we explore where healthcare is going now and in the future.

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Together, health advances.

CONTACT INFO

P.O. Box 813723, Smyrna, GA 30081
email: info@healthconnectsouth.com

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