
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
2023 Featured Speakers

Brian P. Kemp
83rd Governor of Georgia

Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH
DirectorCDC

Shane Jackson
PresidentJackson Healthcare

Jonathan Watkins, MPA, FACHE
PresidentCity of Hope Atlanta

Debra Houry, MD, MPH
Deputy Director for Program and ScienceCDC

Tom Price, MD
23rd Secretary Health and Human Services

Candice L. Saunders, FACHE
CEO & PresidentWellstar Health System

Joon Lee, MD
CEOEmory Healthcare

Antrell Tyson, Esq.
Regional DirectorU.S. Department of Health & Human Services

David Rubinger
Market President and PublisherAtlanta Business Chronicle

Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD
President & CEOMorehouse School of Medicine

Ben Shobert
Chief Alliance OfficerMicrosoft Healthcare & Life Sciences

Catherine Anderson
SVP Health Equity StrategyUnitedHealth Group Office of Health Equity

Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH
Professor Community Health and Preventive MedicineMorehouse School of Medicine

Reade Fahs
President & CEONational Vision

Monica Swahn,PhD, MPH
Dean Wellstar College of Health & Professor of Health Promotion/Physical EducationKennesaw State University

Tom Hawk, JD
PartnerKing & Spalding

Bob Crutchfield
Managing DirectorHotspot Ventures, LLC

Michael Mullins
Vice President Healthcare Investment BankingGoldman Sachs

Carol Burrell
President & CEONortheast Georgia Health System

L.A. Galyon
Managing Director and PartnerBrentwood Capital Advisors

Matt Caseman
CEOGeorgia Nurses Association/Georgia Nurses Foundation

Mary Martin
President & COODuke University Hospital

Philip Lewis
PartnerFulcrum Equity Partners

Deep Shah, MD
Primary Care PhysicianGwinnett Clinic

Kelly Kerner
President and Chief Philanthropy OfficerPiedmont Healthcare Foundation

Laura Croft
Chief Advancement OfficerCDC Foundation

Huanbiao Mo, PhD
Dean, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Professor, Department of NutritionGeorgia State University

Leandris Liburd, PhD, MPH, MA
Acting DirectorCDC's Office of Health Equity (OHE)

Jorge Calzada
Acting Associate Director - Platforms DivisionCDC's Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology

Ray Kotwicki, MD
PsychiatristDistinguished Fellow American Psychiatric Association

Jean Rawlings Sumner, MD
DeanMercer University School of Medicine

Preston Smith
PresidentPremier Anesthesia

Beth Brown
Managing Director Mental Health and Well-BeingArthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Alice K. Asher, PhD, RN
Senior Health ScientistCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

Hari Athreya, MD, MPH
Primary Care PhysicianOne Medical

Carlos Del Rio, MD
Interim DeanEmory School of Medicine

Sherry Farrugia
CEOGlobal Center for Medical Innovation

Darshak Sanghavi, MD
Program ManagerARPA-H

Saylan Lukas
Director of Design & Development EngineeringGlobal Center for Medical Innovation

David C. Hess, MD
DeanAugusta University

Todd C. Sharp
Healthcare & Life Science Solution Management and StrategyAmazon Web Services (AWS)

Kumiko (Kelly) Newmark
FounderJourneyLights

Francesca Rinaldo, MD, PhD
Chief Medical OfficerCareLinx

Jeff Gray
FounderAge Tech Atlanta

Marta Sokolowska, PhD
Deputy Center Director for Substance Use and Behavioral HealthFDA

Vijay Trisal, MD
Chief Medical OfficerCity of Hope

Shawn Smith
CEO1 True Health, Inc.

Whitney Nash, PhD, APRN
Dean of Waters College of Health ProfessionsGeorgia Southern University

Jeff Myers
President & CEOHamilton Health Care System

Uren Patel
Associate Director ESG – Social StrategyKPMG

Sheryl G.A. Gabram-Mendola, MD, MBA, FACS
Chief Scientific OfficerGeorgia Center for Oncology Research and Education (CORE)

Brittany Bogle
Industry Technology Leader, Healthcare & Principal Data ScientistIBM Technology

Stuart Bracken
Managing DirectorNortheast Georgia Health Ventures

Elise Lockamy-Kassim
Assistant Vice President Community Health & Center for Health EquityWellstar Health System

Cindy Zeldin
Vice President of Health Policy and Government AffairsHealthcare Georgia Foundation

Dennis Liotta, PhD
Executive Director Emory Institute for Drug DevelopmentEmory University

Von Nguyen, MD, MPH
Clinical Lead for Population Health
Health Connect South could not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors.
We have a passion for connection
and collaboration.
and collaboration.
We have a passion for connection
and collaboration.
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
and Senior VPs
22%
Dean, Professors, Researchers
and Grad Students
and Grad Students
21%
President, Principals, Directors,
Senior Directors and Regional VPs
Senior Directors and Regional VPs
23%
Physicians, Managers,
Research Coordinators and Other
Research Coordinators and Other
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.
