Join Us!
For Our Annual Gathering
September 18, 2024
As we bring together the LARGEST GROUP of decision makers, innovators, and next generation of healthcare leaders in the southeast!
Join Us!
For Our Annual Gathering
Sept. 18, 2024
As we bring together the LARGEST GROUP of decision makers, innovators, and next generation of healthcare leaders in the southeast!
“One of the region’s most influential health care conferences, underscoring the city’s role as an important health care hub in the Southeast.”
The Atlanta Business Chronicle
Featured Speakers
Rowland Illing, MD
Chief Medical Officer & Director, Global Healthcare & NonprofitsAmazon Web Services (AWS)
Antrell Tyson, Esq.
Regional DirectorU.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Hilary Marston, MD, MPH
Chief Medical OfficerU.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Candice L. Saunders, FACHE
CEO & PresidentWellstar Health System
Caylee Noggle
President & CEOGeorgia Hospital Association
Robert Bunch
PresidentAnthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia
Daniele Fallin, PhD
James W. Curran DeanRollins School of Public Health at Emory University
David Rubinger
Market President and PublisherAtlanta Business Chronicle
Josh Hargraves, MD
Divisional PresidentApolloMD
Maria D. Toler
Founding & Managing PartnerSteelSky Ventures
Michelle Nuss, MD
Founding DeanUniversity of Georgia School of Medicine
Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM
Chief Quality & Clinical Transformation OfficerUniversity Hospitals
Sandra Wong, MD, MS
DeanEmory University School of Medicine
Tim Denning, PhD
President & CEOGeorgia Research Alliance
J. Scott Steiner, FACHE
President & CEOPhoebe Putney Health System
Claudia Douglass, FACHE
Principal Healthcare Industry Growth LeaderGrant Thornton
Rick Kittles, PhD
Inaugural Senior Vice President for ResearchMorehouse School of Medicine
Trevor Strauss, MBA FACHE
Healthcare Workforce Logistics(HWL a Jackson Healthcare Member)
Greg Jungles
HealthTech Startup CatalystAdvanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)
Loretta Erhunmwunsee, MD, FACS
Thoracic SurgeonCity of Hope
Leigh Hamby, MD
Chief Medical OfficerPiedmont Healthcare
Kelsey Mayo
CEOArmor Medical, Inc.
Kristin Higgins, MD
Chief Clinical OfficerCity of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta
David W. Jones, MD, FAAP, LSSBB
Chief Medical Officer, Georgia Commercial, Director of Medical OperationsAnthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia
Despina D. Dalton, MD, MBA FACHE
Hospital CMO-VP of Medical Affairs & Past Chair Georgia Composite MedicalWellstar Douglas Medical Center
Colin Basler DVM, MPH, DACVPM
Deputy DirectorOne Health Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Keisha Callins, MD, MPH
Clinical Asst. Professor Dept. Community HealthMercer University School of Medicine
Sandra Elizabeth Ford, MD MBA
Former Special Asst. to the President, Public Health & Science, Domestic Policy Council President & CEOBFT Consulting, LLC
Ryan Howells, MHA
PrincipalLeavitt Partners
Lisa C. Richardson, MD, MPH
Director Division of Cancer Prevention & ControlCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Geeta Swamy, MD
Associate Vice President for Research, Vice Dean for Scientific IntegrityDuke University School of Medicine
F.F. ’Skip‘ Bartol, MS, PhD
Alumni Professor Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies, College of Veterinary MedicineAuburn University
Matt Golden
Co-Founder & CEOMapHabit
Chris Appleton
Founder & CEOArt Pharmacy
Andy Miller
CorrespondentKaiser Family Foundation Health News
Darshak Sanghavi, MD
Program ManagerARPA-H
Jayne Morgan, MD
Executive Director of Health and Community EducationPiedmont Healthcare & Medical Guest Expert for CNN
Matt Reed
CEOGeorgia CEO
Jon P. Mochel, DVM, MS, PhD, DECVPT, AAVPT
Fellow Director, Precision One Health Initiative Professor of Systems PharmacologyUniversity of Georgia
Adam Klein
Director of Behavioral HealthCareSource
Charles Craton, MD
Quality Medical Director, Primary CareWellStar Health System
Kevin Tanner
CommissionerGeorgia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities
Kathleen E. Toomey, MD, MPH
CommissionerGeorgia Department of Public Health
Judith Monroe, MD
President and CEOCDC Foundation
John Flavin
Founder & CEOPortal Innovations, LLC
Chelsea Cipriano, MPH
Managing DirectorCommon Health Coalition
Veronica T. Mallett, MD
Chief Administrative OfficerMore In Common Alliance Common Spirit Health
Colleen McCarty
Acting Regional AdministratorOffice of Intergovernmental and External Affairs, Region 4, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Jacqueline Mull
Region IV AdministratorAdministration for Children & Families (ACF)
Chad Hooker
PrincipalFulcrum Equity Partners
Ryan Collins
PrincipalNoro Moseley Partners
Ryan Greenstein, MPA
Associate Director, Public Policy Mental Health ProgramThe Carter Center
David Bardan
GM Head of HealthcareCLEAR
Khan Siddiqui, MD
Founder & CEOHOPPR
Neil L. Pruitt, Jr
Chairman & CEOPruitt Health
Health Connect South could not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors.
2024 Platinum 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












