Save the Date!
Our next Gathering will be
September 17, 2025
Early bird tickets now available — only 100 available!
Save the Date!
Next Gathering will be
Sept. 17, 2025
Early bird tickets now available — only 100 available!
“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
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Our 2024 Featured Speakers
View Videos of the 2024 Conference Panels

Marty Kemp
First Lady of Georgia

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

Neil L. Pruitt, Jr
Chairman & CEOPruittHealth

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, MHSA
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 Company)

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 Medical, Pres-Elect Medical Assoc. of GeorgiaWellstar Douglas Med Ctr

Colin Basler DVM, MPH, DACVPM
Deputy DirectorOne Health Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Keisha Callins, MD, MPH
Community Health Care Systems: OB/GYNClinical Professor Mercer 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
VP Medical AffairsHelloHeart & 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)

John W. Gilford, PhD
Regional Health AdministratorOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH)

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

Bob Speakman
Vice President, Chief Technology OfficerWellstar Health System

Melek Somai, MD
VP & Chief Technology and Product OfficerInception Health

Priyanka Agarwal, MD, MBA
Founder & CEOHealthEx
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

36%
CXOs, Executive Directors
and Senior VPs
and Senior VPs
21%
Dean, Professors, Researchers
and Grad Students
and Grad Students
22%
President, Principals, Directors,
Senior Directors and Regional VPs
Senior Directors and Regional VPs
21%
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.
