Thank You to all the Speakers and Attendees for making
HEALTH CONNECT SOUTH 2020
one of the largest virtual events in the Southeast!
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.
Featured Speakers
We bring together top-tier health leaders and innovators across disciplines to engage each other in collaborative conversations focused on meeting identified health needs through leveraging supporting ideas and institutions.
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John Bardis
Chairman & CEOShareMD

Geoff Duncan
Lieutenant GovernorState of Georgia

Candice L. Saunders, FACHE
CEO & PRESIDENTWellStar Health System

Lynne P. Meadows, MS, BSN, RN
Coordinator Student Health ServicesFulton County Schools

John M. Haupert
CEOGrady Health System

Nancy Messonnier, MD
Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory DiseasesCDC

Tom Hawk, JD
PartnerKing & Spalding

Eddie Hahn
DirectorJabian Consulting

Charles Stokes, FACHE
Founding PartnerRelia Healthcare Advisors

Daniel E. Dawes, JD
Director of Satcher Health Leadership InstituteMorehouse School of Medicine

Sri Mani
Vice PresidentGoldman Sachs

Glenn Eggert
Executive Lead Enterprise Mobility - Healthcare & Life SciencesVerizon Business Group

Chet Bhasin, FACHE, MBA, MS
Chief Strategy OfficerShepherd Center

Ben Thrower, MD
Medical Director of the Andrew C. Carlos MS InstituteShepherd Center

David Rubinger
Market President and PublisherAtlanta Business Chronicle

Jennifer L. Kerpelman, PhD
Professor & Associate Dean for Research, Graduate Studies & OutreachAuburn University College of Human Sciences

Ben Scruggs, PhD
AssociateHatteras Venture Partners

Kenneth W. Saffold
DirectorBlackRock Private Capital Group

Tim Howe
Senior Director Corporate Strategy & InvestmentsCox Enterprises

Judy Monroe, MD
President and CEOCDC Foundation

Krishnendu Roy, PhD
DirectorMarcus Center for Cell-Therapy Characterization and Manufacturing

Veda Johnson, MD, FAAP
Director of PARTNERS for Equity in Child and Adolescent HealthEmory University

Kristine Werner
National MS Society

Timothy M. Moore, MD, PhD
W.W Walker Professor, Associate DeanAuburn University School of Pharmacy

Amy Kappen
Founder and Executive DirectorBest Day Ever Foundation

Dr. Aaron Levine
Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, Ivan Allen CollegeGeorgia Tech

Marcus Osborne
Senior Vice PresidentWalmart Health

Dr. Greg Russotti
CTOCentury Therapeutics (formerly Bristol Myers Squibb/Celgene)

Carlos Del Rio, MD
Chair of the Department of Global Health at the Rollins School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious DiseasesEmory University School of Medicine

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

Carol Burrell
President & CEONortheast Georgia Health System

Lea M. Sims, CHDS, AHDI-F
Global Practice Lead, Healthcare, Insurance & Life SciencesVerizon Business Group

James Lewis
Co-Founder & CEO11TEN

Nikkela S. Tucker, MPH
Director Health & WellnessWalmart, Inc.

Devin Absher, PhD
Director of Genomic HealthHudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology

Jeff Robbins
Director of Neurodiagnostics and TelehealthTift Regional Health System

Sherrie Williams
COOGlobal Partnership for Telehealth

Andy Miller
CEO & EditorGeorgia Health News

Tiffany Nelson, MBA, BSN, RN
Executive DirectorGeorgia Rural Health Innovation Center at Mercer University School of Medicine

Sandy Matheson
Development OfficerPrimary Healthcare Centers of Georgia

Dr. Sheng Lin-Gibson
Chief of the Biosystems and Biomaterials DivisionNational Institute of Standards and Technology

Joan H. Anderson, MPH, MBA, JD
Senior Field RepresentativeGeorgia Rural Health Innovation Center at Mercer University School of Medicine

Nattlie Rogers, MHA, PharmD
Senior Field RepresentativeGeorgia Rural Health Innovation Center at Mercer University School of Medicine

Nancy McDonald, CRNP, NP-C
Director of Employee Benefits and WellnessEast Alabama Medical Center

Jessica Merritt
Director of Business DevelopmentHudsonAlpha

Brian Thompson
Associate Director of Programs and Legal ComplianceCan Do Multiple Sclerosis

Clifton Bush
Chief Operating OfficerAlbany Area Primary Health Care, Inc.

Scott Boden, MD
Vice President of Innovation, Emory HealthcareChairman of the Department of Orthopaedics, Emory University School of Medicine

Claudia Douglass
PrincipalPwC

Amy Burney-Preddy, MHA, MS, CPC
Director of Revenue IntegrityWakeMed
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.
Health Connect South could not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors.
