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.
A Special Thanks To:
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.
