Save the Date!
Our next Gathering will be
September 17, 2025
Presenting Sponsor

Save the Date!
Next Gathering will be
Sept. 17, 2025
Presenting Sponsor

“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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2025 Sponsor Booklet
2025 Sponsor Booklet
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Our 2025 Featured Speakers
More 2025 speakers to be announced soon.

Shane Jackson
PresidentJackson Healthcare

Cheryl Preheim
Anchor 11Alive NewsNBC Atlanta

Corwin Harper
PresidentKaiser Permanente Georgia

Matt Hanley, MD
President & CEONortheast Georgia Health System

Russell T. Keen, EdD
PresidentAugusta University

Chris Spears
FounderOrderlyMeds

Donald Mueller
CEOSt. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Caylee Noggle
President & CEOGeorgia Hospital Association

David C. Hess, MD
DeanAugusta University

Austin Poole
General PartnerBIP Ventures

Kristy Klein Davis
President & CEOGeorgia Health Initiative

Mary Klotman, MD
EVP for Health Affairs, Duke UniversityDean, Duke University School of Medicine

Neil L. Pruitt, Jr
Chairman & CEOPruittHealth

Jimmy Childre, Jr., FACHE
Former Chair and CEOWashington County Regional Medical Center and President, Childre Ford, Inc.

Sweta Sneha, PhD
Founder and Executive Director of Healthcare Management and Informatics, Coles College of BusinessKennesaw State University

Tim Denning, PhD
President & CEOGeorgia Research Alliance

Tim Lieuwen
Executive Vice President for ResearchGeorgia Tech

Greg Jungles
HealthTech Startup CatalystAdvanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)

Chris Lee
Chairman, CEO & Co-founderHuxley Medical

Vicki Lewis
President & CEOCoffee Regional Medical Center

Joni Collin, MD
DMS, PA-C, CAC FounderTwelve Twenty Eight

Paul Weintraub
Senior Vice PresidentCoker

Charles Elliott
Head of Industry Architects
Joon Lee, MD
CEOEmory Healthcare

Deep Shah, MD
Primary Care PhysicianGwinnett Clinic
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

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.
