GATHERING AGENDA — SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

7:00am — Check-in / Breakfast / Expo

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Russ Lipari: Founder & CEO, Health Connect South

Welcome Remarks

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Brian Kemp

83rd Governor of Georgia

Welcome and Regional Objectives

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Antrell Tyson

Regional Director, HHS

8:30 – 9:05am

Covid-19 Lessons Learned:
The Future of Our Public Health Response to Transmissible Diseases

Arctic & Atlantic Rooms

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David Rubinger

MODERATOR
Market President and Publisher
Atlanta Business Chronicle

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Debra Houry, MD, MPH

Deputy Director for Program and Science
CDC

9:10 – 9:55am

The Future of Academic Medicine

Arctic Room

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Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD

MODERATOR
President & CEO
Morehouse School of Medicine

Health Connect Speaker Carlos Del Rio

Carlos Del Rio, MD

Interim Dean
Emory School of Medicine

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Jean Rawlings Sumner, MD

Dean
Mercer University School of Medicine

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David C. Hess, MD

Dean
Augusta University

9:10 – 9:55am

Welcome the Disruptors: Changing the Game of Healthcare

Atlantic Room

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Sherry Farrugia

MODERATOR
CEO
Global Center for
Medical Innovation

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Darshak Sanghavi

Program Manager
ARPA-H

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Saylan Lukas

Director of Design
& Development Engineering
Global Center for
Medical Innovation

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Todd C. Sharp

Healthcare & Life Science
Solution Management
and Strategy
Amazon Web Services
(AWS)

9:55 – 10:10am: Networking Break / Expo

10:15 – 11:00am

Health Systems: Community Impact

Arctic Room

Health Connect Speaker Tom Hawk

Tom Hawk, JD

MODERATOR
Partner
King & Spalding

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Candice L. Saunders, FACHE

President & CEO
Wellstar Health System

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Jeff Myers

President & CEO
Hamilton Health Care System

Health Connect Speaker Carol Burrell

Carol Burrell

President & CEO
Northeast Georgia Health System

10:15 – 11:00am

Healthcare Philanthropy

Atlantic Room

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Reade Fahs

MODERATOR
President & CEO
National Vision

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Cindy Zeldin

Vice President
of Health Policy and
Government Affairs
Healthcare Georgia
Foundation

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Kelly Kerner

President and Chief
Philanthropy Officer
Piedmont Healthcare
Foundation

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Laura Croft

Chief Advancement Officer
CDC Foundation

11:05 – 11:50am

Expanding Access to Optimal Cancer Care

Arctic Room

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Jonathan Watkins,
MPA, FACHE

MODERATOR
President
City of Hope Atlanta

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Joon Lee, MD

CEO
Emory Healthcare

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Vijay Trisal, MD

Chief Medical Officer
City of Hope

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Sheryl G.A. Gabram-Mendola, MD,
MBA, FACS

Chief Scientific Officer
Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education (CORE)

11:05 – 11:50am

Health Equity: Health Accessibility

Atlantic Room

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Uren Patel

MODERATOR
Associate Director ESG – Social Strategy
KPMG

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Leandris Liburd,
PhD, MPH, MA

Acting Director
CDC’s Office of
Health Equity (OHE)

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Tabia Henry Akintobi,
PhD, MPH

Professor Community Health
and Preventive Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine

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Catherine Anderson

SVP Health Equity Strategy
UnitedHealth Group
Office of Health Equity

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Elise Lockamy-Kassim

Assistant Vice President
Community Health &
Center for Health Equity
Wellstar Health System

11:55am – 1:05pm: Lunch & Keynote

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Introductory Remarks

Dr. Dennis Liotta

Executive Director
Emory Institute for Drug Development

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Keynote Speaker

Mandy K. Cohen,
MD, MPH

CDC Director

1:10 – 1:55pm

Mental Health/ Behavioral Health: The Rising Need for Mental Health Service

Arctic Room

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Ray Kotwicki, MD

MODERATOR
Psychiatrist
Distinguished Fellow
American Psychiatric
Association

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Beth Brown

Managing Director
Mental Health and Well-Being
Arthur M. Blank
Family Foundation

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Shane Jackson

President
Jackson Healthcare

1:10 – 2:40pm

State of Healthcare: Industry Leader’s Perspectives, Cost & Quality Transparency: ACHE*

Atlantic Room

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Preston Smith

MODERATOR
President
Premier Anesthesia

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Deep Shah, MD

Primary Care Physician
Gwinnett Clinic

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Tom Price, MD

23rd Secretary Health
and Human Services

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Mary Martin

President & COO
Duke University Hospital

2:00 – 2:45pm

Artificial Intelligence: Technology and Role of Healthcare Data

Arctic Room

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Jorge Calzada

MODERATOR
Acting Associate Director –
Platforms Division
CDC’s Office of Public
Health Data, Surveillance,
and Technology

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Ben Shobert

Chief Alliance Officer
Microsoft Healthcare
& Life Sciences

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Von Nguyen, MD, MPH

Clinical Lead for
Population Health
Google

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Brittany Bogle

Industry Technology Leader, Healthcare & Principal Data Scientist
IBM Technology

2:45 – 3:00pm: Networking Break / Expo

3:05 – 3:50pm

Healthcare Investments: The State of Healthcare Funding

Arctic Room

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L.A. Galyon

MODERATOR
Managing Director and Partner
Brentwood Capital Advisors

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Michael Mullins

Vice President Healthcare
Investment Banking
Goldman Sachs

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Philip Lewis

Partner
Fulcrum Equity
Partners

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Stuart Bracken

Managing Director
Northeast Georgia Health Ventures

3:05 – 3:50pm

Addressing the Opioid Crisis: Understanding the Problem and Solutions

Atlantic Room

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Bob Crutchfield

MODERATOR
Managing Director
Hotspot Ventures, LLC

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Alice Asher, PhD, RN

Senior Health Scientist
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention

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Hari Athreya, MD, MPH

Primary Care Physician
One Medical

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Marta Sokolowska, PhD

Deputy Center Director
for Substance Use and
Behavioral Health
FDA

3:55 – 4:40pm

Nursing/Workforce Development: Addressing the Backbone of our Healthcare System

Arctic Room

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Matt Caseman

MODERATOR
CEO
Georgia Nurses Association/
Georgia Nurses Foundation

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Monica Swahn,
PhD, MPH

Dean Wellstar College of
Health & Professor of
Health Promotion/
Physical Education
Kennesaw State University

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Huanbiao Mo, PhD

Dean, Byrdine F. Lewis
College of Nursing and
Health Professions Professor,
Department of Nutrition
Georgia State University

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Whitney Nash, PhD, APRN

Dean of Waters College of Health Professions
Georgia Southern University

3:55 – 4:40pm

Longevity Health: Solutions for an Aging Society

Atlantic Room

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Jeff Gray

MODERATOR
Founder
Age Tech Atlanta

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Kumiko (Kelly) Newmark

Founder
JourneyLights

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Francesca Rinaldo, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer
CareLinx

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Shawn Smith

CEO
1 True Health, Inc.

Closing Remarks

Russ Lipari

Founder & CEO, Health Connect South

*CEU: This program has been developed and is presented locally by Geogia Association of Healthcare Executives and Triangle Healthcare Executive’s Forum. The American College of Healthcare Executives has awarded 3.0 ACHE face-to-face education credit hours to this program. To receive credit, your name must appear on the sign-in sheet.