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2023 Speakers

Brian P. Kemp
83rd Governor of Georgia

Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH
20th DirectorCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Shane Jackson
PresidentJackson Healthcare

Jonathan Watkins, MPA, FACHE
PresidentCity of Hope Atlanta

Debra Houry, MD, MPH
Deputy Director for Program and ScienceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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

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

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

Ben Shobert
Chief Alliance OfficerMicrosoft Healthcare & Life Sciences

Von Nguyen, MD, MPH
Clinical Lead for Population Health
2022 Speakers

Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH
DirectorCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

Thomas Owens, MD
PresidentDuke University Hospital and Senior Vice President for Duke University Health System

Robert M. Califf, MD
CommissionerU.S. Food and Drug Administration

Debra Houry, MD, MPH
Deputy Director for Program and ScienceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Sandra Elizabeth Ford, MD MBA
Former Special Asst. to the President, Public Health & Science, Domestic Policy Council President & CEOBFT Consulting, LLC

Maria D. Toler
Founding & Managing PartnerSteelSky Ventures

Michael Mullins
Vice President Healthcare Investment BankingGoldman Sachs

Stuart Smartt
Head of HealthcareNXT Capital

Shane Jackson
PresidentJackson Healthcare

Monica Swahn,PhD, MPH
Dean Wellstar College of Health & Professor of Health Promotion/Physical EducationKennesaw State University

Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD
President & CEOMorehouse School of Medicine

Delvecchio Finley
President and CEOAtrium Health Navicent

Daniel Gagnon
Vice President of Global Healthcare StrategyUPS

Deep Shah, MD
Primary Care PhysicianGwinnett Clinic

Jayne Morgan, MD
VP Medical AffairsHelloHeart & Medical Guest Expert for CNN

Sam Williams
Professor of PracticeGeorgia State University and Retired President of Metro Atlanta Chamber

Dalton Divakaran
Director, Industry AdvisorGlobal Healthcare at Salesforce

Sri Mani
DirectorThe Chartis Group

Patrick Cashman
PresidentUSAntibiotics

Kevin Brown
President & CEOPiedmont Healthcare

Junior Harewood
CEO, Georgia & AlabamaUnitedHealthcare

Sherrie Williams
COOGlobal Partnership for Telehealth

Andy Miller
CorrespondentKaiser Family Foundation Health News

Rick Shrum, MBA, MHA
Vice President & Chief Strategy OfficerWakeMed

David Rubinger
Market President and PublisherAtlanta Business Chronicle

Kristy Klein Davis
PresidentHealthcare Georgia Foundation

Adrian Tyndall, MD, MPH
Executive Vice President, Health Affairs and DeanMorehouse School of Medicine

James Lewis
Co-Founder & CEO11TEN Innovations Partners

Greg Martin, MD
DirectorPredictive Health Institute and Center for Health Discovery and Well Being

Milton J. Little, Jr.
President and CEOUnited Way

Sherry Farrugia
CEOGlobal Center for Medical Innovation

Jim Forbes
Chief Strategy OfficerVizzia Technologies

Laura P. Dannels, PhD, MBA, SPHR
Chief Talent Officer & VP Talent ManagementWellstar Health System

Mark C. Johnson, MD
CEOGateway Community Service Board

Tarianna Stewart, PhD
Core AI Licensing Executive & Intellectual PropertyIBM Research

George Painter, Ph.D
DirectorEmory Institute for Drug Development & CEO of Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory (DRIVE)

Brandon Herman
SVP of Employer PartnershipsGuild

Mark Michalski, MD
Worldwide Head Healthcare & Life Sciences AI-ML BDAmazon Web Services

Marcus Ruzek
Senior Program DirectorThe Marcus Foundation

David Ridley, PhD
Faculty Director, Health Sector ManagementDuke University

Jonathan Watkins, MPA, FACHE
PresidentCity of Hope Atlanta

Adam Marcus, PhD
Deputy DirectorWinship Cancer Institute Emory University

Norman L. Wright
Executive Vice President Health EquityUnitedHealth Group

Jenna Bryan-Krug, CFA
DirectorBlackRock

Jamila Goldsmith, MD, FACEP
Emergency Room PhysicianGoldsmith Medical Services, LLC

Greg Jungles
HealthTech Startup CatalystAdvanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)

Joseph Ebberwein
Co-Founder & CFOCorstrata, Inc.

Tracy Mitzner, PhD
Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Inclusive Design and InnovationGeorgia Institute of Technology

Jaimie Clark
DirectorWellstar Health System and Founder at Catalyst by Wellstar

Joselyn Baker
PresidentGrady Health Foundation

Claudia Douglass, FACHE, MHSA
Principal Healthcare Industry Growth LeaderGrant Thornton

Dr. Asha D’Souza, PhD
Head of Healthcare & Life SciencesAWS

Anne Fischer
Senior Director Market Access & Commercial InnovationNovo Nordisk

Charlie Kemp
CTOHelloRobot

Somanth Shenoy, PhD
Professor of PharmacyUGA

Seth Hain
Senior Vice PresidentR&D Epic

Katie Giles
VP, Learning & Professional DevelopmentKindred at Home Hospice

David Steele, MD
Senior Director, Digital Health StrategyStryker

Dana Weeks
CEOMedTrans Go

Jarrett Millsaps, FACHE
Managing Director & Senior VPSolas BioVentures

Dr. Hansa Bhargava
Chief Medical OfficerMedscape Education

Gregory Esper, MD, MBA
Associate Chief Medical Officer & Medical Director TelehealthEmory Healthcare

Grace Powers, MS, MBA, FRAPS
Founder/Principal ConsultantPowers Regulatory Consulting

Fabio van der Merwe, CHC
CEODeKalb Community Service Board
2021 Speakers

David Rubinger
Market President and PublisherAtlanta Business Chronicle

Candice L. Saunders, FACHE
CEO & PresidentWellstar Health System

Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH
DirectorCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

Carol Burrell
President & CEONortheast Georgia Health System

John M. Haupert
CEOGrady Health System

Judith Monroe, MD
President and CEOCDC Foundation

Andy Miller
CorrespondentKaiser Family Foundation Health News

Donald Mueller
CEOSt. Christopher's Hospital for Children

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

Greg Hewitt
Executive Director of InnovationCone Health

Jay Brennan, JD, MBA
Founder and COO Prinnovo, LLC andManaging Director Cone Health Ventures

Henry “Hank” Capps, MD
Executive Vice President, Chief Information and Digital OfficerWellstar Health System

Regina Herzlinger
Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business AdministrationHarvard Business School

Barak Richman, JD
Bartlett Professor of Law and Business AdministrationDuke University

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

Lance Black, MD, MBID
Senior Medical Director3iveLabs

J. Scott Steiner, FACHE
President & CEOPhoebe Putney Health System

Matt Reed
CEOGeorgia CEO

Bonzo Reddick MD, MPH, FAAFP
Professor & Chair Community MedicineMercer University and Family Physician at J.C. Lewis Primary Health Care Center

Sherrie Williams
COOGlobal Partnership for Telehealth

Ann Mond Johnson
CEOAmerican Telehealth Association

Ben Scruggs, PhD
AssociateHatteras Venture Partners

Angela Ammons
CEOClinch Memorial Hospital

Delvecchio Finley
President and CEOAtrium Health Navicent

Richard Munassi, MD, MBA
Co-FounderBlackfin Technology Partners and Blackfin Venture Partners, Director Tampa Bay Wave Accelerator

Nate Lacktman
Partner & ChairNational Telemedicine & Digital Health, Foley & Lardner, LLP

Todd Dunn
Vice President, InnovationAtrium Health

Adam Dubow
Chief Compliance and Ethics OfficerBristol Myers Squibb

Angela Ward
Talk Show Host, Philanthropist, Motivational SpeakerThe Game Changers

Chris Lee
Chairman, CEO & Co-founderHuxley Medical

Devray Kirkland
Chief Diversity Officer - VP, Diversity and InclusionCardinal Health

Jonathan S. Lewin, MD
CEO and Chair of the BoardEmory Healthcare

L.A. Galyon
Managing Director and PartnerBrentwood Capital Advisors

Nicola Greenway
SVP Human Resources, Global Manufacturing, Supply and QualityTakeda

Sri Mani
DirectorThe Chartis Group

Susan O’Connor
CEOHealthcare Businesswomen’s Association

Tim Howe
Cox Enterprises

Barry Igoubadia, MD
CareConnect Health

Pam Shipley
COOSharecare

Samantha Manderson, MD, FACOG
CareConnect Health

Wade Rakes
President & CEOPeach State Health Plan, Centene Corporation

Cherry Drulis, MBA, BSN, RN
Industry Solution AdvisorHealthcare, T-Mobile

Greg Jungles
HealthTech Startup CatalystAdvanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)

Jeffrey Rosowski, PAC
Senior ManagerHealthcare, T-Mobile

Lucienne (Lucie) Ide, M.D., Ph.D.
Founder & CEORimidi

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

David Bick, MD, FACMG
Lab Director, Clinical GeneticistHudsonAlpha Clinical Services Laboratory and Medical Director for Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine

Jessica Merritt
Director of Business DevelopmentHudsonAlpha

Bill Bellando
Vice President and Chief Technology OfficerWellstar

Douglas Martin
Director, Scott-Ritchey Research CenterAuburn University

Miguel Sena-Esteves
Associate Professor NeurologyUMASS

Heather Grey-Edwards
Associate Professor NeurologyUMASS

Gavin Corcoran
Chief R&D OfficerSio Gene Therapies

Lisa Carter
CEONiswonger Children’s Hospital & VP Pediatric Services Ballad Health

Barry Gilmore, MD, MBA
Chief Medical OfficerLeBonheur Children’s Hospital

Gabe Roberts
CEO & FounderRoberts Consulting Group, Former CEO TennCare
2020 Speakers

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
DirectorThe Chartis Group

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

Judith 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
Interim DeanEmory 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
CorrespondentKaiser Family Foundation 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, FACHE, MHSA
Principal Healthcare Industry Growth LeaderGrant Thornton

Amy Burney-Preddy, MHA, MS, CPC
Director of Revenue IntegrityWakeMed
2019 Speakers

Robert R. Redfield, MD
DirectorCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

Dan Heath
New York Times Best Selling AuthorDuke University’s Case Center - Senior Fellow

Gary Reedy
CEOAmerican Cancer Society

Judith Monroe, MD
President and CEOCDC Foundation

Dr. Ninfa M. Saunders, FACHE
CEONavicent Health

Candice L. Saunders, FACHE
CEO & PresidentWellstar Health System

Carol Fleming
DirectorMarcus Stroke Network

Junior Harewood
CEO, Georgia & AlabamaUnitedHealthcare

Alex Louw, OD
Chief Medical Officer, OD ServicesNational Vision, Inc.

Michael Frankel, MD
DirectorMarcus Stroke and Neuroscience Center at Grady Memorial Hospital

Lee Burnes
Senior Vice President - Gloabl R&D and Clinical AffairsAvanos Medical

Gary D. Nelson, PhD
PresidentHealthcare Georgia Foundation, Inc.

Ben Scruggs, PhD
AssociateHatteras Venture Partners

Milton J. Little, Jr.
President and CEOUnited Way

Anita Sharpe
Bureau Chief, Editor-at-LargeBloomberg News

Gaurav Lal
Executive DirectorInnovative Solutions Merck & Co, Inc.

Eve Byrd, DNP, MPH
DirectorCarter Center’s Mental Health Program

Alicia Philipp
PresidentCommunity Foundation for Greater Atlanta

Duane Barnes
President and Head of U.S. OperationsUCB, Inc.

Elizabeth Mynatt
Executive Director and Regents’ Professor Institute for People and TechnologyGeorgia Tech

Debbie Camp, RN, MHA, SCRN
Stroke Program ManagerPiedmont Newnan Hospital

Matt Reed
CEOGeorgia CEO

Jean Rawlings Sumner, MD
DeanMercer University School of Medicine

Fred Sanfilippo, MD, PhD
DirectorEmory-Georgia Tech Healthcare Innovation Program

Barbara “Bobbi” Cleveland
Executive DirectorTull Charitable Foundation

Donald Mueller
CEOSt. Christopher's Hospital for Children

David Rubinger
Market President and PublisherAtlanta Business Chronicle

Kenneth W. Saffold
DirectorBlackRock Private Capital Group

Dianne Foster
Vice President, Quality & Systems ImprovementAmerican Heart Association - Southeast Affiliate

Ben Isgur
Health Research Institute Leader, PWC
Sepi Browning
MHA, PMP, FHIMSS, CPHIMS – PresidentBrighthour, Inc., Health IT Consulting

Sonja McLendon
Chief of Operational ExcellenceNorth Georgia Health System

Vince Calhoun, PhD
Founding director of the Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data ScienceGeorgia State University, GRA Eminent Scholar

Bob Crutchfield
Managing DirectorHotspot Ventures, LLC

Cathy Cox
DeanMercer University School of Law

Eller Mallchok
Managing DirectorJumpstart Foundry

James Weyhenmeyer, PhD
Board of Directors Health Connect SouthProfessor of Neuroscience & Drug Discovery, Auburn University

Paul Root Wolpe, PhD
Director of Center for EthicsEmory University

Sharon Byers
Chief Development, Marketing and Communications OfficerAmerican Cancer Society, Inc.

Laura Grill
President & CEOEast Alabama Medical Center

Keisha Callins, MD, MPH
Community Health Care Systems: OB/GYNClinical Professor Mercer University School of Medicine

Kathleen Ruddy
CEOSt. Baldricks Foundation

David Widmann
President & CEOKonica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc

Rick Shrum, MBA, MHA
Vice President & Chief Strategy OfficerWakeMed

Michael J. Sampson, DO, FAOASM
Chief Academic OfficerPCOM South Georgia

Daniel Gagnon
Vice President of Global Healthcare StrategyUPS

Andreas Raptopoulos
Founder & CEOMatternet

Debra L. Stokes
Executive DirectorGeorgia Rural Health Innovation Center at Mercer University School of Medicine

Lauren R. Gilbert, PhD, MPH
Assistant ProfessorMercer University School of Medicine

Laura Calhoun, MHA
Executive DirectorSouthwest Georgia Area Health Education Center (SOWEGA-AHEC)

Sergey Plis, PhD
Director of Machine Learning Core at TReNDSGeorgia State University

Jessica Turner
Professor of PsychologyTReNDS Center & Georgia State University

John D. Banja, PhD
Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Medical Ethicist, Center for EthicsEmory University

Cynthia George
CEOHorizons Community Solutions

Mary Shirley-Howell
Director, Research EngagementAuburn University

Martha L. Elks, MD, PhD, FAPC, FACE
Professor, Senior Associate Dean of Educational AffairsMorehouse School of Medicine

Evan Beasley, MD
Program Director, Family Medicine Residency ProgramBlue Ridge Community Health Services

David Stevenson
Managing DirectorMerck Global Health Innovation Fund

Bob Zambon, PhD
Senior Director, R&D Data Science Strategy & InnovationJanssen Research & Development

Ritu Aneja, PhD
ICART Founder Distinguished Professor of Cancer BiologyGeorgia State University

Mike Davis
Head of the U.S. Neurology Patient Value UnitUCB

Shri Parikh
PresidentSanuwave

Elaine Tseng, JD
Partner Life SciencesKing & Spalding

Susan Johnston
VP of Human ResourcesEast Alabama Medical Center

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

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

Douglas Patten, MD
Associate Dean, SW Regional CampusMedical College of Georgia
2018 Speakers
- Dr. Deb Houry, Director at National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at CDC
- Susan Dentzer, President and CEO at Network for Excellence in Health Innovation (NEHI) & former editor-in-chief of the journal Health Affairs.
- Dr. Rubin Pillay, PhD, MBA, MSc, AsstDean and Chief Innovation Officer at AsstDean and Chief Innovation Officer, University of Alabama Birmingham Medicine
- Patrice A Harris, MD, MA, President- Elect American Medical Association
- Christy Shaffer, Partner Hatteras Venture Partners
- Jacque J. Sokolov, MD, CEO and Chairman at SSB Solutions
- Lawrence Tabak, DDS, PhD, Principal Deputy Director, NIH at Section on Biological Chemistry Principal Deputy Director, NIH
- Elizabeth Thompson, CEO at National Osteoporosis Foundation
- Ben Greenberg, Vice President of Product & User Experience at WebMD/Medscape
- Tanya Mack, President at Women’s Telehealth
- Donald Mueller, CEO at Children’s Hospital at Erlanger
- Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, FACOG, President and Dean at Morehouse School of Medicine
- Kirk Barnes, Start-Up Catalyst at Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Institute of Technology
- David Rubinger, Market President and Publisher at Atlanta Business Chronicle
- Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD, FACR, Professor and Chair at Department of Radiology Associate Dean for Research School of Medicine
- Michele P. Madison, Partner at Morris Manning & Martin, LLC
- Jon E. Zibbell, Senior Public Health Analyst at Behavioral & Urban Health Program
- David Weeks, VP and CTO at National Account Service Company (NASCO) of Blue Cross Blue Shield
- LA Gaylon, Managing Director at Brentwood Capital
- Martin Entwistle, MD, President and CEO at ARES Health Systems
- Bob Crutchfield, Managing Director at The Brightedge Venture Fund
- Donald Palmisano Jr., Executive Director at Medical Association of Georgia
- James Lewis, MBA, CEO at Innovation Hub Enterprises
- Laura McCrary, EdD, Senior Vice President at KaMMCO Health Solutions, Inc.
- Vence L. Bonham Jr., JD., Senior Advisor to the Director at Genomics and Health Disparities
- Scott Boden, MD, VP Business Innovation, EHC at Emory
- Shyam Parekh, Director Strategy and Business Development at Avanos Medical
- Glenn Eggert, Managing Director at Healthcare & Life Sciences, Verizon Wireless
- Thomas Bat, M.D, CEO and Medical Director at North Atlanta Primary Care
- Will Ellaissi, MBA, Managing Director at Emory Health Care Innovation Hub
- Tony Wang, JD, COO at Color Genomics
- Roy Duvall, Senior Vice President at Engineering, Sharecare
- Marc Overcash, Deputy CIO at Emory University
- Sri Mani, Vice President Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs
- Simeon Sessley, Executive Director at Center for Disruption & Innovation
- Edward Perkins, PhD, Associate Professor at School of Medicine Mercer University
- Jacob Warren, PhD, MBA, Director at School of Medicine Mercer University
- Kevin Murnane, PhD, Assistant Professor at College of Pharmacy Mercer University
2017 Speakers
- Anne Schuchat, MD,Principal Deputy Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Bob Crutchfield, Operating Partner, Harbert Management Corporation.
- Brad Fain,Principal Research Scientist, Georgia Tech Research Institute.
- Brian Liu, BSEE, MBA, Head, Advanced Human Integration Branch, Georgia Tech Research Institute.
- Cheryl Hiddleson MSN, RN, CCRN-E, Director of the Emory eICU Center, eICU.
- Daniel Dawes, J.D. Executive Director, Morehouse School of Medicine.
- David Norris, CEO & Founder, DynoForms.
- David Rubinger, Market President and Publisher, Atlanta Business Chronicle.
- Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, President, MSM.
- Ed Cantwell, President and CEO, Center for Medical Interoperability.
- Guy Scull, CEO & President, CareLink of Northwest Georgia, Inc.
- Heval Kelli, MD, Cardiology Fellow, Emory University.
- Howard Jacob, PhD, EVP Genomic Medicine, Chief Medical Genomics Officer, Faculty Investigator, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.
- Jason Rupp, Executive Director, Southeast Medical Device Association.
- Jordan Amadio MD, Chief Resident in Neurosurgery, Emory University.
- Judith Monroe, MD, FAAFP, President and CEO, CDC Foundation.
- Justin Sabet-Peyman, Director, KKR.
- L.A. Galyon, Managing Director, Brentwood Capital.
- Larry Williams,President & CEO, Technology Association of Georgia.
- Lee Herron, VP of Venture Development, Georgia Research Alliance.
- Lisa Kudlacz, Vice President and General Manager, Halyard Health’s Interventional Pain Management.
- Marie Cameron, Lecturer, Georgia State University.
- Omar M Lattouf, MD, PhD, FACC, FACS, Professor of Surgery / Cardiothoracic, Emory University.
- Patrick O’Carroll, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACMI, Head, Health Systems Strengthening Sector, The Task Force for Global Health.
- PhD James Weyhenmeyer, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Georgia State University.
- PhD Karen Minyard, CEO, Georgia Health Policy Center.
- Russell Allen, President & CEO, Georgia Bio.
- Steven Fraime, Director, Center for Health Transformation.
- Timothy G. Buchman, PhD, MD, Director of the ECCC, Emory Center for Critical Care.
2016 Speakers
- Dan Cerutti, VP of Population Health and Cognitive Decision Support, IBM Watson
- Carolyn Compton, MD, Chief Medical Officer at ASU Complex Adaptive Systems
- Jon Duke, MD, MS, Director, Center for Health Analytics, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Sweta Sneha, PhD, Associate Professor of Information Systems & Director of M-Health, Kennesaw State University
- Tino Mantella, President & CEO, Technology Association of Georgia
- David Rubinger, Publisher, Atlanta Business Chronicle
- Ron Wyatt, MD, MHA, Patient Safety Officer, Medical Director, Division of Healthcare Improvement, The Joint Commission
- Walter J. Curran, Jr. MD, FACR, Executive Director, Emory Winship Cancer Institute
- Ed Partridge, MD, Director, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Samir Khleif, MD, Director of the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University/Medical College of Georgia
- Maurie Markman, MD, President, Medicine & Science, Cancer Treatment Centers of America
- Otis W. Brawley, MD, MACP, Chief Medical Officer, American Cancer Society
- Tom Hawk, Partner, King & Spalding
- Daniel Shook, Park Ranger, National Park Service
- Chris Clark, Portfolio Strategy and Intelligence, Epilepsy, UCB
- Margaret Wagner Dahl, Associate Vice President for Health IT, Enterprise Innovation Institute, Georgia Inst. of Technology
- Bill Mayfield, MD, Chief Surgical Officer, Wellstar Health System
- Greg Martin, MD, Director, Research, Emory Center for Critical Care, Director, Emory/Georgia Tech Predictive Health Institute
- Marilyn Foreman, MD, MS, Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Morehouse SOM
- Neal Weintraub, MD, Kupperman Eminent Scholar in Cardiovascular Medicine & Professor of Medicine, Augusta University/Medical College of Georgia
- Herman Taylor, Jr. MD, Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine
- Colleen Doyle, M.S., R.D., Managing Director, Nutrition & Physical Activity, American Cancer Society
- Nancy Paris, CEO, Georgia Core
- Marc O’Connor, COO, Curant Health
- Lori Chmura, President, Dune Medical Devices
- Judy Fortin, Senior Director, Communications, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
- Michael Beach, PhD, Deputy Director, Division Foodborne, Waterborne, Environmental Diseases, CDC
- Samantha Becker, Co-founder, TruePani
- Jonathan Colasanti, MD, MSPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
- Amy Moore, PhD, Director, Research Programs, Georgia Research Alliance
- Dennis Ashley, MD, Director of Trauma Services, The Medical Center of Central Georgia
- Peter Rhee, MD, MPH, Chief of Acute Care Surgery & Medical Director, Marcus Trauma Center, Grady Memorial Hospital
- Omar Danner, MD, FACS, Director of Trauma & Associate Professor of Surgery, Morehouse School of Medicine
- Donald G. Stein, PhD, Director, Brain Research Lab, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University
- Gary Ulicny, PhD, CEO, Shepherd Center
- David Hill, MD, FAAP, Chair, American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Communications and Media
- Lucky Jain, MD, MBA, Interim Director, Emory and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Pediatric Center of Georgia
- Sona Shah, CEO & Co-Founder, Neopenda
- Hansa Bhargava, MD, Medical Editor, WebMD
- Judith Monroe, MD, FAAFP, President & CEO, CDC Foundation
ALABAMA: Academic & Industry Partnerships
- Mark J. Suto, PhD, Vice President Drug Discovery, Southern Research Institute
- Maaike Everts, PhD, Associate Director, Alabama Drug Discovery Alliance, UAB School of Medicine
- David Allison, PhD, Dean of Science, University of Alabama Birmingham
- Cherrie Hughes, Assistant Director of Industrial Outreach, University of Florida
- Kathy Nugent, PhD, President, Biotechnology Association of Alabama
- Doc24Seven
TENNESSEE: Entrepreneurship & Investing in Health
- Charlie Brock, CEO, Launch Tennessee
- Michael Burcham, CEO, Narus Health
- Sid Chambless, Executive Director, Nashville Capital Network
- Amy Holcomb, CEO, Sky Medicus
- Eric Johnson, PhD, Dean, Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management
- Stuart McWhorter, CEO, Nashville Entrepreneur Center
- Sig Mosley, Managing Partner, Mosley Ventures
- Sidney Welch, Shareholder, Polsinelli
- Harsh Vathsangam, CEO, MOVING ANALYTICS
- Chun Yong, Chief Executive Officer, DIASYST
- Lawrence S. Phillips, MD, Chief Medical & Science Officer, DIASYST
- Sean Khant, VP of Healthcare Strategy, BIOSCAPE
NORTH CAROLINA: Health Tech, Tools and Platforms in Precision Medicine
- John Ryals, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Metabolon
- Albert A. Lauritano, Director, Strategic Technology Partnerships, BD Technologies
- Arti Pandya, MD, Division Chief, Genetics and Metabolism, UNC Dept. of Pediatrics
- Mary Beth Thomas, PhD, Vice President, Centers of Innovation Program, NC Biotech Center
- Robert Hauser, PharmD, PhD, Senior Director, CancerLinQ
- Bob Bean, CEO, Harmonyx
- Donna Crenshaw, PhD, Director, Strategic Partnerships, Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine, Duke University SOM, MeTree Software
ATLANTA: Women Leaders in Health
- Amber Gilroy, VP, Oncology Patient Services, Cancer Treatment Centers of America
- Adriane Randolph, PhD, Associate Professor of Information Systems, Executive Director of the BrainLab, Kennesaw State University
- Brenda Fitzgerald, MD, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health
- Rhona Applebaum, PhD, VP, Chief Science & Health Officer, The Coca-Cola Company
- Sandra Harris-Hooker, PhD, VP & Exec. Vice Dean, Morehouse School of Medicine
- Nancy Paris, President & CEO, Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education
- Paula Bevington, Principal, Bevington Advisors, LLC
- Tiffany Karp, Executive Director, Global Center for Medical
- Renay Blumenthal, President at Grady Health Foundation
ATLANTA: Biotechnology CEO Luncheon
- Vitamin C
- TraumX
- UGA
- Betterwalk
2015 Speakers
- Tom Frieden, MD, Presenter for UnSung Hero Award, Director of The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
- Charles Stokes, CEO & President, The CDC Foundation
- Betsy McKay, Atlanta Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal
- Charles Stokes, President and CEO, CDC Foundation
- Dr. Oliver Morgan, Incident Manager, Ebola Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Joe Ruiz, Director, Humanitarian Relief and Resilience Program, The UPS Foundation
- David Ratcliffe, Retired Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Co., & CDC Found. Board Member
- Scott Cormier, Senior Director, Emergency Preparedness and Management, HCA
- Anita Sharpe, Bureau Chief, Editor-at-large at Bloomberg News
- Ambassador Mary Ann Peters, Chief Executive Officer, The Carter Center
- Gary Reedy, CEO, American Cancer Society
- Dr. Otis Brawley, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, American Cancer Society
- Renay San Miguel, Science & Technology Correspondent, GPB
- Dr. Maurie Markman, President of Medicine and Science, Cancer Treatment Centers of America
- Dr. Gaurav Singal, Director, Innovations Unit, Foundation Medicine
- Dr. Robert Hauser, Senior Director, External Relations & Business Development, CancerLinQ, American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Dr. Jeffrey Skolnick, Director, Center for the Study of Systems Biology, Georgia Institute of Tech.
- Luncheon Keynote: Dr. Ian Crozier, Ebola Survivor “Patient #3,” Infectious Disease Physician
- Mike Cassidy, President and CEO, Georgia Research Alliance
- Dr. Mark Frisse, Vice Chair of Business Development, Vanderbilt University
- David Day, Assistant VP & Director, Office of Technology Licensing, University of Florida
- Dr. Jim Weyhenmeyer, President & Chair, Georgia State University Research Found.
- Dr. David Lee, Vice President for Research, University of Georgia
- Eric Owens, Ph.D. Candidate, Georgia State University
- Yingzhe (Lindsey) Wang, PhD Candidate, College of Pharmacy, Mercer University
- Nivita Sharma, Research Scholar, University of Georgia
- Derrick Akpalu, PhD Candidate & MSCR Fellow, Morehouse School of Medicine
- Tejaswini Nalamothu, Masters of Science in Computer Science, Kennesaw State University
- Dr. Ephraim R. McLean, Director, Center for Health IT, Georgia State University
- Jaspal Sagoo, CDC Chief Technology Officer, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
- Lauren Rosenbaum, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
- Dr. Donald Fetterolf, Chief Medical Officer, MiMedx Group
- Ben Robinson, Executive Director, Center for Health Workforce Planning & Analysis, University System of Georgia
- Tino Mantella, President & CEO at Technology Association of Georgia
- Dr. Suman Das, Director of the Direct Digital Manufacturing Lab at Georgia Tech
- Craig Kaiser, Director, Business Development – IoT Solutions Group, AT&T Mobility
- Dermot Waters, Senior Vice President of Market Development, Sharecare
- Kornelius Bankston, Dir. of Bioscience, Ind. Expansion, Metro Atlanta Chamber
- Dr. Eric Tomlinson, Chief Innovation Officer, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
- Will ElLaissi, Partnership Development, Duke Institute for Health Innovation
- Sherry Farrugia, Director, Georgia Institute of Technology & Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Partnership
- Ryan Jones, CEO, Florence Healthcare
- Steven Fraime, Director, Wellstar’s Center for Health Transformation
- Russell Allen, President & CEO, Georgia Bio
- Dr. Tom Barrows, Executive Vice President and CSO, Cell Contructs
- Dr. Harriet Robinson, Chief Scientific Officer, GeoVax
- Steven P. Damon, President & CEO, 4P Therapeutics
- Jason Rupp, Executive Director, Southeastern Medical Device Association
- Steve Johnson, CEO CreatiVasc Medical
- John Feltman, Chairman & CEO Brookhaven Medical
- Cynthia Dilley, Head of New Patient Value Focus and Director, Strategic Marketing at UCB
- Dr. Donald Palmisano, Executive Director & CEO Medical Association of Georgia
- Dr. Jim Curran, Dean, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
- Dr. Bruce Ribner, Director, Serious Communicable Diseases Unit at Emory University Hospital
- Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, Commissioner, Georgia Dept. of Public Health and State Health Officer
- Dr. Patrick O’Neal, Director of Health Protection, Georgia Department of Public Health
- Dr. Doug Patten, Chief Medical Officer, Medical Director, Hospital Engagement Network at Georgia Hospital Association
- Dr. Daniel Salinas, Chief Medical Officer, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
- Dr. Louis Sullivan, President Emeritus, Morehouse School of Medicine, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1989-1993
- Dr. Mark Rosenberg, President & CEO, The Task Force for Global Health
2014 Speakers
- Russ Lipari, Founder & CEO
- Rhona Applebaum, PhD, Vice President, Chief Science & Health Officer at The Coca-Cola Company
- Helene Gayle, MD, MPH, President & CEO, CARE
- David Satcher, MD, PhD, Director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine and 16th Surgeon General of the United States
- Ed Baker, Publisher, Atlanta Business Chronicle
- Dennis Liotta, PhD, Executive Director, The Emory Institute for Drug Development
- Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, President and Dean, Morehouse School of Medicine
- Charles Stokes, President & CEO, CDC Foundation
- Kevin Dellsperger, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, Georgia Regents Medical Center
- George Painter, PhD, President and CEO, The Emory Institute for Drug Development
- Laura Stanley, Executive Director, Foundation for Mitochondrial Medicine
- Dawn Whaley, Co-President, Sharecare
- James Weyhenmeyer, PhD, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Georgia State University
- TJ Cradick, PhD, Director, Protein Engineering Core Facility, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
- James Lillard, PhD, Associate Dean for Research and Director, Office of Translational Technologies, Morehouse School of Medicine
- Michael Pierce, PhD, Director, The University of Georgia Cancer Center
- Richard Plemper, PhD, Professor, Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, Georgia State University
- Mark Rosenberg, MD, President and CEO, Task Force for Global Health
- David Hartnett, Vice President, Economic Development, Metro Atlanta Chamber
- Mark Buffington, Managing Partner, BIP Capital, LLC.
- Amy Baxter, MD, CEO, Buzzy4PainRelief.com
- Lucienne Marie Ide, MD, PhD, CEO, Rimidi
- Shane Jackson, President, Jackson Healthcare
- Partha Unnava, Student, Georgia Institute of Technology and CEO & Co-Founder, Better Walk
- Paula Lawton Bevington, JD
- Mark Rosenberg, MD, President and CEO, Task Force for Global Health
- The Honorable Jimmy Carter, Former US President and Founder, The Carter Center
- Jim Nation, South Area Healthcare Vertical Accounts Manager, Verizon Wireless
- Adriane Randolph, PhD, Director, Kennesaw State University BrainLab
- Sig Mosley, Managing Partner, Mosley Ventures
- Ileana Arias, PhD, Principal Deputy Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- Robert Jansen, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Medical Officer, Wellstar
- Ami Klin, PhD, Director, Marcus Autism Center, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine
- John Menna, Vice President of Global Strategy for Healthcare Logistics, UPS
- Frank Richards Jr., M.D., Director, River Blindness Elimination Program, Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program, Schistosomiasis Control Program, and Malaria Control Program
- Todd Sherer, PhD, Associate Vice President for Research Administration and Executive Director of Technology Transfer, Emory University
- Tino Mantella, President & CEO, Technology Association of Georgia
- Robert Hendricks, Senior Vice President, Planning and Portfolio Management, McKesson Technology Solutions
- Baha Zeidan, Co-founder and CEO, Azalea Health
- Paul Spearman, MD, Chief Research Officer, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
- Mark Braunstein, MD, Associate Director, Health Systems Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Chris Clark, New Journey Board Member, UCB Pharmaceuticals
- Margaret Wagner Dahl, Associate Vice President, Health IT, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Bill Todd, Executive Director for Healthcare Initiatives at Georgia Institute of Technology
- George Daneker, MD, Chief of Staff, Cancer Treatment Centers of America’s Southeastern Regional Medical Center
- Len Lichtenfeld, MD, MACP, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, American Cancer Society
- John McDonald, PhD, Director, Integrated Cancer Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Cynthia Wetmore, MD, PhD, Director, Innovative Therapy/Phase I Program, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Emory+Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Pediatric Research Center,
- Anne Meisner, President & CEO, Cancer Treatment Centers of America
- Tiffany Karp, General Manager & Chief Operating Officer, Global Center for Medical Innovation, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Leanne West, Chief Engineer of Pediatric Technologies, Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- Maria Saporta, Editor, The SaportaReport, Atlanta Business Chronicle
- Len Lichtenfeld, MD, MACP, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, American Cancer Society
- Frank Richards Jr., M.D., Director, River Blindness Elimination Program, Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program, Schistosomiasis Control Program, and Malaria Control Program
- Mark Rosenberg, MD, President and CEO, Task Force for Global Health
- Nancy Frates, ALS Awareness Catalyst and Mother of Pete Frates, who inspired the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge phenomenon