PAST SPEAKERS
Together, health care advances.
2023
2023 Speakers
2022
2022 Speakers
2021
2021 Speakers
2020
2020 Speakers
2019
2019 Speakers
2018
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
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
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
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
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