PAST 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

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• 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