2026 Speaker Highlight

Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD

Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD

18th Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Immediate Office of the CDC

Corwin Harper

Corwin Harper

President

Kaiser Permanente Georgia

Caylee Noggle

Caylee Noggle

President & CEO

Georgia Hospital Association

Tim Denning, PhD

Tim Denning, PhD

President & CEO

Georgia Research Alliance

Erica Coe

Erica Coe

Global Executive Director

McKinsey Health Institute

David W. Zaas MD, MBA

David W. Zaas MD, MBA

CEO

Duke University Health System

Samantha Brown-Parks, MD, MPH

Samantha Brown-Parks, MD, MPH

Regional Director

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Atlanta Region

Oscar Marroquin, MD

Oscar Marroquin, MD

Chief Administrative & Chief Operating Officer

Emory Healthcare

Tim Howe

Tim Howe

AVP, Strategy & Investments - Healthcare

Cox Enterprises

Amanda Free

Amanda Free

President

Anthem, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia

Jeff Arnold

Jeff Arnold

Co-Founder & Executive Chairman

Sharecare

David Rubinger

David Rubinger

Market President and Publisher

Atlanta Business Chronicle

Hamza Hasan

Hamza Hasan

Executive Director, Strategy & Implementation

Kaiser Permanente

Kristin Higgins, MD

Kristin Higgins, MD

Chief Clinical Officer

City of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta

Anthony Saul

Anthony Saul

President & COO

Grady Health System

Matt Carr

Matt Carr

Managing Director, US Healthcare & Life Sciences

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Todd C. Sharp

Todd C. Sharp

Principal Executive Technology Advisor & Field CTO, Global Healthcare/Life Sciences Team

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Delvecchio Finley

Delvecchio Finley

President and CEO

Atrium Health Navicent

Leslie Popplewell, MD

Leslie Popplewell, MD

Chief of Hematology

City of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta

Dennis Liotta, PhD

Dennis Liotta, PhD

Executive Director Emory Institute for Drug Development

Emory University

Stephen Scott

Stephen Scott

Principal

Morgan Health Ventures

Tim Lieuwen, PhD

Tim Lieuwen, PhD

Executive Vice President for Research

Georgia Tech

Chet Bhasin, FACHE, MBA, MS

Chet Bhasin, FACHE, MBA, MS

Executive Director

Georgia Board of Healthcare Workforce

Cheryl Preheim

Cheryl Preheim

Anchor 11Alive News

NBC Atlanta

Chris Franklin

Chris Franklin

President

LocumTenens.com

Baha Zeidan

Baha Zeidan

CEO

Azalea Health

Lauren Pierce Flickinger

Lauren Pierce Flickinger

Partner

Hatteras Venture Partners

Jeremy Slaga

Jeremy Slaga

Chief Clinical Operations Officer

FSU Health

Allan Levey, MD, PhD

Allan Levey, MD, PhD

Director Emory's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

Emory University's School of Medicine

Lauren Drowley, PhD

Lauren Drowley, PhD

Head of U.S. Research

UCB

Brandon Talley, PhD, MPH

Brandon Talley, PhD, MPH

Executive Vice President, Chief Impact and Innovation

CDC Foundation

Christopher Rozell, PhD

Christopher Rozell, PhD

Executive Director, Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology & Society

Georgia Tech

Carolyn K Clevenger, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, FAANP, FGSA, FAAN

Carolyn K Clevenger, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, FAANP, FGSA, FAAN

Founding Dean & Professor School of Nursing

University of Georgia

Chris Waits

Chris Waits

Executive Director of Oncology

Spencer Cancer Center

Jay Dennard, FACHE, FHFMA, CPXP

Jay Dennard, FACHE, FHFMA, CPXP

President, Gwinnett Hospital Foundation, VP Governmental & Community Affairs

Northside Hospital System

Yogin Patel, MD

Yogin Patel, MD

CEO

ApolloMD

Bob Crutchfield

Bob Crutchfield

Managing Director

1824 Health Ventures & Mainsail Venture Funds

Douglas Patten, MD, FACS

Douglas Patten, MD, FACS

Associate Dean, SW Regional Campus

Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Stephanie Beavers, MD, FACP

Stephanie Beavers, MD, FACP

Vice Dean of Academics and Administration

Mercer University School of Medicine

Jeffrey Skolnick, PhD

Jeffrey Skolnick, PhD

Regents' Professor, GRA Eminent Scholar in Computational Systems Biology

Georgia Tech