2026 Speaker Highlight
Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD
18th DirectorNational Institutes of Health (NIH)
Corwin Harper
PresidentKaiser Permanente Georgia
Caylee Noggle
President & CEOGeorgia Hospital Association
Tim Denning, PhD
President & CEOGeorgia Research Alliance
Erica Schwartz, MD, MPH, JD
DirectorCenters for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Erica Coe
Global Executive DirectorMcKinsey Health Institute
David W. Zaas MD, MBA
CEODuke University Health System
Samantha Brown-Parks, MD, MPH
Regional DirectorU.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Atlanta Region
Oscar Marroquin, MD
Chief Administrative & Chief Operating OfficerEmory Healthcare
Tim Howe
AVP, Strategy & Investments - HealthcareCox Enterprises
Amanda Free
PresidentAnthem, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia
Jeff Arnold
Co-Founder & Executive ChairmanSharecare
David Rubinger
Market President and PublisherAtlanta Business Chronicle
Hamza Hasan
Executive Director, Strategy & ImplementationKaiser Permanente
Kristin Higgins, MD
Chief Clinical OfficerCity of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta
Anthony Saul
President & COOGrady Health System
John Stitt
Executive Director, US Pharma BusinessMerck & Co., Inc
Todd C. Sharp
Principal Executive Technology Advisor & Field CTO, Global Healthcare/Life Sciences TeamAmazon Web Services (AWS)
Leslie Popplewell, MD
Chief of HematologyCity of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta
Dennis Liotta, PhD
Executive Director Emory Institute for Drug DevelopmentEmory University
Stephen Scott
PrincipalMorgan Health Ventures
Tim Lieuwen, PhD
Executive Vice President for ResearchGeorgia Tech
Chet Bhasin, FACHE, MBA, MS
Executive DirectorGeorgia Board of Healthcare Workforce
Cheryl Preheim
Anchor 11Alive NewsNBC Atlanta
Chris Franklin
PresidentLocumTenens.com
Baha Zeidan
CEOAzalea Health
Lauren Pierce Flickinger
PartnerHatteras Venture Partners
Jeremy Slaga
Chief Clinical Operations OfficerFSU Health
Allan Levey, MD, PhD
Director Emory's Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterEmory University's School of Medicine
Lauren Drowley, PhD
Head of U.S. ResearchUCB
Brandon Talley, PhD, MPH
Executive Vice President, Chief Impact and InnovationCDC Foundation
Christopher Rozell, PhD
Executive Director, Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology & SocietyGeorgia Tech
Carolyn K Clevenger, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, FAANP, FGSA, FAAN
Founding Dean & Professor School of NursingUniversity of Georgia
Chris Waits
Executive Director of OncologySpencer Cancer Center
Jay Dennard, FACHE, FHFMA, CPXP
President, Gwinnett Hospital Foundation, VP Governmental & Community AffairsNorthside Hospital System
Yogin Patel, MD
CEOApolloMD
Bob Crutchfield
Managing Director1824 Health Ventures & Mainsail Venture Funds
Douglas Patten, MD, FACS
Associate Dean, SW Regional CampusMedical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Stephanie Beavers, MD, FACP
Vice Dean of Academics and AdministrationMercer University School of Medicine
Jeffrey Skolnick, PhD
Regents' Professor, GRA Eminent Scholar in Computational Systems BiologyGeorgia Tech
Patti Korth, BSMT
Senior Program Director in Therapeutic & Cellular SolutionsAmerican National Red Cross
James Lewis
Chief Strategy & Growth OfficerWoven Health Collective
Todd Greene
Senior Vice President Institutional RelationsMorehouse School of Medicine
Rahul Nayak, MD
Director, Virtual Medical CenterKaiser Permanente