Thanks to everyone for attending Health Connect South 2020. We look forward to seeing you in 2021.
Conference Highlights
SESSION 1 – Innovation Task Force – Igniting the Sparks of Health Innovation and Partnerships
- Geoff Duncan – Lieutenant Governor, State of Georgia
- Eddie Hahn – Director, Jabian Consulting
SESSION 2 – How Covid-19 Has Impacted Healthcare, Innovation and The Patient Experience
- John Bardis – President & CEO, ShareMD
- Tom Hawk, JD – Partner, King & Spalding
SESSION 3 – Expanding Innovation Frontiers: Injecting 5G into Healthcare Delivery
- Glenn Eggert – Executive Lead Enterprise Mobility / Healthcare & Life Sciences, Verizon Business Group
- Lea M. Sims, CHDS, AHDI-F – Global Practice Lead/Healthcare/Insurance & Life Sciences, Verizon Business Group
- James Lewis – Co-Founder & CEO, 11Ten
- Scott Boden, MD – Vice President of Innovation, Emory Healthcare & Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics, Emory University School of Medicine
SESSION 4 – Understanding the Future of COVID-19
- Carlos Del Rio, MD – Chair of Global Health at Rollins School of Public Health and Professor of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine
- Dennis Liotta, PhD – Executive Director Emory Institute for Drug Development, Emory University
SESSION 5 – Multiple Sclerosis – An Infusion Of Collaboration For Patient Advancement
- Chet Bhasin, FACHE, MBA, MS – Chief Strategy Officer, Shepherd Center
- Ben Thrower, MD – Medical Director of the Andrew C. Carlos MS Institute, Shepherd Center
- Kristine Werner – National MS Society
- Brian Thompson – Associate Director of Programs and Legal Compliance, Can Do Multiple Sclerosis
SESSION 6 – The Future Landscape of Vaccines and Immunizations
- Nancy Messonnier, MD – Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
- David Rubinger – Market President and Publisher, Atlanta Business Chronicle
SESSION 8 – Investing in Healthcare – The Changing Horizon
- Sri Mani – Vice President, Goldman Sachs
- Ben Scruggs, PhD – Associate, Hatteras Venture Partners
- Kenneth Saffold – Director, BlackRock
- Tim Howe – Senior Director Corporate Strategy & Investments, Cox Enterprises
SESSION 9 – School-Based Health Centers and the Role of Community Partnerships
- Lynne P. Meadows, MS, BSN, RN – Coordinator Student Health Services, Fulton County Schools
- Veda Johnson, MD FAAP – Director of PARTNERS for Equity in Child and Adolescent Health, Emory University
- Sandy Matheson – Development Officer, Primary Healthcare Centers of Georgia
- Clifton Bush – Chief Operating Officer, Albany Area Primary Health Care, Inc.
SESSION 10 – Creating A New Paradigm in Healthcare Delivery
- Marcus Osborne – Senior Vice President, Walmart Health
- Nikkela S. Tucker, MPH – Director Health & Wellness, Walmart, Inc.
SESSION 11 – Building an International Stakeholder-Network to Overcome Manufacturing and Access Challenges in Cell-based Therapies
- Krishnendu Roy, PhD – Director, Marcus Center for Cell-Therapy Characterization and Manufacturing
- Amy Kappen – Founder and Executive Director, Best Day Ever Foundation
- Dr. Aaron Levine – Associate Professor School of Public Policy at Ivan Allen College, Georgia Tech
- Dr. Greg Russotti – CTO, Century Therapeutics (formerly Bristol Myers Squibb/Celgene)
- Dr. Sheng Lin-Gibson – Chief of the Biosystems and Biomaterials Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology
SESSION 12 – United: Health Systems Collaborating In Response to a Pandemic
- Candice L. Saunders, FACHE – President & CEO, WellStar Heath System
- John M. Haupert – CEO, Grady Health System
- Carol Burrell – President & CEO, Northeast Georgia Health System
- Andy Miller – CEO & Editor, Georgia Health News
SESSION 13 – Bridging the Gaps in Rural Healthcare through Innovative Strategies
- Tiffany Nelson, MBA, BSN, RN – Executive Director, Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center at Mercer University School of Medicine
- Joan H. Anderson, MPH, MBA, JD – Senior Field Representative, Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center at Mercer University School of Medicine
- Nattlie Rogers, MHA, PharmD – Senior Field Representative, Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center at Mercer University School of Medicine
SESSION 14 – Auburn University’s Health Disparities Research/Outreach Collaborations
- Jennifer L. Kerpelman, PhD – Professor & Associate Dean for Research, Graduate Studies & Outreach, Auburn University College of Human Sciences
- Timothy M. Moore, MD, PhD – W.W Walker Professor/Associate Dean, Auburn University School of Pharmacy
SESSION 15 – Health Equity Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Daniel E. Dawes, JD – Director of Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine
- Judy Monroe, MD – President & CEO, CDC Foundation
SESSION 16 – How Genetic Testing is Impacting Healthcare and Employee Wellness (and adapting in times of COVID)
- Devin Absher, PhD – Director of Genomic Health, Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology
- Nancy McDonald, CRNP, NP-C – Director of Employee Benefits and Wellness, East Alabama Medical Center
- Jessica Merritt – Director of Business Development, HudsonAlpha
SESSION 17 – How Telehealth Kept Revenue Going
- Jeff Robbins – Director of Neurodiagnostics and Telehealth, Tift Regional Health System
- Sherrie Williams – COO, Global Partnership for Telehealth
- Claudia Douglass – Principal, PwC
- Amy Burney-Preddy, MHA, MS, CPC – Director of Revenue Integrity, WakeMed
Welcome to 2019 Annual Gathering
Russ Lipari, Founder & CEO Health Connect South
Welcome Remarks
Dr. Michael Erikson – Dean and Regents Professor, Georgia State University
Drones Driving Innovation in Healthcare Logistics
Panel Discussion
Leading Successful Strategic Partnerships
Panel Discussion
Stroke Care: Creating an Epicenter of Excellence
Panel Discussion
Healthcare Investment Trends: Accelerating Health Horizons
Panel Discussion
CDC Fireside Chat: Priorities, Progress & Partnerships
Panel Discussion
Pediatric Cancer: The American Cancer Society’s Perspective and Progress
Gary Reedy – CEO, American Cancer Society
Pediatric Cancer: How Partnering Together Changed the Prognosis of Pediatric Cancer
Panel Discussion
Keys to Collaboration and Partnership Success
Panel Discussion
Philanthropy, Partnerships & Progress: Leading Community Change
Panel Discussion
Rural Health: Leading Innovations and Better Outcomes
Panel Discussion
Innovation in Medical Education
Panel Discussion
Critical Issues in the Future Of Health
Susan Dentzer, President & CEO Network for Excellence in Health Innovation
Telehealth Improving Healthcare Across the South and Globe
Panel Discussion
Healthcare 3.0 – How Technology Is Driving The Transition to Prosumers, Platforms and Outsurance
Rubin Pillay, PhD, MD Asst Dean & Chief Innovation Officer, Univ of Alabama Birmingham
Health Investments: Cultivating Innovation
Panel Discussion
Game Changers: New Medicine
Panel Discussion
Critical Data for All
Panel Discussion
Making The Rounds: Doctors Leading from the Frontlines
Dr. Patrice Harris, President-Elect of The American Medical Association
Opiod Epidemic Panel Discussion: Striking Back
Panel Discussion
Collaboration as a Business Model
Panel Discussion
Accelerating I.T. into Healthcare
Panel Discussion
The Windshield and the Rear View Mirror of Health Innovation
Jacques J. Sokolov, MD Chairman & CEO, SSB Solutions, Inc.
Features from Past Conferences
Taking the First Steps
President Jimmy Carter speaks on how collaboration and partnerships in healthcare can start at the grassroots.
From Discoveries to Treatment
Georgia State Ph.D Candidate Duke Geem explores the links between research findings and the medicine they help create.
A Global Perspective
University of Georgia Undergraduate Researcher Hillary Danz discusses the importance of failure and seeing the bigger picture in the fight against disease.
Breaking Barriers to Healthcare Through Technology
Erik Reinertson, an MD and Ph.D student at Emory University and Georgia Tech, explains how software has allowed collaboration to be easier than ever, leading to faster discoveries and bigger impacts.
Specialists on the Shoulders of Giants
Ph.D Candidate Eli Fine talks about his research at Georgia Tech and how progress today must be achieved through the combined efforts of professionals across the healthcare world.
Towards a Common Goal
At the Morehouse School of Medicine, MSCR Ph.D Candidate Carmen Dickinson believes that the best healthcare comes from the joint efforts of the scientists behind the research and the physicians providing the treatment.
