Agenda: Becker's Hospital Review 16th Annual Meeting

7:00 AM	Registration Opens
8:00 - 10:20 AM	Sessions
10:20 - 10:40 AM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Sessions
12:25 - 1:25 PM	Networking Luncheon in the Exhibit Hall

1:30 - 3:00 PM	Sessions
3:00 - 3:20 PM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:20 - 5:00 PM	Sessions
5:00 - 6:00 PM	Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

7:30 - 8:30 AM	Registration Opens & Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
8:30 - 10:00 AM	Sessions
10:00 - 10:25 AM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Sessions
12:10 - 1:10 PM	Networking Luncheon in the Exhibit Hall

1:20 - 2:50 PM	Sessions
2:50 - 3:10 PM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 - 5:00 PM	Sessions
5:00 - 6:00 PM	Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

7:30 - 8:30 AM	Registration Opens & Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
8:30 - 10:00 AM	Sessions
10:00 - 10:25 AM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Sessions
12:10 - 1:10 PM	Networking Luncheon in the Exhibit Hall

1:20 - 2:50 PM	Sessions
2:50 - 3:10 PM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 - 5:00 PM	Sessions
5:00 - 6:00 PM	Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

Time	Session Type	Name	Speakers
	Panel	AI for Financial Survival: Policy Shifts + Scenario Planning
	Panel	The AI Investment Strategy to Win the Next 5 Years
	Panel	Ambient AI Real Talk: Adoption, Resistance and ROI
	Panel	AI and the Future of Work
	Panel	AI vs. Payer Algorithms: Leveling the Playing Field
	Panel	Blueprint to Scaling AI Across the Enterprise
	Panel	The Leadership Edge in AI
7:00 AM	Networking Opportunities	Registration Opens
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM	Keynote Panel	1. Top Health Systems' Plans to Innovate and Win the Next 5 Years	John D. Couris, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tampa General Hospital David Entwistle, President and Chief Executive Officer, Stanford Health Care Maria Ansari, MD, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, The Permanente Medical Group; President and Chief Executive Officer, Mid-Atlantic Medical Group; Chief Executive Officer,, Northwest Permanente
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Panel	1. Predicting AI's Impact as Healthcare Continues Big Shifts	Zafar Chaudry, MD, MS, MIS, MBA, CHCIO, CDH-E, Senior Vice President, Chief Digital Officer and Chief AI and Chief Information Officer, Seattle Children's Sunil Dadlani, Executive Vice President, Chief Information and Digital Transformation Officer, Chief Cyber Security Officer, Atlantic Health John Doulis, MD, MBBS, Grad.DIP, Vice President, Distinguished Architect, Digital Technology and Innovation, HCA Healthcare Jeff Gautney, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Rush University System for Health Thomas Maddox, MD, Executive Director, Healthcare Innovation Lab, BJC Healthcare; Director, Clinical Innovation, Medicine Department and Medicine Professor, Cardiology, WashU Medicine
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Panel	3. Beyond the Bottom Line: Embracing Outcome-Centric Care Models	Pradeep Kadambi, MD, MBA, FASN, FAST, President and Chief Executive Officer, University of Florida Jacksonville Physicians; Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs, University of Florida College of Medicine
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Panel	4. The Gen Z Impact: How a New Generation is Reshaping Healthcare Work	Janel Allen, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, Children’s Nebraska Rebekah Fincher, Chief Administrative Officer, Conway Regional Health System Ashley Foster, MBA, Senior Vice President Chief People Officer, Beebe Healthcare Denver Hopkins, Chief Human Resources Officer, Cape Fear Valley Health System Charlene J. Wilson, EdD, MPA, CCP, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Rochester Regional Health
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Panel	7. The CNO Playbook: Essential Tools for Long-Term Success	Peta-Ann Anderson, RN, MSN, Chief Nursing Officer, Jackson North Medical Center Tommi Cline, DNP, RN, CHC, NE-BC, Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Hillsboro Health Jennifer Rodgers, DNP, ACNP-BC, FAANP, Chief Nursing Officer, UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital Michele Szkolnicki, MEd, BSN, RN, FACHE, FACMPE, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Panel	8. The New Growth Frontier in Outpatient and Ambulatory Care	Laura C. Duncan, MHA, MHI, FACHE, Vice President, Ambulatory and Primary Care, Children's Nebraska Vanitha Pushparaj, MPA, Assistant Vice President, Montefiore Medical Center John Simmons, MBA, Assistant Vice President, Operations, Catholic Health Services of Long Island
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Panel	9. Emerging Policy and Compliance Issues for Tomorrow's C-suites	Anjalee Galion, MD, MBA, President, CHOC Medical Staff; Chief Wellness Officer, CHOC Children's Hospital Roberta Herman, President, Joslin Diabetes Center, Beth Israel Lahey Health Sommer Kleweno Walley, Chief Executive Officer, Harborview Medical Center
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Panel	10. Mastering Fiscal Sustainability: Thriving Despite Healthcare's Financial Shifts	Rebecca Napier, MBA, SHRM-SCP, Vice President, Finance and Administration, The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Paresh Shah, MD, FACS, Group Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Weill Cornell Division, NewYork Presbyterian Jake Stover, MHSA, Associate Vice President, Finance, UK HealthCare Bess Wildman, Vice Dean, Academic Administration and Finance, UChicago Medicine
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Panel	11. Leadership Tactics for Next-Gen Care Model Implementation	Kenneth Altman, MD, PhD, FACS, Chair, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Professor, Geisinger Health System Zeshan Anwar, MD, MHA, FACP, SFHM, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Pennsylvania Region Hospitals and System Chief, Hospital Medicine, The Guthrie Clinic Suparna Dutta, Chair, Medicine Department, Hartford Healthcare James Newman, MS, MBA, Vice President, Patient Logistics, Virtua Health System Allison Roditi, FACHE, Vice President, Orthopedics, Catholic Health
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Panel	12. Workplace Safety: Strategies for Your Security Team	Roy E. Alston, PhD, Vice President, Security and Public Safety, Christus Health Eric Clay, Vice President, Security, Memorial Hermann Health System
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Panel	13. Designing Enduring Health Systems in the Digital Era	James E. Craven, MD, MBA, FACS, President, Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group, Franciscan Health Physicians, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System Marty Mann, Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer, Lifepoint Health Christopher Newman, MD, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mary Washington Healthcare Michael J. Zappa, MD, FACEP, Chief Clinical Officer, Cape Fear Valley Health System
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Panel	14. High-Pressure Healthcare: Proven Tactics for Quality and Efficiency	Brian Stein, MD, Chief Quality Officer, Rush System for Health Elizabeth Goforth, MA, MPH, CPHQ, System Assistant Vice President, Regulatory Readiness and Quality Improvement, Ochsner Health System Randy Harmatz, MBA, CPHQ, Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Nicklaus Children's Health System Margie Zeglen, MBA, RHIA, FACHE, System AVP Population Health, Ambulatory Quality and Risk Adjustment, Endeavor Health
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM	Presentation	1. Presentation - An Expanded Vision of Value: Enhancing Patient Outcomes, Promoting Stakeholder Engagement, and Improving Community Health	Feby Abraham, PhD, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Memorial Hermann Health System Erin Asprec, Executive Vice President Chief Operating Officer, Memorial Hermann Health System David Callender, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Memorial Hermann Health System Alec King, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Memorial Hermann Health System James McCarthy, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Physician Executive, Memorial Hermann Health System
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM	Panel	2. CEO Strategy to Drive Growth Amid Disruption	Christopher Douglas, EdD, Houston Market Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Diagnostics Healthcare System Kathy Kelly, MBA, MSMC, Market Chief Executive Officer, Kindred Hospitals of Chicago Etene Terrell-Fakorede, MHAEd, MBOE, LSSGB, Chief Executive Officer, The Rehabilitation Institute of Ohio, Encompass Health Genea Wilson, MHA, Chief Executive Officer, East Bay Ambulatory Division, Sutter Health Raymond Hino, MPA, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer, Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM	Panel	6. Building High-Performance Healthcare Teams	Diala Atassi, MBA, Chief Global and National Programs Officer, The University of Chicago Medicine Carl Bergetz, JD, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Rush University System for Health Ray Harrell, Esq, General Counsel and Chief External Affairs Officer, Boone Memorial Hospital Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCP, Vice President, Research, Institutional Official, and Research Integrity Officer, Tulane University
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM	Panel	7. Next-Gen Nursing Innovations to Elevate Care and Engagement	Julie Holt, RN, MSN, CENP, CNO/ VP of Patient Care Serivces, The Christ Hospital Colleen Mallozzi, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Jefferson Health Denise Mills, MN, RN, Director, Perianesthesia Services, St. Joseph Medical Center, CommonSpirit Health Katrina Pfeiffer, MSN, RN, CPN, Chief Nursing Information Officer, Penn Medicine Ruth Sagastume, MSN, RN, CPHQ, CNO, Ochsner Medical Center, Ochsner Health System
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM	Panel	8. CMO Perspectives on Effective Patient Safety Approaches and Challenges	Phillip Chang, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical and Quality Officer, Memorial Hermann Health System Justin Hurie, MD, MBA, FACS, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Wake Forest Baptist Health Lien Le, MD, MBA, Vice President, Hospital Medicine and Associate Chief Medical Officer, Tampa General Hospital Mara Nitu, MD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Indiana University School of Medicine and Riley Hospital for Children, IU Health
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM	Panel	9. A CEO's Insight Into Innovations in Patient-Centric Care Delivery	Gemma Fletcher, PT, CCM, Chief Executive Officer, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Institute of Libertyville Kelly Macken-Marble, Chief Executive Officer, Osceola Medical Center Nick Stefanizzi, MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Northwell Direct
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM	Panel	10. Academic Medicine’s Triple Aim: Care, Research, and Innovation in Action	Hasan B. Alam, MD, Surgeon-in-Chief, Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Chair, Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Amir Ghaferi, MD, MSc, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Physician Enterprise; Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Wencesley A. Paez, MD, MS, Director, Clinical Research Operations, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Hospital System Michael Wiggins, DBA, FACHE, Assistant Professor, Healthcare Management and Leadership Department, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM	Panel	11. White Coats to Corner Offices: Navigating the Path to Executive Leadership in Healthcare	Ruben J. Azocar, MD, MHCM, FCCM, FASA, FACHE, Vice President, Perioperative Services, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Abigail Chen, MD, MS, Chief Medical Officer, Mount Sinai Doctors Medical Group Dalia Davood, MD, MBA, CPE, FACOG, Vice Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Medical Director, Advocate Aurora Medical Group Ob/GYN, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Thresa Hardy, DNP, RN, Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Operating Officer, UNC Rockingham Health Care
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM	Panel	12. More Than Money: Leveraging Wellness Services to Retain and Engage Healthcare Talent	Naushad Amin, MD, MBA, MS, FAAFP, Chief Medical Officer, HealthFirst Palm Bay Hospital Rebecca Andrews, Senior Vice President, Administrator Raleigh, WakeMed Hospitals Vi-Anne Antrum, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, FACHE, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Cone Health Joshua Prostek, PharmD, FACHE, Vice President, ThedaCare at Work, ThedaCare
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM	Panel	13. From Burnout to Breakthrough: Digital Tools That Elevate Physician Performance	Amanda Hammel, Chief Information Officer, Memorial Hermann Health System Jennifer McVan, Vice President, Physician Affairs, BayCare Health System Tinu Tadese, MD, Vice President and Enterprise Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Boston Medical Center
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM	Panel	14. The Patient Surge: How Health Systems Are Rising to the Challenge	Tonia Jenkins, MBA, Vice President, Hospital Based Services, Advocate Health Samuel McCrimmon, JD, Vice President, Development, Regional One Health Christopher Tanski, MD, MSEd, Associate Chief Medical Officer, SUNY Upstate Medical University Christine Wade, DNP, RN, CEN, Vice President, Perioperative and Procedural Areas, UTMB Health
10:20 AM - 6:00 PM	Networking Opportunities	Exhibit Hall Hours
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM	Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM	Keynote Panel	1. C-suite Reboot: What Health Systems Need for the Next 5 Years	Ramin Davidoff, MD, Executive Medical Director and board Chair, Southern California Permanente Medical Group; Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer, The Southeast Permanente Medical Group;, Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Hawaii Permanente Medical Group; Co-Chief Executive Officer, The Permanente Federation
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM	Fireside Chat	2. Fireside Chat with Jeff Flaks, CEO at Hartford HealthCare	Jeff Flaks, Chief Executive Officer, Hartford HealthCare
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM	Semi-Keynote Panel	3. Strategy Under Pressure: Adapting in a Time of Uncertainty	Nikki Carter, MBA, MPH, FACHE, Chief Strategy Officer, US Markets, Bon Secours Mercy Health Shonda W. Morrow, JD, MS, RN, CENP, Interim Chief Operating Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, and System Chief Nursing Executive, Rush University Medical Center Nida Shekhani, Chief Strategy Officer and Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM	Panel	1. Inside the C-Suite: AI and Tech Strategies from Health System CEOs	Sunil Eappen, MD, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer, The University of Vermont Health Network David Lubarsky, MD, MBA, FASA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Westchester Medical Center Health
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM	Panel	4. Beyond Fee-for-Service: The Financial Playbook for Value-Based Care Success	Claire Agnew, CPA, MBA, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Valleywise Health Jessica Martensen, RN, MBA, FACHE, Vice President, Population Care Management Programs, Essentia Health Andrew Molosky, MBA, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chapters Health System Luke Rockenbach, Chief Financial Officer, Silicon Valley Division, Sutter Health
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM	Panel	7. The Future of Social Determinants: Funding Initiatives That Matter	Yvonne Collins, MD, FACOG, Chief Medical Officer, CountyCare Bhrandon Harris, MD, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Illinois Hospital & Health System Janelle Headley, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Associate Vice President, Nursing, Texas Medical Center, Memorial Hermann Health System Lisa Laurent, MD, MBA, MS-HQSM, CPE, FAAPL, FIOM, Chief Medical Officer, Providence Saint Joseph Burbank Debra Wesley, MSW, President, Sinai Community Institute; Executive Vice President, Community Outreach, Sinai Chicago
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM	Panel	9. The 2026 COO Roadmap to Operational Success	Aaron Hajart, MS, ATC, FACHE, Chief Operating Officer, Community Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility Tim Johnsen, MS, MBA, FACHE, CPPS, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Presbyterian Healthcare Services Gretchen M. Leiterman, Chief Operating Officer, Baptist Health Louisville Iliana A. Mora, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Sinai Chicago
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM	Panel	10. Fostering Growth: Addressing Key Challenges at Leading Academic Medical Centers	Bill Atkinson, Vice President, Clinical Operations, MD Anderson Cancer Center Scott Jessie, DHA, MSN, MBA, RN, CNS, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer, SUNY Upstate University Hospital David Marcozzi, MD, MHS-CL, Chief Clinical Officer, University of Maryland Medical Center; Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs, University of Maryland School of Medicine Deborah Mordecai, DNP, MS, MA, CNM, CENP, Associate Chief Nursing Officer, University of Texas Medical Branch Lance R. McMahon, PhD, Executive Vice President, Research and Innovation, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM	Panel	11. Long-Term Population Health Strategies That Work	Carrie Harris-Muller, Chief Population Health Officer, OhioHealth Veronica Mallett, MD MMM, Chief Administrative Officer More in Common Alliance, CommonSpirit Health Sara Matus, Vice President, Loma Linda University Health Hospitals Maruf Rahman, Vice President, Community and Population Health, RWJBarnabas Health
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM	Panel	12. Leadership Redefined: Developing Tomorrow's Executive Leaders	Denise Boykin, CPA, MBA, CHFP, Vice President, System and Strategic Finance, Ascension Amy Davis, Vice Chair, Midwest Research Administration, Mayo Clinic LeAnn Hess, MBA, MHA, MLS, Associate Vice President, Laboratory Operations, Geisinger Health Shruti Nathan, MBA, Group Vice President, Strategic Operations and President Staff Chief, Advocate Health Care Donnie Rosario, MLS, MBA, System Vice President, Laboratory Services, CommonSpirit Health
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM	Panel	13. Forecasting AI’s Role Amid Healthcare Transformation	Jonathan Austrian, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Inpatient Clinical Informatics, NYU Langone Health Darrell Bodnar, Chief Information Officer, North Country Healthcare Tracy Donegan, MHA, Chief Information and Innovation Officer, MLK Community Healthcare Ngan MacDonald, Chief, Data Operations, Institute for AI in Medicine, Northwestern University
11:35 AM - 12:15 PM	Panel	14. Clinical Leadership’s Role in Advancing Quality and Safety	Alex Barkan, MD, MBA, FACS, Vice Chairman and Surgery Director, Bariatrics, Richmond University Hospital Brandi Fields, DNP, Vice President Clinical Services Quality Improvement, UK Kings Daughters Nadeem Rahman, MD, Vice Chair for Enterprise Outreach, Intensive Care and Resuscitation, Integrated Hospital Care Unit, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Preetham Talari, MD, MBA, FACHE, Vice President, Clinical Transformation, Ballad Health Michael White, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, Valleywise Health
12:25 PM - 1:25 PM	Networking Opportunities	Networking Luncheon in the Exhibit Hall
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM	Panel	1. The Expanding Influence of Hospital CFOs	Ellen Barlis, Chief Financial Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi/North Central Bronx Jeff Daneff, Chief Financial Officer, Central Coast Market, CommonSpirit Health Kyle Glass, Regional Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Lisa Urbistondo, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Regional Hospital Division, Emory Healthcare
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM	Panel	2. Bold CEOs Lead in Patient-Centered Care Strategy	Melisa Adkins, EJD, MBA, BSN, RN, Chief Executive Officer, UofL Health – Mary & Elizabeth Hospital with oversight of Peace Hospital and South Hospital Trevor Brand, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer, Sutter Delta Medical Center Meghan Doyle, MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Partum Health
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM	Panel	3. CFOs' Plans to Future-Proof Health Systems	Sham Firdausi, MBA, MPH, MSc, CHFP, ACHE, Chief Financial Officer, ScionHealth, Watertown Regional Cheyenne Holland, Chief Financial Officer, Gifford Health Care Noel Sousa, Chief Financial Officer, University of Maryland Medical System
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM	Panel	7. Critical Upstream Factors Shaping Nursing Leadership	Frances Kelly, PhD, MSN, RNC-OB, NEA-BC, CPHQ, CPPS, Assistant Chief Nursing Officer, USA Health, Children’s and Women’s Hospital Desi McCue, DNP, MBA, RN, CENP, FACHE, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center Theresa McDonnell, DNP, RN, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive, Duke University Health System John Voight, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM	Panel	8. Chief Medical Officers on Patient Safety: What Works and Why	Elissa Charbonneau, DO, MS, Chief Medical Officer, Encompass Health Corporation Mayank Shah, MD, MBA, FAAFP, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Advocate Condell Medical Center, Advocate Health Anup Singh, MD, MBA, MS, FCCP, Chief Medical Executive, Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital Craig Walls, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, Natividad Medical Center
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM	Panel	9. The CEO Playbook: Finding Growth and Opportunity Out of Chaos	Scott Kashman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside Patrick Sanders, Chief Executive Officer, Montrose Adult Behavioral Hospital Michael Stapleton, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer, Thompson Health Thomas W. Scott, President and Chief Executive Officer, CentraState Healthcare System
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM	Panel	10. Driving Outcomes Through Equity and Core Values	Lisa Fino, Chief Access Officer and Patient Experience Officer, Temple Faculty Physicians, Temple Health C.J. Marbley, RN, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Nursing Officer & Vice President, Patient Care Services, New Orleans East Hospital and University Medical Center New Orleans Carol Mention, Executive Director, Critical Care Services, Cedars Sinai Medical Center Anna Flattau, MD, MSc, MS, Alumni Professor and Chair, Family and Community Medicine; Enterprise Chief, Primary Care Services, Jefferson Health
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM	Panel	11. Innovating Ambulatory Strategies to Elevate Whole-Person Care	Nancy Beran, MD, MHCDS, FACP, CPE, Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Ambulatory, Northwell Health Judy L. Frum, RRT, BSN, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Memorial Hospital West Judy Hollingsworth, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Associate Vice Chair, Clinical Operations and Executive Administrator, Ambulatory Services, Riley Children’s Health Amy Nyberg, President, Ambulatory Services, Jefferson Health
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM	Panel	12. Health Systems Take Bold Action to Strengthen Talent Pipelines	Alan Cooper, PhD, Chief Performance Officer and Vice President, Organizational Learning and Innovation, Catholic Health Jean Ann Larson, EdD, MBA, BSIE, FACHE, LFHIMSS, FIISE, Senior Associate Dean for Leadership Development, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Chief Leadership Development Officer, UAB Medicine Ali Madha, Corporate Chief Operating Officer, Insight Health Systems Sherri Peavy, DHA, MBA, RN, Vice President, Ambulatory and Physician Services, LCMC Healthcare
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM	Panel	13. The Power of Generative AI in Health Systems	Donna Peters, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, TriHealth Aaron Rucker, MBA, Chief Information Officer, Murray-Calloway County Hospital Michael Saad, Chief Information Officer, Munson Healthcare Ryan Vervack, Chief Technology Officer, University of Maryland Medical System
1:30 PM - 2:10 PM	Panel	14. Diverse Leadership Dynamics: Building Tomorrow's Organizations Today	Vinay Bhooma, MD, MBA, CPE, CMQ, President SSM Health Medical Group Southern Illinois Region Chief Medical Officer, SSM Health Elizabeth A. Connolly, JD, ARM, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Sinai Health System Caroline Deskin, MHA, MEd, Associate Chief Clinical Operations Officer, Therapy Services, UI Health Kristin Spurr, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CNOR, CPAN, Assistant Vice President, MedStar Health
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM	Keynote Panel	1. Executive Strategies for Financially Resilient Health Systems	Eduardo Conrado, President, Ascension Saurabh Tripathi, Chief Financial Officer, Ascension Amber Sims, Chief Strategy Officer, Ascension
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. The Next Evolution of Clinical Leadership	Elizabeth Brill, MD, MBA, FACOG, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Veterans Health Administration Leong Koh, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwest Permanente
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM	Fireside Chat	3. Fireside Chat: Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, Chief Quality and Clinical Transformation Officer, University Hospitals	Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, Chief Quality and Clinical Transformation Officer, University Hospitals
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM	Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:20 PM - 3:55 PM	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Vision 2035: The Bold Ideas Transforming U.S. Healthcare	Amanda Mikhail, Division Chair, Research Innovation and Digital Solutions, Mayo Clinic
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Networking Opportunities	Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

Time	Session Type	Name	Speakers
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM	Networking Opportunities	Exhibit Hall Hours
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Networking Opportunities	Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall & Registration Opens
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	Keynote Interview	1. Keynote Interview with Rob Allen, CEO at Intermountain Health	Rob Allen, Chief Executive Officer, Intermountain Health
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Health System Leadership in an Era of Disruption	Melinda Hancock, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Sentara Health
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	Semi-Keynote Panel	3. Clinical Leadership Next Steps: Bold Ideas for Quality Impact	Andy Anderson, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality Officer, RWJBarnabas Health Mary Breslin-Rodriguez, Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Ballad Health Lewanza Harris, MD, MPH, MBA, MS, Chief Quality Officer, Emory Healthcare Ericka Powell, MD, MBA, FACEP, Vice President, Medical Affairs, WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Tipu Puri, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, University of Chicago Medical Center
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	2. CEO Perspective: What Healthcare C-suites Need to Adapt Quickly	Steven Airhart, Group Chief Executive Officer, Hartgrove Behavioral Health System and Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital Jay S. Grider, DO, PhD, MBA, Chief Quality Officer and Chief Executive Officer, Kentucky Medical Services Foundation, University of Kentucky Aidan Hettler, MSHCT, Chief Executive Officer, Sedgwick County Health Center Sandra Scott, MD, Interim Chief Executive Officer, One Brooklyn Health Kenneth Waller, MBA, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer, Norwalk Community Health Center
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	4. Leading with Purpose in Value-driven Healthcare	Katherine Burnworth, President, Imperial Valley Healthcare District Matthew Mattner, MS, Chief Operations Officer, Fisher-Titus Health Susan Moffatt-Bruce, MD, PhD, President, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Beth Israel Lahey Health; Professor, Surgery, UMass Chan-Lahey Medical School David G. Baytos, President, Methodist Olive Branch Hospital
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	6. The Trust Equation: Fostering a Culture of Confidence in Healthcare	Frank Farkash, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, Chief Nursing Officer, Mercy Health Clermont Hospital Robert Ghafar, MBA, RTT, Vice President, Procedures and Therapeutic Operations, MD Anderson Cancer Center D. Richelle Heldwein, MPH, B.S.R.T.(R)(ARRT), CPHRM, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, St Johns Health Jonathan D. Washko, MBA, FACPE, NRP, AEMD, Assistant Vice President, CEMS Operations, Northwell Health;, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Pre-hospital and Disaster Medicine, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra, Northwell Health Tahlia L. Weis, MD, PhD, FACS, FSVS, Chair, Vascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Eau Claire
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	7. Engage Nursing Teams for Superior Patient Care: Bold Initiatives	Alonna Adair, Chief Nurse Executive, Claremore Indian Hospital Cameron Elgin, DNP, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, Cone Health Brit Guccini, MSN, Chief Nursing Officer, Silverton Medical Center, Legacy Health Silvia Sarmiento, MSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, San Dimas Community Hospital
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	8. Clinicians to C-Suite: Breaking Barriers in Healthcare Executive Roles	Leah N. Delfinado, MD, FACOG, MSCP, Designated Institutional Official, Advocate Health Nicole Fox, MD, MPH, FACS, CPE, Associate Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director, Pediatric Trauma, Cooper University Health Care Arsalan Sheikh, DO, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Cecil Campus, ChristianaCare Jamie Wiggins, PhD, MBA, RN, FACHE, FAAN, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Arkansas Children's
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	9. The 2026 Workforce: CFO and COO Strategies to Win the Next 5 Years	Jonathan Kyriacou, Chief Operating Officer, The Mount Sinai Hospital Amy E. Lee, MBA, MBHA, MJ, FACMPE, President and Chief Operating Officer, Nantucket Cottage Hospital Mary Martin, Chief Operating Officer, Duke University Hospital Tony Violetta, MPA, FACHE, Chief Operating Officer, BayCare Clinic
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	10. Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce Using Long-Term Talent Strategies in AMCs	Paola Buitrago, PhD, RN, Vice President, Workforce Optimization and Strategy, Emory Healthcare Maryam Saeri, MBA, Chief Administrative Officer, University of Chicago
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	11. The Next Evolution of Health Equity and Patient Care	Alyson K. Myers, MD, Professor of Medicine, Associate Chair, Faculty Mentoring and Community Engagement and Attending Endocrinologist, Montefiore Einstein Ruby Skinner, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Dignity Health, Community Hospital of San Bernardino Wanita Thorpe, MBA, Director of Administration, Hartford Hospital Community Health Clinics
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	12. Cultivating Visionary Leaders in Healthcare	Stephen Bardoczi, MHA/FACHE, Vice President, Planning and Senior Services and Administrator, Extended Care Unit, Witham Health Services Blake Evans, MBA, CHFP, System Vice President, Revenue Cycle, Rush University Medical Center J.R. Greene, FACHE, Founder and Vice Chair, Psychiatric Medical Care Jason Raidbard, MPA, FACMPE, Executive Administrator, University of Chicago
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	13. Optimizing Patient-Centered Ambulatory Services for the Digital Age	Airica Powell-Steed, Ed.D, MBA, RN, CSSMBB, FACHE, IASSC, Interim Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Loretto Hospital Network Anna Liza Rodriguez, MHA, MSN, RN, OCN, NEA-BC, Vice President, Nursing and Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, Fox Chase Cancer Center Gian Varbaro, MD, Vice President, Ambulatory Services, Chief Medical Officer, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	14. How Clinical Leaders Raise the Bar in Quality and Safety Standards	Matthew Ducsik, MPH, Vice President, Providence Clinical Institutes, Providence Dani Hackner, MD, MBA, Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical and Academic Officer, Southcoast Health System Amit Vashist, MD, MBA, FACHE, Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, Ballad Health Anthony Warmuth, MPA, FACHE, CPHQ, CPPS, Vice President, Clinical and Operational Improvement, Cleveland Clinic
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM	Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in Riverside Exhibit Hall
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Panel	1. Charting the Future: Key Growth Areas for Hospital CFOs
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Fireside Chat	1. Fireside Chat - Robert Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health	Robert Garrett, Chief Executive Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Panel	6. The Future of Virtual Nursing: Insights, Innovations, and Impact	Teresa Conyers, DNP, MSN, RN, CENP, Associate Chief Nursing Officer, The Christ Hospital Health Network Shakira Henderson, PhD, DNP, MS, MPH, MBA, Dean, College of Nursing; System Chief Nurse Executive, UF Health Jessica Sadowski, MBA, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, Providence St. Mary Medical Center Mila Sprouse, EdD, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, NE-BC, Chief Nursing Officer, North Puget Sound Region, Providence Michelle Watson, Chief Nurse Executive and Senior Vice President Clinical Operations, LIFEPOINT HEALTH
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Panel	7. The CNO’s Guide to Lasting Success	Paula Correa, DNP, MBA, RN, CEN, NE-BC, Chief Nursing Officer, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, High Point Medical Center Olieth G. Lightbourne, DNP, MSN, BSN, CNL, Chief Nurse Executive, Streamwood Behavioral Health System Joy White, DNP, MBA, RN, WHNP-BC, PMHNP, Vice President/Chief Nursing & Operations Officer, Legacy Health Adrienne Schultz, MSN, RN, HN-BC, NEA-BC, Vice President, Administration and Chief Nursing Officer, Aurora Lakeland Medical Center and Aurora Medical Center Burlington, Advocate Health
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Panel	8. How Community Hospitals Drive SDOH Innovation	Edison Bond, MPH, MDiv, DMin, EdD, CPXP, Chief Experience Officer, Episcopal Health services Alisha Bronne, MBA, CPXP, Chief Experience Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx Jilian White, MD, Vice President, Medical Affairs, WellSpan Health
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Panel	9. Strengthening Rural Health for Sustainable Success	William Davis, MBA, CLSS, President, Illinois Region, Deaconess Illinois Wayne Gillis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Trampas Hutches, MHA, Regional President, MaineHealth Mountain Region Gregory Bryant, Director, North Texas Medical Center
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Panel	10. Fostering a Supportive Environment for Women in Healthcare	Kimberly Cantees, MD, MBA, Clinical Director, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Luis Garcia, MD, FACS, MBA, FACHE, President, Rush Medical Group, Rush University Medical Center Jamie Hess, MD, MMM, President, UW Medical Foundation (Physician Practice Plan), UW Health Tomi Kolade, MD, MS, Assistant Chief Medical Information Officer, UTHealth Houston Rani Morrison Williams, MS, MSW, LCSW, FACHE, CDE, Chief Diversity and Community Health Equity Officer, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Panel	11. How Leading Systems Plan for Patient Growth and the Rising Patient Demand	Joseph P. Anton, Chief Operating Officer, Jersey City Medical Center, RWJBarnabas Health Elizabeth L. Armstrong, MBA, Vice President, Ambulatory and Ancillary Services, Greater Silicon Valley Division, Sutter Health Patty Donley, RN, President, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital; System Vice President, WellSpan Health Sharon Klarman, MHL, BSN, CCTC, Associate Vice President, Solid Organ Transplantation and VAD, Tufts Medical Center
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Panel	12. From Potential to Power: Advancing the Next Wave of Healthcare Leaders	Jenny Collopy, Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, The Christ Hospital Health Network Ethel Hoffman, MBA, FHFMA, Vice President, Payor Contracting and Relationships, Tower Health Linda Mchugh, MBA, Executive Vice President and Chief Experience and People Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health Keisha Mullings Smith, HCMBA, Vice President & Chief Consumer Experience Officer, UChicago Medicine
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Panel	13. The Future of Healthcare C-suite Diversity and Commitment to Equity	Ildemaro Gonzalez, MBA, System Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, Rush University System for Health Anahita Masoumi, DNP, MBA, MSN, RN, Chief Administrative Officer, Transplant Institute and Vice President, Transplant Institute and Digestive Diseases, University of Chicago Medicine Dawn Rock-Tremble, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Encompass Health Ralph D. Turner, DBA, FACHE, President, Wellstar Medical College of Georgia Health; Senior Vice President, Wellstar
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Panel	14. Enhancing the Pipeline with High School Programs	Samir Desai, Vice President, DE&I and People Strategy, Endeavor Health Dionne Dixon, PhD, Regional Executive Director, NW, CommonSpirit Health Micah Eimer, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Cardiology Division, Northwestern Medicine Bryan Sisk, DNP, RN, Chief Nursing Executive, Memorial Hermann Health System
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	1. The Generative AI Revolution: What It Means for Healthcare Operations	Anita Ho, PhD, MPH, Vice President, Ethics, California Region, CommonSpirit Health Yuan Luo, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA, FIAHSI, Chief AI Officer and Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Aniket Navalkar, Vice President, Surveys and Insights, Advocate Health Rishi Tripathi, MBA, CISSP, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Mount Sinai Health System
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	3. Building a Resilient and Innovative Supply Chain	George S. Godfrey, Chief Supply Chain Officer and Corporate Vice President, Financial Shared Services, Baptist Health South Florida Saul Kredi, MBA, Chief Supply Chain Officer and Vice President, Memorial Healthcare System Dave Marcelletti, Division Chair, Supply Chain Operations, Mayo Clinic
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	5. Navigating Quality and Performance in Stressful Times	Sheranda M. Fesler, PhD, RN, FNAHQ, NE-BC, CPHQ, CPPS, CPHFH, RNC-NIC, Vice President, Quality and Safety, HCA Houston Healthcare Amy Margeson, MBA, BSN, RN, Group Vice President, Quality, Advocate Health Raji Thomas, DNP, MBA, CPHQ, CPPS, Chief Quality Officer, Cook County Health Shephali H. Wulff, DO, System Vice President, Quality and Safety, SSM Health
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	7. What Drives Patient Safety Success? Chief Medical Officers Share Their Stories	Ian Jasenof, MD, FACOG, MHA, CPE, Chief Medical Officer, Mile Square Health Center, UI Health Nirmit Kothari, MD, MPH, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Baptist Memorial Hospital – Memphis John Krueger, MD, MPH, Undersecretary, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality Officer, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health Geralda Xavier, MD, MPH, MBA, FACEP, Regional Chief Medical Officer, Atlantic Health System
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	8. Strategies for Growing Bold, Visionary Clinical Leaders	Dennis L. Disch, MD, MMM, CPHQ, Vice President, Hospital-Based Specialties, Illinois and Wisconsin Divisions, Advocate Health Shaker M. Eid, MD, MBA, CPE, FACHE, SFHM, Associate Vice President, Medical Operations, Memorial Hermann Health System Tammy Gleeson, DO, Executive Chief Surgery Care Center, Chief Thoracic Surgery and Program Director Robotic, Southcoast Health System Andrea Saenim, MBA, Vice President, Operations, Medical and Surgical Specialties, Northwestern Medicine Health Network
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	9. The Shift in Healthcare Economics and Policy: What Leaders Need to Know	Terri Hanlon-Bremer, MSN, RN, Executive Vice President and System Chief Operating Officer, TriHealth Gil Padula, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Market Medical Director, Case Management, St. Elizabeth Hospital and Youngstown Market, Bon Secours Mercy Health Robin Rose, RN, BSN, MHA, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Clinical Officer, Gibson Area Hospital Talee Vang, PsyD, Vice President, Health Equity, Hennepin Healthcare Eric Witte, DPT, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Genesis Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	11. Quality Care Under Pressure: Best Practices for Health Systems	Stephanie Calcasola, MSN, RN-BC, CPHQ, Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Hartford Healthcare Patrick Godwin, MD, MBA, Associate Chief Medical Officer for Quality, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center Nio Queiro, Chief Strategy Officer, Nashville General Hospital Thomas Spiegel, MD, MBA, MS, Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, UChicago Medicine Melissa Spiering, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Vice President, Quality and Regulatory, Wisconsin Division, Advocate Health
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	12. Executive Evolution: Preparing Leaders for a New Era of Healthcare	Joshua Beardsley, MBA, PA-C, System Vice President, Neurosciences and Spine Service Lines, UofL Health James Burroughs, Senior Vice President, Government and Community Relations, Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer, Children's Minnesota Alan Mcqueen, Vice President, Supply Chain, Duly Health and Care Loren Rufino, Sr Vice President Perioperative Services, Inova Health System
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	13. Maximizing EHR Efficiency: Best Practices for User-Centric Design	William Kumprey, MD, FAAEM, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Emergency Medicine and Emergency Physician, ThedaCare Briana Rygg, Assistant Vice President, Information Solutions & Services and Chief Applications Officer, RUSH University System for Health
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	14. Cutting Variations, Improving Outcomes: Clinical Pathways that Deliver Consistency	Frederick L. Greene, MD, FACS, Medical Director, Cancer Data Services, Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute Michelle Hamilton, DO, MBA, Chief Officer Innovation and Clinical Excellence, Mason Health Elham Yousef, MD. MBA. FACP, Vice preseident and Chief Clinical Integration, Standerdization and Speciality Care Officer, Hackensack Meredian Health Robert D. Winfield, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery, Vice Chair, Academic Affairs and Chief, Acute Care Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center Sriram Vissa, MD, FACHE, FACP, FSHM, CPE, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Medical Affairs, SSM Health DePaul Hospital
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM	Networking Opportunities	Networking Luncheon in the Exhibit Hall
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	1. Sustainable Health System Expansion for the Next Decade	Peter D. Banko, President and Chief Executive Officer, Baystate Health Lynne Fiscus, MD, MPH, President and Chief Executive Officer, UNC Physicians Network Christopher Newman, MD, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mary Washington Healthcare Rob Sumter, PhD, Market Chief Operating Officer, Ascension
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	2. What Comes Next in Healthcare Policy and Regulation	Dai Chung, President and Chief Medical Officer, Children's Health Jeremiah J. Hodshire, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hillsdale Hospital R. Kyle Kramer, FACCA, FAAMA, Chief Executive Officer, Day Kimball Healthcare Mike Schroyer, RN, MSN, MBA, FACHE, President, Baptist Health Floyd
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	6. Tomorrow's Talent, Today: Designing a Resilient Nursing Workforce and Pipeline
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	6. Tomorrow’s Talent, Today: Designing a Resilient Nursing Workforce and Pipeline	Paul Coyne, DNP, MBA, MS, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive, Hospital for Special Surgery Ceonne Houston-Raasikh, DNP, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, Keck Medicine of USC, Keck Hospital Brandy Johnson, MSN, CCRN, Director, Nursing, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist - High Point Medical Center Elizabeth Squires, DNP, RN, CRRN, NEA-BC, Vice President, Nursing Operations, Encompass Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	7. Unlocking Growth Strategies for Outpatient and Ambulatory Services	Amber Campbell, DBA, MBA, FACHE, Ambulatory Chief Executive Officer, Greater Central Valley Division, Sutter Gould Medical Foundation Mohammed Quadri, MD, MBA, Vice President, Strategy, Academics, Research and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian Health Naomi West, PharmD, MBA, Assistant Vice President, Community Care, Outpatient and Community Care Management, Atrium Health Kurt Koczent, RN, FACHE, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, University of Rochester - Thompson Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	8. Building Smarter Alliances in Population Health	Randy Farmer, MS, MEd, Chief Operating Officer, Delaware Health Information Network Kate Lawler, Senior Vice President, Community Engagement, Endeavor Health Shannon Wilson, Vice President, Population Health, Priority Health Jeff Zakem, System Program Director, Community Impact and Equity, Endeavor Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	9. Health Equity as a Leadership Imperative	Michelle Majerus, MBA, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer, Avera Holy Family Hospital Jill Wiedemann-West, MA, Chief Executive Officer, People Incorporated Mental Health Services
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	11. Voice of the Patient: Turning Feedback into Actionable Strategy	Wren Lester, PhD, Chief Experience Officer, ChristianaCare Tim Plante, MSN, RN, Region Chief Nursing Officer, Central Region, CommonSpirit Health Molly Biwer, Chief Marketing Officer, Emory Healthcare Kristen Muldowney, Vice President, Primary Care and Digestive Health, RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	12. Rethinking Talent Development Amid AI and Healthcare Delivery Transformation	Richard Beatty, MBA, Executive Vice President, Ninala Medical Center Linh Dang, Chief Experience Officer, Cook County Health Alfonso Vega, MBA, Vice President, Business Planning and Integration, AltaMed Trevor Walker, Senior Vice President, Talent, Learning and Capabilities, CommonSpirit Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	13. Data-Driven Healthcare: Leading in the Information Era	Mayil Dharmarajan, Vice President, Data and Analytics, UC Irvine Health Joseph Izzo, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, San Joaquin General Hospital Joyce Lee, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, University Hospital Ann Arbor MI Sandeep Rustagi, PhD, Chief Data Analytics Officer, University of Mississippi Medical Center
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	14. Navigating Hospital M&A: What Deals Are Shaping Healthcare's Future?	Bob Ridlen, Vice President, Corporate Development, Ardent Health Tracea R. Saraliev, Board Member, PIH Health; Board Member,, Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	1. Strategic Planning When Policy is Unpredictable	Laura Irvine, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Experience Officer, Texas Health Resources
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	4. The Playbook for Building Resilient Teams and Organizations	Gina R. Hawley, DrPH, MHA, Chief Operating Officer, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics Raaj Kurapati, Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Lisa Rosenberg, Chief Operating Officer, UNC Health Medical Group
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	6. Translating Clinical Best Practices into System Wide Impact	Dillon Bannis, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Chicago, Insight Health System Toyia James-Stevenson, MD, MBA, Chief Physician Executive, IU Health Gregg Nicandri, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Rochester Medical Center Ria Paul, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine; Chief Medical Officer, Santa Clara Family Health Plan
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	7. Nursing Career Evolution: Tackling Challenges, Creating Opportunities	Tiffany Murdock, BSN, MSN, MBA, DNP, System CNO, Ochsner Health System Stacey-Ann Okoth, PhD, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, Chief Nursing Executive Officer, Mountain Division, CommonSpirit Health Marshall Stephenson, MSN, RN, CCRN, MBA, Vice President, Nursing, Children's Health
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	8. Bold Moves in Clinical Leadership: Elevating Quality and Impact	Jimmy Chung, MD, MBA, FACS, CPE, Chief Medical Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health Jinel Scott, MD, MBA, Chief Quality Officer, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Quality and Associate Professor, Clinical Radiology, Kings County, NYC Health + Hospitals Amy Tucker, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Upstate University Hospital Sunil Verma, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Ambulatory, UCI Health Pooja Vyas, DO, MBA, CPE, System Vice President, Care Coordination and Physician Advisement, SSM Health
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	9. Rural Healthcare's Survival: The Next 5 Years	Victor Bycroft, MHA, BSN, RN, Chief Nursing Executive, Humboldt County Memorial Hospital Joe Caristi, Chief Financial Officer, Speare Memorial Hospital Bren Lowe, MHA, MPA, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer, McLeod Health Cheraw Mary D. Strasser, MHL, Senior Vice President, Population Health, Essentia Health
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	10. Transforming Patient Care with Predictive Analytics	Chad Konchak, System Assistant Vice President of Data Analytics, Endeavor Health Neil Ray, MD, MBA, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, Duke University Medical Center Vimal Ramjee, MD, Director, Cardiovascular CT Program, Memorial Hospital
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	11. Advancing Care Models: Leadership Tactics for Operational Excellence	Kimberly S. Gecsi, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Specialty Practice, Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs and Professor, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Community Physicians Salim S. Hayek, MD, Vice President, Chief Transformation Officer, and Interim Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch Steve Smith, Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Contact Center and Access, Inova Health System Sharda Udassi, MD, FAAP, FIQua, CMQ, Associate Chief Quality Officer, WVU Health System
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	12. Redefining the C-Suite: Strategies to Grow and Elevate Healthcare Talent	Arthur A. Gianelli, MBA, MPH, FACHE, Chief Transformation Officer, Mount Sinai Health System Daniel Messina, PhD, FACHE, LNHA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Richmond University Medical Center Jamie Phillips, MHA, FACHE, President and Chief Operating Officer, Seattle Children’s Garrett South, MPH, CPXP, Chief Experience Officer, CommonSpirit Health
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	13. Digital Innovations Reshaping the Patient Care Continuum	Paul Casey, MD, MBA, FACEP, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Rush University System for Health Mark Coticchia, Corporate Vice President, Innovation, Baptist Health South Florida Dona Landers, Director, Digital Marketing, The Christ Hospital Health Network Melanie Thomas, MBA, Chief Information Officer, Nashville General Hospital
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	14. Meeting the Demand: Health Systems Navigating the Patient Influx	Vicki Diep, MHA, Vice President, Operations, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare Kerri Elsabrout, DNP, MBA, RN, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Patient Care Services, White Plains Hospital James Mladucky, AIA, ACHA, Vice President, Design and Construction, Indiana University Health Bradley Tieszen, MPA, CMPE, Vice President, Specialty Services, Parkview Health
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM	Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	Fireside Chat	2. Fireside Chat with Jokim Reiser, CEO at UTAB	Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD, President, University of Texas Medical Branch; Professor, John Sealy School of Medicine; John D. Stobo, MD Distinguished Chair; Chief Executive Officer, UTMB Health System
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	Semi-Keynote Panel	3. Decade-Defining Healthcare Innovations on the Horizon	Nolan Chang, MD, Executive Vice President, Strategy, Corporate Development, and Finance, The Permanente Federation; Regional Medical Director, Business Management, Southern California Permanente Medical Group
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Networking Opportunities	Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

Time	Session Type	Name	Speakers
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Networking Opportunities	Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall & Registration Opens
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM	Networking Opportunities	Exhibit Hall Hours
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	Keynote Panel	1. The Future of Healthcare AI and Winning the Next Decade	Michael Pfeffer, MD, FACP, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Stanford Health Care; Associate Dean and Clinical Professor, Stanford School of Medicine Shafiq Rab, MD, Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer and System Chief Information Officer, Tufts Medicine Gurmeet Sran, MD, Chief Clinical Data Science Officer, CommonSpirit Health Luis Taveras, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Jefferson Health
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Building Enterprisewide Resilient Leadership for the Future	Melissa Golombek, RN, DNP, MHCM, NE-BC, CPN, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, Tampa General Hospital
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	Semi-Keynote Panel	3. The Evolving Role of Effective Healthcare CEOs	Nkem Chukwumerije, MD, MHA, President and Executive Medical Director, The Southeast Permanente Medical Group
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	Semi-Keynote Panel	4. Beyond the Crisis: Redefining Healthcare Supply Chains for Tomorrow	Derrick Billups, Vice President, Supply Chain, UC Health Bob Taylor, MBA, Senior Vice President, Supply, RWJBarnabas Health
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	Keynote Panel	10. Growth Strategies for AMCs: Expanding Impact Through Research, Education, and Clinical Innovation	Robert Corona, DO, MBA, John B. Henry Professor of Pathology, SUNY Upstate Medical University; Chief Executive Officer, SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital Omar Lateef, DO, President and Chief Executive Officer, Rush University System for Health and Rush University Medical Center
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	1. Building Winning Digital Health Strategies for Patient-Centered Care	Amaka Eneanya, MD, MPH, Former Chief Transformation Officer, Emory Healthcare Shayna Long, MSN, RN, Director, Clinical Informatics, UC Irvine Health Donna Roach, MS, CHCIO, CDH-E, LFCHIME, LFHIMSS, Chief Information Officer, University of Utah Health
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	2. The CEO Edge: Navigating Chaos with Clarity and Confidence	Ngozi Ezike, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sinai Chicago Darian Harris, MHA, Chief Executive Officer, Sutter Health Mills-Peninsula Medical Center Deborah Visconi, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Jason Glover, Chief Executive Officer, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	4. Navigate Financial Crosswinds for Sustainable Growth in Healthcare	Sharla Baenen, MSN, RN, FABC, Chief Operating Officer, Bellin Region, Emplify Health Christopher R. Bjornberg, Chief Executive Officer, Imperial Valley Healthcare District Bashar Naser, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, CHRISTUS Southern New Mexico
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	7. The CNO Roadmap for Building Foundations for Future Success	David Allen, DNP, RN, CCNS-BC, CCRN, Division Chief Nursing Officer, Adult Services, OU Health Athena Minor, DNP, MSN, RN, CNCO, Chief Nursing and Clinical Officer, Ohio County Healthcare Beena Peters, DNP, RN, FACHE, FABC, FAAN, System Chief Nursing Executive, Cook County Health Ronda Sweet, DNP, RN, CENP, Chief Nursing Officer, North Mississippi Medical Center Gilmore-Amory
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	8. Evolving Patient Care Models: Pioneering Population Health Strategies	Rajan Gurunathan, MD, FACP, Vice President and Regional Chief Quality Officer, Southern Market, Hackensack Meridian Health System Karen Janousek, MBA, Chief Population Health and Growth Officer, Sinai Chicago Diane Shifley, PT, DPT, System Assistant Vice President, Post-Acute Services and Population Health, Endeavor Health Timothy L. Switaj, MD, MBA, MHA, Vice President, Chief Population Health Officer and Associate Chief Medical Officer, Primary Care Service Line, WellSpan Health Shital Tanna, MD, Assistant Vice President, Population Health, Advocate Health
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	9. Strategic Approaches to Advancing Health Equity and Diversity	Shannon Bradley, MBA, CDP, LSSGB, Chief Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Keck Medicine of USC Helen Margellos-Anast, DrPH, MPH, President, Sinai Urban Health Institute, Sinai Chicago Nneka O. Sederstrom, PhD, MPH, MA, FCCP, FCCM, Chief Health Equity Officer, Hennepin Healthcare
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	10. The Promise and Potential of Generative AI in Academic Healthcare	Krishnaj Gourab, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Institute; System Medical Director, Post-Acute Care, University of Maryland Medical System Girish N. Nadkarni, MD, MPH, Fishberg Professor of Medicine; Chair, Windreich Department of AI and Human Health; Director, Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health and Inaugural Chief AI Officer, Mount Sinai Health System Jason T. Schaffer, MD, MBI, FACEP, Vice President, Chief Medical Information Officer and Associate Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine, Indiana University Health Greg Sieg, Chief Information Security Officer, University of Michigan Health Regional Network
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	11. The COOs Charting the Future of Operational Excellence	Soula Banich, Chief Operations Officer, IU Health North Hospital and IU Health Saxony Hospital Robert M. Insoft, MD, FAAP, Chief Operating Officer, Franciscan Children's Hospital, Boston Children's System Stephen Merz, FACHE, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Sheppard Pratt Solutions Carlos E. Vasquez, FACHE, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Franciscan Health Rensselaer
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	12. What Tomorrow’s Healthcare Executive Teams Need to Thrive	Michael Antoniades, MPA, President, UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital Holly Lee, MHA, CIA, Vice President and Chief Audit Executive, Parkview Health David Ohm, Chief Strategic Development Officer, MultiCare Health System Egondu Onuoha-Nwaokorie, MS, RDN, CDN, IBCLC, CDCES, GPC, FAND, FILCA, Vice President, Special Programs, Business Development and Real Estate, The Brooklyn Hospital Center
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	13. From Vision to Execution: Structuring Teams for Breakthrough Results	Ronald Beer, Chief Administrative Officer, Northeast Region, Geisinger Adele Renee Johnson-Kebe Adele Renee Johnson-Kebe, MSML, PHR, SHRM-CP, CHRO, Dayton Children's Hospital Amy Jordan, MPA, SPHR, PMP, Chief Human Resources Officer, Colorado West Healthcare System dba Community Hospital
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	14. The Tech-Enabled Care Team: Driving Efficiency and Impact for Physicians	Nariman Heshmati, MD, MBA, FACOG, Chief Physician & Operations Executive, Lee Physician Group (Fort Myers, FL) Deepti Pandita, MD, FACP, FAMIA, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Vice President, Clinical Informatics and Associate Professor, Medicine, University of California Irvine Health Sowmya Viswanathan, MD, MHCH, MBA, FACP, Chief Physician Executive, BayCare Health System
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM	Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in Riverside Exhibit Hall
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Keynote Panel	1. Margin, Mission + Market Pressure: CEO + CFO Straight Talk	Cheryl Sadro, CPA, MSM, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine; Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Johns Hopkins Health System Shelly Schorer, Chief Financial Officer, California Division, CommonSpirit Health
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Funding Health System Transformation in an Uncertain Economy	Kevin Smith, Chief Financial Officer, SSM Health
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Semi-Keynote Panel	3. Transforming Care Delivery: Leadership Strategies for Care Model Success	Eric Cioe-Peña, MD, MPH, MBA, FACEP, Vice President, Global Health, Center for Global Health, Northwell Health Judd Hollander, MD, FACEP, Senior Vice President, Healthcare Delivery Innovation, Thomas Jefferson University Liz Popwell, FACHE, PMP, System Vice President, Strategy and International, CommonSpirit Health Michelle Stansbury, Associate Chief Innovation Officer and Vice President, IT Applications, Houston Methodist
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	1. Culture by Design: Engineering High-Performance Teams Across the Health System	Lilicia Bailey, PhD, MBA, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, CommonSpirit Health Qualenta Kivett, JD, Executive Vice President and Chief People and Talent Officer, Tampa General Hospital Rachel Manotti, MHA, VP Strategy Market Advancement, Geisinger Cecilia Trujillo, MBA, SPHR, IPMA-SCP, Regional Chief Human Resources Officer, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	3. Infusing Humanity into Healthcare Finance	Adam Bulakites, MHA, Assistant Vice President, Patient Access and Patient Financial Experience, Mountain Region, CommonSpirit Health Nadir Ijaz, MBA, Corporate Chief Government and Public Affairs Officer and Michigan Chief Operating Officer, Insight Health Systems Keenan Lindley, Vice President, Operations, Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Patrick Nolan, Executive Vice President, Finance and Infrastructure and Chief Financial Officer, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	4. The Value-First Mindset: Healthcare's Next Frontier	Tina Bishop Citro, DNP, RN, President, WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital; Vice President, WellSpan Health Adriana L. Herrera, CPA, MBA, Vice President, Finance, Jackson Health System Emily C. Jakacki, President, Northwestern Medicine, Delnor Hospital
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	7. Promoting Inclusive Care: Strategies to Address Healthcare Inequities	Joelle Espinosa, JD, Civil Rights Director, Advocate Aurora Health Pete Govorchin, President, City of Hope Chicago Precious Mayes, President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacifica Hospital of the Valley Vanessa Nazario, MBA, Chief Social Impact Officer, Episcopal Health Services
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	8. Patient Safety Insights from Chief Medical Officers: Best Practices and Outcomes	Peggy Duggan, MD, Executive Vice President, Chief Physician Executive, and Chief Medical Officer, Tampa General Hospital Amrita Gupte, MD, MPH, MBA, Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, Mount Sinai Queens Jose Lopez, MD, MBA, FACEP, Chief Medical Officer, Holy Cross Health Florida Bryon Schaeffer, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Clarinda Regional Health Center Anthony P. Weiss, MD, MBA, MSc, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	9. How C-suite Executives are Shaping Children's Healthcare	Aaron Kinney, DBA, Chief Operating Officer, Children’s Specialty Group, Children's Wisconsin Luanne Thomas Ewald, MHA, FACHE, President and Chief Operating Officer, University of Michigan Health CS Mott Children's Hospital & Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital Matt Timmons, FACHE, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Manning Family Children's Derek Wheeler, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	10. Workforce Implications of Site-of-Care Shifts: From Hospital to Home	Mark Whalen, Executive Vice President and Enterprise Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, Jefferson Health
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	11. Driving Care Transformation: Strategic Leadership in Modern Care Models	Abigail Caudle, MD, MHCM, Vice President, Procedural and Therapeutic Medical Operations, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Mark Chang, MD, MBA, Senior Vice President, CV Strategy and Transformation, Ballad Health CVA Heart Institute Stacy Reynolds, MD, MBA, Chief Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Atrium Health
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	12. Elevating Women: The Emerging Healthcare Leadership Pathways	Sue Anderson, Regional President, Wisconsin Region, SSM Health Polly Davenport, DSc, RN, FACHE, Senior Vice President and Market Chief Executive Officer, Ascension IL Lisa Fort, MD, MPH, Assistant Chief Medical Information Officer, System Medical Director, Quality and Safety, Emergency Medicine and System Medical Director, Virtual Care Center, Ochsner Health Vesta Sandoval, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Lovelace Health System Cherie Smith, PhD, MBA, RN, President, Dublin Methodist and Grady Memorial Hospitals, OhioHealth
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	13. Digital Health + AI: Redefining the Future of Care Delivery	K. Nadeem Ahmed, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, The Valley Health System Gregory Bryant, Chief Information Officer, Gov Juan F Luis Hospital Shahidul Mannan, MBA, MPH, CPDHTS, Chief Data Analytics and AI Officer, Orlando Health Hillery Shay, MBA, Senior Vice President, Communications and Chief Marketing and Experience Officer, Children's Minnesota
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	14. The Hub-and-Spoke Model: What's Working, What's Not?	Lucy Bucher, DO, FACOOG, Associate Vice President of Clinical Affairs, OhioHealth O'Bleness Hospital Jeffrey Cohen, MD, FACS, FASCRS, CPE, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Operating Officer, Hartford HealthCare Michael Dolan, MD, FACP, Chief Clinical Officer, Gundersen Region, Emplify Health Aytekin Oto, MD, MBA, Dean, Clinical Affairs and Chief Physician, University of Chicago Medicine Monica Schiller, MBA, Vice President, Operations, Clinical Services Lines and Ambulatory Services, Children's Minnesota
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM	Networking Opportunities	Networking Luncheon in the Exhibit Hall
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	1. Healthcare IT 2036: Trends, Innovations, and Strategic Insights	Shakeeb Akhter, CHCIO, CDH-E, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Alaa Alsadi, MD, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Wisconsin Health Shakir Awan, MHA, Chief Information Officer, San Joaquin General Hospital Scott MacLean, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, MedStar Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	2. Building Resilient Teams Today to Thrive Tomorrow: Hospital CEO Perspective	Michael Costa, President and Chief Executive Officer, Gifford Health Care Megan Gillespie, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer, Sutter Santa Rosa Hospital Tiffany Hintze, DBA, MHA, Chief Executive Officer, Yoakum Community Hospital Barbara Martin, MBA, BSN, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer, Saint Joseph Medical Center Joliet Andrea Swenson, Chief Executive Officer and Nursing Home Administrator, Kittson Healthcare
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	5. Trust as a Strategic Imperative in Healthcare Leadership: Best Ideas From Top Systems	Jonathan Berkowitz, MD, MBA, Vice President, Transfer and Acute Coordinated Care, Northwell Health Matt Boles, MD, MHA, MSc, Chief Medical Officer, Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics Peter J. McCourt, Vice President, Mission Integration, CHRISTUS Health June Scarlett, MSc, MPH, Chief, Patient Access, White Plains Hospital Jodie Wegmiller, MBA, BSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President, Patient Care Services, OhioHealth
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	7. Bridging Care Gaps: The Role of Community Hospitals in Addressing SDOH	Amy Carver, MBA, Assistant Vice President, Clinical Integration and Population Health, Cayuga Health Seanna-Kaye Denham-Wilks, PhD, CXO, FPCC, Chief Experience Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals Kings County Kaleem Qazi, Vice President, Operations, Insight Hospital and Medical Center Chicago Malisha Patel, MHA, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer, Memorial Hermann Southwest and Sugar Land Hospitals
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	8. From Reactive to Resilient: Building Risk-Ready Health Systems	Diana Everage, MHA, BSN, RN, FACMPE, Chief Operating Officer, Bloomington Medical Services and Vice President, Provider Retention and Recruitment, Bloomington Medical Services, Wooster Community Hospital Health System Reyna Florentino-Gambrell, MBA, CPHRM, CPHQ, Chief Risk and Quality Officer and Associate Vice President, Quality, Accreditation and Performance Improvement, Cayuga Health Lisa Matheson, DNP, RN, Risk Management Services, Memorial Health Services Kelly M. Sullivan, Chief Risk Officer and Deputy General Counsel, Rush System for Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	9. AI’s Impact on RCM: What’s Delivering Results?	Omar Ataya, Corporate Vice President, Revenue Cycle Management, Insight Health Systems
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	10. Future-Ready Ambulatory Strategy for Academic Healthcare	Franziska Jovin, MD, Chief Experience Officer and Senior Vice President, Patient Access, Cooper University Healthcare Aroub Khleif, PhD, Senior Director, Innovation and IT Access/Revenue Cycle/Ambulatory Clinical Systems, Houston Methodist Timothy Seay-Morrison, Senior Vice President, Service Lines and Chief, Ambulatory Care Operations, Stanford Health Care
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	11. Next-Level Operations with AI, Digital Tech & More: What to Expect in the Next 3 Years	Tina Garrison, Chief Operating Officer, SSM Health St. Louis and S. IL Region Juan Guzman, MHA, Chief Operations Officer, Indiana University Health Lamont Louis, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Jefferson Medical Group Einstein Aown Syed, Hospital Vice President of Operations and Pavilion Chief Operating Officer, Harris Health System
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	12. The Role of Health Equity in Achieving Better Patient Outcomes	Olu Jegede, MD, MHA, CPE, FACP, FAAPL, FACHE, Senior Vice President and Chief Health Equity and Community Impact Officer, Cone Health Jayci Knights, MD, FACOG, LSSCGB, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Jefferson Health New Jersey Sidney H. Raymond, MD, MMM, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, Ochsner Health Network
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	13. Telehealth Excellence: Strategies for Clinical Leaders to Transform Care Delivery	Nicholas Gavin, Chief Clinical Innovation Officer, Mount Sinai Health System Scott W. Jarvis, MD, FACP, Associate Vice President, Clinical Affairs, OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	14. Redefining Clinical Leadership: Skills for the Next Generation	Matthew Boebel, PT, MBA, FACHE, Associate Vice President, Clinical Services, Silver Cross Hospital Deesha K. Brown, Senior Director, Community Clinics Network Operations, UCLA Health Arby Nahapetian, MD, MPH, FACC, Chief Clinical Officer, Adventist Health Jai P. Udassi, MD, FAAP, FACC, FAHA, Professor of Pediatrics; Chief, Pediatric Cardiology, Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center, WVU School of Medicine; Medical Director, Pediatric Cardiovascular Services and Pediatric Cardiac ICU Harneet Walia, MD, FAASM, Chief of Clinical Transformation, Baptist Health Medical Group; Director, Sleep Medicine, Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	1. Global to Local: Rethinking Healthcare Supply Chain Strategy in an Unstable World	Motz Feinberg, MBA, BS, Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Cedars Sinai Health System Dena C. Jackson, Vice President, Sourcing, Kaiser Permanente Meena Medler, Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Sutter Health
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	2. CEO Tech Gameplans: AI, Innovation, and the Future of Care	Stephanie Everett, Administrator, Mountrail Bethel Home; Chief Executive Officer, Mountrail County Medical Center Holly McCormack, DNP, Chief Executive Officer, Cottage Hospital William Morice II, MD, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mayo Collaborative Services / Mayo Clinic Laboratories Elizabeth Saylor, Chief Executive Officer, Phoenix Heart Vein Vascular Marina Williams, MHA, ACHE, Chief Executive Officer, Texas Health Surgery Center Irving, SCA Health
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	4. Profitability Playbook for C-suites: Attack Growth and Boost Margins	Tania Conde, MHSA, President, Multy Medical Rehabilitation Hospital Naman Mahajan, President, Baylor Scott and White Grapevine Emily Moorhead, President, Henry Ford Jackson Hospital Darin Roark, BSN, MBA, FACHE, President, Chief Operating Officer and Board of Trustees Member, Wentworth Douglass Hospital, Mass General Brigham Cody Walker, RN, MSHA, FACHE, President, Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	6. Proven Patient Safety Initiatives: What Truly Works	Anne Bobb, RPh, MBA, Vice President, Quality and Patient Safety, Froedtert Health Paula Ferrada, MD, FACS, FCCM, MAMSE, Chair Department, Surgery Inova Fairfax Medical Campus; Division and System Chief, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Inova Healthcare System Christopher Hall, MD, FACHE, MBA, Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer, PeaceHealth Huzaifah Salat, MD, Medical Director, Respiratory Care, Pulmonologist, Intensivist and Advanced Bronchoscopist, Advocate Health
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	7. The Future of Nursing Careers: Overcoming Challenges, Seizing Opportunities	Quanna Batiste-Brown, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Vice President, Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, Touro Infirmary, LCMC Health JohnRich Levine, DNP, Chief Nursing Officer, Reeves Regional Health Alyssa Livengood Waite, MHA, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Heather Resseger, DNP, RN, CNL, CPHQ, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President, Chief Hospital Operations Officer and Chief Nursing Officer, NorthBay Health Candace Thompson, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, Chief Nursing Officer, Lakeview Behavioral Health
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	8. How to Design Teams for Peak Performance in Health Organizations	Kristin Hamblock, MBA, SHRM-SCP, Chief Human Resources Officer, Rosecrance Behavioral Health Jahmal Miller, MHA, Chief Administrative Officer, Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group, CommonSpirit Health Krysta Theus, MAOM, PMP, Director, Business Development, Memorial Hermann Health System Mary Jo J. Williamson, Chief Administrative Officer, Mayo Clinic Laboratories
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	9. Vision 2030: Charting the Path for Children's Hospital Excellence	Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, MS, Chief Intelligence and Innovation Officer, Rady Children’s Health Roger De Filippo, MD, MMM, FACS, FAAP, Chief, Urology Division and Associate Professor, Children's Hospital Los Angeles Anita Harris-Brown, DNP, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, Vice President, IS Clinical Applications, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Information Services, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Jawad Khan, Vice President, Enterprise Analytics, Akron Children’s Hospital Ketrese White, DNP, MHA, RN, NE-BC, President, Texas Children's Hospital
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	10. Big Tech in Healthcare: Friend, Foe, or Future Partner?	Josephine Jorge-Reyes, PhD, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, NI-BC, Vice President, Nursing, UC Irvine Health
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	11. CFO and COO Visions for the Workforce of Tomorrow	Thomas Crawford, PhD, MBA, FACHE, Chief Operating Officer, MUSC Health Donnie McLaughlin, FACHE, Chief Operating Officer, CHI St. Luke's Health - Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center Janie Thompson, MSHA, Chief Operating Officer, Menorah Medical Center Monica N. Wharton, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	12. Sustaining Quality Care Amid Challenges: C-Suite Insights	M. Trevor Bennett, MBA, MSN, RN, FACHE, Chief Administrative Officer, Providence Swedish Catherine Chang, MD, MMM, FCCP, Chief Quality Officer, Prisma Health Charlene A. Hope, PharmD, MS, CPPS, CPHQ, Chief Pharmacy Quality and Medication Safety Officer, UChicago Medicine Shreyas Mallur, MD, Chief Quality Officer, El Camino Health
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	13. How Generative AI is Reshaping Healthcare Operations	Melissa Cohen, Chief Innovation and Transformation Officer, Cayuga Health System Joseph Lopez, Chief Medical Information Officer and Director, Information Technology, Aegis Medical Group Nirav Shah, MD, MPH, Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer, AI and Innovation, Endeavor Health
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	14. The Road to Guarding Healthcare Data to Prevent Cyber Breaches	Sue Macut, Chief Information Technology and Security Officer, Roseland Community Hospital Trevor Martin, CISSP, Chief Information Security Officer, UW Health Shefali Mookencherry, MSMIS, MPH, RHIA, CHPS, CDH-E, HCISSP, Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer, University of Illinois Chicago
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM	Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Diversity in Leadership: Driving Transformation from the Top Down	Gretchen Pagac, RN, MSN, CNOR, CNML, DNPc, Associate Chief Nursing Officer and Associate Chief Operating Officer, University of Michigan Health Erika F. Werner, MD, MS, President, Physician Organization, Tufts Medical Center Nathan Ziegler, PhD, System Vice President of Diversity, Leadership and Performance Excellence, CommonSpirit Health
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	Fireside Chat	3. Fireside Chat - Nasim Eftekhari, Chief AI and Analytics Officer of City of Hope and Simon Nazarian, Chief Digital and Technology Officer of City of Hope	Nasim Eftekhari, MS, Chief AI and Analytics Officer, City of Hope Simon Nazarian, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, City of Hope
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	Panel	9. The Next Evolution of Pediatric Health C-suites	Matt Chance, FACHE, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Scottish Rite for Children Jason A. Jarzembowski, MD, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Children's Specialty Group, Children's Wisconsin Brenda McCormick, MBA, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Children's Minnesota James E. Moore, MD, PhD, President, Connecticut Children's Specialty Group, System Chief Medical Officer, and Chief Clinical Network Development Officer, Connecticut Children's
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Networking Opportunities	Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

Time	Session Type	Name	Speakers
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Networking Opportunities	Continental Breakfast in Grand Foyer
9:05 AM - 9:45 AM	Keynote Panel	1. The New Era of Value-based Care	Stephen Parodi, MD, PhD, Executive Vice President, External Affairs, Communications and Brand, The Permanente Federation; Executive Vice President, External Affairs and Corporate Development and Associate Executive Director, The Permanente Medical Group
9:05 AM - 9:45 AM	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Leadership Insights for Redefining Care Models for Effective Delivery	Romy Block, MD, Division Chief, Endocrinology, NorthShore University HealthSystem Vikram Kashyap, MD, FACS, Endowed Chair, Frederik Meijer Heart and Vascular Institute; Vice President, Cardiovascular Health, Corewell Health Clair Kuriakose, MBA, PA-C, FACHE, Vice President and Chief Advanced Practice Officer, Stanford Health Care Michael McKendall, Vice President, Operations, Sentara Careplex Hospital
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. The CNO Toolkit: Navigating Challenges for Long-Term Growth	Holly Muller, DNP, MHA, RN, CRRN, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President and System Chief Nursing Officer, Presbyterian Healthcare Services Kevin Zeng, MBA, MSN, AGACNP-BC, RN, Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President, Albany Medical Center
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in Grand Foyer
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM	Panel	1. How Sports Team Partnerships Boost Healthcare Marketing	Andrew Chang, Chief Marketing Officer, UChicago Medicine Jenny Miller, Assistant Director, Service Line Marketing, The Christ Hospital Health Network
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM	Panel	2. Bridging the Distance: Advancing Maternal Health in Rural America	Margaret D. Larkins-Pettigrew, MD, MEd, MPPM, FACOG, Professor and Academic Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drexel University School of Medicine Tom Vasko, Chief Executive Officer, Newman Memorial Hospital
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM	Panel	3. A CFO's Playbook to Balancing Cost, Care and Capital in a Changing Market	Dane Wheeler, CPA, CFE, FACHE, HFA, Chief Financial Officer and Director, Senior Living Services, Adams Health
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM	Panel	4. Shaping the Future: The Next 5 Years for Children's Hospitals	Joseph Carr, RN, MBA, Vice President, Supply Chain, Akron Children's Narasimhan Jagannathan, Anesthesiology Chief, Phoenix Children's Stacy Mays, Vice President, Strategic Business Development, Gillette Children’s Dane Peterson, Chief Operating Officer, Children's Health – Dallas, TX
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM	Panel	5. Empowering Care Teams to Lead with Confidence and Clarity	Matthew Belanger, Assistant Vice President, Clinical Operations and Anesthesia, Endeavor Health Kevin Gebke, MD, Senior Vice President, IU Health Community Medicine, IU Health Edward Kim, MD, MBA, Vice Physician-in-Chief, City of Hope; Physician-in-Chief, City of Hope Orange County Tiffany Love, PhD, GNP, ANP, FACHE, PLC, Associate Vice President, Nursing, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center Sarina Rodriques, FACHE, Associate Vice President, System Lab Operations, Rush University System for Health
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM	Panel	6. The Power of Nursing Leadership in Driving Bold Care Innovation	Diane Hesson, MSN, RNC-OB, NE-BC, Chief Nursing Officer, Saxony Hospital, Indiana University Health Marilyn Mapp, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Assistant Vice President, Nursing Operations, Cooper University Health Care Kathie Seerup, MHA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing and Operations Officer, Children's Hospital Colorado
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM	Panel	7. Strengthening the Workforce Pipeline Through High School Initiatives	Christopher Burks, MS, MBA, Vice President, Laboratory and Support Services, Brown University Health Dana Evans, MHA, FACHE, Respiratory Care Director, Midwest Region, Advocate Health Care Jacob Schultz, Workforce Development Program Manager, Endeavor Health Joel Shaw, MD, Vice President, Clinical Affairs, OhioHealth Grant Medical Center
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	1. The Healthcare Workforce of the Future	Len Carter, Chief Human Resources Officer, FHN Memorial Hospital Kety Duron, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Phoenix Children's Jeremy Stephens, Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President, Tidelands Health Beverly Walker, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, Director of Nursing Professional Development, Baylor Scott & White Health
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	2. Enhancing Patient Flow: Strategies for Streamlining Ambulatory Services	Sameh Elgawly, MD, Chief, Hospital Medicine and Chief, Resource Stewardship, Inova Health System Randi H. Goldman, MD, MBA, Associate Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell; Program Director, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship, Northwell Health Ben Goodstein, MBA, Vice President and Chief Ambulatory Officer, Dayton Children's Hospital; President, Dayton Children's Specialty Physicians Inc. Molly Moran, DNP, RN, CCRN, LSSGB, Associate Vice President, Ambulatory Nursing, Rush University Medical Center Kim Sgouroudis, DNP, MSN, RN, CNO VP Patient Care Services, St Mary Medical Center
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	3. Mindful Care: Integrating Mental Health into Healthcare Practices	Lisa Hudnall, Chief of Huamn Resources, UVA Physicians Group Parinda Kharti, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Cherokee Health Systems Erin Shipley, CEN, MSN, RN, Vice President, Consumer Experience, Cooper University Health Care
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	4. Navigating Hard Decisions After Reimbursement Declines	Tristan Shaw, Chief Financial Officer, UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook Teresa Welch, MBA, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer Peds, UF Health Pediatrics Matt Brown, President, South Region, CommonSpirit Health
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	5. Shaping the Path to Superior Care Through Clinical Leadership	Sandy Balwan, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Northwell Direct; Senior Vice President and Executive Director, Northwell Health IPA, Northwell Health Peter Hull, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Greater Sacramento Market, Sutter Health Victor Navarro, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Central Region, Jefferson Health System Rohit Yadav, MD, MBA, LBBP, Vice President, Quality and Performance Improvement, Loretto Hospital
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Panel	6. One Team, One Goal: Aligning Clinical and Financial Leaders for Smarter, Stronger Care	Heather Isola, MPAS, PA-C, Vice President, Physician Assistant Services, Mount Sinai Health System Timothy Carrigan, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, Regional Chief Nursing Officer, Illinois and Indiana, Trinity Health Joseph Cavanaugh, PharmD, MBA, Assitant Vice President, Surigcal Services, RWJBarnabas Health Lisa Gossett, MSN, RN, System Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Experience Officer, Premier Health
12:00 PM		Meeting Adjourns

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7:00 - 8:00 AM	Registration & Continental Breakfast in Grand Foyer
8:00 - 10:30 AM	Sessions
10:30 - 10:45 AM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM	Sessions
12:00 PM	Conference Adjourns