Behavioral Health Breakout

November 15th, 2023 

The Becker's Behavioral Health Breakout is a focused track within the CEO+CFO Roundtable bringing together hospital and health system leaders in behavioral and mental health services. Panels will foster dynamic discussions around the business plan for behavioral health services, managing complex patients, treatment innovations and top emergency department strategies to meet the big challenges facing health system executives today.

Attendees can expect thought-provoking panels to inspire ideas and collaborative solutions for holistic behavioral health strategies. The sessions are geared toward health system executives, clinical leaders and behavioral health professionals ready to transform healthcare.

Breakout Agenda 

Behavioral Health Speakers


Terrie Andrews
PhD
Vice President
Baptist Behavioral Health

Frank Del Gaudio
Chief Executive Officer
Essex County Hospital Center

David Gonzales
MD
Chief Medical Officer
Christus St. Vincent

Stephen Merz
MHSA, FACHE
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Sheppard Pratt Solutions

Patrick Sanders
Chief Executive Officer
Montrose Adult Behavioral Hospital

Bob Sarkar
President & Chief Executive Officer
Arkansas Health Network

Steven Scoggin
MDiv, PsyD, LCMHC
AVP of Behavioral Health
Wake Forest Baptist Health

Lina Shihabuddin
MD, DFAPA
Chief Population Health Officer
RWJBarnabas Health

Amy Smiley
MSW, MBA, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute

Tony Thrasher
DO, MBA, CPE, DFAPA
Medical Director, Crisis Services
Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division

Kenneth Waller
FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Norwalk Community Health Center

Jennifer Ziccardi Colson
RN, BSW, BSN, MSN/MHA, NEA-BC
Chief Nurse Executive and Vice President, Behavioral Health Service Line
Atrium Health