Academic Medical Center Leadership Forum
Monday, November 2 - Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Academic medical centers play a defining role in U.S. healthcare, advancing discovery, training future clinicians, and setting the pace for clinical excellence nationwide. As anchors of innovation and education, they influence care delivery far beyond their own walls. Today, however, these institutions face intensifying financial strain, workforce instability, rapid technological change, and rising expectations to deliver equitable, community-centered care at scale.
This leadership forum brings together senior executives from leading academic medical centers for a candid, peer-driven discussion on the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of academic medicine. Participants will exchange practical insights, tested strategies, and forward-looking perspectives on sustaining mission, strengthening performance, and extending impact in an increasingly complex healthcare environment.
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FORUM AGENDA
SPEAKERS

Edward Bleacher II
MBA, CHFP, CRCR, FHFMA
Chief Financial Officer
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Practice Group, & Foundation

Tracy Chu
FACHE
Corporate Vice President, Population Health and Chief Executive, Accountable Care Organization
Scripps Health

Thomas Diller
MD, MMM
President, AdventHealth Physician Network; Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Population Health Services and Networks
AdventHealth

Anjalee W. Galion
MD, MBA
President, Medical Staff, Chief Physician Wellness Officer
CHOC Children’s Hospital, Rady Children’s Health

Anthony Hilliard
MD, FACC
Chief Executive Officer, Loma Linda University Health Hospitals; Executive Vice President, Hospital Affairs
Loma Linda University Health

Shadi Jarjous
MD, MBA, SFHM, FACP
Chief, Hospital Medicine Division and Vice Chair, Operations, Emergency and Hospital Medicine Department
Lehigh Valley Health Network, Jefferson Health

Angela Lalas
MBA, CPA
Chief Financial Officer, Loma Linda University Health Hospitals; Executive Vice President, Finance
Loma Linda University Health

Matthew Lester
MBA, MHA, CPA
Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Operating Officer
Medical College of Wisconsin

Shawn Martin
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
American Academy of Family Physicians

Mark G. Moseley
MD, MHA
President, USF Tampa General Physicians;
Executive Vice President, Tampa General Hospital
Stephanie Prechowski
MBA, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, CNOR
Associate Chief Operating Officer, Emergency, Psychiatry, and Surgical Services
Michigan Medicine

Vimal Ramjee
MD, FACHE
Physician Executive, CommonSpirit Health; Division Board President
American Heart Association

Elaina Schnoebelen
MSN, CCRN-K, NEA-BC, CPPS
Market Chief Nursing Executive, Chicago North
Kindred Healthcare

Shari Snow
MD
Associate Chief Medical Officer and Chief, Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Surgery
University of Chicago Medicine

Antwan Williams
Assistant Vice President, Orlando Health; Chief Operating Officer
Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital























