Agenda

DISRUPTION & INNOVATION ARE CONSTANT IN HEALTHCARE.

Join thousands of your executive peers to get a glimpse of the Pharmacy discussions happening at health systems across the country and leave with clear action items to improve your organization.

SESSION TRACKS

1. Pharmacy Leadership 

2. Pharmacy Strategy + Digital Transformation

OVERVIEW
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
FULL CONFERENCE AGENDA

OVERVIEW

Time Zone: (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) [Change Time Zone]

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

30 WEDNESDAY ________________________________________________________________________________

7:00 AM

Registration Opens

8:00 - 10:10 AM

Sessions

10:10 - 10:40 AM 

Networking Break in Crystal Foyer

10:45 AM - 12:10 PM

Sessions

12:20 - 1:20 PM

Networking Lunch in Crystal Foyer

1:25 - 2:45 PM

Sessions

2:45 - 3:15 PM

Networking Break in Crystal Foyer

3:20 - 5:00 PM PM

Sessions

5:00 - 6:00 PM

Happy Hour in Crystal Foyer

1 THURSDAY__________________________________________________________________________________

7:00 - 8:00 AM

Registration Opens + Continental Breakfast in Crystal Foyer

8:00 - 10:25  AM

Sessions

10:25 - 10:45 AM

Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Sessions

12 PM

Conference Adjourns

FULL CONFERENCE AGENDA

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
7:00 AMRegistration Opens 
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM1. Charting Pharmacy's Future With Visionary Tactics for the Coming DecadeMadeline Camejo, PharmD, Vice President, Pharmacy Services and Chief Pharmacy Officer, Baptist Health South Florida
Ping Du, PharmD, JD, MBA, CIBE, Vice President, Outpatient Pharmacy, Baylor Scott & White Health
Karen McConnell, PharmD, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, BCPS, System Vice President, Pharmacy Enterprise and Chief Pharmacy Officer, CommonSpirit Health
Kersten Weber Tatarelis, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, FASHP, FACHE, Vice President, Pharmacy Enterprise Clinical Operations, Advocate Health
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM2. How Leading Health Systems Leverage Ambulatory, Infusion and Specialty PharmacyMelanie Joe, PharmD, MPA, FCSHP, Chief Pharmacy Officer, UCI Health;, Associate Director and Founding Associate Dean, Pharmacy Professional Affairs, University of California, Irvine, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Denise Scarpelli, PharmD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, University of Chicago
Jenna Swindler, PharmD, BCPS-AQID, Vice President, Pharmacy Services, McLeod Health
8:45 AM - 9:25 AM2. Predictions & Innovation: Charting the Future of PharmaciesDanielle Griggs, PharmD, MBA, MS, Chief Pharmacy Officer, UVA Health
Stephanie Rhein, PharmD, Director, Retail Pharmacy, ThedaCare
Chad Smith, Vice President, Pharmacy Operations, Advocate Aurora Health
Troy Trygstad, Vice President, Pharmacy Provider Partnerships, Community Care of North Carolina
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM2. Advancing Efficiency in Hospital Pharmacy Services with Tech InnovationsAndrew Cheung, PharmD, MBA, CPEL, Director, Digital Pharmacy Applications and Informatics, Sutter Health
Bonnie Levin, PharmD, MBA, FASHP, Vice President, Pharmacy Services, MedStar Health
Kelsey Waier, PharmD, Director, Pharmacy Operations, UCSF Health
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM3. Population Health Pharmacy & Value-Based Contracting: Best Practices for SustainabilitySeth Gazes, Associate Vice President, Pharmacy Strategy and Planning, Geisinger
Lisa Polinsky, RPh, MBA, Vice President, Pharmacy and Respiratory Services, LifeBridge Health
Kim Spencer, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, Chief Pharmacy Officer, SSM Health
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM1. AI in Pharmacy: What's Already Driving Results? Ryan Mezinger, RPh, Senior Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, MetroHealth
LeeAnn Milller, PharmD, MS, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, Yale New Haven Health
Trish Tanner, DPh, MBA, FABC, Chief Pharmacy Officer and Vice President, Pharmacy Services, Ballad Health
10:10 AM - 10:40 AMNetworking Break in the Exhibit Hall 
10:45 AM - 11:25 AM1. Forward-Thinking Approaches for Shaping Tomorrow's PharmacyWill Carroll, PharmD, Vice President of Network Pharmacy, Hackensack Meridian Health
Amy Gutierrez, PharmD, CPEL, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, UCHealth
Travis Hunerdosse, PharmD, MBA, Regional Director, Pharmacy Services, Loyola Medicine
11:30 AM - 12:10 PM1. The Future of Pharmacy, What's Next?Trisha Jordan, PharmD, MS, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University
Mark Makhinson, PharmD, Senior Director, Outpatient Pharmacy, Mount Sinai Health System
Onisis Stefas, PharmD, MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Vivo Health, Northwell Health
Jerry Rebo, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCCCP, DPLA, Director, Pharmacy Value and Outcomes, Novant Health
11:30 AM - 12:10 PM3. Pharmacy Leadership Redesign for a Thriving C-suiteCamille Hill, PharmD, Vice President, Oncology Pharmacy Services, West Cancer Center and Research Institute
Charlie Waters, PharmD, MBA, System Vice President, Pharmacy Services, ECU Health
Kersten Weber Tatarelis, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, FASHP, FACHE, Vice President, Pharmacy Enterprise Clinical Operations, Advocate Health
11:30 AM - 12:10 PM2. Advancing Patient Care: Pioneering Innovations in PharmacotherapyTim Cmelik, RPh MBA, Chief Pharmacy, Central Arkansas Veterans Health System
Girish Kaimal, PharmD, MBA, FACHE, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Marshfield Clinic Health System
Dorinda Segovia, PharmD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, Memorial Healthcare System
Bhavesh Shah, RPh, BCOP, Chief Pharmacy Officer Hematology Oncology and Specialty Pharmacy, Boston Medical Center Health System
12:20 PM - 1:20 PMNetworking Luncheon in the Exhibit Hall 
1:25 PM - 2:05 PM3. Journey towards the Autonomous Pharmacy- The Opportunity of AI and Technology to Transform the Medication Use ProcessSeth W. Hartman, PharmD, MBA, Chief Pharmacy Information Officer, UChicago Medicine
1:25 PM - 2:05 PM2. The Strategies We Need for Transforming Pharmacy's LandscapeKelley A. Curtis, BS, PharmD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, St. Luke’s Health System
Kuldip R. Patel, Senior Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer, Duke University Health System
Jawad N. Saleh, PharmD, MCSO, B.S.PHM., BCPS, BCCCP, Assistant Vice President, Clinical Operations and Chief Pharmacy Officer, Director of Global Pharmacy, GMHED, Hospital for Special Surgery, Assistant Clinical Professor, St. John's University College of Pharmacy
Matthew Webber, PharmD, Director, Pharmacy Business, Novant Health
2:05 PM - 2:45 PM1. Supply Chain Resilience: Top Tips for Drug Shortage ManagementKelly S. Guza, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, Associate Vice President, Acute Care Pharmacy Services and Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Enterprise Pharmacy, Geisinger
Nishaminy Kasbekar, BS, PharmD, FASHP, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Jonathan Lakamp, PharmD, BCPS, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Mercy
2:45 PM - 3:15 PMNetworking Break in the Exhibit Hall 
4:00 PM - 5:00 PMA. Celebrity Keynote - Venus Williams, Legendary Tennis ChampionVenus Williams, Legendary Tennis Champion: 7-Time Grand Slam Singles Champion, 5-Time Wimbledon Champion, 4-Time Gold Medalist, Entrepreneur and Founder - V Starr and Happy Hiking, New York Times Bestselling Author, 'Come to Win' & 'Strive', Philanthropist
5:00 PM - 6:00 PMHappy Hour in the Exhibit Hall 
Thursday, May 1, 2025
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMContinental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall & Registration Open 
8:00 AM - 9:00 AMA. Celebrity Keynote - Michael Phelps, Gold Medalist and Mental Health AdvocateMichael Phelps, Gold Medalist and Mental Health Advocate,
9:10 AM - 9:45 AM3. Best Practices in Pharmacy Revenue CycleAndre D. Harvin, PharmD, MS, MBA, Chief Pharmacy Officer and Vice President, Pharmacy Services, Cone Health
Adetoro Oriaifo, PharmD, MBA, CHCEF, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Total Health Care, Inc.
Quan Pho, PharmD, CPh, MBA, FACHE, Senior Director, Pharmacy, Advent Health
9:10 AM - 9:45 AM1. 340B Program Success Stories Elevating Hospital PerformanceKeith Mueller, PhD, Director, Rural Policy Research Institute, Health Management and Policy Department, University of Iowa
William Pong, PharmD, MBA, Regional Executive Director Pharmacy and Infusion Services, AdventHealth System
Joshua Smallwood, PharmD, Director, Pharmacy Informatics, Appalachian Regional Healthcare
Jahred Washington, PharmD, Director, Pharmacy Finance, University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Christopher A. Hatwig, MS, RPh, FASHP, President, Apexus
9:10 AM - 9:45 AM2. Tech Horizons: Driving Change in Hospital Pharmacy ServicesScott Cardona, BSPharm, Assistant Director, Inpatient Pharmacy, Denver Health
Nilesh Desai, RPh, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Baptist Health System
Denise Scarpelli, PharmD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, University of Chicago
9:50 AM - 10:25 AM2. Pharmacy's Next Frontier: Trends and TransformationsTodd Karpinski, PharmD, MS, FASHP, FACHE, System Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, WVU Medicine
Kristen M. Kruszewski, PharmD, MBA, BCSCP, Director, Pharmacy Channel Strategy and Services Consulting, Geisinger
Edith Okolo, PharmD, Rph, Director, Pharmacy, Cedar Crest Hospital
Joshua Prostek, PharmD, Vice President - ThedaCare at Work, ThedaCare
10:25 AM - 10:45 AMNetworking Break in the Exhibit Hall 
10:45 AM - 11:20 AM1. Shaping Tomorrow's Pharmacy: Strategic Innovations for the Next DecadeNoelle Chapman, PharmD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, UCSF Health
Michael Evans, RPh, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Geisinger
Susan Mashni, PharmD, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Mount Sinai Health System
Tracey Spangenberg, Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer, UCSD Health
10:45 AM - 11:20 AM2. Revolutionizing Health with Technology: The Next Wave in PharmaciesRaymond Antypas, PharmD, MPH, BCSCP, Pharmacy Operations Manager, Advocate Health
Derek Szesny, PharmD, MPH, BCGP, Division Vice President of Pharmacy Enterprise, ScionHealth
Lacie McKamey, PharmD, BCIDP, DPLA, Clinical Pharmacy Outcomes Manager, Novant Health
10:45 AM - 11:20 AM3. Fireside Chat - Nilesh Desai, MBA, BS, RPh, CPPS, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Baptist HealthNilesh Desai, RPh, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Baptist Health System
11:25 AM - 12:00 PM1. GLP-1s on the Rise: The Future of Diabetes, Weight Loss CareKelley A. Curtis, BS, PharmD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, St. Luke’s Health System
Michael Evans, RPh, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Geisinger
Bhavesh Shah, RPh, BCOP, Chief Pharmacy Officer Hematology Oncology and Specialty Pharmacy, Boston Medical Center Health System
11:25 AM - 12:00 PM3. Redefining Pharmacy Leadership: Structure, Influence, and Advocacy at the C-Suite LevelDarren Evans, PharmD, MPH, MHA, System Vice President, Pharmacy Services, Phoebe Putney Health System
Matthew Jenkins, PharmD, MS, CPEL, FACHE, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, VCU Health System
Michael Nnadi, Senior Vice President and Chief Pharmacy and Lab Officer, Harris Health System
11:25 AM - 12:00 PM2. Beyond Savings: 340B Program Use Cases Driving Hospital ValueDarra Edwards, PharmD, Corporate Director, Pharmacy 340B Programs, Prime Healthcare
Carmen Gust, PharmD, BCPS, DPLA ,340B ACE, 340B Pharmacy Manager, ThedaCare
Alicia Juska, PharmD, BCPS, Director, Pharmacy, Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital
Nick Van Gompel, PharmD, Vice President, Pharmacy Supply Chain, Advocate Health
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