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Health Care of the Future
March 25, 2021 - 8:00 am - 11:00 am
$25At this exciting virtual event, we will check in with the region’s top health care leaders, from vaccine experts to hospital executives to mental health leaders who will give us a sense of what we’ve learned a year into the pandemic, how we should be preparing for the next big health challenge and what the fallout and future will be for hospitals and care centers throughout our region.
Agenda:
8:00 am
Welcome remarks
Featuring Dr. Avantika Waring – Medical Director, Kaiser Permanente Washington Diabetes Program and Commercial Business
8:15 am
Opening keynote
Katherine Baicker, PhD – Dean and Emmett Dedmon Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
8:45 am Panel discussion:
The Financial Health of our Hospitals
Lisa Brandenburg – President, UW Medicine Hospitals & Clinics
Greg Hoffman – Chief Financial Officer, Providence
Dr. Guy Hudson – CEO, Swedish Health Services
J. Michael Marsh – President & CEO, Overlake Medical Center & Clinics
9:20 am Panel discussion:
Big Tech, Big Health and the Future of Disease Research
Cathy Johnson – Executive Vice President of Support Services, Denali
Matt McIlwain – Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group
B.J. Moore – Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Providence
Dr. Ulrike (Riki) Peters, PhD – Professor and Associate Director Public Health Sciences Division, Cancer Prevention Program Public Health Sciences Division – Fred Hutch
9:50 am Fireside chat:
Mental Health Implications of the Pandemic
Patrick Evans – President and CEO, Sound
Maurice Lee – COO, Navos
10:25 am Panel discussion:
A Focus on Equity and Population Health
Dr. Ali H. Mokdad – Chief Strategy Officer, Population Health, University of Washington
William “Bill” Neukom – Retired Partner K&L Gates, The first and long term General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation, Founder & CEO, World Justice Project
Dr. Leslie Walker-Harding – Chair Department of Pediatrics/Associate Dean – University of Washington, Chief Academic Officer/Senior Vice President – Seattle Children’s Hospital
Chris Wolff – Deputy Director, Global Delivery Program, Global Development Division, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
10:50 am
Closing remarks
