2020 Speakers

Adeyoola Adeniji

Former Workflow Optimization Project Specialist, Mass General Brigham

Taranjeet Kalra Ahuja, DO

Co-Leader, Communications Curricular Thread, Assistant Professor of Science Education, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Christine Alessandro, MA, LCAT

Manager, Patient & Family Centered Care, North Shore University Hospital

Samantha Alessi, MSN, RNC-NIC, CLC, AACNS-N

Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone Health

Heidi Allespach, PhD

Associate Professor of Clinical Family Medicine, Medicine & Surgery

Director of Behavioral Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, General Surgery & Neurology Residency & Fellowship Programs

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital

Elisa Arespacochaga, MBA

Vice President, AHA Physician Alliance, American Hospital Association

Karim Awad, MD, MBA

Medical Director of Clinician Wellness, Chair of Clinical Advisory Council, and Chief of Sleep Medicine, Atrius Health

Jenny Azzara, MM

Senior Director, Performance Improvement & Organizational Development, Community Care Cooperative (C3)

Stuart Bagatell, MD, FACP

Program Director, University of Miami/JFK Internal Medicine Residency Program

Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Jaime Baker, MD

Director, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Colorado Springs Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum with focus in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

Gaurdia Banister, RN, PhD, NEA-BC, FAAN

Massachusetts General Hospital

Executive Director, The Institute for Patient Care

The Connell Jones Endowed Chair in Nursing

Ellen Barry

New England Bureau Chief, The New York Times

Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH

Director, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University

Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP, KBE

President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Adrienne Boissy, MD, MA

Chief Experience Officer, Cleveland Clinic Health System

Donna Cartelli Bonacorso, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President for Patient Care Services, Community Medical Center, a Member of RWJBarnabas Heath

Tosan O. Boyo, MPH, FACHE

Chief Operating Officer, San Francisco General Hospital

Deputy Commander, San Francisco COVID-19 Command Center

Asher Bruskin, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Transgender Health Program, Massachusetts General Hospital

Nicole Carr, MSW, LICSW

Triage Clinical Care Coordinator, Mass General Brigham/Partners PCPO

Aleta Carroll, LMHC, MBA

Project Manager, Quality and Patient Experience, Mass General Brigham

Eddie Casado, CARC

Addiction Recovery Coach, Pentucket Medical Association/Mass General Brigham

Sam Chase, MFA, E-RYT

Lead Facilitator and Curriculum Designer, RISE Program, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Jessica ChenFeng, PhD, LMFT

Associate Director of Physician Vitality, Associate Professor of Medical Education, Loma Linda School of Medicine

Perri Chinalai

Managing Director, Learning and Engagement Department, StoryCorps

Melanie Cohn-Hopwood, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, MGH

Sue Collier, MSN, RN, FABC

Chief Engagement Officer, Patient Centered Innovation, Inc

Julie Collier, PhD

Director, Office of Professional Fulfillment & Resilience

Director, SAFTeam, Stanford Children’s Health

Kate Collopy, PhD, RN

Director of Nursing Education, Research & Innovation, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital

Elaine Cook, PhD

Solution-Focused Team Lead, Holland Bloorview Kid’s Rehabilitation Hospital

Bronwyn Cooper

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center

Laura Crooks, MHA, OTR

CEO, Yakima Children’s Village

Co-Founder, Chad’s Legacy

Jennifer Daley, MD, FACP

Senior Medical Director for New England, Cigna

Mary Kate Daly, MBA

Vice-President, Lurie Children’s Healthy Communities, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

David C. Henderson, MD

Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Boston Medical Center

Professor and Chair of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine

Rodolfo De Jesus

Community Outreach Specialist, Lurie Children’s Healthy Communities, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Chanelle Diaz, MD, MPH

Instructor of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Diana Dill, EdD

Coaching and Consulting Psychologist, Working Together For Health

Emily Zeman Eddy, OTD, MS, OTR/L

Assistant Professor & Associate Director of Clinical Education, MGH Institute of Health Professions

John D. Eun

MD/PhD candidate, Peter Davies Lab, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research

Courtney Gambrell, MA, MSW

Spiritual Care and Wellness Teams Member, Boulder Community Health

Jo Garrison, DNP, NEA-BC

Director of Ambulatory Care Services, OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Medical Center

Gabriel Ghanoum, PsyD

Director, Spiritual Care & Palliative Care, HCA East Florida Division

Sven Gierlinger

Senior Vice President & Chief Experience Officer, Northwell Health

Linda Gilkerson, PhD, LSW

Professor and Director, Irving B. Harris Infant Studies Program

Executive Director, Fussy Baby Network, Erikson Institute

Kelly Grady, PhD, RN, NPD-BC

Nurse Scientist, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital

Rev. Krista Gregory, M.Div, BCC

Founder, The Center for Resiliency at Dell Children's Medical Center

Fr. Gerry Grossman

Program Manager, San Joaquin Coalition for Compassionate Care, City of Stockton, CA

Alexis Haftka-George, MD

General Internal Medicine Senior Staff Physician

Associate Program Director for Internal Medicine Residency

Clinical Assistant Professor, Wayne State University

Julie Haizlip, MD, MAPP

Clinical Professor of Nursing and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia

Rev. Joan Jiko Halifax, PhD

Abbot, Upaya Zen Center

Alex Heisel, BA, MSLOC, OLCC, CPPS

Manager, Experience and Health Equity, Children’s Minnesota

Andy Helgesen, BA, BSN, RN

Resilience Education Program Manager, Stanford Children’s Health

Barbara Couden Hernandez, PhD, LMFT, RN

Director of Physician Vitality and Professor of Medical Education and Palliative Care, Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Matt Herndon

Chief Executive Officer, The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare

Chris Herren

Former Professional Basketball Player, Author, Motivational Speaker and Wellness Advocate

Mara M. Hoffert, PhD

Director of Medical Education: Instructional Design and Learning Resources, Henry Ford Health System

Darlene Hubley, MScCH, BScOT, OT Reg. (Ont.)

IPE Leader, Teaching and Learning Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Christopher Hund, MFA

Senior Director, American Hospital Association Center for Health Innovation

Sharna Ill, MDiv

Manager, Spiritual Care and Palliative Care Wellness Teams, Boulder Community Health

Samantha Jakimowicz, PhD, RN, B(Nurs1), BCHC

Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Emily Janssen

Associate Director, Learning & Engagement, StoryCorps

Ayana Jordan, MD, PhD

Associate Director of Psychiatry Residency Program, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine

Lina Najib Kawar, PhD, RN, CNS

Nurse Scientist, Regional Nursing Research Program, Kaiser Permanente Southern California Patient Care Services

Louise Keogh Weed, MS

C3 Consultant, Community Care Cooperative (C3)

Patrick Kinner, LCMHC

Evaluation Consultant, Center for Behavioral Health Integration

Miriam Komaromy, MD, DFASAM, FACP

Medical Director, Grayken Center for Addiction

Boston Medical Center, Boston University

Mark Kuczewski, PhD

Professor of Medical Ethics, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Daniela Lamas, MD

Pulmonary and Critical Care, Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Elissa Larkin Conlon, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist & Research Clinician, Center for Aphasia Research & Treatment, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Nomi Levy-Carrick, MD, MPhil

Associate Vice Chair, Ambulatory Services, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham Health

Co-Chair, Partners HealthCare Trauma Informed Care Initiative

Daniel Lichtstein, MD, MACP

Professor of Medicine

Regional Dean for Medical Education, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Debbie Ling, PhD

Senior Clinician Social Worker, Epworth HealthCare

Lecturer, Department of Social Work, Monash University

Monica Long, MSN-ED, BSN-RN

Clinical Research Nurse Educator, University of Chicago Medicine, Share Network

Phoebe Long Franco, PhD

Research Scientist, The Center for Resiliency at Dell Children's Medical Center

Beth A. Lown, MD

Chief Medical Officer, The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Sophia Maurasse, MD

Medical Director, 3East Girls Intensive and Step-Down Programs, McLean Hospital

Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Joanne Maxwell, OT Reg. (Ont.), PMP, CHE

Senior Director, Collaborative Practice, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto

PhD student, University of Toronto

Natalie May, PhD

University of Virginia School of Nursing

She/Her

Maureen Mayhew, MD, MPH, ACC

Physician, Physician Health Program

Owner & Coach, Dr.Mayhew.Coach

Clinical Professor, University of British Columbia

Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS

Vice President, Safety Programs, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

President, Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety

Kathy McMillan, MA, BSN

Director of Employee Spiritual Care, Loma Linda University Medical Center

Rosalina G. Mendoza, BSN, RN, BSC

Clinical Staff RN, Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center

Elizabeth Métraux

CEO, Women Writers in Medicine

Elizabeth Mitchell, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University School of Medicine

Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center

Curtis Mock, MD, MBA

Vice President, Workforce Strategy and Provider Experience, Office for Provider Advancement, OptumCare

Dani Monroe, MSOD

Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Mass General Brigham

Cristina Muñiz de la Peña, PhD, CCEP

Licensed Psychologist, Core Energetics Practitioner

Abiyu G. Nigussie

Ethics Team Leader and Program Coordinator, Ethiopia's National Health Service

Allison Norful, PhD, RN, ANP-BC

Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University School of Nursing

Maureen O’Reilly-Landry, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry), Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC)

Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow, BCC

Director of Spiritual Care, Hebrew SeniorLife

Angela Patterson, DNP, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, FAANP

Chief Nurse Practitioner Officer, CVS MinuteClinic

Vice President, CVS Health

R. Ellen Pearlman, MD, FACH

Associate Dean for Advanced Clinical Learning, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine & Science Education

Fellow, Academy of Communication in Healthcare

Noopur Raje, MD

Director, Center for Multiple Myeloma, MGH Cancer Center

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Rosanne Raso, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Mandi Rice, MDiv

LGBT Chaplain Resident, Hebrew SeniorLife

Windia Rodriguez, CARC

Recovery Coach Program Manager, Substance Use Disorders Initiative, Massachusetts General Hospital

Emily Rogers, MHA

Operations Manager, Simulation Center

Chair, Schwartz Rounds, Children’s Minnesota

Cynda Hylton Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN

Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics, Berman Institute of Bioethics/School of Nursing

Professor of Nursing and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University

Lorraine Ryan, BSN, MPA, Esq.

Senior Vice President Legal, Regulatory and Professional Affairs, Greater New York Hospital Association

Altaf Saadi, MD, MSc

Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital

Instructor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Stacey Salomon, MSW, LICSW

MICU Clinical Social Worker, Department of Care Continuum Management, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Justin J. Sanders, MD, MSc

Palliative Care, Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Assistant Director, Innovation, Serious Illness Care Program, Ariadne Labs

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Les Schwab, MD

Physician/Coach, Atrius Health

J. Bryan Sexton, PhD

Director, Duke Center for Healthcare Safety & Quality

Alan Shapiro, MD, FAAP

Senior Medical Director, Community Pediatric Programs, Montefiore

Co-Founder and Medical Director, Terra Firma: Healthcare and Justice for Immigrant Children

Andy Shin, JD, MPH

Chief Operating Officer, AHA Center for Health Innovation

Jag Singh, MD, ScM, DPhil

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital

Karthik Sivashanker, MD, MPH, CPPS BH

Medical Director for Quality, Safety and Equity, DQS/DI&E, Brigham Health

Lisa Skjefte

Health Equity Specialist, Manager, American Indian Community Collaborative, Children’s Minnesota

Susan Smith MSN, RN

Manager of Ambulatory Nursing, OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Medical Center

Terry Stancin, PhD, ABPP

Chief of Psychology, Vice-Chair for Research, Psychiatry, and Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Psychology, The MetroHealth System

Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, & Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University

Fernando Stein, MD, FAAP, FCCM 

Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor School of Medicine

Associate Chief of Critical Care, Texas Children's Hospital

Past President, American Academy of Pediatrics

Rochelle Steinwurtzel, PsyD

NICU Psychologist, New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Richard G. Tedeschi, PhD

Distinguished Chair, Boulder Crest Institute for Posttraumatic Growth

Ana Torres Thornton, LCSW

Clinical Social Worker/Therapist, Texas Children's Pediatrics Gulfton-A Community Cares Practice

Stephen Trzeciak, MD, MPH

Professor, Chair & Chief of Medicine, Cooper University Health Care, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Jennifer Valenzuela, LICSW, MPH

Chief People & Equity Officer, Health Leads

Sarah E. Wakeman, MD

Medical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Substance Use Disorder Initiative

Chief Medical Officer, RIZE Massachusetts

Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Patricia Watson, PhD

Psychologist, National Center for PTSD

Joseph S. Weiner, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Medicine and Science Education, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Penny Wheeler, MD

President and Chief Executive Officer, Allina Health

Erin Willard, MD, MHSA

Emergency Medicine Resident, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Shellie Williams, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago

Sarah Wingerter, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine

Director, Boston University Medical Campus Narrative Writing Program

Jason Wolf, PhD, CPXP

President & CEO, The Beryl Institute