2022 Speakers

Scott Acord

Communications and External Affairs Manager, Providence Institute for Human Caring

Elaine Beardsley, MN, ACCNS-P, CPEN

Clinical Resiliency Specialist Program Manager, Children's Health

Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

Chief Executive Officer, AONL

Chief Nursing Officer, SVP Workforce, AHA

Bridget Berkland, MA, NBC-HWC

Manager of Employee Well-Being, Mayo Clinic

Assistant Professor of Healthcare Administration

National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach

Pooja Bhalla, DNP, RN

Executive Director of Healthcare Services, Illumination Foundation

David Blumenthal, MD, MPP

President, The Commonwealth Fund

Michael Brigoli, MD

Internal Medicine Resident PGY3, Banner University Medical Center Phoenix

Julie Çelebi, MD, MS, FAAFP

Associate Clinical Professor and Wellness Director, Department of Family Medicine, University of California San Diego

Melanie Cheng, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Associate Chief Academic Officer for GME

Pediatric Hospitalist, NYC H+H/Kings County

Carolyn Clancy, MD, MACP

Assistant Under Secretary for Health, Discovery, Education & Affiliate Networks, Veterans Health Administration

Chase Crossno, MPH

DEI Consultant, Center for Compassionate Communication, T. Denny Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion, University of California San Diego

Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, MCCM, FAAN

Nurse Scientist, UC San Diego Health Sciences

Scientist, Department of Psychiatry, UC San Diego School of Medicine

Julie Davis, MSW, LISWS

Staff Support Clinician, YOU Matter Program, Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Kristy deVries, MSW, LISWS

YOU Matter Program Manager, Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Ami Doshi, MD

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Vice Chair, Faculty Development, Pediatrics Wellness Director, Department of Pediatrics, UC San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego

Daniel Drane III, EdD

Director of Wellmess, Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education

Assistant Professor of Practice, Internal Medicine, The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix

Michael Drummond

Executive Director and Chief Communications Officer, Providence Institute for Human Caring

Victor J. Dzau, MD

President, National Academy of Medicine

Jodi-Ann Edwards, MD

General Surgery Resident Physician & Research Fellow, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Corey Feist, JD, MBA

CEO and Founder, Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation

Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP

Chief Innovation Officer, One Medical

Thomas Fisher, MD

Author of “The Emergency – A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER”

Board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician

Mary Ann Fuchs, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

Vice President of Patient Care & System Chief Nurse Executive, Duke University Health System

Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, Duke University School of Nursing

Rev. Krista Gregory, M.Div, BCC

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

Sunhwa Hwang

Undergraduate Student, Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Elka Jacobson-Dickman, MD

Associate Dean for Clinical Medicine, Associate Professor of Clinical Practices, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, SUNY Downstate Health Science Center

Eunmi Kim, PhD

Co-Founder and Research Associate Professor, The Center for Contemplative Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Sang Seong Kim

Undergraduate Student, School of Transdisciplinary Studies, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Baekho Kim

Undergraduate Student, School of Transdisciplinary Studies, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Leslie Leach, MSN, RN

Program Manager, Staff Support, Children's Health

Christie Lech, MD, MHPE

Assistant Residency Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

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

Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN

President & Chief Executive Officer, National League for Nursing

Walter Markowitz, EdD, MPA

Assistant Professor, Master Health Administration Program, Department of Population Health, School of Health Professions and Human Services, Hofstra University

Kedar Mate, MD

President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Renee McLeod-Sordjan, DNP, APRN

Vice Dean, Chair and Professor, Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies

Ashley McMullen, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Nicholas R. Mercado, DrPH, MCHES, HEC-C

Medical Ethicist, Northwell Health

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Aziza M. Musa

Vice President, Business Partnerships & Investor Relations, Health Leads

Lina Najib Kawar, PhD, RN, CNS

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

LaQuandra S. Nesbitt, MD, MPH

Director, District of Columbia Department of Health

Cheryl O’Malley, MD, MACP, FHM

Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education and Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix

Chinwe Onukaegbe, MSN-Ed, RN

ICU RN, Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley Medical Center

Len Pierre (he, him)

Owner and Managing Consultant, Len Pierre Consulting

TEDx Speaker and Social Activist

Jennifer G. Poole, DO, MS, FACP

Medical Director Cedars-Sinai, Inpatient Hospice Program

Supportive Care Medicine Consultant

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA

Dawn Robertson, LCSW, ACHP-SW

Palliative Care Social Worker, Cedars-Sinai

Jessica Roumillat, MA, LCSW, HEC-C

Program Manager, Integrated Ethics, Children's Health

Rev. Christina Shu, BCC

Lead Interfaith Chaplain, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Shahla Siddiqui, MD, D.ABA, MSc, FCCM

Dept of Anesthesiology, Pain, and Intensive Care

Attending, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Emily Silverman, MD

Creator/Host, The Nocturnists

Assistant Volunteer Professor of Medicine, UCSF

Karla Silverman, RN, CNM, MS

Associate Director, Complex Care Delivery, Center for HealthCare Strategies

Teresa Y. Smith, MD, MSEd, FACEP

Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education and Affiliations

Designated Institutional Official

Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Sarah Smithson, MD, MPH

Assistant Dean for Clinical Education, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Pamela Sutton-Wallace, MPH

(Incoming) Chief Operating Officer, Yale New Haven Health

Kyle Turner, PharmD, BCACP

Assistant Professor (Clinical), University of Utah College of Pharmacy

Clinical Pharmacist, Westridge Health Center

Vice Chair of Clinical Practice, Dept. of Pharmacotherapy

Co-Director, U of U Relational Leadership Initiative

Tim Vogus

Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Professor of Management, Vanderbilt University, Owen Graduate School of Management

Lucy Willis, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Co-Director of Faculty Wellness Committee, Weill Cornell Medicine

Sidney Zisook, MD

Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UC San Diego School of Medicine