2015 Annual Wharton Health Care Management Alumni Leadership Conference

This year’s WHCMAA Conference will focus on leadership in challenging times.  How do health care leaders identify and take advantage of leadership moments in today’s chaotic new normal?  What does it take to be an extraordinary leader in this environment?  How do you “walk through the fire?”

The conference is a unique opportunity to convene and discuss critical issues with selected senior healthcare industry executives and thought leaders. A list of confirmed speakers can be found below.  The conference agenda can be viewed here. 

Registration is limited to Wharton Health Care Management Program and Executive MBA Program alumni, WHCMAA affiliate members, and University of Pennsylvania alumni who work in health care

Registration and Fees (includes access to meeting materials, meeting registration list, post meeting video summary, breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks, and cocktail reception):  

• $325 Pre-Labor Day rate for WHCMAA Members; $425 for Non-Members
• $400 Post-Labor Day rate for WHCMAA members; $500 for Non-Members
• Join the Alumni Association, receive all other association benefits all year, and use the conference member discount to cover your membership cost. 
  Click here to learn more about becoming a member.

Alumni Dinner
$85 to register for alumni dinner Thursday evening from 7:00pm-10:00pm, October 15th at Russet, 1521 Spruce St., Philadelphia. Beer and wine provided. Top rated wines from around the world will be donated by one of the alumni.

To register for the conference and/or the alumni dinner, please click here.


Confirmed Speakers 

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Maneesh Arora Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Exact Sciences	Niall Brennan Director & Chief Data Officer Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Katherine D. Crothall, Ph.D. President & CEO Aspire Bariatrics	Leslie Henshaw Partner Deerfield Management
Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA President and CEO Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health	Mark C. Lester, MD, MBA Executive Vice President, Zone Clinical Leader Texas Health Resources	Jay Mohr Managing Director and Co-Founder Locust Walk Partners	Samuel R. Nussbaum, M.D. Executive Vice President, Clinical Health Policy, Chief Medical Officer Anthem, Inc.
Brent Ratz    VP, R&D and Operations Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Edwards Lifesciences (former President & COO of CardiAQ)	Matthew Reber   Managing Director HealthCare Royalty Partners	Maureen Spivack Managing Director and Co-Head Health Care Group within KPMG Corporate Finance LLC	Michael Useem, Ph.D.  Wharton Professor of Management and Director, Center for Leadership and Change Management

 

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