2023 Annual WHCMAA Alumni Conference

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Healthcare, Disrupted: Navigating the Revolutionary Forces Reshaping Health Care

Join us for a remarkable day of dialogue and networking that will include noteworthy speakers from across the industry.

Featured speakers include:

• Julian Harris, MD, MBA, WG'08, Chairman and CEO of ConcertoCare, Operating Partner at Deerfield Management, recipient of the WHCMAA Alumni Achievement Award (8:30 - 9:15am)
• Margaret-Mary Wilson, MD, MBA, MRCP, FNMCP, Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer of UnitedHealth Group (2:40 - 3:30pm)

Scheduled Panels include (times subject to change):

“Life Sciences & Medtech Dealmaking during Uncertain Times” (9:25-10:40am)

• Vikas Goyal, WG’10, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Trekk Venture Partners
• Susan Morano, Board Member, Boston Scientific Corporation; Recently retired from VP, Business Development and Strategic Operations, Johnson & Johnson
• Lori Hu, WG’15, Managing Director, Vertex Ventures HC
• Eason Hahm, WG’18, Director, Investment Banking, William Blair
• Katie Ellias, WG'06, Managing Director, JDRF T1D Fund, (Moderator)

“Eldercare: Changing the Game” (9:25-10:40am)

• Stephen Gordon, WG’05, CEO, EdenBridge
• Jamie Reynoso, CEO of Medicare Advantage, Clover Health
• Dr. Mark Leenay, COO, JenCare Senior Centers (ChenMed)
• John Whitman, WG’78, Faculty at Wharton’s MBA Health Care Management Program & Executive Director - The TRECS Institute (Moderator)

“Career transitions: How to Pivot in Your Career – Whether You Want To or Have To”
(9:25-10:40am) (repeated in afternoon)

• Matthew Bidwell, PhD, Professor of Management at The Wharton School
• Jena Abernathy, Senior Client Partner, Executive Search Sector; Lead, Healthcare Board Services; and Member of the Global Board & CEO Practice for Korn Ferry
• Jessica Katz, Head of MBA Alumni Career Management, The Wharton School
• Michael Rovinsky, WG ‘86, President, Integrity Consulting Group; VP of Strategic Planning, Array Advisors (Moderator)

“Executive Panel: Health Systems in Flux” (11:00 – 12:15)   

• Joan Magruder, WG’89, Group President, BJC Healthcare
• Kate FitzPatrick, DNP, RN, Chief Nurse Executive Officer, Jefferson Health
• Ingrid Nembhard, PhD, Professor of Health Care Management and Organizational Behavior at The Wharton School (Moderator)

“Oncology Drugs: Cost, Access and Other Unknowns” (1:15-2:30pm)

• John Barkett, WG’09, Managing Director, Berkeley Research Group
• Justin Bekelman, Director, Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation
• Alti Rahman, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, American Oncology Network
• Kathryn Tong, CEO, Sapphire Health, WG’07, Board (Moderator)

“AI: Too early, Too late, or Too overwhelmed?” (1:15-2:30pm)

• Christina Antoniou, WG’14, SVP, Head of Corporate Development, Tempus
• Vince Hartman, CEO, Abstractive Health
• Karan Singhal, Staff Research Engineer, Google DeepMind Med-PaLM Lead 
• Srinivas Sridhara, PhD, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Penn Medicine
• Vivien Ho, Partner, Pear VC (Moderator)

Repeated session: “Career transitions: How to Pivot in Your Career – Whether You Want To or Have To” (1:15-2:30pm)

“Policy and Politics Thought Leaders: Change brings Opportunity” (3:30 – 4:45pm)

• John Barkett, WG’09, Managing Director, Berkeley Research Group
• Kristine Martin Anderson, WG’03, COO, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Amol Navathe, Vice Chairman and Commission, MedPAC, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (Moderator & Speaker)

A networking reception will occur at the conclusion of the conference sessions.

• $375 WHCMAA current member
• $200 WHCMAA current member -- recent graduates (Classes of '21, '22 and '23)
• $175 WHCMAA current member -- fully retired
• $200 WHCMAA Patron Member
• $75 Current HCM student 

• $495 WHCMAA non-member & pricing for guests of WHCM graduates. 

With special thanks to our sponsors: