SUMMIT AGENDA

Registration opens

Welcome and Opening remarks

Jeanne Cunicelli, Executive Vice President, UPMC and President, UPMC Enterprises
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Can Our Health Care Workforce Meet Patient Expectations?

A former White House official and recent senior advisor to the U.S. Surgeon General discusses the gap between consumer expectations for health care delivery and an ill-prepared health workforce. This keynote will address the inextricable connection between patient experience and employee experience and how this is the lynchpin for meeting consumer needs.

Tina Shah, MD, Principal, TNT Health Enterprises, critical care physician, and expert in digital health and workforce issues.
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Prioritizing Clinician Well-Being

A panel of experts build upon Dr. Shah’s remarks by diving more deeply into the topic clinician well-being and the importance of addressing workforce issues for improving quality of care.

Elisa Arespacochaga, Vice President, Clinical Affairs & Workforce, American Hospital Association
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Jennifer Berliner, MD, Director of Physician Well-Being, UPMC
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Tina Shah, MD, Principal, TNT Health Enterprises, critical care physician, and expert in digital health and workforce issues.
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Networking reception

Breakfast

Expanding Access to Primary and Ambulatory Care

Primary and ambulatory care are key entry points for patients and vital frontlines in the push to improve care. This panel will address the need for innovative new models of care that can increase access and value.

Ken Cohen, MD, Executive Director of Clinical Research, Optum
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Paul Mueller, MD, Regional Vice President, Mayo Clinic Health System
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Lisa Rotenstein, MD, Medical Director for Population Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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Joon Lee, MD, Executive Vice President, UPMC and President, UPMC Physician Services
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Novel Technologies and the Promise of Greater Patient Access

A focus on value is driving care closer to the home. In this panel, experts will explore the new solutions that are enabling hospital-at-home and the forces supporting the trend and discuss the cutting-edge technologies on the horizon that may allow for more robust care delivery in the home.

Patrick Jordan, Director, Virtual Access, Boston Children's Hospital
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Mark Zhang, DO, Medical Director, Brigham Digital Innovation Hub
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Michael Boninger, MD, President, UPMC Innovative Homecare Solutions
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Ellen Beckjord, PhD, Vice President, Population Health and Clinical Optimization, UPMC Health Plan
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Coffee and Networking Break

At the Tipping Point: How to Prepare for Our AI Future

Artificial intelligence is on the cusp of wider application across many industries with the potential to have major impacts. In this fireside chat session, a preeminent AI expert discusses the key challenges and limitations of the technology with the aim of cutting through the hype to address what society needs to do to prepare for the future.

Martial Hebert, PhD, Dean, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
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Joon Lee, MD, Executive Vice President, UPMC and President, UPMC Physician Services
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Role of Interoperability for Innovation

The leader of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) provides an update on the regulatory landscape influencing data interoperability and discusses the implications of enhanced data sharing for innovation across the health care ecosystem.

Micky Tripathi, PhD, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS
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Chris Carmody, MBA, Chief Technology Officer, UPMC
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Lunch

The Biotech Investors View

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, rising interest rates, and economic uncertainty — these issues are weighing on investors and could impact biotech venture capital. Seasoned venture capitalists discuss the trends and what they mean for health care innovation now and in the future.

Khalil Barrage, Managing Director, Invus Group
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Marijn Dekkers, PhD, Chairman, Novalis Capital Partners
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Tanya Joseph, Managing Director, Cowen and Co.
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Matthias Kleinz, DVM, PhD, Executive Vice President, UPMC Enterprises
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Utilizing Data to Drive Patient Engagement

Solving the challenge of patient behaviors could unlock vast improvements in outcomes and costs. This panel of experts discusses the role of technology for better utilizing patient data and delivering insights to patients and providers to increase adherence to care plans.

Aman Mahajan, MD, PhD, MBA, Peter and Eva Safar Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, Professor of Bioengineering and Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh and UPMC; Executive Director, UPMC Perioperative and Surgical Services; Senior Medical Advisor, UPMC Enterprises
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Amy Meister, DO, Associate Chief Medical Officer, UPMC Health Plan
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Paul Varghese, MD, Clinical Lead for Health Informatics, Verily
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Shiv Rao, MD, Co-founder and CEO, Abridge
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Coffee and Networking Break

Aligning Stakeholders to Advance Value-Based Pharmacy

To yield the full promise of new therapies coming to market, there must be alignment amongst all stakeholder groups: pharmacists, drug companies, payers, and clinicians. This panel will start with Chronis Manolis, Chief Pharmacy Officer, UPMC Health Plan making the case for all stakeholders to be incentivized by value, not volume, in order to deliver the greatest value to the patient. These remarks will be followed by a panel discussion focused on how technology is being used to drive alignment between pharmacists and providers and driving value through high-touch pharmacy offerings.

Patrick Baker, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mosaic Pharmacy Service
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Rob Bart, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, UPMC
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Chronis Manolis, Chief Pharmacy Officer, UPMC Health Plan
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Anurati Mathur, CEO, Sempre Health
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Getting to New Payment Models that Drive Innovation

The final discussion of the day will convene leading experts from the provider, payer, pharma, and policy sides to discuss the growing need for innovation around payment models and ensuring broad access for all patients to new therapies.

Mike Carusi, General Partner, Lightstone Ventures
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Kaha Hizanishvili, Associate Executive Vice Chancellor, Market Growth and Transformation, UMass Chan Medical School
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Ellen Lukens, Deputy Director, CMS Innovation Center
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Chronis Manolis, Chief Pharmacy Officer, UPMC Health Plan
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Offsite Networking Event: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, PNC Park

Optional Breakfast and Networking