The impact of social determinants on health outcomes combined with failed discharges and poor coordination in the post-acute setting are the perfect storm to allow medical and mental health conditions to progress to poor outcomes...

Sharon O’Keefe is the Former President of the University of Chicago Medical Center. Ms. O’Keefe has more than 30 years of healthcare and executive experience. As an advocate for quality, efficiency and innovation she has...

Dr. Dinee Simpson is the first Chief Health Equity Executive at Northwestern Memorial Healthcare. She is also Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Organ Transplantation at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Vice...

A strategic and results-driven SENIOR FINANCE EXECUTIVE and TOP CORPORATE OFFICER, specializing in the non-profit healthcare industry. Comprehensive expertise in managing a complex $3.2B academic medical center system and health sciences university. Recent experience includes...

Emily Chase is currently the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice-President at The University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. She received her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Saint Mary’s College in Notre...

Gina Weldy is Senior Vice President, Administration for Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. Her responsibilities includes oversight of NMHC’s Real Estate and Construction division, as well as Security, Facilities, and Emergency Management. NMHC currently owns 17 million...

Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS, is the executive director and chief executive officer of the American College of Surgeons and a clinical professor at the University of Chicago. The American College of Surgeons is...

Lisa Wagamon has been appointed president of RUSH Health, our clinically integrated network of more than 2,300 providers. Lisa has extensive experience in both provider and payor contracting, including commercial insurance, exchange HIX, Medicare and...

Carla Robinson, CEO and Co-founder, Canary Telehealth, Inc. Carla Robinson is CEO and Co-founder of Canary Telehealth, which provides telehealth and call center services for payers and providers to improve access to care for underserved...

Bobbie Byrne is the EVP & Chief Information Officer at Advocate Health, a twenty-fivehospital system Illinois and Wisconsin. Bobbie is responsible for all information technology applications, information security, infrastructure, clinical informatics, data warehousing and business...