Past & Present Speakers
Director of Medical Services for Press Ganey
As director of Medical Services for Press Ganey Associates, Amy Brouhle works with large medical practices to improve and grow market share as well as provide education and guidance on regulatory...
Carrie Pulaski is the executive director of Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare’s (FSLH) Regional Cancer Center. Pulaski came to FSLH with more than 18 years of management experience and a...
President/CEO, Nurtur Health
With more than 25 years industry experience, Cave is a visionary who has seen the evolution of healthcare and the emergence of the new healthcare consumerism. He provides the strategic leadership and...
Dave deBronkart, also known as “e-patient Dave,” was diagnosed in January 2007 with Stage IV, Grade 4 renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer), at a very late stage. His median survival time...
David Liebers, MD, is vice president of Medical Affairs, chief medical officer and director of Medical Education at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, New York. He is also an associate in Ellis Hospital...
Vital Smarts
Nelson brings an eclectic history of business experience to VitalSmarts. As an entrepreneur, he served as chief operating officer (COO) of a technology company. As COO, he developed sales processes,...
The Vascular Group, Albany, NY
Dr. Paty is a vascular surgeon with The Vascular Group in Albany, New York, and is board certified in both General and Vascular Surgery. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a...
Elliot Fisher, MD, MPH, is a professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine at the Dartmouth Medical School, and director of Health Policy Research at Dartmouth's Center for the...
Gary Fitzgerald, president of Iroquois Healthcare, will give an annual political/legislative update followed by an update on the New York State Partnership for Patients by a HANYS...
Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare and 21st Century Oncology
Gilbert Lawrence, MD, DMRT, FRCR, is a radiation oncologist with Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare (FSLH) and 21st Century Oncology. He began his medical career in Bombay, India, where he earned a...
Istikram Qaderi is the vice president of Quality at Martin’s Point Healthcare in Portland, Maine. There he is responsible for departments of Clinical Quality and Accreditation, Risk,...
The Beryl Institute
Jason Wolf, PhD, is committed to developing the management skills critical to becoming a high performing public leader, teaching graduate level courses on team dynamics, organization change and...
John J. Nance brings a rich and varied professional background to American healthcare and the cause of patient safety. A lawyer, Air Force and airline pilot, prolific internationally-published author...
Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare and 21st Century Oncology
John Vakios, MD, is a radiation oncologist with Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare (FSLH) and 21st Century Oncology.
Vakios completed his undergraduate education at Franklin & Marshall...
Risk Manager, Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company (MLMIC)
A health care professional for more than 35 years, Kaiser has spent the past 25 years specializing in the field of Risk Management and Quality Improvement. Clinically, Kaiser is a New York State...
Nancy Landor, RN, MS, CPHQ, is the senior director of Strategic Quality Initiatives for the Healthcare Association of NYS Quality and Research Initiatives Division/Quality Institute. For the...
Fager & Amsler LLP
Nancy E. May-Skinner is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (BA, Political Science, Cum Laude, 1985) and Albany Law School of Union University (JD, Cum Laude, 1989). She is...
As a speaker, humorist, columnist and author of “Is Your Glass Laugh Full?” and “My Kneecap Seems Too Loose,” Ron Culberson’s mission is to help staff and managers...
Mnich is a pioneer in the field of case management. She launched a tertiary care center case management program and has authored publications describing the...
Institute of Lifestyle Medicine
Stephan Esser, MD, is a passionate proponent for lifestyle medicine and a member of Harvard's Institute of Lifestyle Medicine. He is dedicated to empowering individuals to achieve their best...
Suzanne Burns is a nurse navigator with Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare’s Regional Cancer Center. She is a certified breast patient navigator through the completion of the National...
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