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Virtual National Health Equity Summit Features CDC Director Walensky & Practical Case Studies from Across the Nation Advancing Health Equity

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Virtual Online Video Event Live and Archived

The Leading National Forum on Practical Case Studies and Solutions for Advancing Health Equity

Supported by Commonwealth Fund, California Health Care Foundation and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Media Partners: Harvard Health Policy Review, Health Affairs and Inside Health Policy

June 7 -10, 2021

www.HealthEquitySummit.com

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Website: www.HealthEquitySummit.com

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MODESTO CA USA: The Virtual National Health Equity Summit, www.HealthEquitySummit.com, will be broadcast on June 7-10, 2021, and archived for 6 months following the live broadcast. There is no cost to attend the summit.

NEWLY CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Former Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital; Former Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Atlanta, GA

OTHER KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Raed Al Naser, MD Critical Care Physician, Sharp Grossmont Hospital; President, San Diego Chapter, National Arab American Medical Association, San Diego, CA	Rich Besser, MD President at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Chief Health and Medical Editor, ABC News; Former Acting Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New York, NY	Juliet K. Choi, JD President and Chief Executive Officer, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum; Former Senior Advisor, US Citizenship and Immigration Services, US DHS and HHS Office for Civil Rights, Washington, DC
Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Equity in Health and Healthcare and James F. Fries Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, Baltimore, MD	Nakela L. Cook, MD, MPH Executive Director, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI); Former Senior Scientific Officer and Chief of Staff, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Washington, DC	Susan Dentzer Senior Policy Fellow, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy; Former Editor in Chief, Health Affairs; Former Health Correspondent, PBS NewsHour; Washington, DC
Esther Dyson Investor, Journalist, Author and Philanthropist; Executive Founder, Way to Wellville; Author, Release 2.0: A Design for Living in the Digital Age, New York, NY	Ivor Horn, MD, MPH Director, Health Equity & Product Inclusion, Google; Investing Member, Rising America Fund, Portfolia; Board, Care Academy; Advisory Board, Way to Wellville, Change Healthcare and Onboard Health, San Francisco, CA	Erica Lee, PhD Regents Professor, Chair in Immigration History, Director, Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota; Author, America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States, Minneapolis, MN
Elena V. Rios, MD, MSPH, FACP President and Chief Executive Officer, National Hispanic Medical Association; President, National Hispanic Health Foundation, Washington, DC	Mark Smith, MD, MBA Founding President and Former CEO, California Health Care Foundation; Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Attending Physician, Positive Health Program for AIDS Care, San Francisco General Hospital, Oakland, CA	Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP Managing Director, Tuckson Health Connections, LLC; Former EVP & Chief of Medical Affairs, UnitedHealth Group; Former SVP, AMA; Former President, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science; Former DC Commissioner of Public Health, Atlanta, GA

FEATURING HEALTHCARE ANCHOR NETWORK HEALTH EQUITY INITIATIVES AND CASE STUDIES

Darlene Hightower, JD Vice President Community Health Equity, Rush University Medical Center; Administrative Law Judge, Chicago Commission on Human Relations, Chicago, IL	John Vu, MPH Vice President, Strategy for Community Health, Kaiser Permanente; Design Team, Health Anchor Network, Berkeley, CA
Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MS, MD Senior Vice President, Community Health & Equity and Chief Diversity Officer, Henry Ford; Assistant Professor, University of Michigan; Former State Surgeon General, Michigan, Detroit, MI	David Zuckerman, MPP Executive Director, Healthcare Anchor Network, Washington, DC (Moderator)

CASE STUDIES IN SUCCESSFUL PHYSICIAN ORGANIZATION INITIATIVES TO ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY

Eboni Price-Haywood, MD, MPH, FACP Medical Director, Ochsner Xavier Institute for Health Equity and Research, New Orleans, LA	Faisel Syed, MD National Director of Primary Care, ChenMed; Former Chief Medical Officer, Tampa Family Health Centers; Tampa, FL
Adrianne Wagner, MHSA, FACHE Regional Vice President, Quality and Patient Safety for Employed Groups, Optum Pacific Northwest, Everett, WA	Donald H. Crane, JD President and Chief Executive Officer, AmericaÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Physician Group, Los Angeles, CA (Moderator)

PCMH/ADVANCED PRIMARY CARE MODELS THAT ADDRESS HEALTH EQUITY

Ashraf Aaffan, MD Chief Executive Officer, Pediatric Innovation Center; President and Founder, Angel Kids Pediatrics, Jacksonville Beach, FL	Jay W. Lee, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer, Share Our Selves; Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, UC Irvine School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Jonathan Leizman, MD Chief Medical Officer, Premise Health; Former Medical Director, Cleveland Clinic at Work, Brentwood, TN	Ann Greiner, MA President and Chief Executive Officer, Primary Care Collaborative (PCC); Former VP of Public Affairs, NQF, Washington, DC (Moderator)

SUPPORTED BY

AND THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS & CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE

The Summit is pending approval to offer MA PRA Category 1 Credits™

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FEATURED VIDEO

Health Equity: How Can You Help?

Mark Smith, MD, MBA
Founding President & Former CEO, California Health Care Foundation, Former Co-chair, Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAN), Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Attending Physician, Positive Health Program for AIDS Care, San Francisco General Hospital, Oakland, CA
(Made on June 23, 2020)

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Equity in Health and Healthcare and James F. Fries Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, Baltimore, MD

Susan Dentzer
Senior Policy Fellow, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy; Former Editor in Chief, Health Affairs; Former Health Correspondent, PBS NewsHour; Washington, DC

Sandra R. Hernández, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, California Health Care Foundation; Former CEO, The San Francisco Foundation, Oakland, CA

Ivor Horn, MD, MPH
Director, Health Equity & Product Inclusion, Google; Investing Member, Rising America Fund, Portfolia; Board, Care Academy; Advisory Board, Way to Wellville, Change Healthcare and Onboard Health, San Francisco, CA

Mary J. Owen, MD
Member, Tlingit Nation; Director, Center of American Indian and Minority Health; Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and BioBehavioral Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, MN

Elena V. Rios, MD, MSPH, FACP
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Hispanic Medical Association; President, National Hispanic Health Foundation, Washington, DC

Mark Smith, MD, MBA
Founding President and Former CEO, California Health Care Foundation; Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Attending Physician, Positive Health Program for AIDS Care, San Francisco General Hospital, Oakland, CA

Indu Subaiya, MD, MBA
Co-founder & President, Catalyst @ Health 2.0; Former Senior Advisor, HIMSS; Former CEO and Co-Founder, Health 2.0, Los Angeles, CA

Laurie Zephyrin, MD, MPH, MBA
Vice President for Advancing Health Equity, Commonwealth Fund; Former National Director, Reproductive Health Program; Former Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Community Care, US Department of Veterans Affairs, New York, NY

MEDIA PARTNERS

CASE STUDY: ORANGE COUNTY EQUITY MAP: DATA SCIENCE INNOVATION CONQUERS THE PANDEMIC

Katie Kalvoda
President and Board Chair, AdvanceOC; Founder, G3 Ventures; Executive Chairman, Maverick Advisors; Newport Beach, CA

Hieu Nguyen, LCSW, MBA
Director of Population Health & Equity, Orange County Health Care Agency; Former Manager of Strategic Initiatives, LA Care Health Plan; Costa Mesa, CA

Clayton Chau, MD, PhD
County Health Office, Orange County; Director, Orange County Health Care Agency; Santa Ana, CA

CASE STUDIES

HOW OREGON'S MEDICAID COORDINATED CARE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY	CENTERING EQUITY IN THE COVID RESPONSE AT BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL	COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE IN THE LATINX COMMUNITY IN SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND
Ignatius Bau, JD Health Care Policy/Equity Consultant; Former Program Director, California Endowment; Former Policy Director, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, San Francisco, CA	Cheryl Clark, MD, ScD Hospitalist; Director, Health Equity Research & Intervention, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA	Alicia Fernandez, MD General Internist, Zuckerberg San Francisco General; Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine; Director, Latinx Center of Excellence, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

FEATURED FACULTY

Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD Professor, Clinical Internal Medicine; Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis; Principal Investigator, Mexican American Prevalence and Services Survey, Davis, CA	Catherine Anderson, MPA Senior Vice President, Policy & Strategic Engagement, UnitedHealthcare, Washington, DC	Kristen M. J. Azar, MPH, PhD Scientific Medical Director, Institute for Advancing Health Equity, Sutter Health, Walnut Creek, CA	Regina Barzilay, PhD Delta Electronics Professor of AI and Health AI, School of Engineering, Co-lead of AI, Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; McArthur Fellow, Cambridge, MA	Donald M. Berwick, MD President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Newton Centre, MA
Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH Senior Vice President, Equity and Community Health; Founder, Disparities Solutions Center (DSC), Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA	Carrie Billy, JD Navajo Nation; President & Chief Executive Officer, American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC); Former Executive Director, White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges & Universities, Alexandria, VA	Michael Bilton, MPP System Director, Community Health/Community Benefit, CommonSpirit Health; Former Executive Director, Association for Community Health Improvement, San Francisco, CA	David S. Cade, JD Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA); Former Deputy General Counsel, DHHS; Former Acting Deputy Director, Medicaid Bureau, CMS, Washington, DC	Cathy Chavers Tribal Chairwoman, Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Nett Lake, MN
Camille Clarke-Smith, EDD, CES, MS Senior Manager Community Outreach and Engagement, UPMC Health Plan; Founder, THAW (Transforming the Health of African American Women), Pittsburgh, PA	Cindy Clemence, CPA, FHFMA Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Trinity Health, Livonia, MI	Aaron Cohen, MD Senior National Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer, Optum, Chicago, IL	Rebecca Cooper, MPH Policy Associate, National Academy for State Health Policy, Washington, DC	Lori Coyner Director, Oregon Health Authority; Former State Medicaid Director, Oregon Health Authority, Portland, OR
Jessica Dale, RN, MSN, CCFP, CTP, DNP (c) Associate Director of Health Equity, UnitedHealth Group, Madison, WI	Yuriko de la Cruz, MPH, CPHQ Social Determinants of Health Manager, National Association of Community Health Centers, Alexandria, VA	Jaime Dircksen, MA Vice President, Community Health and Well-Being, Trinity Health, Former Managing Deputy Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health, Detroit, MI	Michael J. Dowling Chief Executive Officer, Northwell Health; Former Senior Vice President, Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield; New York, NY	Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Ethics, University of Pennsylvania; Former Special Advisor, OMB (Obama), Philadelphia, PA
Motz Feinberg, MBA Vice President Supply Chain, Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA	Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA President and Chief Executive Officer, Health Care Financial Management Association (HFMA); Former Vice President, Hospital Finance, Spectrum Health,Chicago, IL	Elizabeth A. Fowler Comanche Nation; Acting Director, Indian Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC	Merrill Friedman Senior Director, Disability Policy Engagement, Anthem, Inc., Washington, DC	Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, MPH Chief Executive Officer, Latino Community Foundation; Former Vice President, New York State Health Foundation, Oakland, CA
Meg Good, PhD Senior Vice President, Optum Enterprise Analytics, Eden Prairie, MN	Howard Haft, MD, MMM, CPE, FACPE Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services, Interim Executive Director, Maryland Primary Care Program, Maryland Department of Health, La Plata, MD	Sarah Halpin, MPH Program Associate, Research, National Association of Community Health Centers, Alexandria, VA	Melinda Hancock, MBA Chief Administrative & Financial Officer, VCU Health System; Former Chief Financial Officer, Bon Secours Virginia Health System, Richmond, VA	Scott Hawig, CPA, CMA, MBA Executive Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and Treasurer, Froedtert Heath, Milwaukee WI
Paloma Hernandez, MPH President and Chief Executive Officer, Urban Health Plan; Secretary, National Association of Community Health Centers, Bronx, NY	Sherry M. Hirota Chief Executive Officer, Asian Health Services, Health Chair, Dellums Commission: Expanded Pathways of Young Men of Color, Oakland, CA	Matt Holder, MD, MBA, FAADM Chief Executive Officer, Lee Specialty Clinic; President, American Board of Developmental Medicine; Past President, American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry, Prospect, KY	Lisa Iezzoni, MD, MSc Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Director, Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA	Regina James, MD Deputy Medical Director, American Psychiatric Association; Former Director, Clinical & Health Services Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Washington, DC
Thomas L Johnson, JD Executive Director, Population Health Alliance, Washington, DC	James Kyle, MD, MDiv Medical Director for Quality, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, LA Care; Former Dean, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Whittier, CA	James G. Lee, FHFMA Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Adventist HealthCare, Gaithersburg, MD	James H. Lee, MD Psychiatry Resident, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA	Joy A. Lewis, MSW, MPH Senior Vice President, Health Equity, Strategies and Executive Director, Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, American Hospital Association; Former Senior Health Policy Leader, Kaiser Permanente; Washington, DC
Stephen Lockhart, MD, PhD Chief Medical Officer, Sutter Health;Chair, Board of Directors, NatureBridge, Sacramento, CA	John Maceri Chief Executive Officer, The People Concern; Board Chair, Santa Monica Bay, Area Human Relations Council; Advisory Board, Ziman Center for Real Estate Affordable Housing, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA	Rose Maljanian, MBA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HealthCAWS; Chairman Emeritus, Population Health Alliance, Farmington, CT	Kate Massey, MPA Senior Deputy Director, Medical Services Administration, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing, MI	Kedar Mate, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); President, IHI Lucian Leape Institute; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Boston, MA
Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH Chief Health Equity Officer, American Medical Association; Former Deputy Commissioner and Founding Director, Center for Health Equity, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Brooklyn, NY	LaShawn McIver, MD, MPH Director of the Office of Minority Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Former SVP, Government Affairs, American Diabetes Association; Washington, DC	Mark McClellan, MD, PhD Director, Robert J Margolis Center for Health Policy and Margolis; Professor of Business, Medicine and Health Policy, Duke University; Former CMS Administrator and FDA Commissioner, Washington, DC	Barbara Merrill, JD Chief Executive Officer, American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR); Former Director of Government Relations, MENTOR Network, Alexandria, VA	Nicole M.B. Mitchell, MBA, CDP Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Cedars-Sinai Health System; Former National Manager, Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility, Kia Motors America, Los Angeles, CA
Benjamin Money, MPH Deputy Secretary for Health Services, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; Former President & CEO, North Carolina Community Health Center Association, Morrisville, NC	Megan A. Morris, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor, ACCORDS Investigator, Qualitative and Mixed Methods Core Lead and Founder, Director of Learning Collaborative to Address Disability Equity in Healthcare (LEADERs), University of Colorado, Aurora, CO	Melanie Nadeau, MPH, PhD Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Nation; Assistant Director, Assistant Professor, Public Health Program, University of North Dakota; Chair, American Indian Section, North Dakota Public Health Association; Fargo, ND	Ari Ne'eman Senior Research Associate, PhD Candidate, Health Policy, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA	Marvin O'Quinn, MHA President and Chief Operating Officer, CommonSpirit Health, Former President, Jackson Health System, San Francisco, CA
Nwando Olayiwola, MD, MPH Chief Health Equity Officer, Humana; Former Chair and Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University; Former Director of the Center for Excellence in Primary Care, UCSF, Columbus, OH	Mary J. Owen, MD Member, Tlingit Nation; Director, Center of American Indian and Minority Health; Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and BioBehavioral Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, MN	Aaron A. Payment, EdD, EdS, MEd, MPA Tribal Chairperson, Sault Tribe of the Chippewa Nation; First Vice President, National Congress of American Indians; Vice President, Midwest Alliance of Sovereign Tribes; President, United Tribes of Michigan, Sault Ste. Marie, MI	Marcos Pesquera, MPH System Vice President, Community Benefit, Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, CHRISTUS Health; Former Executive Director, Center for Health, Equity and Wellness; Senior Director Diversity Programs, Adventist HealthCare, Irving, TX	Hoangmai H. Pham, MD, MPH President, President, Institute for Exceptional Care; Former Vice President, Provider Alignment Solutions, Anthem; Former Chief Innovation Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC
Alice R. Pressman, PhD Executive Director, Center for Health Systems Research, Institute for Advancing Health Equity, Sutter Health, Walnut Creek, CA	Danielle Price Director, Community Health Engagement, University Hospitals; Former Program Coordinator, Neighborhood Connections, Cleveland, OH	Trish Riley, MS Executive Director, National Academy for State Health Policy; Former Director, Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance, State of Maine, Portland, ME	Jeffery Roman Executive Director, Office on African American Affairs, Milwaukee County; Executive Director, Urban Roots Milwaukee; Past Chair, Milwaukee Equal Rights Commission, Milwaukee, WI	Wendy J. Ross, MD Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician, Center for Pediatric Development and Autism Inclusion Resources; Director, Center for Autism & Neurodiversity, Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA
Marc Rothman, MD Chief Medical Officer, Signify Health; Founder, Dementia Spring Foundation, Louisville, KY	Marcus Schabacker, MD, PhD Chief Executive Officer, ECRI; Chair, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Lake Forest, IL	Hilary Seligman, MD, MAS Professor Departments of Medicine, University of California San Francisco; Director, Food Policy, Health, and Hunger Research Program, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA	Meena Seshamani, MD, PhD Vice President, Clinical Care Transformation, MedStar Health; Board, Health Care Transformation Task Force and The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC),Washington, DC	William H. Shrank, MD, MSHS Chief Medical Officer, Humana; Former Director of Evaluation, Innovation Center, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Louisville, KY
Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh, MPH, FAAP President and CEO, AcademyHealth; Former Endowed Chair in Child Health Policy, University of South Florida; Former Director, Child Policy Research Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Washington, DC	Collin Stultz, MD, PhD Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA	Maura Sullivan, MPA Director of Government Affairs and Program Director Operation House Call, The Arc of Massachusetts, Lexington, MA	Nalani Tarrant, MPH, PMP Deputy Director, Research Projects, National Association of Community Health Centers; Former Director, Measures and Quality Collaboratives, American College of Emergency Physicians, Alexandria, VA	Kou B. Thao, MA Director, Center for Health Equity & Office of Minority & Multicultural Health, Minnesota Department of Health, St Paul, MN
Andrea Thoumi, MPP, MSc Health Equity Policy Fellow, Duke-Robert J. Margolis, MD Center for Health Policy, Washington, DC	Melissa Walls, PhD Bois Forte and Couchiching First Nation Anishinaabe; Director, Great Lakes Hub, Center for American Indian Health; Associate Professor of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Duluth, MN	Roxie C. Wells, MD President, Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital; Board of Trustees, American Hospital Association, Raeford, NC	Ronald M. Wyatt, MD, MHA VP and Patient Safety Officer, MCIC Vermont; Former Chief Quality Officer, Cook County Health; Former Chief Quality Officer, Hamad Health Care Institute (Qatar); Former Patient Safety Officer and Medical Director, The Joint Commission, Chicago, IL	Ed M. Yu, MD, CMQ, CPPS, CPE Chief Quality Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation/Sutter Health; Chairperson, Patient Safety Committee, Sutter Health, Mountain View, CA