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The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress is the most prestigious meeting of chief and senior executives from all sectors of health care. The 2008 conference will convene over 2,000 CEOs, senior executives and government officials from the nation's largest employers, hospitals, health systems, health plans, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and leading government agencies.
"This is the largest gathering of health care providers,
thinkers and experts anywhere in this world…."

Lee Scott, President & CEO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.


Presenter:

Mike Leavitt
Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Recently Confirmed
Mike Leavitt
Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
George C. Halvorson
Chairman and CEO
Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals
 
Professor Uwe Reinhardt
Professor of Economics and Public Affairs
Princeton University
Delos (Toby) Cosgrove, MD
Chief Executive Officer and President
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Keynote Speakers
 
Clayton M. Christensen
Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
 
Denis Cortese, MD
President and CEO
Mayo Clinic
 
Delos (Toby) Cosgrove, MD
Chief Executive Officer and President
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
 
Susan Dentzer
Incoming Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs;
On-Air Health Policy Analyst, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS
 
Gregory J Downing, D.O., Ph.D.
Senior Advisor and Project Director, Personalized Health Care Initiative, Office of the Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
 
Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine
Dartmouth Medical School
 
Justin Fox
Editor At-Large
TIME
 
Jacob Goldstein
Health and Medicine Reporter
The Wall Street Journal
 
James Hagedorn
Chairman and CEO
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
 
Grant Harrison
Vice President, Integrated Consumer Experience
Humana, Inc.
 
Scott Hensley
News Editor
The Wall Street Journal
 
Mike Leavitt
Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
 
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Senior Fellow, Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform;
Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution
 
Thomas Miller (McCain Advisor)
Resident Fellow
The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
 
Ian Morrison
Futurist and Author; President Emeritus,
Institute for the Future
 
Peter Neupert
Corporate Vice President, Health Solutions Group
Microsoft, Inc.
 
Hans Rosling, MD, PhD
Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)
Co-Founder, Gapminder
 
George P. Shultz
Former U.S. Secretary of State;
Author, A Citizen’s Guide to Social Security and Health Care Reform
 
Joanne Silberner
Health Policy Correspondent, Science Desk
National Public Radio
 
Paul Speranza, JD, LL.M.
Chairman of the Board of Directors, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Vice Chairman and General Counsel, Wegmans Food Markets
 
John Tooker, MD, MBA, FACP
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
American College of Physicians
 
Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP
EVP and Chief of Medical Affairs
UnitedHealth Group
 
Andrew Webber
President and CEO, National Business Coalition on Health
Board of Directors for the National Quality Forum, the Leapfrog Group, and Bridges to Excellence
 
Cecil B. Wilson, MD
Immediate Past Chair
American Medical Association
 
Employers
 
John Agwunobi, MD, MPH, MBA
EVP Professional Services
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
 
Raymond J. Brusca, JD
Vice President, Benefits
The Black & Decker Corporation
 
William B. Bunn, MD, JD, MPH
Professor, Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University
Vice President, Health, Safety, Security & Productivity
International Truck & Engine Corporation
 
Steven A. Burd
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Safeway Inc.
 
George Chedraoui
Treasurer, Bridges to Excellence;
Global Well Being and Health Benefits Leader, IBM Corporation
 
Pam French
Director, Benefits and Integration
The Boeing Company
 
Robert Gross
President and Chief Executive Officer
Blue Healthcare Bank
 
Paul Grundy, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM
Director of Healthcare, Technology and Strategic Initiatives, Global Wellbeing Services and Health Benefits, IBM;
Chairman, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
 
James Hagedorn
Chairman and CEO
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
 
Cecily Hall
Director, US Benefits
Microsoft Corporation
 
Benjamin H. Hoffman, MD, MPH
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Waste Management, Inc.
 
E.J. Holland Jr.
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Communications
EMBARQ
 
Dianne Kiehl
Executive Director
Business Health Care Group
 
Kate Kohn-Parrott
Director - Integrated Health Care & Disability
Chrysler LLC
 
Scott J. Kornhauser
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Healthation, Inc.
 
  Alan R. May
Vice President, Human Resources Strategy, Compensation and Benefits
The Boeing Company
 
Sandra McCullough
VP, Patient Information Systems
Sharp Health Care
 
Omid Moghadam
Executive Director, Dossia Corporation;
Director, Personal Health Records Programs
Intel Corporation
 
Harriet P. Pearson
VP, Regulatory Policy & Chief Privacy Officer
IBM Corporation
 
Laurel Pickering
Executive Director
New York Business Group on Health
 
Josiah Pritchard
Administrator, Contract and Payer Relations
Mayo Clinic
 
Roy Schoenberg, MD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer
American Well Systems
 
Paul Speranza, JD, LL.M.
Chairman of the Board of Directors, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Vice Chairman and General Counsel, Wegmans Food Markets
 
  Michael Stout, MD
President and CEO
UCI Medical Affiliates
 
Delia Vetter
Senior Director, Benefits and Programs
EMC Corporation
 
Ted von Glahn, MS
Director, Performance Information and Consumer Engagement
Pacific Business Group on Health
 
Andrew Webber
President and CEO, National Business Coalition on Health
Board of Directors for the National Quality Forum, the Leapfrog Group, and Bridges to Excellence
 
Payers/Health Plans
 
Phyllis S. Anderson
Vice President, Marketing
Humana, Inc.
 
Joanne Armstrong, MD, MPH
Senior Medical Director
Aetna
 
Elizabeth Bierbower
VP, Product Innovation
Humana, Inc.
 
David Boucher, M.P.H., FACHE
Assistant Vice President, Health Care Services
Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina
 
David Cochran, MD
Senior Vice President, Strategic Development
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
 
Craig Dolezal
Principal and Senior Consultant
Hewitt Associates
 
Robin Downey
Senior Vice President and Head of Product Development
Aetna, Inc.
 
Mark B. Ganz
President and CEO
The Regence Group
 
Robert Greczyn
President and CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina;
Board Member and Former Chair, Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare
 
Vicky Gregg
President and CEO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN
 
George C. Halvorson
Chairman and CEO
Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals
 
Grant Harrison
Vice President, Integrated Consumer Experience
Humana, Inc.
 
Jeffrey Kang, MD
Chief Medical Officer, CIGNA;
President, eHealth Initiative
 
Charles D. Kennedy, MD
Vice President, Health Information Technology & Research
WellPoint, Inc.
 
Lance Lang, MD
National Vice President, Clinical Quality Officer
Health Net, California
 
Richard J. Migliori, M.D.
Executive Vice President, Business Initiatives and Clinical Affairs
Enterprise Services Group, UnitedHealth Group
 
Steven B. Miller, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Express Scripts Inc.
 
Jeff Munn
Principal, Strategy and Design Leader, Health Management
Hewitt Associates
 
Matthew J. Narrett, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Erickson Health
 
Robert E Nesse, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Franciscan Skemp Healthcare
Mayo Health System
 
Sam Nussbaum, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
WellPoint, Inc
 
Ken Patric, MD
Vice President, Chief Medical Officer
Blue Cross Blue Shield Tennessee
 
Edmund Pezalla, M.D., MPH
National Medical Director, Aetna Pharmacy Management
Aetna, Inc.
 
David W. Plocher, MD
Chief Medical Officer and SVP, Business Intelligence, Informatics and Pharmacy Management
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
 
Charles (Chad) Pomeroy
VP, Consumer Innovation
WellPoint
 
James Roosevelt Jr.
President and CEO
Tufts Health Plan
 
  Duncan Ross
Vice President and General Manager, Specialty Benefits Group
Blue Shield of California
 
Richard Safeer, M.D., FAAFP
Medical Director, Preventive Medicine
CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield
 
  Andrew Schuyler, MD
Executive Medical Director
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
 
Anna-Lisa Silvestre
Vice President, Online Services
Kaiser Permanente
 
Thomas Simmer, MD
Chief Medical Officer and SVP, Health Care Value and Provider Affiliation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
 
David A. Stumpf, MD, PhD
National Medical Director, Physician Engagement and Improvement, UnitedHealth Clinical Advancement
UnitedHealth Care
 
Bruce Sturm
Senior Vice President
Erickson Advantage Health Plan
 
John Toussaint, MD
President and CEO
ThedaCare
 
Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP
EVP and Chief of Medical Affairs
UnitedHealth Group
 
Jody Voss
Vice President, Business Development
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
 
Providers
 
Babette Apland
Senior Vice President, Health and Care Management
HealthPartners
 
James E. Barr, MD
Medical Director
Partners in Care, Inc.
 
Charles L. Bennett, MD, PhD, MPP
Buehler Professor of Geriatrics and Economics, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Kellogg School of Management
 
Steve Bonner
President and CEO
Cancer Treatment Centers of America
 
Kate Christensen, MD
Medical Director, Internet Services Group, Kaiser Permanente; Member, Northern California Institutional Review Board
 
Giovanni Colella, MD
President, CEO, and Founder, Maria Health;
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, RelayHealth (Acquired by McKesson)
 
Dr. Samantha Collier
Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President
HealthGrades
 
Edward (Ted) Conklin, MD
Chairman, Chief Medical Officer and Founder
Carena
 
Denis Cortese, MD
President and CEO
Mayo Clinic
 
Delos (Toby) Cosgrove, MD
Chief Executive Officer and President
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
 
Francis J. (Jay) Crosson, MD
Senior Medical Director, Permanente Federation;
Chair of the Governing Board, AMGA;
Chair, Council of Accountable Physician Practices
 
Susan DeVore
Chief Operating Officer
Premier, Inc.
 
James Dilling
Senior Administrator
Mayo Clinic
 
L. Allen Dobson, MD
President & CEO, Cabarrus Family Medicine;
Former Assistant Secretary, Health Policy and Medical Assistance, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
 
Evan Falchuk
President and COO
Best Doctors
 
Rushika Fernandopulle, MD
CEO
Renaissance Health
 
Larry S. Fields, MD
Past President
American Academy of Family Physicians
 
Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine
Dartmouth Medical School
 
Web Golinkin
President and CEO, RediClinic LLC
President, Convenient Care Association
 
Gary L. Gottlieb, MD, MBA
President
Brigham and Women's Hospital