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Keynote Speaker:  Mark Hertling, DBA, Lieutenant General, US Army (retired), retired after 38 years of service to the US Army in 2013.  He served as Senior Vice President at the innovative Florida Hospital in Orlando from 2013-2017 and is now an advisor to the Advent Health Leadership Institute. 

 

After retiring from the Army, Dr. Hertling was appointed by President Obama to be one of 25 members of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sport and Nutrition from 2014-2017.  He still serves as an advisor to the non-profit organizations “Operation Gratitude” in California and “Mission: Readiness” in Washington DC.  He is an adjunct scholar at West Point’s Modern War Institute and teaches leadership at the Crummer School of Business of Rollins College in Orlando.  Dr. Hertling is often seen on CNN as their senior military analyst. 

 

Hertling received a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Military Academy in 1975. He is also a graduate of the School of Public Health from Indiana University, the Army's Staff College, the School of Advanced Military Studies, and the National War College. He holds Master Degrees in Kinesiology, Military Arts and Science, and National Security Studies from these institutions. In 2019, he received a Doctorate in Business Administration from the Crummer School at Rollins College, defending a thesis addressing leadership in the healthcare industry. His book, Growing Physician Leaders, was published in May 2016.



Rebecca Blanchard, PhD

Senior Director of Education, Baystate Health

Assistant Dean for Education, Univ Mass Medical School Baystate                                                            


Alexandra Blood, DO

Resident, Family Medicine

OhioHealth - Grand Medical Center


Lynne Chafetz, JD

Sr. Vice President and General Counsel

Virginia Mason Medical Center


Mike Eppehimer, MHSA, FACHE

President

ChristianaCare Medical Group



Judith Gravdal, MD

Chair, Family Medicine

Advocate Health Care - Advocate Lutheran General Hospital


Lisa Howley, PhD

Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships

Association of American Medical Colleges


Carla Kelly, DO

Chair and Program Director, Obstetrics-Gynecology

Aurora HEalth Care


Nanette Lacuesta, MD

System Program Director, Student Outreach

OhioHealth


Tracia LaFratta, MBA

Manager, Graduate Medical Education

Aurora HEalth Care


Tsveti Markova, MD

Associate Dean, GME and DIO

Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital


Steve Markovich, MD

President and CEO

OhioHealth


Christopher Moriates, MD

Executive Director, Costs of Care

Assistant Dean for Healthcare Value 

Associate Chair for Quality, Safety & Value

Dell Medical School at the University of Texas


Joel Shaw, MD

Director of Medical Education

OhioHealth - Grant Medical Center


Deb Simpson, PhD

Director of Education, Academic Affairs

Aurora Health Care


Donna Smith, MD

Executive Medical Director

Virginia Mason Medical Center


R. Brent Stansfield, PhD

Director of Education, GME

Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital


Kevin Weiss, MD

Chief Sponsoring Institution and Clinical Learning Environment Officer

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)


LuAnn Wilkerson, EdD

Associate Dean for Assessment & Faculty Development and Professor of Medical Education

Dell Medical School at the University of Texas