Speakers

MASTER OF CEREMONIES

  • Dr Ursula King, Australia

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    Dr Ursula King, Australia
    World Hospital Congress Master of Ceremonies

    Dr Ursula King is a senior clinician, research academic, and skilled facilitator. With over three decades in the Australian service sector, Dr King has developed a diverse and nuanced understanding of health and health services. Having completed Fellowship of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, she focuses her clinical work on acute care in resource-challenged environments. This work is complemented by her role as an Early Management of Severe Trauma/Advanced Trauma Life Support instructor.

    Dr King is internationally recognised for her research into the socio-ecological determinants of health, particularly with respect to Indigenous health. She has worked in policy and program management roles across the Australian public sector, has a MPH and PhD, and holds honorary associate professor appointments with both the University’s of Sydney and Melbourne medical schools.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

  • Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, Australia

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    Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, Australia
    Foundation Director, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University

    Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, BA, MIR (Hons), MBA, DipLR, PhD, FAIM, FCHSM, FFPHRCP (UK), FAcSS (UK), Hon FRACMA, FAHMS is Foundation Director of the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Director of the Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, and Professor of Health Systems Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He has appointments at six other universities internationally, and he is a board member and President Elect of the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) and consultant to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

    His research examines the changing nature of health systems, which has attracted funding of more than AUD $110 million. He is particularly interested in health care as a complex adaptive system, and applying complexity science to health care problems.

    Professor Braithwaite has contributed over 450 refereed publications, and has presented at international and national conferences on more than 900 occasions, including 90 keynote addresses. His research appears in journals such as The BMJ, The Lancet, Social Science & Medicine, BMJ Quality and Safety, and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care. He has received 40 different national and international awards for his teaching and research.

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    Follow on: Twitter: @JBraithwaite1

  • Nigel Edwards, United Kingdom

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    Nigel Edwards, United Kingdom
    Chief Executive, Nuffield Trust

    Nigel Edwards is Chief Executive at the Nuffield Trust. Prior to becoming Chief Executive in 2014, he was an expert advisor with KPMG’s Global Centre of Excellence for Health and Life Sciences and a Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund.

    Nigel was Policy Director of the NHS Confederation for 11 years and has a wealth of experience in health and social care. He joined the organisation from his former role as Director of the London Health Economics Consortium at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he remains an honorary visiting professor.

    Nigel has a strong interest in new models of service delivery and a practical focus on what is happening at the front line as well as a wealth of experience in wider health care policy in the UK and internationally.

    Nigel is a well-known media commentator, often in the spotlight debating key policy issues.

    Nigel is currently working with the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies on developments in health care provision in Europe.

    Follow on: Twitter: @nedwards_1

  • Professor Claire Jackson, Australia

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    Professor Claire Jackson, Australia
    Professor in General Practice and Primary Care Research, Director, Centre for Health System Reform and Integration, University of Queensland

    MBBS (Uni of Qld) MD (UQ) MPH (UQ) CertHEcon (Monash) GradCert Management (QUT) FRACGP FAICD

    Claire has been active in integrated care innovation, education and research for many years, and has been extensively involved in health services research and reform since the early 90s. She has been a member of both the national Primary Health Care Advisory Group and the National Primary Care Strategy Expert Reference Group - guiding forces behind Australia’s national primary care reform.  She provided a commissioned paper for the National Health and Hospital Reform Commission on new models in primary care. Her description of the ‘beacon’ practice model, piloted at Inala Primary Care, was adopted as both the clinical prototype for the Australian Association of Academic General Practitioner’s endorsed model for GP Superclinics, and the basis for UQ’s successful $ 10 million Superclinic tenders.  Inala Primary Care won RACGP Qld ‘Practice of the Year’ in 2009.

    Since 2009, Claire has been a national driver in the Health Care Home initiative – publishing and presenting widely on the topic and sitting on national Advisory Committees for both Ministers Plebisek and Ley.  She has been Clinical Director of two $ 2.5 million Centres for Research Excellence in Primary Care Reform - one exploring new models of integrated care between hospital and community, the other investigating the impact of researcher and end-user ‘co-creation’ on clinical quality, patient experience, governance and models of care. She is currently Director, MRI-UQ Centre for Health System Reform and Integration

    Her current primary area of research interest is in health system reform involving primary care, a topic on which she has published and presented internationally. Her MD Thesis was entitled ‘Building an Integrated Health Care Delivery System around Primary Care’.  With Inge de Jong, Claire co-authored “Achieving Effective Health Care Integration – the Essential Guide”, a publication that sold over 1000 copies.  Claire was heavily involved in the development of Australian Divisions of General Practice, Medicare Locals, and Primary Health Networks and was a Ministerial appointment to lead the National Review of Afterhour’s Primary Health Care in 2014. She is Chair of UQ’s highly successful bienniel International Health System Reform Conferences.

    Claire is a Board member of the Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia Ltd (HCF), Australia’s largest NFP private health insurer, and was Chair of Brisbane North Primary Health Network from 2015-17.  She sits on the Editorial Advisory Committee of the Medical Journal of Australia and is a member of both the Queensland Senate’s Integrated Care Working Group and the Department of Health’s Health Care Home Training and Evaluation Work Group. She is a past President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (2010-12) and is an active clinician and GP trainer in Brisbane.

    She was a 2014 Finalist in the Qld Telstra Business Women’s ‘Business Innovation’ and ‘Community and Government’ Awards.

  • Glenn Keys AO, Australia

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    Glenn Keys AO, Australia
    Executive Co-Chairman and Co-Founder, Aspen Medical

    Glenn is the co-founder and Executive Co-Chairman of Canberra-based Aspen Medical, one of the world’s leading providers of outsourced healthcare solutions. In 2003, Glenn founded Aspen with Dr Andrew Walker. After 15 years Aspen has over 2,000 staff and operates across Australasia, the Pacific Rim, the Middle East, Africa, the USA and the UK.

    Today the company has customers in the Government, Defence, Mining, Oil & Gas and Humanitarian sectors. In 2017 Glenn and Andrew were selected as runners up for the World Entrepreneurs of the Year, and Glenn was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for both his philanthropic leadership in the business sector and his work as an advocate for people with an intellectual disability.

    Follow on: Twitter: @GlennKeysAspen

  • Dr Daphne Khoo, Singapore

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    Dr Daphne Khoo, Singapore
    Deputy Director Medical Services (Healthcare Performance Group), Ministry of Health, Singapore

    Deputy Director of Medical Services, Healthcare Performance Group
    Executive Director, Agency of Care Effectiveness
    Ministry of Health, Singapore

    Dr. Daphne Khoo is the Deputy Director Medical Services (Healthcare Performance Group) at the Ministry of Health (MOH) Singapore where she oversees all national Patient Safety, Clinical Performance Management, Quality Improvement and Utilization Review programmes. She is also the founding Executive Director of the Agency for Care Effectiveness, Singapore’s national Health Technology Assessment Agency.

    Dr. Khoo trained as an endocrinologist at the Singapore General Hospital and the Cleveland Clinic USA. She is a former President of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies and recipient of the Asia Oceania Thyroid Association Nagatataki Award for contributions to thyroid research. From 2011 to 2014 Dr. Khoo was the global Chief Medical Officer of a private healthcare company with healthcare facilities in 11 countries including India, Vietnam, Australia and Hong Kong.

    Her current main area of focus at the Ministry is co-driving the Beyond Quality to Value work stream alongside colleagues from Healthcare Financing.

  • Karen Knight, Australia

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    Karen Knight, Australia
    General Manager Advocacy and Engagement / QLD, NSW & NT Client Services, Vision Australia

    Karen is an experienced human services practitioner and Manager with significant exposure across the health, disability, aged care and mental health sectors. She currently leads Vision Australia’s service engagement across Queensland, Northern NSW and NT, leading 126 specialist staff.

    In addition, Karen leads the Advocacy and Engagement team of 15, and represents on national peak bodies and through media appearances on national and metropolitan channels. Karen is currently leading the organisation’s response to the NDIS and My Aged Care national reforms.

    Karen has more than 20 years’ experience working in her chosen fields. Over that time she has built a solid understanding and appreciation of what is required to lead people to make a positive impact on consumers, and achieve staff and organisational results.

    During her career she has provided high value to the organisations that she has worked for through strategic thinking, agility, attention to detail, willingness to share and an exemplary work ethic.

    As someone who is committed to continuous improvement, Karen will complete her MBA at the University of Queensland within the next 12 months. This will combine her business and strategic skills with her human services background.

    Karen is also a registered psychologist with specialisation in mental health promotion, youth suicide prevention, early intervention and child protection.

    After a lifetime of blindness, Karen is motivated to inspire others to reach their full potential.

  • Berna Marcelino, Canada

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    Berna Marcelino, Canada
    Provincial Director, Standardization, BC Clinical and Support Services

    Berna Marcelino is the Provincial Director of Standardization for BC Clinical and Support Services. Berna leads a diverse group of clinicians in British Columbia’s healthcare supply chain. She is responsible for ensuring that clinical and operational perspective is integrated into procurement processes and product management. In this role, Berna led the development and implementation of several provincial processes including the Provincial Ethical Allocation Framework for Products During Critical Shortages. Berna sponsors the Value Analysis Teams Program in British Columbia, a collaborative approach between the provincial health authorities to arrive at product and service utilization decisions.

    Berna has extensive experience in stakeholder engagement and relationship building, hosting provincial conversations that lead to province-wide recommendations on product and services management. Berna’s work also involves establishing early scanning for health innovations, raising awareness and empowering clinical and operational leaders in their decision making as it relates to adoption.

    Berna is a registered nurse with over 16 years in healthcare, and has a unique combination of experience in operating room nursing, clinical education, project management, and supply chain.

  • Bronte Martin, Australia

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    Bronte Martin, Australia
    Nursing Director, Trauma & Disaster, National Critical Care Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC)

    RN, BNurs, MNurs, GDipNSc (Emerg), CritCCert, DipGov & ADipPersOps, MRCNA

    Bronte Martin is the Director of Nursing (Trauma & Disaster) and founding member of the National Critical Care Trauma Response Centre responsible for providing clinical governance and oversight for the Australian Medical Assistance Team deployable 60 bed Field Surgical Hospital capability. 

    She is currently both Australian Medical Assistance Team (AusMAT) Mission & Clinical Team Leader and Australian representative for UN Disaster Assessment Coordination Teams (UNDAC); with deployments in response to Tropical Cyclone Pam, Vanuatu, Philippines super-Typhoon Haiyan and most recently coordination of the Australian Government’s AUSMAT response to Tropical Cyclone Gita, Tonga and Papua New Guinea Highlands Earthquakes in 2018.

    Bronte is also a Wing Commander in the Royal Australian Air Force Specialist Reserve; previous operational experiences include deployments to Solomon Islands and Afghanistan.

    In 2016 Bronte returned from a 6-month secondment with the World Health Organisation (WHO) Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Secretariat in Geneva to develop and establish the Global Classification, Mentorship & Verification program; ensuring validated, quality international Emergency medical care is delivered in response to sudden onset disasters. 

    In 2017 Bronte assumed the inaugural role on behalf of WHO as Regional Chair – Western Pacific for Emergency Medical Teams; actively mentoring 5 International EMTs from around the globe towards achieving WHO Global Classification and validation of national capacities to respond in Emergencies.

    Follow on: Twitter: @NatTraumaCentre

  • Professor Keith McNeil, Australia

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    Professor Keith McNeil, Australia
    Assistant Deputy Director-General & Chief Clinical Information Officer, Queensland Health - Department of Health

    Professor Keith McNeil plays a key role in the clinical leadership of the statewide eHealth program. He works closely with key stakeholders to maximise the clinical and patient safety benefits associated with technology in the healthcare setting, while minimising risk.

    Prof McNeil has previously worked within Queensland Health as the Head of Transplant Services at The Prince Charles Hospital, Chief Executive Officer at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, and Chief Executive Metro North Hospital and Health Service.

    More recently, Prof McNeil was Chief Clinical Information Officer, National Health Service, United Kingdom following roles as Chief Executive Officer at Addenbooke's Hospital and Cambridge University Hospital Foundation Trust.

  • Nagwa Metwally, Egypt

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    Nagwa Metwally, Egypt
    Member of Supreme Council, Egyptian Red Crescent

    Nagwa Metwally is a renowned advocate for the World Health Organization’s Patients for Patient Safety (PFPS) program, which aims to incorporate the patient, family and community voice into all levels of health care through engagement and empowerment.

    Nagwa has Bachelor and Masters degrees in communication, and has been working in healthcare as a volunteer for nearly 15 years. She currently chairs the Egyptian Red Crescent group dedicated to improving services for patients at Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine Educational Hospital, and other public hospitals. The hospital is the largest in Egypt, with 3,200 overnight beds, 3,200 outpatient beds and 10,000 employees serving 2 million patients annually. 

    At Ain Shams, Nagwa was first involved with maternity and gynaecological services, provided to 100 new patients every day. Her efforts with putting patients first served as a model for other hospitals, including the University’s 400-bed Cardiac Surgery Academy. Nagwa was instrumental in implementing the WHO checklist for safe surgery in the Academy, and establishing a group of young doctors to be ‘champions’ of patient safety.

    Nagwa has given presentations worldwide on her PFPS experiences, including hand hygiene campaigns, maternity services, ‘operation smile’, patient rights, and most importantly the patient voice. Her advocacy resulted in her appointment 8 years ago to be the first patient representative ever on the Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine’s Hospitals Board.

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  • Chris Pointon, United Kingdom

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    Chris Pointon, United Kingdom
    Co-founder & Global Campaign Ambassador, #hellomynameis

    Chris is one half of the awesome duo that is ‘Chris & Kate’. Their lives were turned upside down around 7 years ago when Kate was diagnosed with terminal cancer whilst they were holidaying in California. 

    Since that point they concertinaed their lives into a shorter period and crammed a huge amount into Kate’s time on this planet. Along the way they have risen over £360,000 for good causes, travelled the world, met many celebrities and royalty and started a global campaign that improves patient care through the basic message of introductions entitled #hellomynameis. Kate’s legacy is huge and her name will live on forever through her legacy and various awards named in her honour.

    Kate and Chris were fortunate enough to know what was coming and to be able to make plans accordingly for both Kate and for Chris post Kate’s death. Chris is now on a 12 month sabbatical from his career and actively talks at conferences around the world to ensure the campaign continues for many generations to come.

    Follow on: Twitter: @pointonchris

    www.hellomynameis.org.uk/

  • Professor Elizabeth Teisberg, United States of America

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    Professor Elizabeth Teisberg, United States of America
    Executive Director, Value Institute for Health and Care, Dell Medical School in Austin, Texas

    Professor Elizabeth Teisberg, PhD is co-creator of the idea of value-based health care strategy and co-author of Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-based Competition on Results, with Prof. Michael E. Porter. Prof. Teisberg serves as Executive Director of the Value Institute for Health and Care at the new Dell Medical School in Austin, Texas. The Value Institute creates curriculum for transforming strategy, culture and measurement in health care to improve health outcomes and reduce costs. Its translational research puts into practice thought-leading work on value-based health care delivery. The Value Institute also provides leadership for Dell Medical School’s patient outcome measurement.

    An internationally recognized author and professor, Dr. Teisberg has won the Wachovia Award for outstanding research, the Frederick S. Morton Award for Leadership, and the Book of the Year Award from the American College of Health Care Executives.

    Follow on: Twitter: @DELLMEDVALUE

  • Melissa Thomason, United States of America

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    Melissa Thomason, United States of America
    Patient Advocate

    Melissa Thomason is a Patient and Family Advisor who currently serves on the Board of Directors for the American Board of Family Medicine, on Patient and Family Advisory Councils in North Carolina and on working groups around the country. She is a remarkably passionate advocate who has shared her story with thousands of healthcare workers around the world and who has made the vital work of patient – centered care her life’s mission.

    A former public school teacher, she spends her time now championing the cause of collaboration with patients and families, caring for her father and being a mother to her ten-year-old son, Nate.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

  • Francesca Colombo, France

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    Francesca Colombo, France
    Head of Health Division, OECD

    Francesca Colombo oversees work on health, which aims at providing internationally comparable data on health systems and applying economic analysis to health policies, advising policy makers, stakeholders and citizens on how to respond to demands for more and better health care and make health systems more people centred. Major activities of the OECD Health Division cover trends in health spending; measuring of health care outcomes, activities and inputs; health care quality policies; assessing health system efficiency and value for money; long-term care systems and ageing; the economics of public health; pharmaceutical policies, new technologies and  big data in health; and health workforce.

  • Niall Dickson CBE, United Kingdom

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    Niall Dickson CBE, United Kingdom
    Chief Executive, NHS Confederation

    The former head of the General Medical Council, Niall Dickson, was appointed chief executive of the NHS Confederation in February 2017.

    During his time at the GMC from 2010 to 2016, Niall delivered a raft of reforms. These included an expansion of its responsibilities for medical education and training, the introduction of revalidation in 2012, the introduction of language checks for doctors from Europe in 2014, and the establishment of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service to provide a clear separation between the GMC’s investigation of complaints and the adjudication of hearings.

    He worked as chief executive of the King's Fund from 2004 to 2009 before being appointed as chief executive and registrar of the General Medical Council in January 2010. Mr Dickson also led the International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities (IAMRA) until 2016.

    He was the editor of the Nursing Times from 1983 to 1988 before joining the BBC as health correspondent in 1988 and progressing to the position of social affairs editor for BBC News from 1995 to 2003, broadcasting mainly on the BBC1 Ten O’Clock News and Radio 4’s Today programme.

    Niall was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2017.

    Follow on: Twitter: @NHSC_Niall

  • Daniël Erasmus, South Africa

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    Daniël Erasmus, South Africa
    Consulting Actuary - Innovation and Business Development, Insight Actuaries

    Daniël Erasmus is an actuary with more than 10 years’ experience in the health industry. He has been a featured speaker at several health and actuarial conferences. He is passionate about innovation and technological developments that help people live better lives by improving their health.

    For the past couple of years, he has been heading up the new business and innovation portfolio of Africa’s largest health focussed Actuarial Consultancy - Insight Actuaries and Consultants. He has recently been tasked with heading up Insight Actuaries in Australia and will be embarking on this adventure at the start of 2019.

  • Dr Ruben Flores, Philippines

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    Dr Ruben Flores, Philippines
    President Emeritus, Philippine Hospital Association and Adviser, Department of Health

    Dr Ruben C Flores is currently Adviser, Health Sector Reform Cluster, Department of Health, Philippines; Member, taskforce on greening hospitals, Climate Change Commission, and President Emeritus, Philippine Hospital Association.

    He was Past President of Asian Hospital Federation.

    He served the Philippines DOH for 32 long years as Medical Director of Amang Rodriguez Medical Center(1987-2001) and the world -famous Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital (2001-2014).

    He acted as WHO temporary adviser on reproductive health programs. He is both a clinician (Internal Medicine) and administrator. Attended various local and international trainings, symposia, conferences and seminars. Recipient of various awards and recognitions.

  • Dr Ann-Lise Guisset, Switzerland

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    Dr Ann-Lise Guisset, Switzerland
    Technical Officer, World Health Organization

    For the last 10 years, Ann-Lise Guisset has been working at WHO in various capacities in regional office (EURO), country office (Tunisia) and headquarters. She is currently at the Service Delivery and Safety Department at HQ. In this position, she supports implementation of the Integrated and People Centered Health Services (IPCHS) framework and leads the work on hospitals.

    She advocates for a renewed vision of hospitals to contribute to Universal Health Coverage and developing primary health care.

    Previously, she worked at the Ministry of Health in Belgium. Dr Guisset was also a researcher at Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) where she completed her PhD in Public Health. She realized her post-doctoral studies at Université de Montreal (Canada).

  • The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Australia

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    The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Australia
    Minister for Health

    Greg was born and raised on the Mornington Peninsula where he currently resides with his wife Paula and two young children.

    Greg graduated from Melbourne University with First Class Honours in Law, and subsequently won a Fulbright Scholarship to complete a Masters of International Relations at Yale University.

    Throughout university and his time on a kibbutz in Israel he worked in warehouses, as a metal worker and as a fruit picker.

    After university Greg worked with Mallesons Stephen Jacques, before becoming Associate to the Chief Justice of the Federal Court.

    Between 1994 and 1998, Greg worked as senior adviser to the then opposition Leader and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer. He subsequently headed Australia’s electoral mission to Cambodia in 1998.

    Greg then worked with McKinsey and Co for almost three years during which time he became an Engagement Manager and specialised in telecommunications, start-ups, government reform and the banking sector.

    Greg’s achievements include being named a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum, being a runner up in the World Debating Championships and being selected as Australia’s debating captain.

    Greg was elected as the Federal Member for Flinders in 2001, and became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage and then Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs as a young MP in the Howard Government.

    Greg was Shadow Minister in the Environment portfolio between 2007 and 2013, and was Minister for the Environment between September 2013 and July 2016.

    As Environment Minister, Greg counts his key achievements as establishing Australia’s successful Emissions Reduction Fund, developing the Great Barrier Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan and $1 billion Reef Fund.

    In 2016 he was selected as the inaugural Best Minister in the World recipient at the World Government Summit.

    Greg was appointed Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science in July 2016.

    In January 2017, Greg was appointed Minister for Health and Sport.  Greg has always had a strong connection with the medical profession and both his mother and wife worked as nurses.

    Greg will use his background in the Industry, Innovation and Science portfolio to build on Australia’s track record for medical breakthroughs, turning what is done in the laboratory into better healthcare for patients.

    Mental health is an issue that is particularly important to Greg. He wants to be a strong advocate for greater understanding and community awareness, and to ensure we have the necessary resources to help deal with this very important issue.

    Greg is a keen sportsman and has competed in seven marathons as well as numerous local events such as the Arthurs Seat Challenge fun run, the San Remo Channel Challenge and the Dromana Life Saving Club swim.

    As the Member for Flinders, Greg has completed four 500km walks around his electorate – in 2004, 2007, 2011 and 2015 – to raise funds for Juvenile Diabetes and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

  • Mercedes Jabalera, Spain

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    Mercedes Jabalera, Spain
    Head of Quality, Hospital Sant Joan De Déu

    Healthcare professional with over 15 years’ experience in Quality Management. Currently, she holds the position of Head of Quality at Sant Joan de Déu, a leading referral paediatric Hospital in Barcelona. She is also coordinator for the EMC2 program, an innovative quality methodology, and strategic coordinator for patient safety. She lectures on the postgraduate Safety and Quality program at Barcelona University and sits on the Catalan government’s minority illnesses committee. A biology graduate, she also has Master’s degrees in Biotechnology and in Quality Improvement and Evaluation Methodology. Strong teamwork and communication skills are her chief assets.

  • Johannes Kedzierski, Pakistan

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    Johannes Kedzierski, Pakistan
    CEO, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi

    Hans Kedzierski is a health care executive. His experience includes leading private as well as non-profit institutions in developing and developed countries.

    He is also interested in teaching and writing about management and leadership. Most of his positions can be characterised as change management assignments. Most of them were in teaching hospitals (including mental health) and health care systems that had the ambition to expand their marketshare, improve their turnover and the quality of care.

  • The Hon Catherine King MP, Australia

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    The Hon Catherine King MP, Australia
    Shadow Minister for Health and Medicare

    Catherine King has represented the Federal Electorate of Ballarat since she was first elected at the 2001 Federal Election.

    Ms King was appointed Parliamentary Secretary in the portfolios of Health and Ageing and Infrastructure and Transport as part of the Gillard Government in 2010 and promoted to Cabinet on 1 July 2013, as Minister for Regional Australia, Local Government and Territories in the Rudd Government.

    Ms King has held the role of Shadow Minister for Health and Medicare in the Shadow Cabinet led by the Hon. Bill Shorten since 2013.

  • Dr Tony Ko, Hong Kong

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    Dr Tony Ko, Hong Kong
    Director, Cluster Services, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

    MBBS (HK), MRCP (UK), FHKCP
    FHKAM (Med), FRCP (Edin), FRCP (Glasg)
    FRACMA, FHKCCM, FHKAM(CM)

    Dr Tony Ko is a physician by background and a specialist in geriatric medicine. He is currently the Director of Cluster Services of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority. He previously was Hospital Chief Executive of Tuen Mun Hospital and the Cluster Chief Executive of New Territories West Cluster of the Hospital Authority. Dr Ko moved from clinical medicine to health services management in 2008 and served as the Chief Manager (Strategy, Service Planning and Knowledge Management) and later the Chief Manager (Patient Safety & Risk Management) of the Hospital Authority Head Office until the appointment to Hospital Chief Executive of Pok Oi Hospital and Cluster Chief Executive of New Territories West Cluster in 2012 and 2014 respectively; and the appointment to his current position in 2018.

  • Julie McCormack, Australia

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    Julie McCormack, Australia
    Board Member, Merri Health

    Julie McCormack has been a Director of Merri Health for four years and Chairs the Clinical Governance Board Sub Committee.

    Julie is the Manager, Business Development at Dental Health Services Victoria. Prior to joining DHSV in May 2012, she held senior management roles with the Australian Dental Association, Law Institute of Victoria and was National Manager Quality Assurance and Continuing Professional Development with The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

    Julie has a background in Education and Public Health including four years as a Lecturer in Education at University of Melbourne.

    Julie is a Director of a small business called Incompany, Women in Trades www.womenintrades.com

  • Dr Liz Mear, United Kingdom

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    Dr Liz Mear, United Kingdom
    Chief Executive, The Innovation Agency

    Dr Liz Mear is Chief Executive of the Innovation Agency, the Academic Health Science Network in England.  In this role she supports the health and care sector to adopt innovation and supports the economic growth of associated businesses. Liz has been a Chief Executive of an NHS Foundation Trust and held Director roles in a number of health providers and local authorities.

    Liz is chair of the North West Procurement Development Board, a Director of the Northern Health Science Alliance; Well North, Lancashire and Cumbria Innovation Alliance Test Bed, Health Education Co-operative and sits on the Board of Health Services Research UK.  She is co-chair of the NIHR Dissemination Centre Steering Group.
    Liz has also worked as a senior management consultant, specialising in public sector business performance improvement and change management.

    Follow on: Twitter: @MearLiz

  • The Hon Steven Miles MP, Australia

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    The Hon Steven Miles MP, Australia
    Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services, Queensland

    Hon. Steven Miles MP, Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services

    Steven Miles is Queensland’s Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services.

    Steven spent three years in the Environment portfolio where he introduced a ban on single use plastic bags and a cash for container refund scheme, delivered next generation environmental laws that make sure mining companies clean up their mines and revitalised Queensland’s climate change initiatives. As the first Minister for the Great Barrier Reef, Steven secured record funding for projects that clean up the reef.

    Before entering Parliament in 2015, Steven worked as a senior advisor to government, as a senior campaigner for Together and United Voice, and co-founded national parent advocacy organisation, The Parenthood before starting his own communications business.

    Steven and his wife Kim are raising their three children Sam, Aidan and Bridie in the Moreton Bay Region suburb of Mango Hill.

  • Dr Robert Pearl, United States of America

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    Dr Robert Pearl, United States of America
    Clinical Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine

    Dr Robert Pearl is the former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group (1999-2017), the nation’s largest medical group, and former president of The Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (2009-2017). In these roles he led 10,000 physicians, 38,000 staff and was responsible for the nationally recognized medical care of 5 million Kaiser Permanente members on the west and east coasts. Recently named one of Modern Healthcare’s 50 most influential physician leaders, Pearl is an advocate for the power of integrated, prepaid, technologically advanced and physician-led healthcare delivery.

    He serves as a clinical professor of plastic surgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine and is on the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he teaches courses on strategy and leadership, and lectures on information technology and healthcare policy.

    In 2017 he authored “Mistreated: Why We think We’re Getting Good Healthcare—And Why We’re Usually Wrong” a Washington Post bestseller that offers a roadmap for transforming American healthcare. All proceeds from the book benefit Doctors Without Borders.

    As a regular contributor to Forbes, Pearl covers the business of healthcare and the culture of medicine. His website RobertPearlMD.com features exclusive content on important healthcare news and events, and his digital newsletter “Monthly Musings on American Healthcare” delivers valuable insights to nearly 10,000 readers.

    Pearl has been featured on CBS This Morning, CNBC, NPR, and in TIME, USA Today and Bloomberg News. He has published more than 100 articles in various medical journals and contributed to numerous books. As a frequent keynote speaker at healthcare and medical technology conferences, he has addressed the Commonwealth Club, the World Healthcare Congress, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s National Quality Forum, among many others.

    Board certified in plastic and reconstructive surgery, Pearl received his medical degree from the Yale University School of Medicine, followed by a residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Stanford University. From 2012 to 2017, Pearl served as chairman of the Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP), which includes the nation’s largest and best multispecialty medical groups, and has participated in the Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Delivery System Reform and Health IT in Washington, D.C.

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  • Dr Sameen Siddiqi, Pakistan

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    Dr Sameen Siddiqi, Pakistan
    Chair, Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi

    Dr Sameen Siddiqi is the Chair, Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi Pakistan since January 2018. From 2002 onwards, he worked for the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of WHO and served as Director, Health Systems Development in EMRO and spearheaded the work on universal health coverage. He has also served as WHO’s Representative to Lebanon and Iran. In Iran, he led the development of an innovative program to train 1,000 hospital managers. Earlier, he has also worked for the World Bank and Ministry of Health, Pakistan. Dr Siddiqi has a fellowship in internal medicine, master and doctoral degrees and fellowship in public health from United Kingdom. His areas of interest are health system governance, quality and safety of care, private health sector and public private partnership. He has multiple publications and book chapters and is the editor of the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal.

  • Dr Muna Tahlak, United Arab Emirates

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    Dr Muna Tahlak, United Arab Emirates
    Consultant Obstetrician/Gynaecologist and Hospital CEO, Dubai Health Authority

    Dr Muna AbdulRazzaq Tahlak is the Chief Executive officer (CEO) of Latifa Women and Children Hospital (a 340-bedded specialised hospital) of Dubai Health Authority (DHA), Government of Dubai, UAE since 20 March 2014. Dr Tahlak is an obstetrics and gynaecology consultant and the first Emirati lady to complete her specialization in obstetrics and gynaecology from the John Hopkins Hospital, United States of America (USA). In 1997, she graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and topped her class in pathology. She is American Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and a fellow of the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology since 2005.

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  • Nancy Agee, United States of America

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    Nancy Agee, United States of America
    President and CEO, Carilion Clinic

    Nancy Howell Agee is president and chief executive officer of Carilion Clinic, a nearly $2 billion not-for-profit integrated health system headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia.

    Carilion Clinic includes seven hospitals ranging from the third largest in Virginia to mid-sized community and small rural or critical access hospitals. Carilion also operates complementary business lines, including home health, imaging services, pharmacies and free-standing surgical clinics.

    Before becoming CEO in 2011, Ms. Agee served as executive vice president and chief operating officer. During her tenure as COO, she co-led Carilion's reorganization from a collection of hospitals to a fully integrated, physician-led clinic. Ms. Agee currently serves as chair of the American Hospital Association, a membership organization representing the nation's 5,000 hospitals and health care systems. 

  • Dr Ibtesam AlBastaki, United Arab Emirates

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    Dr Ibtesam AlBastaki, United Arab Emirates
    Director, Investment and Partnership Department, Dubai Health Authority

    Dr. Ibtesam Al Bastaki is currently a Director of investment and partnership at Dubai Health Authority (DHA), and is responsible of development of various Health public and private projects within Emirates of Dubai. In addition to her main role, she also leads advices and guides on the best practices to ensure a proper holistic expansion in health care industries within UAE.

    Previously, Dr. Ibtesam Al Bastaki was heading the health strategy and performance team at Prime Minister Office to aim and achieve the UAE vision 2021. Her role at the organization also led to the introduction of the National Key Performance Indicators and the revamping of the federal health strategy.

    Dr. Ibtesam’s wealth of expertise also includes with VPS health care a private UAE organization and her roles was to ensure a proper holistic expansion of the group in health care industries within UAE.

    In addition, she was involved in Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Dubai Health Authority (DHA). She has had the opportunity to be involved in several projects and fundraising projects within her capacity as the Director of Business Development and Projects at the Dubai Health Authority and has had added more financial value to the organization. Moreover, she has been working closely within her community in different health aspects to increase awareness of various ailments prevalent in society. Dr. Al Bastaki is a medical physician and graduated from Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). In 2004, she gained her Arab Board in Family Medicine and went on to secure her Masters in Health Care Management from RCSI. In addition she was enrolled at the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Leadership Program from 2007-2009. Currently she is a scientific chair for International Family Medicine that was launched in February 2014. In addition, she heads the Jury Committee for Special Needs for Her Royal Highness Princess Haya since June 2014.

    She has been awarded for Dubai Government Excellence Award for a shared project called ORAT in 2011, the Dubai Government Excellence Award for Distinguished Employee in 2010 and the Sheikh Rashid Award for Scientific Outstanding in 2008.

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    Follow on: Twitter: @dribtesam

  • Dr Amin Al Amiri, United Arab Emirates

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    Dr Amin Al Amiri, United Arab Emirates
    Assistant Undersecretary for Public Health Policy and Licensing, Ministry of Health and Prevention

    Dr. Amin Hussain Al Amiri is the Asst. Undersecretary of Public Health Policy & Licensing Sector in UAE Ministry of Health & Prevention. 

    Dr. Al Amiri received his Ph.D. and Ms.C. in Medical Science in 2003 from Faculty of Medicine; Aberdeen University in Scotland; UK.

    He is responsible for the following departments at MOHAP:

    • Drug Department.
    • Empowerment & Health Compliance.
    • Organization, Licenses& Advertisement.
    • Public Health Policies Department.
  • Professor Bassim Al Bahrani, Oman

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    Professor Bassim Al Bahrani, Oman
    Director National Oncology Centre, Royal Hospital, MOH

    Dr Bassim Al Bahrani is working as Director National Oncology Center, Royal Hospital Oman since 2010. Done advance training in Medical Oncology in Australia and earned a fellowship from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He is an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of physicians and surgeons of Glasgow, and Ph.D. from University of Rome Tor Vergata
    He is a member of the European Society of Medical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Gulf Federation for Cancer Control, and Medical Oncology group of Australia.

    He is an author of over 40 research articles published in peer-reviewed international journals.

  • Dr Tawfiq Al Lawati, Oman

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    Dr Tawfiq Al Lawati, Oman
    Head of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Royal Hospital, Ministry of Health

    Dr Tawfiq Al Lawati a senior consultant in the Department of Child Health at the Royal Hospital Oman. He was graduated from Sultan Qaboos University in 1995 and was trained in Oman till the award of MRCPCH in 2001.He resumed his training in paediatric Gastroenterology in the Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane from 2001 till 2004 and he was later awarded fellowship of the RCPCH in 2013.

    Dr Al Lawati has major clinical interest in paediatric Gastroenterology with many publication and development of many local protocol in clinical paediatrics. This is his first participation in non-clinical work.

  • Fatma Al Masroori, Oman

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    Fatma Al Masroori, Oman
    Director of Nursing, Royal Hospital (Ministry of Health)

    Director of Nursing Affairs at Royal Hospital Sultanate of Oman, with a BSN and MSN Degree in Health Care Administration from Villanova University PA, USA. Also, involved in the success of the Royal Hospital ACI recognition. 

    A member in various committees and has established countless services to improve patient outcomes, improve quality, patient safety, and enhance staff competence. Contributed in project Hope Task Force for Basra Children's Hospital, in training and teaching Iraqi nurses.

    Received an exceptional Nursing Award (Nusaiba Bint Ka'ab Award).

    A member of the Royal Hospital Toast Master Club and awarded 'Best Speaker' at 6 International conferences.

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  • Dr Aneesa Arur, Australia

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    Dr Aneesa Arur, Australia
    Senior Health Specialist, World Bank, Australia

    Aneesa Arur is Senior Health Specialist at the World Bank’s Health Nutrition and Population Global Practice. She has led and managed World Bank-financed projects in client countries and is also involved in research and technical assistance at the country and regional level on social health insurance, results based financing, integration of care and contracting for health services. Before joining the World Bank Group, Aneesa worked at Abt Associates Inc., a consulting firm with an international health practice. Aneesa holds a PhD in Health Systems from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a Masters in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science.  

  • Dr Olufunmilayo Bankole, Nigeria

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    Dr Olufunmilayo Bankole, Nigeria
    Medical Director/CEO, General Hospital Ikorodu

    Bankole Olufunmilayo is an accomplished consultant  Ophthalmologist. She has a Masters degree in Public Health Ophthalmology from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a fellow of the West African College of Surgeons and the Nigerian Post graduate Medical College. Through her career as a public health ophthalmologist, she has been privileged to served as the Director of the Blindness prevention program by Lagos State Ministry of Health, a Team lead on the Nigerian National Blindness and Low vision survey project, Medical Director/CEO of two secondary health facilities  (General Hospital Isolo and Onikan Health Centre) and she is currently the  medical director of Ikorodu General Hospital.
    She is passionate about research for the purpose of health care planning and has been a recipient of several  awards in recognition of her contribution to Ophthalmology and medical practice. 

  • Dr Noriah Bidin, Malaysia

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    Dr Noriah Bidin, Malaysia
    Senior Principal Assistant Director, Institute for Health Management, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Dr Noriah Bidin graduated with Bachelor of Medicine/ Bachelor of Surgery from Dow Medical College and became a Public Health Specialist in 1999 after obtaining her Master in Public Health from Malaya University, Malaysia. She is currently the Senior Principal Assistant Director at the Institute for Health Management, Kuala Lumpur. Dr Noriah has been involved in Action Research (AR) since 2007 and has conducted training workshops for the public health facilities. She has directly involved in the Cluster Hospital initiative which applies AR concept since its inception. Throughout 30-year career, she has published her research papers, authored various academic publications and awarded a number of excellence awards. 

  • Jolanta Bilinska, Poland

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    Jolanta Bilinska, Poland
    Immediate Past Chair, International Alliance of Patients' Organization

    Jolanta is the immediate past chair of the International Alliance of Patients' Organization. She is based in Poland and is a widely respected expert in public health, with experience in founding and running patients' organizations.

    Currently, she serves as the Director for Development and Social Communication at Jonscher Hospital in Lodz, Poland, is the Head of the International Cooperation Department, National Health Fund, Lodz, Poland, is the Coordinator concerning the European Union in the National Health Fund in Lodz, Poland, is a WHO Patients for Patient Safety Champion and is the founder of the Patient Safety Foundation.

    Follow on: Twitter: @IAPOvoice

  • Dr Christopher Bourke, Australia

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    Dr Christopher Bourke, Australia
    Strategic, Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association

    Dr Chris Bourke is Strategic Programs Director for the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association.  Chris is a Gamillaroi man and Australia's first Indigenous dentist.  From 2011 to 2016, Chris was a Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly with various ministerial portfolios.  Chris has held clinical positions in the private and public sector including his own private dental practice, Aboriginal Medical Services, public hospitals and state/territory health departments.  He is an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor with the University of Melbourne.  In addition to his dental degree Chris has postgraduate diplomas in Public Health, Clinical Dentistry and an MBA.

    Follow on: Twitter: @chrisbourke

  • Deborah Bowen, United States of America

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    Deborah Bowen, United States of America
    President & CEO, American College of Healthcare Executives

    Deborah J. Bowen, FACHE, CAE, is president and CEO of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Previously, she was ACHE’s executive vice president and COO. She is board certified in healthcare management and a Fellow of ACHE and the American Society of Association Executives. Ms. Bowen currently serves on the board of the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, chairs the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Overseers, and is a member of the International Hospital Federation Governing Council. Ms. Bowen has also held several leadership positions including chairing the boards of the Association Forum of Chicagoland and the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education. Since becoming president and CEO in 2013, Ms. Bowen has been recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare and one of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare. She received a master’s degree in business administration from Loyola University Chicago and a master’s degree in science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

  • Amy Brennan, Australia

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    Amy Brennan, Australia
    Service Manager, Mater Hospital Brisbane

    Amy Brennan was a practising podiatrist before completing her MBA and moving into Health management.  She is currently a Service Manager at Mater Health who works with surgical specialties to deliver information and value based service strategies and lead change in a Tertiary hospital setting.  After working as a clinician and manager across private and public settings, Amy knows the pressures both clinicians and the health system face as they try to deliver best practice in a busy, complex environment with limited resources. 

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    Vivian Bryce, Australia

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    Vivian Bryce, Australia
    Clinical Nurse Consultant, Princess Alexandra Hospital

    Vivian Bryce is a Clinical Nurse Consultant at the Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH). She has been the driving force in establishing the Better Cardiac Care team to improve outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients being treated for cardiac disease at PAH.

  • Nicola Callard, Australia

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    Nicola Callard, Australia
    Principal Project Officer, Children's Health Queensland

    Nicola is passionate about improving children's health and wellbeing outcomes and works with the Children's Health Queensland Improvement and Innovation team to deliver on strategic priorities that make a difference to Queensland children. Nicola is a registered Psychologist and her clinical experience working with disadvantaged children and families informs how she approaches her current role where she delivers on CHQ's clinical redesign and system reform agenda in partnership with colleagues across the system.

  • Dr Hannah Carter, Australia

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    Dr Hannah Carter, Australia
    Health Economist, Australian Centre for Health Service Innovation (QUT)

    Dr Hannah Carter is a health economist at the Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI), based at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. Her current role involves providing advice, guidance and support on health services evaluation, including research project design, methodology and cost-effectiveness analysis. She also has specialist knowledge in health system modelling, and an interest in estimating the economic consequences of disease. Her doctoral thesis explored the productivity related costs associated with premature mortality in Australia.

  • Jodie Chamberlain, Australia

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    Jodie Chamberlain, Australia
    Executive Director, Territory-wide Services Redesign, ACT Health

    Jodie Chamberlain the Executive Director, Territory-wide Services Redesign in ACT Health has over 20 years of senior leadership and health sector experience. Prior to this, Jodie was the Deputy Executive Director at Royal Perth and Bentley Hospitals, where she led all facets of corporate services, managed the operations of the Bentley Health Service and played a critical role in the reform of the Royal Perth Hospital.

    With a Master of Health Services Management and a background as a Registered Nurse, Jodie plays a pivotal role in driving the ACT Health reform agenda to deliver on the ACT Government's 10 Year Health Plan.

  • Yiu Keung Chan, Hong Kong

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    Yiu Keung Chan, Hong Kong
    APN, Ruttonjee and Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals

    Advanced practice nurse of the department of geriatrics of Ruttonjee Hospital of Hong Kong. Currently nurse coordinator of a pilot dementia community project in collaboration with government and non-governmental organizations to support dementia elders in the community.

  • Ming Wai Cheng, Hong Kong

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    Ming Wai Cheng, Hong Kong
    Advanced Practice Nurse, Ruttonjee and Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals

    Cheng Ming Wai, RN, BSN, MScPHEC, FHKAN (Critical Care), earned his bachelor of science degree in Nursing from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and his Master degree in Pre-hospital and Emergency Care from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also the Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Nursing (Critical Care). He is now working as an Advance Practice Nurse in Cardiac and Intensive Care Unit at Ruttonjee and Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals in Hong Kong. Other than overseeing nursing care and training in C&ICU, he also serves in Quality & Safety within medical department as chairperson for promoting evidence-based practice and enhancement program.    

  • Dr Ngai Tseung Cheung, Hong Kong

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    Dr Ngai Tseung Cheung, Hong Kong
    Head of Information Technology and Health Informatics/Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Hospital Authority Head Office

    NT Cheung is the Head of Information Technology & Health Informatics and Chief Medical Informatics Officer of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HKHA) and also the Consultant for eHealth for the Hong Kong Government.  He has taken HKHA from a virtual 'green fields' site to todays situation where clinical information systems have become indispensable in the care delivery process. His current work focuses on taking HKHA's Clinical Management System on a generational leap and embracing innovative IT and data driven approaches to enable enhanced healthcare service delivery models.  He also works with the Government and other stakeholders to develop the territory-wide eHealth Record Sharing System in Hong Kong.

     

  • Geoffrey Chin, Switzerland

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    Geoffrey Chin, Switzerland
    Market Access Director, Novartis AG

    Geoffrey Chin is currently the Global Market Access Lead for Heart Failure with Novartis AG based in Switzerland. Prior to commencing the position in January 2018, Geoffrey was working on several systems initiatives in Australia by partnering with primary care providers, hospital administrators and policy makers to improve patient outcomes. 

    In addition, he has over 15 years' experience working in health technology assessment, reimbursement and pricing of medicines both in the commercial industry and academia. Geoffrey has a background in pharmacy with post graduate qualifications in public health.

  • Dr Hai-Hua Chuang, Taiwan

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    Dr Hai-Hua Chuang, Taiwan
    Director of Health Promotion Center; Deputy Director of Family Medicine Department, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei & Linkou Branch

    Dr. Hai-Hua Chuang is a family physician with subspecialties on obesity medicine, osteoporosis management, and adolescent health. She devotes her medical practice in the field of health promotion in Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital (Taipei & Linkou), the biggest medical center in Taiwan.

    The research interests of Dr. Chuang are epidemiology, health impact, and prevention means of obesity, suboptimal body composition, and declined physical fitness in the middle to old-age population as well as hospital employees. She has been conducting the largest workplace health promotion (WHP) project for medical workers in Taiwan since year of 2013 to the present.

  • Dr Kate Churruca, Australia

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    Dr Kate Churruca, Australia
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University

    Dr Kate Churruca is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. Dr Churruca's projects involve the application of complexity science to healthcare and using social-psychological theories to understand hospital organisational culture. She has published on understanding health systems through a complexity science lens, safety culture, and the application of broken-windows theory to healthcare context. Dr Churruca has previously led or worked on projects looking at women's experiences of bulimia, racism and educational outcomes, variation in coronial determination of intent for poisoning deaths, and risk communication in active surveillance for prostate cancer.

  • Professor Paul Colditz, Australia

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    Professor Paul Colditz, Australia
    Deputy Director, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Group Head, Clinical Neurosciences Laboratory, University of Queensland

    Prof Paul Colditz is the Director of the Perinatal Research Centre.

    Paul is a practicing neonatologist with a DPhil in Medicine from Oxford University, UK. He is the Foundation Professor of Perinatal Medicine at UQ, Director of the Perinatal Research Centre, one of the largest research centres in the School of Medicine and Deputy Director at University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR). More recently he has been appointed to the position of President-elect, Paediatrics and Child Health Division, Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

    He has professional qualifications in paediatrics, biomedical engineering and medical research. He is involved in teaching, clinical practice, taking care of babies and their families in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and in the clinical assessment of infant neurodevelopment.

    Paul has been lead CI on a number of multi-site randomized controlled trials. His group has become an international leader in the development of the preterm connectome using MRI.

    Paul has been a member or chair of NHMRC project and program grant review panels regularly for over a decade and has been a member of NHMRC Australia Fellowship panel. He has several high impact publications that define current clinical practice (Lancet, JAMA, Am J OG) and holds an Australian patent (2006 Approved 2006906381) for a method for detecting EEG seizures in the newborn.

  • Dr Sheila Connelly, United States of America

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    Dr Sheila Connelly, United States of America
    VP Research, Synthetic Biologics, Inc.

    Dr. Connelly is Vice President, Research, at Synthetic Biologics, Inc., a clinical-stage company focused on gut microbiome therapeutics to protect and restore patient health. She has over 20 years of experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries ranging from start-ups to large pharma. She served as VP Research at GrayBug Vision, Inc. and cofounded Advanced Vision Therapies, Inc., both ocular therapeutic startups, and as Group Leader at Genetic Therapy, Inc., a Novartis Company. Dr. Connelly earned her PhD in Molecular Biology from Columbia University and completed postdoctoral training at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research in Basel, Switzerland. 

    Follow on: Twitter: @sconnelly4232

  • Sandra Cook, Australia

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    Sandra Cook, Australia
    Director, Future Capability & Governance, ACT Health

    Sandra has over 10 years of experience in implementing health information technology projects in the public health environment. Trained as an Exercise Physiologist, Sandra moved into the field of implementing technology solutions to ensure that the needs of clinicians and people accessing health services was at the forefront when designing ICT solutions. Sandra has been working for ACT Health for the last 14 years and is currently the Director of Future Capability and Governance. This role incorporates development and adherence to the Digital Health Strategy as well as oversight over the delivery of ICT Projects and Programs of work for ACT Health.

  • Jordi Mitjá Costa, Spain

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    Jordi Mitjá Costa, Spain
    Nurse, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu

    Jordi Mitjá is a technician in health documentation, technician in image for diagnosis, nursing degree, master's degree in school nursing, master's degree in digital health, master's degree in nursing management. Jordi works in the mental health area of Hospital Sant Joan de Déu in Barcelona. He loves working with patient, but another of his great passions is the use of intelligent new technologies as a tool to improve patients health. 

    Follow on: Twitter: @enfermeratweet

  • Luiz Felipe Costamilan, Brazil

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    Luiz Felipe Costamilan, Brazil
    CEO, CBEXs - Brazilian College of Healthcare Executives

    Luiz Felipe Costamilan has a degree in Business Administration from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and is the CEO of CBEXs, the Brazilian College of Healthcare Executives. He has previously worked with government relations within the National Hospital Association, where he also led the program on outcomes measurement. He has served as a member of the National Health Council of Brazil and is often a speaker in the country and abroad on topics such as the healthcare market, hospital quality and value-based care and governance and compliance.

  • Professor Louise Cullen, Australia

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    Professor Louise Cullen, Australia
    Emergency Physician, Health Improvement Unit, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

    Louise Cullen is a Pre-Eminent Staff Specialist in Emergency Medicine, a clinical trialist and outcomes researcher in acute diseases.

    As an accomplished acute disease researcher, Prof Cullen has focused on the diagnosis and management of patients presenting with possible Acute Coronary Syndromes in the Emergency Department. She has been engaged in many international collaborations and has authored over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals including The Lancet.

    Professor Cullen’s mantra is that “you do not do research for research sake” and as such, clinical redesign and translational research is a key part of her endeavours.

    Follow on: Twitter: @louiseacullen

  • Dr Mikael Daouphars, France

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    Dr Mikael Daouphars, France
    Hospital Pharmacist, Cancer Centre Henri Becquerel

    Dr Mikael Daouphars works as a hospital pharmacist in the regional cancer centre Henri Becquerel in Rouen (France) since 2006. He obtained a PharmD in 2000, a PhD in clinical pharmacology in 2004, and an EMS in medical management in 2014. In the hospital he is a representative of the medical community, and within the pharmacy he is in charge of clinical trials and clinical pharmacy services in oncology wards. He coordinates the patient education programmes on oral chemotherapy. He is a regular lecturer for pharmacy students/residents at the University. He is a board member of the regional cancer network, the French Societies of Oncology Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacy, and the European Society of Oncology Pharmacy.

  • Clare Delaney, Australia

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    Clare Delaney, Australia
    Regional Manager, NPS MedicineWise

    Clare has 15 years experience working in healthcare. 

    At NPS MedicineWise, Clare is involved in designing and delivering key strategic programs, including the NPS MedicineWise MedicineInsight program. Clare currently manages Clinical Services Specialists responsible for delivering NPS MedicineWise programs. During the last 7 years, Clare has worked across projects in design, development, stakeholder development and delivery. She has also been responsible for developing and providing staff training to deliver new interventions in general practice to change health professional behaviour. 

    Prior to working at NPS MedicineWise, Clare worked as a clinical pharmacist in both metropolitan centres of excellence and rural settings. 

     

  • Dr Danny de Lore, New Zealand

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    Dr Danny de Lore, New Zealand
    Paediatrician, Lakes District Health Board

    Danny is a Māori (Ngāti Tuwharetoa) general paediatrician at Rotorua Hospital, New Zealand. He studied medicine at the University of Otago and trained in Paediatrics in Christchurch, Brisbane and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. He chairs the Indigenous Child Health Working Group of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He is an honorary lecturer at the University of Auckland School of Medicine. His areas of interest include Māori Health, Medical Education and Paediatric Diabetes. 

  • Dr Sapan Desai, United States of America

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    Dr Sapan Desai, United States of America
    Chief Executive Officer, Surgisphere Corporation

    Sapan Desai, MD, PhD, MBA is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Surgisphere Corporation, a medical education and healthcare data analytics company with hundreds of clients around the world. He has held multiple physician leadership roles in clinical practice, including serving as the Vice Chairman for Research at Southern Illinois University, Director of Quality at Memorial Medical Center, and Director of Performance Improvement at Northwest Community Hospital. Dr. Desai is a certified lean six sigma master black belt, and a certified professional in healthcare quality. He is the recipient of the international grand prize in healthcare quality by the International Hospital Federation in 2015.

  • Professor Ieda Maria Dias, Brazil

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    Professor Ieda Maria Dias, Brazil
    University of Brasilia

    Professor in the area of Public Health Policies at the Federal University of Brasília. Researcher in the area of indigenous health. Has Postdoctoral Degree in Permanent Education, Doctorate in Nursing, Master in Public Health. Specialization in Pediatric and Neonatal Nursing and is graduated Nursing. Coordinates research project of international cooperation with King's College London, entitled Strengthening the primary care system for adolescent indigenous health in Brazil: Integrating community health workers into the school setting. 

  • Katie Doan, Australia

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    Katie Doan, Australia
    Manager, The Collaborative

    Katie is a project manager with almost 20 years experience working in the healthcare sector. Katie specialises in managing complex collaborative projects with a broad range of stakeholders from two or more organisations. Katie has worked in a range of settings, both public and private sector, in Melbourne and in London.

    She is currently Manager of "The Collaborative", a formal partnership between The Royal Melbourne Hospital, cohealth, Merri Health and North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network.

  • Fionnagh Dougan, Australia

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    Fionnagh Dougan, Australia
    Chief Executive, Children's Health Queensland

    Fionnagh Dougan is a healthcare innovator with a long and successful record of leading change in complex environments in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

    Fionnagh's nursing background fostered a lifelong commitment to improving children's health and wellbeing, with a focus on patient and family-centred care. A passionate advocate of workplace culture as a driver of healthcare improvement and innovation, Fionnagh has implemented excellence frameworks as General Manager of Auckland's Starship Children's Hospital and Child Health Services and in her current role as Chief Executive of Children's Health Queensland, where she continues to lead the digital transformation of the statewide service. 

    A champion for women in leadership, Fionnagh is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland, a Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and also serves as President of Children's Healthcare Australasia.

  • Professor Tao Duan, China

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    Professor Tao Duan, China
    Founder/CEO, Shanghai Spring Field Hospital Management Group

    Tony (Tao) Duan is the Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and former President & CEO of Shanghai 1st Maternity and Infant Hospital (SFMIH) of Tongji University.

    He raised the budget, designed and built the new campus of the hospital, and turned the hospital into the biggest women’s hospital in China.  Under his leadership, the number of annual birth of SFMIH leads in China for more than 4 years, reaching 33900+ in year 2016.

    He established a big patient safety and quality improvement team in his hospital, started many patient safety and quality improvement initiatives, leading in women’s healthcare not only in service, but also in safety and quality.

    He also established an innovation center in his hospital, worked closely with innovative companies, his hospital leads in mobile technology application in healthcare and AI application in healthcare.

    He is also an academically active physician, his academic positions include:

    • Honorary President of Chinese Perinatal Society
    • Founding President of APAMFM(Asia Pacific Alliance for Maternal Fetal Medicine)
    • Editorial Board of 4 International Journals of Obstetrics and Gynecology

    In the year of 2017, he founded Shanghai Spring Field Hospital Management Company, the company provides professional services for woman and children hospitals.

  • Dr Johnny Duerinck, Belgium

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    Dr Johnny Duerinck, Belgium
    Neurosurgeon, Uz Brussel

    Johnny Duerinck, MD, PhD, is neurosurgeon and clinical researcher at the University Hospital Brussels (Uz Brussel). He graduated from medical school at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) in 2007 and became neurosurgeon at Uz Brussel in 2013. His training in neurosurgery was marked by a special interest in neuro-oncology, which is the field where he continues to perform clinical trials, after obtaining his PhD in medical sciences in 2017. He has a special long-standing interest in new technologies and their application in health care, culminating in a series of multidisciplinary projects in augmented and virtual reality and artificial intelligence.

    Follow on: Twitter: @DuerinckJohnny

  • Associate Professor Paul Dugdale, Australia

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    Associate Professor Paul Dugdale, Australia
    Director of Medical Services, ACT Health Service

    Paul is Director of Medical Services and Medical Director of Chronic Disease Management in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT Health Service, Associate Professor of Public Health at the Australian National University (ANU), and director of the ANU Centre for Health Stewardship. The Centre undertakes work on health department administration, clinical governance and the legal basis of health stewardship. Paul joined the board of the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) in 2014 and was Chair from 2015 to 2017. Paul’s research interests include health policy, financing, and regulation from a social and political theory perspective.

  • Dr Lai Wah Eva Dunn, Hong Kong

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    Dr Lai Wah Eva Dunn, Hong Kong
    Consultant Psychiatrist, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

    Dr Dunn was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist in 1995 at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital. She was the Chief of Service of the Department of Psychiatry at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital and the Service Director in Mental Health for Hong Kong East Cluster till early 2018. She set up the Community Platform in Mental Health at Hong Kong East Cluster to facilitate medical social integration. She has served as the Chairperson of the Coordinating Committee in Psychiatry of Hospital Authority from 2012 to 2018 overseeing the implementaiton of various Mental Health Service plans under Hospital Authority during those period.

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  • Dr Jaume Duran, Spain

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    Dr Jaume Duran, Spain
    CEO, Fundació Sanitària de Mollet

    Jaume Duran is an experienced primary care physician and health manager. He has positioned all levels of management in the healthcare sector. With a doctorate and Master's degree, he held a position in the Department of Health of the Catalan government and started quality evaluation and EFQM accreditation. He has managed as Medical Director and CEO several public and private hospitals in Catalonia, also contributing to public-private collaboration. He is a University associate professor teaching health management to future generations.

    Today, he is CEO at Fundació Sanitària de Mollet, and also Secretary of the Unió Catalana d'Hospitals Board of Directors.

  • Dr Mohamed El Sahili, Zambia

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    Dr Mohamed El Sahili, Zambia
    Chairman, Medland Health Services

    Dr. Mohamed El Sahili is the CEO of Fairy Bottling Zambia Limited. He has also been named CEO of SF Holding Group, Fairy Bottling's mother company. The Group also includes Medland Health Services, Pharmaland, The Corner Catering Services, Celine Real Estate.

    On May 23rd 2017, Dr. El Sahili was elected Chairperson of LuWSI, an initiative that aims to protect water resources for a healthy environment. Dr. Mohamed El Sahili is a holder of a Medical Diploma as Specialized Anesthesiologist. He is also specialized in Anti-aging.

    Dr. El Sahili is passionate of humanitarian causes being a member at LWAH and a cofounder of Kids First Association in Lebanon. He is also the President of CAN For Humanity in Zambia, a Zambian NGO recently awarded at LDE Forum in Johannesburg.

    Follow on: Twitter: @moesahili

  • Alexandre Epalle, Switzerland

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    Alexandre Epalle, Switzerland
    External Affairs Director, Geneva University Hospitals (HUG)

    Since July 2016, Alexandre Epalle has been the Director of External Affairs at the Geneva University Hospitals. In this capacity, he is in charge of developing and promoting partnerships of excellence with various health institutions in Switzerland and abroad, as well as with international organizations based in Geneva. He also aims at coordinating institutional partnerships at cantonal, regional, national and international level. Previously, he was Deputy Secretary General of the Department of Economy and Security of the Canton of Geneva from 2010 to 2016. In this capacity he had the opportunity to elaborate the Economic strategy of the Canton of Geneva.

    Before that, he founded in 2001, and led for nearly 10 years, the Geneva's office sustainable development and worked on the areas of responsible production and consumption. Alexandre Epalle is a Swiss national. He holds a degree in Political Science and a Master's degree in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.

  • Dr Xosé Fernández, France

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    Dr Xosé Fernández, France
    Chief Data Officer, Institut Curie

    Dr Xosé Fernández is a computational biologist with over 20 years experience in the UK and France. Currently, he is the Chief Data Officer at Curie Institute with a primary interest in integrating multiple domains of information (e.g. genomic, biomarker, clinical) to accelerate cancer research.

    Using data science, deep learning, computational genomics, biomedical informatics and translational bioinformatics approaches to enable research discoveries and practical innovations in oncology.

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  • Professor Neale Fong, Australia

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    Professor Neale Fong, Australia
    National President, Australasian College of Health Service Management

    Dr Fong is a registered medical practitioner with over 30 years’ experience in medical and health care delivery in a wide range of leadership roles. His strengths lie in systems management, reform and change management, developing strategic directions and leading and managing both health policy and operational entities. He has held and continues to hold very senior positions in all health care sectors covering government services, private hospitals, academia, health research, public health, aged care and not for profit organisations.

    His current leadership positions include:

    • Chairman, Bethesda Health Care
    • Chairman, Western Australian Country Health Service Board
    • Chairman, Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention Council (WA)
    • National President, Australasian College of Health Service Management
    • Chairman, Healthcare Management Special Interest Group (International Hospital Federation)

    Follow on: Twitter: @nealefong

  • Josep Fusté, Spain

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    Josep Fusté, Spain
    Economical Analysis, Studies and Prospection Director, Unió Catalana d'Hospitals

    Economist and Geographer. He holds a Master's Degree in Health Economics and Health Management from Barcelona University and Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. Currently Director of Economic Studies and Prospective Analysis at La Unió Catalana d’Hospitals, an association of healthcare providers in Catalonia. Previously he worked as Technical Director of Health Planning at the Ministry of Health of the Government of Catalonia. Member of the following associations and scientific societies: Health Economics Association, Catalan Society of Healthcare Management, Catalan Public Health Society, Cercle de Salut (Health Circle) Association and College of Economists of Catalonia. Author of more than 40 publications on health services planning, healthcare management, and health services evaluation. Healthcare Professor at University of Barcelona, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and International University of Catalonia.

  • Professor Andrew Garman, United States of America

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    Professor Andrew Garman, United States of America
    Professor, Rush University

    Andy is a Professor in Rush University's Health Systems Management (HSM) department in Chicago, IL, USA, also leads the non-profit National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL). He is the author of several dozen peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, as well as four books, including 'The future of healthcare: Global trends worth watching' and 'Exceptional Leadership: 16 critical competencies for healthcare executives'. He received his PsyD in clinical psychology from the College of William & Mary, an MS in human resource development from Illinois Tech, a BS in psychology with a mathematics concentration Penn State.

  • Dr Marc Geboers, Belgium

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    Dr Marc Geboers, Belgium
    Director General Hospitals, Zorgnet Icuro

    Certified medical specialist in cardiology in 1992. Clinical hospital work 1992-2002. Medical director 2002-2010. CEO 2011-2014. Medical Director 2015-2016. 

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  • Professor Andrew Georgiou, Australia

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    Professor Andrew Georgiou, Australia
    Diagnostic Informatics - Stream Leader, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University

    Professor Andrew Georgiou is based at the Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, part of the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. He has worked in a number of senior research and executive positions including as the UK NHS Assistant Director of Classifications (1995-1997) and Co-ordinator for the Coronary Heart Disease Programme for the Royal College of Physicians in London (1999-2002).  Andrew is currently an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Medical Informatics and co-Chair of the International Medical Informatics Association Working Group on Technology Assessment and Quality Development.

    Follow on: Twitter: @AGeorgiouMQ

  • Dr Selasawati Ghazali, Malaysia

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    Dr Selasawati Ghazali, Malaysia
    Director, Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital, Kota Bharu, Malaysia

    Dr Selasawati Ghazali obtained her bachelor’s degree in Medicine on June 1989 from Katholike University of Leuven Belgium. In May 2003 she obtained her Masters in Public Health, specializing in Health System and Hospital Management from the Universiti Sains Malaysia. She has experienced working in various hospitals, State Health Department and in the Ministry of Health Malaysia. Currently, she is the hospital director of the state hospital in Kelantan, Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II Kota Bharu. Apart from her official duties, she is also involved in the Hospital Cluster Project as a technical comittee member and working committee to develop Malaysia’s standard for SIRIM. Throughout her service, she also managed to bag a few awards, published research papers and presented those researchs nationally and internationally.

  • Marisa Gil Lapetra, Switzerland

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    Marisa Gil Lapetra, Switzerland
    Knowledge Strategies Manager, International Hospital Federation

    Marisa Gil Lapetra is Knowledge Strategies Manager for IHF in charge of the Knowledge Hub and responsible for examining recommendations for improving knowledge transfer among IHF members. Marisa has been an active contributor to different international health projects, such as the Global Alliance for Health and Pollution (GAHP).

    Mrs Gil Lapetra worked as strategy and business developer, delivering services in economic analysis and policy recommendations in the health industry, for various private national and international health organisations. Marisa worked for the OECD for 10 years. She holds a MPhil degree in Macroeconomic and Quantitative Analysis from both Universidad Complutense-Madrid and Université-Paris X.

    Follow on: Twitter: @MgLapetra

  • Gemma Gallardo González, Spain

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    Gemma Gallardo González, Spain
    Nursing Director, Hospital Plato

    Diploma in Nursing at the University School of Nursing Gimbernat of Sant Cugat del Vallés (1992-1994).
    Postgraduates

    • Nursing care for the patient of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (120 teaching hours), carried out during the month of June 1995 at the Policlínica del Vallés (Granollers).
    • Assistance and transport of critical patients (120 teaching hours), held in November 1995 and organized by the I.E.M.
    • Postgraduate course in Intensive Care, carried out during the 1997-1998 academic year at the E.U.E. and Blanquerna Physiotherapy.

     Masters

    • Master in Administration and Management in Nursing taught by the E.U.I. Santa Madrona (2000-2002)
    • Master in Hospital Management and Health Services taught by the UB (2011-2013)
  • Brian Gragnolati, United States of America

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    Brian Gragnolati, United States of America
    President and CEO, Atlantic Health System

    Brian Gragnolati is President & CEO of Atlantic Health System, an integrated health care delivery system serving suburban New Jersey communities just outside New York City.  With over 350 sites of care, 16,000 employees and $2.6 billion in revenue, AHS served nearly 800,000 patients in 2017 through five medical centers and a childrens hospital, two medical groups of 1,050 community providers, three accountable care organizations with 400,000 attributed lives and a wide range of post-acute care services.  Brian is Chair Elect of the AHA Board of Trustees and currently chairs its Committee on Health Strategy & Innovation.  He holds a B.S. in Health Systems Analysis from University of Connecticut and an MBA from Western New England College.

  • Dr Elizabeth Habermann, United States of America

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    Dr Elizabeth Habermann, United States of America
    Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Scientific Director for Surgical Outcomes, Mayo Clinic

    Dr. Elizabeth Habermann is an Associate Professor of Health Services Research at the Mayo Clinic in the United States. As the Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Scientific Director for Surgical Outcomes, she develops and executes team-based projects using both institutional and national data to study the quality and outcomes of surgical care, with over 200 papers published to date. Dr. Habermann has been studying institutional opioid prescribing following surgery for the past few years. She serves as the Chair of the Acute Prescribing Subgroup of the Mayo Clinic Opioid Stewardship Group and was a member of the National Quality Forum's Opioid Stewardship Action Team.

    Follow on: Twitter: @ebhabermann

  • Dr David Hansen, Australia

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    Dr David Hansen, Australia
    CEO, Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO

    David Hansen is CEO of the Australian e-Health Research Centre, a joint venture between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and Queensland Health and CSIRO's national digital health research program. David leads a research program of over 80 scientists and engineers developing information and communication technologies to improve the safety, quality and efficiency of healthcare. 

    David is also the Chair of the Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA). David is passionate about the role of information and communication technologies in health care and the role of Health Informatics professionals in developing a safe, high quality efficient and sustainable healthcare system in Australia.

     

    Follow on: Twitter: @dhansen35

  • Dr Danielle Harrop, Australia

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    Dr Danielle Harrop, Australia
    Cardiologist, Princess Alexandra Hospital

    Danielle Harrop is a cardiologist based in Brisbane, Australia with special interests in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and cardiac imaging.

    She is currently completing a research higher degree through the University of Queensland.

  • Salim Hasham, Kenya

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    Salim Hasham, Kenya
    Executive Chairman, Mediheal Group

    Salim Hasham is Executive Chairman of Mediheal Group based in East Africa. Prior to this, he served as Vice President Health Services for Aga Khan University and was responsible for the university's global health systems enterprise in East Africa,  Pakistan and Afghanistan. He has also served as Senior Vice President - Global Services for Johns Hopkins Medicine International and was responsible for managing its global strategy and service delivery with oversight of Chief Executives in eight countries. Mr. Hasham has also served as President and CEO of Hawaii Medical Centers, a multi hospital system in USA. Salim has an honors undergraduate degree in Mathematics, a Master in Health Administration from University of Ottawa and a summa cum laude Master in Systems Engineering from Clemson University, USA.  

  • Hans Erik Henriksen, Denmark

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    Hans Erik Henriksen, Denmark
    CEO, Healthcare DENMARK

    Hans Erik Henriksen is CEO of Healthcare DENMARK. Healthcare DENMARK is a public-private partnership organization, with a national mandate to promote Danish healthcare solutions and competencies abroad. The partnership is a framework for linking international partners with efficient Danish solutions and does not represent individual companies. 
    He has a solid healthcare background from different executive positions during the latest 20 years.

    He was CEO of the innovative Danish healthcare-IT company Cetrea, which during 2008-2012 was established as a leading provider of solutions to the Danish market and during the same period accessed markets in other Nordic countries, Germany, Netherlands and USA.

    Before joining Cetrea, he was responsible for IBM Healthcare and Life Sciences in the Northern and Eastern part of Europe (the countries U.K., Ireland, South Africa, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Nordic Countries and Central and Eastern Europe).

    Since 2008 he has also been engaged as board member in a number of different healthcare and healthcare-IT companies. During 2012 he was a member of the Danish Governments Growth team for Healthcare and welfare solutions

     

    Follow on: Twitter: @healthcareDK

  • Professor S. Robert Hernandez, United States of America

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    Professor S. Robert Hernandez, United States of America
    Executive Doctoral Program Director, University of Alabama at Birmingham

    S. Robert Hernandez is Distinguished Service Professor and Director of the Executive Doctoral Program at UAB. He has chaired the European Academy of Management Healthcare Management Research Track since 2008. He is a past Chair of the Health Care Management Division of AOM and past Chair of the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education. He is Associate Editor of Health Services Management Research and is past editor of Journal of Health Administration Education. The American Sociological Association and the Academy of Management have honored his applied research. His doctorate is from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

  • Derry Heron, South Africa

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    Derry Heron, South Africa
    Executive: EOH Health Vertical, EOH

    Derry has over 20 years experience in the South African Health care sector, the last 15 of which have been spent in senior consultancy positions. He started consulting to corporate entities on internal health policy in 1999 with NMG Consultants and Actuaries, and has since advised a number of key institutions in the private health sector, including medical schemes, administrators, hospital groups, equity investors and fund managers and health facility developers. He was the Principal Technical Consultant at both  Glenrand MIB and Absa Health Care Consultants from 2005 to the end of 2010.
     
    During this time he also served as Chairman of the Distribution Sub-Committee for the LIMS programme, which concluded in 2007. In 2011 he took over as Head of Corporate Health Care Consulting at EOH.

    In 2013, Derry moved to the EOH Health Vertical as an Executive Consultant and has been responsible for the development and implementation of the EOH Hospital in a Box concept, which is aimed specifically at parties who are looking to build new, or renovate existing health facilities. This process also involved aligning EOH with a number of key health funds as well as credible project sponsors, ensuring that the final execution of close to R3 billion worth of health infrastructure projects was a viable proposition.

  • Dr Evelyn Hovenga, Australia

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    Dr Evelyn Hovenga, Australia
    CEO, Global eHealth Collaborative (GeHCo)

    Trustee Director & CEO, Global eHealth Collaborative (GeHCo). Retired Professor in Health Informatics, founding Member of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (MIAHSI), Geneva, CEO, Executive Director and Trainer for eHealth Education Pty Ltd, Director eHealthcard Australia Pty Ltd. Registered Nurse, with a PhD in Health Administration, & formal work study qualifications,  an international collaborator in various health and nursing informatics projects for more than 30 years, provides strong scientific and professional leadership in Health Informatics. 

  • Dr Aiman Iskakova, Kazakhstan

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    Dr Aiman Iskakova, Kazakhstan
    Deputy General Director, Republican Center for Health Development

    Aiman Iskakova graduated from Almaty State Medical Institute with a bachelor degree in Pediatrics. She began her career as a clinical resident in the Scientific Center of Pediatrics and Children's Surgery in Almaty.

    By 2007 she completed her Ph.D. Following that she became a head of self-supporting department at the same center. After that she had started working in the National Medical Holding, where she worked as a chief manager, then she worked as the head of the structural subdivisions responsible for science, education.

    She won the scholarship  of  in the category of "The Scientific internship in the specialty " Pediatric Oncohematology "” in the Medical Center of the University of Pittsburgh, (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). She also repeatedly upgraded her qualifications in Kazakhstan, Russia, Germany. She is an author of 47 scientific publications, 2 methodical recommendations, and she has 2 patents for invention.

    She supervises the centers, such as  management, development of education and science, improvement of medical care, rational use of medicines and medical technologies.

  • Dr Anjali Jaiprakash, Australia

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    Dr Anjali Jaiprakash, Australia
    Advance QLD Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Robotic Vision, QUT

    Dr Anjali Jaiprakash is a Robobiologist working as an Advance QLD research fellow at the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision and Queensland University of Technology.

    Anjali works at the intersection of medicine, engineering and design, with a transdisciplinary approach to develop medical devices that translate robotic vision into affordable systems that can be used to improve healthcare outcomes. In particular, Anjali is working towards improving the quality of life for all people living with retinal disorders, through robotic vision technology and person-focussed innovation.

    MIT Technology Review selected Anjali as one of the 2018 Asia Pacific, Top 10 Innovators under 35, the most promising innovators to shape the coming decades. RoboHub announced Anjali as one of the world's 25 Women in Robotics you should know about in 2017. Anjali won a 2017 Tall Poppy Science Award aimed to recognise the achievements of Australia's outstanding scientific researchers and communicators.

    Through actively embracing novel technologies to solve medical challenges, Anjali's vision is to create a world in which robotics technology enables affordable medicine for all.

    Follow on: Twitter: @anjalijai

  • Therese Kelly, Australia

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    Therese Kelly, Australia
    Project Manager, Gold Coast Health

    Therese Kelly is the Project Manager of the Choosing Wisely Pathology Project at Gold Coast Health. She works with clinicians to help them understand their pathology ordering practices through health informatics and business intelligence. 

    Therese has worked primarily in the health sector in corporate office and health service settings. Her strengths lie in analysing the multitude of health data collected, and presenting actionable information to guide and influence service improvements. 

    Gold Coast Health is a member of Choosing Wisely Australia, as acknowledgment of their work in reducing unnecessary pathology tests. 

  • Helmut Kern, Austria

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    Helmut Kern, Austria
    CEO, Hospital of the Brothers of St. John of God, Vienna

    Helmut Kern is CEO of the Hospital of the Brothers of St. John of God Vienna, Austria, and Deputy Chairman of the University Council of Vienna University. He serves as Non Executive Director of Global Companies and teaches Strategy and Business Policy at the Technical University Vienna. Before joining the healthcare world, he was a Global Partner at Deloitte and Head of Consulting at PwC.

    Helmut Kern is passionate about efficiency and deregulation. He lives in Vienna, Austria and owns degrees in Management and Medieval History. Helmut is 53 years old, happily married, and has adult twin daughters. An Australian Shepherd completes the family.

    @HelmutKern65

  • Dr Sankalp Khanna, Australia

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    Dr Sankalp Khanna, Australia
    Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Australian e-Health Research Centre

    Sankalp is a Senior Research Scientist in the Health Data Analytics team at the CSIRO Australian e-Health Research Centre. His research is focussed on applying Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques to model, analyse, predict, simulate and optimise patient flow through Australian public hospitals. His research interests include Applied Artificial Intelligence, Prediction and Forecasting, Planning and Scheduling, Multi Agent Systems, Distributed Constraint Reasoning, and Decision Making and Learning under Uncertainty.

    He is a Senior Adjunct Research Fellow at Griffith University, and a member of the Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence(PRICAI) Steering Committee, and Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA).

    Follow on: Twitter: @SankalpKhanna

  • Marina Kinnunen, Finland

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    Marina Kinnunen, Finland
    CEO, Vaasa Central Hospital

    Marina Kinnunen, nurse and PhD in economics. (Patient Safety Coordinator 2007–2009, Quality Manager 2009–2012, Head Nurse 2012–2017, Director of Vaasa Hospital District 2018).

  • Yuan-Hui Lai, Taiwan

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    Yuan-Hui Lai, Taiwan
    Assistant Technician, Taichung Veterans General Hospital

    10 years as a cardiac critical care nurse, 5 years as a case manager of heart failure, due to the continuous promotion of quality improvement over the years as an assistant technician of the Quality Management Center.

  • Ping-Fat Lau, Hong Kong

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    Ping-Fat Lau, Hong Kong
    Department Operations Manager, A&E, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

    Mr Lau, is one of the leaders in Emergency Nursing in Hong Kong. He had been appointed, for several occasions under emergency situations, by the Government to go abroad with very short notice, to participate in overseas rescue operations such as the 2004 South Asian tsunami (Phuket, Thailand), great earthquake occurred in Wenchuan (China) in 2008, and the hostage incident in Manila (the Philippines) in 2010. His outstanding contribution to the rescue operations received high commendation from Chief Executive of the Government.

  • Dr Lance Lawler, Australia

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    Dr Lance Lawler, Australia
    President, RANZCR

    Dr Lawler is the current President of RANZCR, and a former CEO and founding partner of Pacific Radiology. He practices radiology in Wellington New Zealand, and on the Sunshine Coast of Australia (which is pretty much his ideal job).

    He has a particular interest in the application of AI tools in healthcare pathways, specifically just how we regulate the coming proliferation of these tools, providing the maximum benefit for our patients while shielding them from the risks.

  • Adjunct Professor Chien Earn Lee, Singapore

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    Adjunct Professor Chien Earn Lee, Singapore
    Chief Executive Officer, Changi General Hospital

    Dr Lee is currently the Dy Group Chief Executive Officer (Regional Health Service) Singhealth and concurrently the CEO of Changi General Hospital. Prior to these appointments he was the Deputy Director of Medical Services for Health Services and Healthcare Performance in the Ministry of Health (MOH) Singapore where he led the strategic development and improvement of healthcare services. He is an Adjunct Professor with the Singapore University of Technology and Design and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.

    He is a member of several international committees and  and chaired the subcommittee on Universal Coverage of the Medishield Life Review Committee. Dr Lee co-edited Singapore's Health Care System: What 50 Years Have Achieved (published 2015) and also contributed the chapter on Strategies for Health Services in the 6th edition of the Oxford Textbook of Public Health (2015).

     

  • Dr Jean-Frédéric Levesque, Australia

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    Dr Jean-Frédéric Levesque, Australia
    Chief Executive, NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation

    Dr Jean-Frédéric Levesque joined the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) as Chief Executive in June 2017. Prior to this he was the Chief Executive of the Bureau of Health Information (BHI) from 2013. Dr Levesque has previously held senior positions responsible for publicly reporting information about the Canadian health system. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada in Preventive Medicine and Public Health and has a Doctorate in Public Health, a Masters in Community Health and a medical degree from the Université de Montréal, Canada.

    Follow on: Twitter: @jfredlevesque

  • Linda Livingstone, Australia

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    Linda Livingstone, Australia
    Director Engagement and Coordination, COORDINARE, SE NSW PHN

    Linda is currently the Director of Engagement and Coordination at COORDINARE, the South Eastern NSW PHN, and has been in that role for over 3 years. She has led the Integrated Care work of COORDINARE in partnership with the two Local Health Districts in South Eastern NSW resulting in shared governance structures, 'Strategic Alliances', and joint commitment to integrated care  across the region. 

  • Zeyad Mahmoud, Australia

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    Zeyad Mahmoud, Australia
    PhD Candidate, Australian Institute of Health Innovation

    Zeyad has a background in Management graduating in 2014 from the University of Nantes in France. He completed his Masters in 2016, at the same university, and submitted a thesis on the adoption of Lean management in operating theatres. He joined the Australian Institute of Health Innovation in 2018 as a Cotutelle PhD candidate conducting research on quality improvement programs implemented for efficiency purposes in operating theatres.

  • Professor Don Matheson, Australia

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    Professor Don Matheson, Australia
    General Manager of the Health Alliance, Metro North HHS and Brisbane North PHN

    Don Matheson is the General Manager of the Health Alliance between the Brisbane North PHN and the Metro North HHS.  In this innovative role, Don is establishing an 'equal space' where different parts of the health and social sector in the Brisbane North and Moreton Bay region can come together to examine the evidence and develop a shared understanding of the health challenges being faced, agree on how they would be measured and on approached to address these challenges.  

    He holds visiting professorships at Griffith University and Queensland University of Technology. Previously he was the New Zealand government's leading policy adviser on public health and international health, and has been a consultant internationally on health systems.

  • Ray Messom, Australia

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    Ray Messom, Australia
    Executive Director, Sytem Information and Analytics Branch, NSW Ministry of Health

    Ray leads System Information and Analytics (SIA) Branch for the NSW Ministry of Health which supports the data and analytical needs of the $22 billion NSW public health system. It leads data governance system-wide and research on and evaluation of incentives, key performance indicators and healthcare improvement initiatives. 

    Prior to this role, Ray advised government, private sector, NGOs and academia across Australia and Canada on a number of transformational reform agendas. As a health economist and administrator for more than 15 years, Ray has dedicated his career to the translation of evidence into policy and policy into outcomes for citizens. 

  • Victoria McCreanor, Australia

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    Victoria McCreanor, Australia
    PhD Candidate/Research Associate, QUT - Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation

    Victoria McCreanor holds Law and Science degrees from the University of Queensland, and an MSc (Health Policy, Planning and Financing) from the London School of Economics & London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She is currently undertaking her PhD with the Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation at QUT and the Capital Markets CRC, to identify high-value care for coronary artery disease. Her research interests lie in health economics, particularly in generating evidence for value-based healthcare policies, to improve the efficiency of health services and improve patient outcomes.

    Follow on: Twitter: @V_McCrean

  • April McKenzie, Australia

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    April McKenzie, Australia
    Primary Health Manager, Kyabram District Health Service

    April McKenzie is a Registered Nurse with a keen interest in improving the lives of others, this has led her to complete a Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Management and Healthcare and work as a Credentialled Diabetes Educator. Most recently completing a Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics and Digital Health.

    She has been involved in the Healthier Campaspe initiative through a short period as initial project manager and most recently as Primary Health Manager at Kyabram District Health Service which holds the portfolio for the Diabetes priority area.

  • Professor Steven McPhail, Australia

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    Professor Steven McPhail, Australia
    Principal Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology and Metro South Health

    Professor Steven McPhail is a National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia CD Fellow and Principal Research Fellow at the Centre for Functioning and Health Research right here in Brisbane.  He has an eclectic background as a clinician, health economist and health services researcher. He has had some success with his research adventures having been awarded more than $8 million in competitive research funding and authoring more than 100 journal articles in the past 5 years while conducting applied health services research focusing on improving the efficiency, safety and effectiveness of hospital services. 

  • Helen Mees, Australia

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    Helen Mees, Australia
    Consumer, Health Consumers Queensland

    Helen is an active health consumer, committed to working collaboratively.  She is a consumer member of the:

    • Queensland Health Consumers Collaborative
    • Statewide renal clinical network 
    • West Moreton Primary Health Network Consumer Advisory Group 
    • Advanced Care Planning Clinical Advisory Group
    • Darling Down West Moreton Primary Health Network West Moreton Community Advisory Group
    • Former consumer member of the Care at the end of Life Reference Group.

    Helen is also involved with Kidney Health Australia, and Lifeline, among other roles.

  • Janine Mohamed, Australia

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    Janine Mohamed, Australia
    CEO, CATSINaMCEO, Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM)

    Janine Mohamed, a Kaurna/Narrunga woman from South Australia, has deep expertise and experience in how to work towards the improvement of healthcare and health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. As a nurse and CEO of CATSINaM, Janine is an advocate for the unique and powerful roles that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives have in the health system and their communities, as agents of change.

    Follow on: Twitter: @CATSINaM_Nursing

  • Anna Jover Moreno, Spain

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    Anna Jover Moreno, Spain
    Director of Social and Corporate Management, Hospital Plato
    • Director of Social and Corporate Management of Hospital Plató
    • Master in European Expert Social Responsibility (2008-2009)
    • Technician in Human Resources Management. Higher Institute of Business and Communication
    • Master European Expert in Innovation Management
    • Senior Technician in Emotional Intelligence from the European Institute of Business Studies
  • Chris Moser, Australia

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    Chris Moser, Australia
    Principal Statistical Data Quality Officer, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Department of Health

    Chris has qualifications and a background in information management, data quality, clinical coding, health classifications, business analysis, risk management and clinical nursing. This knowledge and experience enables ongoing opportunities and learning in these areas which facilitates a valuable understanding and appreciation of data and it's application. Chris has an interest in how aspects of the health care system can inform, support and result in policy awareness and change.

  • Perrin Moss, Australia

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    Perrin Moss, Australia
    Program Manager, Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service

    Perrin Moss is the Program Manager for the CHQ Project ECHO® Hub at Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service. Perrin has been leading large-scale, multi-site projects across the health and tertiary education sectors for almost ten years. In his current role at Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, he has a portfolio of state-wide child and youth health projects that focus on integration, innovation and partnership development. Perrin has a successful track record in acquiring competitive grant and philanthropic funding to initiate projects, and has successfully transitioned many large scale projects into business as usual programs through securing recurrent funding sources.

  • Professor Wendy Moyle, Australia

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    Professor Wendy Moyle, Australia
    Program Director, Menzies Health Institute QLD, Griffith University

    Prof Moyle is Program Director of Healthcare Practice and Survivorship, a multidisciplinary research program in Menzies Health Institute QLD, at Griffith University. Her research expertise is in the areas of ageing and innovative therapies, in particular in the fields of dementia, depression and delirium. Her research aims to improve quality of life and to manage behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.

    She has published over 200 publications and her research features widely in the media. 

    Follow on: Twitter: @wendymoyle2

  • Professor Marc Noppen, Belgium

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    Professor Marc Noppen, Belgium
    CEO, UZ Brussel

    Marc Noppen, MD, PhD, serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Brussels University Hospital UZ Brussel. He is pulmonologist by training, and holds a PhD in Health Sciences. He has authored or co-authored more than 145 scientific peer reviewed papers and book chapters, and was visiting professor at various universities and university hospitals (Boston, Montreal, Lille, Perth). He has additional degrees in Pharmaco-economics (University Antwerp) and management (INSEAD).

    He is associate professor at the Vrije University Brussel, and guest professor at Vlerick Business School Leuven-Gent in Strategic Hospital Management. Marc serves as a Director in a variety of academic and business-related Boards.

     

  • Dr Zhaniya Nurgaliyeva, Kazakhstan

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    Dr Zhaniya Nurgaliyeva, Kazakhstan
    Head of the Center for Strategic Development , Republican Center for Health Development

    Her work in e-health standardization began 2013. Since then she has worked on many large-scale projects in Kazakhstan on including the development of National EHR system based on the standards she had  developed with her team. She is one of the leading methodologists of the Project for National e-Halth interoperability Platform and the author of multiple standards sed at the national level.

    Her current work involves defining best ways for data capture and comparison of data, creating a single system terminology and classification.

     

  • Dr Martha Oliveira, Brazil

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    Dr Martha Oliveira, Brazil
    CEO, ANAHP

    Martha Regina de Oliveira, a physician graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, specialized in Pediatrics and Public Health, master in Collective Health (UFRJ) and doctoral student in the area of human aging. She was a specialist in Supplementary Health Regulation and former director of Sector Development at the National Supplementary Health Agency - ANS. Currently Executive Director of the National Association of Private Hospitals - Anahp.

  • David Olson, United States of America

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    David Olson, United States of America
    Senior Vice President of External Relations and Chief Strategy Officer, Froedtert Health

    David A. Olson, is senior vice president, external relations and chief strategy officer at Froedtert Health in Milwaukee. Mr. Olson serves as Chairman of the American College of Healthcare Executives, an international professional society of more than 40,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations, and is board certified in healthcare management as an ACHE Fellow. 

    From 2009 to 2011 he was president of Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Ozaukee, and executive vice president of Columbia St. Mary's System in Milwaukee. He also served on the Wisconsin Hospital Association board of directors from 2003 to 2013. 

    Mr. Olson received master's degrees in health administration and business administration from the University of Iowa.

  • Louise Palmer, Australia

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    Louise Palmer, Australia
    Chief Experience Officer, Dental Health Services Victoria

    Louise Palmer has significant senior and executive management experience including the tertiary education sector. She has particular expertise in areas of co-designing, leadership and management, strategy and culture, workforce learning and development, organisational design and innovation, including Lean people systems and processes. 

    Louise Palmer, as part of her role at Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV) leads projects that involves partnership, engagement and collaboration with communities and consumers to co-design healthcare that enhances consumer and employee wellbeing and experience. She is responsible for identifying, recommending, leading and driving key cultural and structural change projects across DHSV in relation to healthcare transformation. 

    Follow on: Twitter: @louisepalmer0

  • Mari Plukka, Finland

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    Mari Plukka, Finland
    Quality Manager, Vaasa Central hospital

    Mari Plukka is a nurse and she has specialized in  Development and Leadership in Health care and Social Services. She has worked with patient safety and quality issues in Vasa Central Hospital since 2009 as a patient safety coordinator. Since  2015 she has been working as a Quality Manager. She is also active in a Finnish organization of National Patient Safety. Now she is going to start her doctoral thesis on leading patient safety work.

  • Rick Pollack, United States of America

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    Rick Pollack, United States of America
    President and CEO, American Hospital Association

    Rick Pollack is president and CEO of the American Hospital Association (AHA), the nations largest hospital and health care system membership organization. Rick joined the AHA in 1982, became president and CEO in 2015, and now leads the association to help shape the health care landscape for hospitals and health systems, represents the nations hospitals on advocacy issues, and develops strategies and tools to enable members provide better care for patients and communities. Rick began his career in Washington, D.C., in 1976, as a congressional legislative assistant.  He left Capitol Hill for the American Nurses Association. Rick holds a bachelors degree in political science and communications from the State University of New York College at Cortland, and a masters degree in public administration from American University in Washington, D.C. A proud father and grandfather, he and his wife Diane live in Arlington, VA.

  • Professor Hannu Puolijoki, Finland

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    Professor Hannu Puolijoki, Finland
    Medical Director, Seinäjoki Central Hospital

    Medical Director of The Hospital District of South Ostrobothnia, Finland since 20 years. Specialist of Internal Medicine, Respiratory Diseases and Allergology. More than 70 original scientific publications.

  • Dr Bernardo Ramirez, United States of America

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    Dr Bernardo Ramirez, United States of America
    Director Global Health Initiatives, University of Central Florida/CAHME

    Bernardo Ramirez, M.D., M.B.A. is the Director of Global Health Initiatives of the Department of Health Management and Informatics at the University of Central Florida, where he teaches International Health Systems; Quality Improvement; Leadership and Organizational Behavior; and Strategic Planning in the graduate and undergraduate programs. With experience in more than 60 countries as health services Administrator and consultant in public and private organizations from the hospital departmental level to health systems reform, planning and policy. He is the author of numerous publications, training materials and presenter in many national and international forums. He has served as senior staff and member of the Board of Directors of AUPHA and currently serves as a member of the Candidacy and Global Accreditation Committees in CAHME.

  • Dr Anna Riera, Spain

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    Dr Anna Riera, Spain
    Membership Director, Unió Catalana d'Hospitals

    Anna Riera is MD, MBA, MPA, nowadays Membership director at Unió Catalana d’Hospitals, a healthcare providers association in Catalonia. She holds a degree in Medicine from Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, and Internal Medicine specialization. She holds an MBA from ESADE Business and Law School and Georgetown University, Executive Master in Healthcare Organizations Leadership, Health and Health Care Administration and Management. Executive Master in Public Administration from ESADE. She has also worked as healthcare consultant, in Spain and abroad. She is member of the Global Health Leadership Forum, from University of California Berkeley School of Public Health and Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and Universitat Pompeu Fabra Economics and Health Research Center (CRES). She has deep knowledge about Healthcare systems organization.

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  • Nick Rosser, Australia

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    Nick Rosser, Australia
    Manager NBM HealthPathways Program, NBMPHN/NBMLHD

    Nick Rosser is the Manager of the Nepean Blue Mountains HealthPathways program. He studied Exercise Science and Rehabilitation, and a research Masters in Biomedical Science at the University of Wollongong. During this time he was employed in a private consultancy with a German health management company where he designed health interventions and clinical guidelines for corporate health programs. Nick then moved on to roles in telehealth programs, SESLHD Connecting Care program, and Aboriginal health and research before the opportunity arose to be involved in implementing and managing the HealthPathways program for the Nepean Blue Mountains region.

  • Dr Myra Ruka, New Zealand

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    Dr Myra Ruka, New Zealand
    Advanced Haematology Trainee, Māori Health Committee

    Myra Ruka is of Māori descent with tribal affiliations to Raukawa and Ngā Puhi. She is currently working as an Advanced Haematology registrar at Waikato Hospital and plans to proceed to a doctorate degree next year. Her research interests include identifying biomedical and socioeconomic drivers of health inequities for Māori with Multiple Myeloma in the Midland cancer region where she works. She is a member of the Maori Health committee for the RACP, Member of Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa and member of Hei Ahuru Mowai (Māori Cancer Leadership).

  • Dr Tsuneo Sakai, Japan

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    Dr Tsuneo Sakai, Japan
    Honorary President, Japan Hospital Association

    Dr. Sakai is Honorary President of Japan Hospital Association and President of Japan Hospital Cooperation. He served as President of Japan Hospital Association from 2010 to 2017. He is GC Member and lifelong Honorary Member of the IHF. He graduated from Chiba University School of Medicine in 1970 and had a full neurosurgical training at State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, USA.

  • Professor Andrea Santiago, Philippines

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    Professor Andrea Santiago, Philippines
    Professor, Asian Institute of Management

    Prof. Dr. Santiago is a full professor at the Asian Institute of Management's Strategic Management Department.  She is a recipient of several awards for teaching and research excellence. Her qualifications and her consulting experience led her to local and international publications in the fields of family business management, corporate social responsibility, management of educational institutions, and sustainable development.  As a result of her quality publications, she was invited to sit in the editorial board of a number of international journals.
    Prof Dr. Santiago's pressing research agenda is poverty alleviation through sustainability entrepreneurship.  She is a part of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (UN-PRME) Working Group on Anti-Corruption. 
    Prior to joining the academe, Prof. Dr. Santiago worked in industry and in government.  She worked at the Office of the President of the Philippines, Malacanang under the late President Corazon Aquino.

     

  • Robyn Scanlan, Australia

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    Robyn Scanlan, Australia
    Director Clinical Governance, Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service

    Robyn has spent almost 25 years working within the health care industry in Australia. She has held positions within nursing, midwifery, community, rural and isolated health care, senior leadership and clinical governance roles. Robyn is current the Director of the Clinical Governance unit at Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service and has been instrumental in establishing and leading the current trial for short-notice accreditation processes.  

  • Dr Paul Scown, Australia

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    Dr Paul Scown, Australia
    Chair, Nexus Primary Health

    MB,BS (UniQld), BHA (UNSW), FRACMA, MAICD, AFCHSM

    Paul is a University of Queensland medical graduate who worked clinically for a number of years in metropolitan, rural and regional Queensland prior to moving into medical administration and then general management. He has held senior and chief executive positions in public health services in Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria.

    Paul’s most recent position was as Chief Executive of, incorporating Royal Melbourne Hospital, from 2000 to 2005. He then commenced his consulting practice across the health, education and researh sectors across Australia. He has undertaken a broad range of consultancies, including the establishment of the Asbestos Diseases Research Foundation (ADRF) chaired by the Hon. Bob Carr, the development of the Bernie Banton Centre at Concord, Sydney, the organisational redesign of Brisbane’s Metro South Hospital and Health Service (MSHHS) which resulted in the introduction of clinical streams across Metro South, and working with the Top End Health Service (TEHS) in the Northern Territory in clinical governance and the design of an integrated health system across the Top End, including primary health. He has also undertaken many specialty tertiary service reviews and assists in enhancing the clinical governance of a number of Primary Health Networks across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

    Paul has held many Board Directorships, including The Walter & Eliza Hall Research Institute (WEHI), Bio21 Australia Ltd, Health Roundtable, Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation Ltd, MidNorth Coast Health Service and the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI). He has also been a Director and Chair of both the Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association (AHHA) and Victorian Healthcare Assiciation (VHA).

    Paul is currently a Board Director and National Councillor on the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS); Chair of Nexus Primary Health; and a Member of WEHI, Adelaide Primary Health Network Service and Clinical Governance Board Sub-Committee and the Boards of Advice of the Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research and the University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery. He is also an active Australian Medical Council (AMC) assessor of medical professional colleges and medical schools.

  • Cindy Shay, Australia

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    Cindy Shay, Australia
    Director, Health Partnerships and Innovation, Bupa

    Cindy has more than 20 years of experience across the health care sector, including Group Executive of Provider Relations at Medibank, Chief Benefits officer HCF, CEO of a group of Private hospitals, adviser to public hospitals and managing a large hospital supply provider.  She now leads Bupa’s Health Partnerships and Innovation division.  Bupa is the largest privately-owned health insurance provider in Australia, supporting more than 4.7m customers in their health and wellbeing.  Globally Bupa are an international health and care group, supporting more than 27 million customers and employing 78,000 people. In Australia and New Zealand, they employ close to 22,000 people.

    Cindy is responsible for developing initiatives for the business of tomorrow ranging from new care models, funding models and driving new business opportunities. 

  • Carl Shuker, New Zealand

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    Carl Shuker, New Zealand
    Principal Adviser, Publications, Health Quality & Safety Commission

    Carl Shuker is a researcher and writer with special interests in transparency and incentives. He was a digital editor at the BMJ in London for seven years before returning to New Zealand in 2013. He is an award-winning novelist with four novels and short fiction published in the US, UK and New Zealand.

    Follow on: Twitter: @carlshuker

  • Danny Sims, Australia

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    Danny Sims, Australia
    Chief Executive Officer, Ramsay Health Care

    Daniel Sims was appointed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ramsay Health Care's Australian operations on 1 January 2015. In Australia, Ramsay Health Care is the leading operator of private hospitals with 65 hospitals and 7 day surgeries. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Mr Sims was the Chief Operating Officer of Ramsay's Australian and Asian operations since 1 July 2008. In this role, he was ultimately responsible for the operating performance and strategic direction of Ramsay's hospital businesses in Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia.

    Mr Sims started with Ramsay Health Care in 2003 after emigrating from the United States. He commenced with the Company as Group Financial Controller-Hospital Operations before moving to operational management as the New South Wales (NSW) State Operations Manager on 1 July 2006.

    Prior to coming to Australia in 2003, Mr Sims was a health care financial executive for a variety of companies between 1990 to 2003, including Ramsay Health Care, Inc., a publicly-traded company specialising in inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment across the United States.

    Prior to 1990, Mr. Sims worked as an auditor with Ernst & Young for nine years, specialising in audit services to hospitals. Mr Sims is the Chairman of the Ramsay Hospital Research Foundation and is President of The Australian Private Hospital Association (APHA). Mr Sims has been a Director of APHA since 2007 and he became a Board member of HESTA, a large superannuation fund, in January 2016.

  • Dr Mehan Siriwardhane, Australia

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    Dr Mehan Siriwardhane, Australia
    Senior Medical Officer, Mater Hospital Brisbane

    Dr Mehan Siriwardhane completed a fellowship in minimally invasive HPB and completed the fellowship training program of the ANZ HPB Association. He finished his post fellowship training by undertaking a year of HPB and liver transplant surgery at Princess Alexandra Hospital. Dr Siriwardhane is qualified to perform robotic surgery and completed Australia's first Public robotic Whipple operation in 2017.
     
    He concurrently undertakes humanitarian work conducting training in HPB and general surgery as part of the outreach programs of the IHPBA since 2014. As a result, he has an honourary fellowship of the College of Surgeons in Sri Lanka.

     

  • Bruno Sobral, Brazil

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    Bruno Sobral, Brazil
    Chief-Economist, Brazilian Hospital Association (FBH)

    Civil Engineer with a Master degree in Economics from Universidade de Brasília, Bruno Sobral also has a MBA from Georgetown University, USA. Bruno has worked in the Brazilian Ministry of Finance where he was the head of health economics department. From 2010 to 2014 Bruno has worked at the National Agency for Health Insurance as Secretariat-General and as Director.

    Presently Bruno is the chief-economist at FBH, the Brazilian Hospital Association.

  • Dr Aparnaa Somanathan, Australia

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    Dr Aparnaa Somanathan, Australia
    Program Leader, World Bank, Australia

    Aparnaa Somanathan is a Program Leader for Human Development at the World Bank. She has worked on health systems strengthening issues for over fifteen years in a range of countries including China, Estonia, Georgia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Poland, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. She has also worked extensively on the implications of population ageing on health financing and service delivery. Aparnaa read economics at Cambridge University and holds a doctoral degree in International Health Economics and Policy from Harvard University. Aparnaa is the lead author of the 2014 World Bank publication titled, “Moving Towards Universal Coverage of Social Health Insurance in Vietnam: Assessment and Options”. She is also the co-author of: “Financing Health Care in the East Asia and Pacific: Best Practices and Remaining Challenges” with Jack Langenbrunner; and the publication, “Live Long and Prosper: Ageing in the East Asia and Pacific region” with Philip O’Keefe and others.

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  • Dr Andrew Staib, Australia

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    Dr Andrew Staib, Australia
    Co-Director HITEC | Deputy Director and Medical Informatician, Emergency Medicine Princess Alexandra Hospital | Co-Chair QEDSAP | Clinical Excellence Division, Queensland Health

    Dr Staib is Deputy Director of Emergency Medicine at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane and the Co-Director of the Healthcare Innovation and Transformation Excellence Collaboration (HITEC) funded by the Queensland Clinical Excellence Division, Healthcare Improvement Unit.  He has research interests in health systems and translation of research into improved patient outcomes, as well as lab based research into shock at a cellular level.  Dr Staib was heavily involved as a clinical leader in the transformation of the Princess Alexandra Hospital into Australia's first large scale tertiary digital hospital and now in the ongoing digital transformation of Queensland Health. 

  • Kathleen Stam, Belgium

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    Kathleen Stam, Belgium
    AZ Maria Middelares

    Kathleen Stam holds a masters degree in biomedical sciences. In 2015, after 12 years in the diagnostic industry, she joined AZ Maria Middelares as a staff member of the CEO, focussed on innovation and research.

  • Dr Clair Sullivan, Australia

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    Dr Clair Sullivan, Australia
    Dr Clair Sullivan, Chief Digital Health Officer, Metro North HHS | Co-Director HITEC, Clinical Excellence Division, Queensland Health

    Dr Sullivan graduated with Honours from the University of Queensland. She completed a Research Doctorate in Medicine (UK) at The General Infirmary at the University of Leeds. Dr Sullivan is a fellow of both the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Australian College of Health Informatics. 
     
    Dr Sullivan is currently Chief Digital Health Officer at Metro North Hospital and Health Service. She is a senior staff specialist in Endocrinology and a Medical Lead for Digital Healthcare Improvement for the Clinical Excellence Division of Queensland Health. She is also Co-Director for the Healthcare Innovation and Transformation Excellence Collaboration (HITEC) and Co-Chair of the Statewide Digital Healthcare Improvement Network (DHIN).

  • Dr Melissa Sweet, Australia

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    Dr Melissa Sweet, Australia
    Editor in Chief, Croakey Health Media

    Melissa Sweet is a public health journalist, author, and Editor in Chief of Croakey.org, a social journalism project for health. Her PhD, completed in 2017, is titled: Acknowledgement: A social journalism research project relating to the history of lock hospitals, lazarets and other forms of medical incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

    Follow on: Twitter: @croakeyblog

  • Vikram Thaploo, India

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    Vikram Thaploo, India
    CEO, TeleHealth, Apollo Hospitals Group

    Vikram Thaploo, CEO, Apollo Remote Healthcare (Apollo Hospital Group, India), has about two decades of industry experience. Currently, he is leading three companies under the Remote Healthcare umbrella - Apollo Tele Health Services (Healthcare delivery and TeleClinics company), HealthNet Global Limited (Healthcare Technology company) and Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation (a not-for-profit organization of the Apollo Hospitals Group). He also heads the government business initiative for Apollo Hospitals Group. He is aiming at making healthcare affordable and accessible using the convergence of Technology, Telecom, and Medtech ecosystem, thus, delivering Continuum of Care for the patients. He made his mark in creating sustainable business model and delivering quality healthcare to patients in all slabs of the pyramid, using Telemedicine as its base. 

    It was his persistence and vision of providing healthcare services to rural and remote locations across India, which led him to initiate Apollo's 'Rural Connect' Program, providing primary and specialty services to reach remote parts of India. He and his team conceptualized and executed a first of its kind, Tele-Emergency innovation in India on a PPP mode in the state of Himachal Pradesh, which is now implemented in many other formats. Under his leadership Apollo has partnered with the Government of Andhra Pradesh advancing innovative PPP model of managing & operating 164 eUPHC's (Electronic Urban Primary Healthcare Centres). Recently Apollo has acquired another project of Tele-Ophthalmology which entails running of 115 vision centers across the state of Andhra Pradesh. Today, Apollo Tele Health is connected to 300 Million Indian population remotely.

    Having been in a position responsible for P&L for more than 9 years, he has strategized and implemented several innovative projects. His result oriented, enthusiastic and yet logical approach to challenges has helped him perform effectively even in highly competitive work environments. Previously, he headed a retail startup 'Steeplejack' as a Director & CEO. He also worked as Vice President at 'Big Apple Supermarkets' part of Future Group and has been a founding member for starting Barista Coffee in India. He was leading the marketing, projects along with core retail teams. Additionally, he has been part of start-up teams at Patissier's Retail and Jaypee Hotels-Agra. Mr. Thaploo has a superior track record in conceptualization of ideas and implementing those ideas for successful business expansion.

    He is an Advanced Healthcare Management Professional from Indian School of Business with a Post-graduation in Marketing and a graduation in Management. He lives in City of Hyderabad in India with his two kids, wife and parents.

  • Shweta Ubhayakar, United States of America

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    Shweta Ubhayakar, United States of America
    Manager, Community Anchor Mission, Rush University Medical Center

    Shweta Ubhayakar is the Manager for Anchor Mission Initiatives at Rush University Medical Center, a role that involves strategically managing community-facing activity and investments across five functional areas of the university and medical center.  In addition to this role, Shweta also manages a $5 million philanthropic grant focused on improving health and education on Chicago's South and West sides, and teaches graduate courses in Health Equity and New Models of Care as Faculty of the Health Systems Management department.  She completed her medical studies as a general physician in India and her MS-HSM at Rush University. 

  • Drs. Els van der Wilden-van Lier, Belgium

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    Drs. Els van der Wilden-van Lier, Belgium
    Director Healthcare Providers; MD, MPH, GS1 Global Office

    Medical doctor specialised in public health, experienced in patient safety, change management and healthcare governance. Worked cross-cultural in Africa, in senior hospital management (Director academic hospital), Board member teaching hospital. Was Director for hospital related healthcare in the Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate and fulfilled positions as Trustee of healthcare organisations in the Netherlands. She joined GS1 Global in September 2017. Her present responsibilities include: worldwide supporting patient safety and cost-effectiveness through the implementation of the GS1 system in hospitals; facilitating the GS1 healthcare provider programme and monthly webinars. Maintains relationships with international hospital associations and organisations of clinicians and of nurses.

  • Dr Michael Wagels, Australia

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    Dr Michael Wagels, Australia
    Staff Specialist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Princess Alexandra Hospital

    MBBS, FRACS

    Michael Wagels is a Staff Specialist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at the Princess Alexandra Hospital with a conjoined academic appointment as Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland. He completed a BMedSci undergraduate research degree in 1999 and was awarded a PhD in 2013. His theses evaluated amputation in severe lower limb trauma and the behaviour of auto-transplanted muscle for traumatic lower limb injuries.

    Michael has a special interest in the translational aspects of tissue engineering for complex reconstructive defects and specifically, how these can be related to complex lower limb reconstruction, hand surgery, brachial plexus reconstruction and head and neck reconstructive surgery.

  • Pieter Walker, Australia

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    Pieter Walker, Australia
    Director, Qualitas Consortium

    Pieter has had over 25 years healthcare experience in change management, lean thinking, leadership training & strategic planning, within both the public and private health sector.  Pieter is an owner & director of Qualitas Consortium. He has lead hundreds of service improvement & leadership programs with health services across Australasia. Pieter has been the lead facilitator for the Health Roundtable over the past 17 years, working with over one hundred teaching hospitals on numerous topics to improve the quality and delivery of care in hospitals. Pieter also has an extensive list of National and International presentations to his credit.  

    Follow on: Twitter: @qualitasconsort

  • Professor Marianne Wallis, Australia

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    Professor Marianne Wallis, Australia
    Associate Dean (Health), University of the Sunshine Coast

    Marianne Wallis is the Associate Dean (Health) and a Professor of Nursing at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.  Marianne has focused her research on health services research (especially in Emergency Care) and clinical research into vascular access.  She has written over 130 scientific publications and reviews for many research funding bodies and peer reviewed journals. In the last 15 years Marianne and her colleagues have attracted nearly AUD10m in research funds for projects that involved collaboration between a range of university and healthcare industry partners. 

    Follow on: Twitter: @MarianneWallis2

  • Bei Wang, Singapore

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    Bei Wang, Singapore
    Coordinator, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

    Ms. Wang Bei is a clinical coordinator for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic team in department of surgery in Tan Tock Seng Hospital since 2008. She works on research database administration, patient care coordination, healthcare education and promotion, etc. From 2012, she has been actively involved in ERAS and prehabilitation program implementation. She also works with doctors in research projects for patient care improvement and co-authors multiple publications. Prior to her current coordinator role, she had been practising nurse for 4 years. Ms. Wang holds Master of Health Administration degree from Flinders University.

  • Ash Watson, Australia

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    Ash Watson, Australia
    Healthier Campaspe Project Coordinator, Campaspe Primary Care Partnership

    Ash currently maintains many roles within the Campaspe Shire including a Credentialled Diabetes Educator / Exercise Physiologist at both Rochester & Elmore District Health Service and Kyabram District Health Service. He has also recently been appointed to Campaspe Primary Care Partnership as the Project Coordinator of Healthier Campaspe.  Ash gains great satisfaction from seeing client improvements and enjoys the variety of his different roles.  His next aim is to develop new skills in project management for his personal and professional growth. 

  • Yu-Chen Wei, Taiwan

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    Yu-Chen Wei, Taiwan
    Integrated Home Medical Care Case Manager, Puli Christian Hospital

    Ms. YU-CHEN WEI graduated in June 2009 from Department of Nursing, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology. She worked at Taichung Hospital from September 2012 to April 2014 as ward as a nurse in inpatient wards. From May 2014 she moved to Puli Christian Hospital and worked as a nurse in medical department inpatient ward, From March 2016 she became a as a home care nurse and case manager of integrated home medical care program.

  • Dr Daniel West, United States of America

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    Dr Daniel West, United States of America
    Professor & Chairman, University of Scranton

    Dr. Daniel J. West , Jr is Professor and Chairman in the Department of Heath Administration & Human Resources at the University of Scranton, USA He is board certified by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). He holds several academic appointments at universities outside of the USA in Europe. He is President and CEO of HTC Consulting Group, and has served as CEO for a hospital, medical group practice, and other healthcare organizations. He is Past Chair of the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) and serves on the Board of Directors of Moses Taylor Hospital, a CHS hospital in Pennsylvania. He has presented at many international and national conferences, and has been a prolific contributor to the healthcare management journals.

  • Kelly Whittle, United States of America

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    Kelly Whittle, United States of America
    CEO, Whittle Advisors

    Kelly is a passionate strategist and expert in value-based healthcare. As the founder of Whittle Advisors, she shares client successes through international speaking engagements and publications. With 20 years of leadership experience, she specializes in developing business strategies based on data-driven evidence. Her experience includes expertise in strategy, data management, and solution implementation across the healthcare ecosystem.

    Kelly has developed innovative product and service offerings focused on improving quality, patient health, and reducing expenditures. Her clients have been recognized for outstanding achievements protecting more than $4b in patient revenue from quality payment adjustments (i.e. penalty). Kelly is also a founder of the International Society of Digital Medicine, which is focused on international collaboration to improve healthcare outcomes through the use of technology.

    Follow on: Twitter: @whittleadvisors

  • Professor Mia Woodruff, Australia

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    Professor Mia Woodruff, Australia
    Leader, Biofabrication and Tissue Morphology Group, & QUT Acting Director, Herston Biofabrication Institute, Queensland University of Technology

    Professor Mia Woodruff is a world expert in biomaterials and bone tissue engineering. She leads the Biofabrication & Tissue Morphology group at QUT, and is the acting QUT Director of the Herston Biofabrication Institute. Mia's exciting vision is of a future where the fabrication of patient-specific replacement tissue and organs is safe, cost-effective and routine. This dream drives her fascinating research to advance the high-tech sciences of tissue engineering and biofabrication.

    Follow on: Twitter: @DrMiaWoodruff

  • Eugene Woods, United States of America

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    Eugene Woods, United States of America
    President and CEO, Atrium Health

    Eugene A. Woods, MBA, MHA, FACHE, is president and chief executive officer of Atrium Health, previously Carolinas HealthCare System, one of the most comprehensive and highly integrated not-for-profit healthcare systems in the nation. With 44 hospitals, over 900 care locations and an annual net revenue of nearly $10 billion, Atrium Health is responsible for more than 11.5 million patient interactions each year. 

    One of todays most prominent leaders in healthcare, Woods is passionate about protecting and expanding access and coverage to all Americans, better engaging with our communities to advance positive health outcomes and achieving equity of care by eliminating disparities. In January 2017, Woods assumed the role of chairman of the board of trustees of the American Hospital Association and currently serves as immediate past chair. 

  • Professor Martin Wullschleger, Australia

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    Professor Martin Wullschleger, Australia
    Medical Director of Trauma Service, Gold Coast University Hospital

    Professor Martin Wullschleger is a Swiss and Australian qualified General and Trauma Surgeon, currently appointed as Medical Director of Trauma at the Gold Coast University Hospital. Apart from his clinical expertise, he is a passionate leader in trauma system development, teaching and research activities in the field of trauma care and beyond.

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    Enrique Charls Yabut, Philippines
    Department Manager, Hospital Information Management of Quality Management Division, Makati Medical Center

    Mr. Enrique Yabut graduated from De La Salle University - Dasmarinas with a Degree in Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Biological Science. He became part of Makati Medical Center since 2012 under the Service Operations and Quality Management Division. After 3 years, he became part of the Quality Management Division wherein he was involved in several project improvement implementations such as Integrated Hospital Information Management System (iHIMS), Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Automated License Tracking System (ALTS) and the Automated Complaints Tracking System (ACTS). Now he is the head of Hospital Information Management. 

    Follow on: Twitter: @iamenriqueyabut

  • Dr Justin Yeung, Australia

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    Dr Justin Yeung, Australia
    Head of Department / Clinical Director, Emergency Telehealth Service - WA Country Health Service

    Justin is an Emergency Medicine physician who lives in regional Western Australia. Since making the "sea change", he has held positions as Director of Medical Services for the Great Southern region and was the inaugural Director for Emergency Medicine at the Albany Health Campus. He is currently clinical lead for Emergency Medicine in WA country as well as Clinical Director for the Emergency Telehealth Service. He works clinically in the Albany ED as well as the virtual ETS ED (wherever there is reliable connectivity). 

    Follow on: Twitter: @dinogrumpy

  • Dr Adrienne Young, Australia

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    Dr Adrienne Young, Australia
    Research Coordinator, Nutrition and Dietetics, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

    Dr Adrienne Young is the Research Coordinator for the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, and Visiting Fellow at Queensland University of Technology. Her research focuses on implementing and evaluating supportive and interdisciplinary systems of nutrition care for people in hospital, with developing expertise in the area of implementation science. 

    Follow on: Twitter: @dr_am_young

  • Dr Shuo Zhang, United States of America

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    Dr Shuo Zhang, United States of America
    Senior Health Specialist, World Bank, United States of America

    Dr Shuo Zhang is a Senior Health Specialist based at the World Bank’s Headquarters office in Washington DC and manages several activities of the Bank’s Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice in East Asia and Pacific Region. She has more than 20 years of experience working on operations and providing technical assistance to governments in the areas of TB control, Maternal and Child health, NCDs, Service delivery, health financing, health insurance, pay for performance and public hospital reform.

  • Dr Eyal Zimlichman, Israel

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    Dr Eyal Zimlichman, Israel
    Chief Medical and Innovation Officer, Sheba Medical Center

    Dr Eyal Zimlichman is currently Chief Medical Officer and Chief Innovation Officer at Sheba Medical Center, Israel's largest hospital. Prior to this Dr. Zimlichman has held the position of Lead Researcher at Partners Health Care Clinical Affairs Department in Boston. Dr. Zimlichman holds an appointment at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School where he is conducting research on implementing technology to improve quality and patient safety.

    Eyal is certified in internal medicine, is a graduate of the Harvard School of Public Health and has earned his MD at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

    Follow on: Twitter: @EZimlichman

  • Dr Widyastuti Wibisana, Indonesia

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    Dr Widyastuti Wibisana, Indonesia
    Head, Institute for International Relation, Indonesian Hospital Association (PERSI)

    Dr Widyastuti has wide experience in healthcare administration. She did her medical education at University of Indonesia, post-graduate public health at the National University of Singapore and attained her doctoral degree from University of Indonesia. She started as mobile service clinic medical officer at Jakarta Health Department, then got appointed as family health officer at Ministry of Health. Later as director of community health, she administered national healthcare program for the poor.  Further as director of managed care, she dealt with advancing quality and cost-contained healthcare, including formulating national health insurance within social security legislation.

    Her work in PERSI  includes international collaboration  in hospital care and health system development towards UHC.