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"The Gross Clinic," a portrait by Thomas Eakins of Dr. Samuel Gross, JMC 1828, in his surgical clinic at Jefferson Medical College, is framed by the Alumni Gate to the Eakins Gallery, located in Jefferson Alumni Hall. |
PRESS RELEASE:
Disease Management Colloquium at Jefferson Medical College features Nation's Leading Disease Management Enterprise Chief Executive Officers; International Disease Management Alliance (IDMA) Formation Announced
- The Only Executive Education Course on the Role of Disease Management in Medicare, Medicaid, Healthcare Cost Efficiency, Quality and Medical Errors Reduction
- June 21 - 24, 2005 in Philadelphia
- Classes Held: Alumni Hall, Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College
- www.DMConferences.com
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PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Timothy Bower
Phone: (800) 546-3750
E-mail: registration@rmpinc.com
Website: www.DMConferences.com
PHILADELPHIA, PA USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE(TM) -- JUNE 6, 2005: The Disease Management Colloquium at Jefferson Medical College, www.DMConferences.com, announced that it is featuring the chief executive officers of the nation's leading disease management enterprises.
INTERNATIONAL DISEASE MANAGEMENT ALLIANCE FORMED:
Warren E. Todd announced the launch of the International Disease Management Alliance [IDMA]. The new association was founded to promote the rapid expansion of disease management [DM] around the world. IDMA brings together healthcare leaders from more than 30 countries to share their DM experience/research and to serve as a catalyst to improve the management of patients suffering from chronic disease. For more information on IDMA go to www.DMAlliance.org, call 908-806-3961 or email GMurray@DMAlliance.org.
LEADING CEOs KEYNOTE DISEASE MANAGEMENT COLLLOQUIUM:
The Disease Management Colloquium at Jefferson Medical College will feature a keynote address on the Future of Disease Management by Samuel R. Nussbaum, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Wellpoint, Inc. and Past President, Disease Management Association of America.
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The Colloquium will also feature a CEO/COO Panel presented by:
Ben R. Leedle, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer, American Healthways, Nashville, TN
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Frank A. Martin
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, I-trax, Inc., Chadds Ford, PA
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Emad Rizk, MD
President, McKesson Health Solutions, Boston, MA
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Christobel E. Selecky
President, Disease Management Association of America, Chief Executive Officer, LifeMasters Supported SelfCare, Inc., Irvine, CA
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Paul Serini
Executive Vice President, XLHealth Corporation, Baltimore, MD
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Vishu Jhaveri, MD, MSA
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer, FutureHealth Corporation, Hunt Valley, MD
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SPONSORED BY:

David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP
Jefferson Medical College
"We are very pleased to be able to welcome everyone to our campus in Philadelphia. We believe this is an outstanding conference and we know you will all enjoy it immensely. We have assembled a top notch faculty and the interaction will be first rate. Disease Management is a dynamic field and in order to stay on top of the details it takes hard work and attention to what the experts have to say."
COLLOQUIUM HOTEL SOLD OUT:
The Colloquium hotel is sold out on the nights of 6/20 and 6/21. If you need accommodations, click here for a list of alternative hotels.
DM COLLOQUIUM HOT TOPIC SESSIONS:
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
David Atkins, MD
Coordinator for Clinical Preventive Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD
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Sandra M. Foote
Director, Chronic Care Improvement Program, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
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Edward FX Hughes, MD, MPH
Professor, Kellogg Business School, Evanston, IL
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Paul H. Keckley, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Center for
Evidence-Based Medicine, Associate Professor, School of Medicine,
Vanderbilt University, and Advisor, HealthGate, Nashville, TN
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Harry Leider, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer, XLHealth Corporation, Owings Mills, MD
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Al Lewis
Executive Director, Disease Management Purchasing Consortium & Advisory Council LLC, and Past President, Disease Management Association of America, Wellesley, MA
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Janet Marchibroda
Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative and Foundation, and Executive Director, Connecting for Health, Washington, DC
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Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH
Faculty, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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Michael Parkinson, MD
Chief Health and Medical Officer, Lumenos, Alexandria, VA
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W. Allen Schaffer, MD, FACP
Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, CIGNA, Hartford, CT
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David Shulkin, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
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John Sory
Vice President, Pfizer Health Solutions, Pfizer, Inc.,
New York, NY
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Paul Wallace, MD
Executive Director, Care Management
Institute, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA
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COLLOQUIUM CO-CHAIRS:
Karen Fitzner, Ph.D.
Director, Research & Program Development, Disease Management Association of America, Washington, DC
John Gorman
President and CEO, Gorman Health Group, Washington, DC
Jerry Reeves, MD
President of Las Vegas Operations, Culinary Health Fund, Las Vegas, NV
Bruce Taffel, MD
Senior Medical Director, Health Informatics, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, Nashville, TN
FEATURED FACULTY:
Houshang Babaie, RN
Disease Manager for the Healthy York Network, South Central, WellSpan Health, York, PA
Robert Barchi, MD, Ph.D.
President, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Jan Berger, MD, MJ
Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer, Caremark RX, North Brook, IL
David Bernard, MD, FACP, FRCP
Chief Medical Director, Montefiore Care Management Organization, Yonkers, NY
Shulamit L. Bernard, PhD
Director, Program on Health Care Quality and Outcomes, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC
Rick Botelho, MD
Professor of Family Medicine, URMC Family Medicine Center, Rochester, NY
Gerald E. Boyd, MD
Medical Director, Employers' Coalition on Health, Rockford, IL
Karen Bray, RN CDE
Disease Management Program Director, Optima Health, Virginia Beach, VA
Michelle Brooks
Administrator, Access East, Inc./University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, Greenville, NC
John Byrnes, MD
Senior Vice President, Systems Quality, Spectrum Health System, Grand Rapids, MI
Beau Carter
Senior Health Policy and Strategy Consultant, Med-Vantage, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Richard S. Citrin, Ph.D., MBA
Vice President, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh, PA
Robb A. Cohen
Vice President, XLHealth Corporation, Baltimore, MD
Kimberly Crickmore
Regional Director, Community Care Plan of Eastern North Carolina, University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, Greenville, NC
Mayer B. Davidson, MD
Director, Clinical Trials Unit, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, CA
Steven Eisenberg, MD
Vice President & CEO, Phoenix Healthcare Intelligence, Eagan, MN
Karen Fitzner, Ph.D.
Director, Research & Program Development, Disease Management Association of America, Washington, DC
Neal Friedman, MD
Medical Director, South Central Preferred, Medical Director for Disease Management, WellSpan Health, Buffalo, NY
John Gorman
President and CEO, Gorman Health Group, Washington, DC
Jeff Greene
Chief Executive Officer, MedEncentive (formerly ePPO, LLC), Oklahoma City, OK
Margaret Gunter, PhD
President & Executive Director, Lovelace Clinic Foundation, Albuquerque, NM
Scott C. Howell, DO, MPH&TM, CPE
Medical Director, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Nancy Jallo, RNC, MSN, CS FNP
OB Program Coordinator, Optima Health, Virginia Beach, VA
Lynn Kohrs
Health Care Manager, General Electric, Schenectady, NY
Jeffrey Lenow, MD
Chief Medical Officer, MediMedia USA, Associate Professor, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
Linda Magno
Director, Medical Demonstrations Program Group, Office of Research, Development and Information, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD
Mary Jane McKendry, RN, MBA, CHE
Vice President, Clinical Operations, Optimal Renal Care, Lexington, MA
David W. Moskowitz, MD, MA (Oxon.), FACP
Chairman, CEO, and Chief Medical Officer, GenoMed, Inc., St. Louis, MO
William Novelli (Invited)
Chief Executive Officer, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), Washington, DC
Monica Oss
Founder and President, OPEN MINDS, Gettysburg, PA
John Pilotte
Senior Research Analyst, Medicare Demonstrations Program Group, Office of Research, Development and Information, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD
Jerry Reeves, MD
President of Las Vegas Operations, Culinary Health Fund, Las Vegas, NV
Lee Sacks, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Advocate Health Care, Oak Brook, IL
Patricia Salber, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer, Center for Practical Health Reform, Larkspur, CA
Harm Scherpbier, MD
Product Manager Clinical Decision Support, Siemens Health Services, Malvern, PA
Bill Shea
Senior Manager, Quality, Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, CA
Mark C. Shields, MD, MBA
Senior Medical Director, Advocate Health Partners, Mt. Prospect, IL
Joanne M. Sica, RPh, MHA
Assistant Vice President, Aon Consulting, Inc., Conshohocken, PA
David St. Clair, MBA
President and CEO, MEDecision, Inc., Wayne, PA
Donna Stidham, RN
Chief, Managed Care, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Bruce Taffel, MD
Senior Medical Director, Health Informatics, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, Nashville, TN
I. Steven Udvarhelyi, MD
Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia, PA
Sandeep Wadhwa, MD
Vice President, Government Programs, McKesson Health Solutions, Broomfield, CO
Randall Williams, MD
Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, Chief Executive Officer, Pharos Innovations, LLC, Northfield, IL
EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION:
For sponsorship and exhibit information contact Joni Lipson, Exhibit Manager, Phone: 215-599-6626, Fax: 215-545-8107, email: joni.lipson@rmpinc.com.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
For registration Information, go to the Colloquium web site at www.DMConferences.com, call 800-546-3750 or email: registration@rmpinc.com.
Disease Management Colloquium
1211 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
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