ACHE of Massachusetts

Drinks & Appetizers at Tia's in Boston
2022-08-23 17:30 - 21:00 UTC | Tia’s on the Waterfront, 200 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA, 02110, United States
ACHE of MA’s Early Careerist Network (ECN) and Educating & Networking Committee are excited to partner up to host a Summer Social! Join us for a night of food, fun and networking with other healthcare professionals. We will be joined by the Boston Young Healthcare Professionals (BYHP) for this great event.
One FREE drink included with admission and food will be served! Cash bar will be available.
*You must be 21 years old to attend.*
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Virtual Conversations with Healthcare Champions, featuring Eric W. Dickson, MD, MHCM, FACEP
2022-06-16 09:00 - 10:30
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Get to Know Our Healthcare Champion:

Eric W. Dickson MD, MHCM, FACEP
President & CEO UMass Memorial Health
Dr. Dickson is President and CEO of UMass Memorial Health, the largest not-for-profit health care system in central Massachusetts with $3.3 billion in annual revenue, 1,700 physicians and more than 16,500 employees. The system includes four owned hospitals on ten campuses with more than 1,000 licensed beds; four affiliated hospitals; 70 office-based community practices; a behavioral health services agency and hospital; six urgent care centers; and an Accountable Care Organization (ACO). UMass Memorial trains 550 residents and fellows annually and performs world-class research in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Dickson also serves as a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Prior to being named President and CEO of the health care system, Dr. Dickson served as President of the UMass Memorial Medical Group and senior associate dean at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The UMass Memorial Medical Group is a subsidiary of UMass Memorial Health Care and is a 1,100-physician, 1,100-employee multidisciplinary medical group with revenues of over $535 million. He served as the head of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and interim chief operating officer for the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Dr. Dickson completed his medical degree and residency training in emergency medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and has a master’s degree in Health Care Management from Harvard University. Dr. Dickson has served as a member of the Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners, lectures nationally on the use of the Toyota Production System in health care and is an active faculty member for the Institute of Healthcare Improvement, where he works with health systems around the world to reduce health care costs while improving quality. Dr. Dickson is the Board Chair of the Massachusetts Hospital Association and the Board Treasurer for America’s Essential Hospitals, which is the national association for safety net hospitals.
Agenda

9:00am – 9:45am
A Moderated Discussion with Eric W. Dickson MD, MHCM, FACEP
9:45am – 10:00am
Question & Answer
10:00am – 10:30am
Virtual Networking Breakout Sessions

Registration
ACHE / NESHS / Hospital Association Member: $15.00
Future Member: $30.00
Early Careerist / Student: Complimentary

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"Beyond Disruption: Healthcare for the Future, Redesigned and Reimagined" - ACHE of MA's Spring Healthcare Summit
2022-06-09 07:00 - 18:00 | Encore Boston Harbor
The ACHE of Massachusetts chapter is thrilled to announce our FIRST in-person chapter event since November 2019. Please join us for “Beyond Disruption: Healthcare for the Future, Redesigned and Reimagined” – ACHE of MA’s Spring Healthcare Summit, which will be held on Thursday, June 9th, 2022 at the Encore Boston Harbor in Everett, MA. We expect a very strong turnout of healthcare leaders and executives from around the region… an incredible networking opportunity we have so missed these past two years!

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Event Update: We are actively monitoring the COVID-19 case trend in our region. In order to maximize the opportunity for us to meet in person, our health and safety protocol for this event applies to all attendees and involves: 1) full vaccination, 2) negative COVID-19 test onsite, and 3) masking during the event.
Please refer to our complete Health & Safety Protocol available here: ACHE of MA Spring Conference COVID guidelines
We will adjust our protocols based on local, state and federal guidelines and recommendations. All the latest information will be posted to this website as it becomes available.

Keynote Speaker:
Dan Gebremedhin, MD
Partner, Flare Capital Partners
Physician, Operator & Entrepreneur

This all-day conference will be broken up into two exciting sections, with Dan Gebremedhin, MD kicking off the morning with a keynote presentation.

The morning panel following Dr. Gebremedhin’s presentation will focus on disruptive care delivery models, and will feature VillageMD, Somatus, and Eternal Health, who are at the forefront of healthcare innovation. We will dissect what the future of healthcare will look like, discuss opportunities for delivery model disruption, and learn what key players are doing today.

The afternoon has been designed to give you practical takeaways and a toolkit you can implement within your organization. Tier 1 Performance Healthcare, will guide us through an interactive session on Empathy-Centered Design. Then, our afternoon panel, will focus on how healthcare providers are collaborating and partnering with disruptors to implement innovation and respond to the need for new care models. Executives from CVS Health’s Enterprise Virtual Care, Baystate Health’s Digital Innovation Team, TechSpring and UMass Memorial Health’s Hospital-at-Home will discuss how they bring innovation, disruption and intentional design to their organizations.

Both AM and PM sessions are worth 1.5 Face to Face credits, and 2 Qualified Education credits will be awarded.

Pricing
$275 – ACHE and MHA Member Registration after June 1, 2022
$375 – Non Member
$150 – Student / In Transition / Retired
Group Discounts are Available!
Encourage your colleagues or entire team to attend the Summit.
Registering as a group of five or more from the same organization? Receive 20% off the applicable registration rate! Email info@massache.org to receive the group code.

About the Day

7:00am-8:30am: Registration and Breakfast
8:30am-9:45am: Keynote featuring Dan Gebremedhin, MD – 1.0 Qualified Education
9:45am-10:00am: Morning Networking Break
10:00am-11:30am: Face to Face Panel Session: Disruptive Innovation in Healthcare Delivery, 1.5 Face to Face Credits

Disruptive innovation, a term coined by Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen, is a transformative business model that leverages technology to help focus on making products and services more accessible and affordable. In healthcare delivery, disruptive innovations have the potential to decrease costs while improving both the quality and accessibility of care. Disruptive innovations enable new applications and changes in behaviors. The current thinking with many innovators is a belief that a host of disruptive innovations would have wide implications for payers by shifting payment models to reward precision diagnostic tests and abilities of providers. Several current disruptive innovations like retail clinics, telemedicine, medical tourism, and point-of-care medical payments could make a major difference in how health care is reshaped in the near future. This panel will focus on the role of innovation in the medical marketplace and examples of disruptive innovations that will change lives in health care.

11:30am- 1:00pm: Networking Lunch & Membership Activities

1:00pm-2:15pm: Breakout Session, Powered by Tier 1: Disruption Starts with Empathy-Centered Design – 1.0 Qualified Education

Simple mindset and language shifts go a long way in changing the care we provide. Participants will gain a new mental framework for reimagining how to effect and apply change; process topics with their teams; and begin to more deeply understand which moments can be designed to create joy and alleviate anxiety for caregivers, patients and their families.

2:15pm-2:30pm: Afternoon Networking Break
2:30pm-4:00pm: Face to Face Panel Session: Consumer Focused Health Care – 1.5 Face to Face Credits

While many healthcare organizations recognize that consumer-centered healthcare is important, very few are following through on those priorities with innovative and effective strategies. Patients are increasingly choosing less expensive and easier to access options than traditional providers. While traditional providers are working to better engage consumers and compete in this new landscape with more and different competitors, there are many challenges. This panel discussion will lay the foundation by defining what “consumer focused healthcare” is, why it is important, and why it is so difficult to transition to a consumer-focused model, and explore some innovative and effective strategies.

4:00pm-6:00pm: Reception and Member Awards Presentation

The chapter has secured rooms at a discounted rate of $269.00 a night at the Encore Boston Harbor, should you want to come in the night before, or stay the night of, to network with members you haven’t seen in a long time. This rate is valid through May 26th. To book your room, please visit the link here. We will also be providing ample networking time during the conference, as we will have multiple breaks, a lunch, plus cocktail networking hour once the day is complete.

About Our Speakers
Keynote: Dan Gebremedhin, MD
Dan is a Partner at Flare Capital Partners, where he has led investments into and sits on the Boards of Somatus, Eden Health, Oui Health, Votive Health and Elektra Health. Dan was a practicing Internal Medicine Physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital and had a Faculty appointment as an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School from 2010 until 2019.

Morning Panelist: James J. Agnew, FACHE
Senior Vice President, VillageMD
Jim brings more than 30 years of executive leadership to the industry providing a unique blend of healthcare operations, financial, and M&A expertise that has been tested in both the not-for-profit and investor-owned segments of the healthcare industry.

Morning Panelist: Pooja Ika
Founder & CEO, eternalHealth
Pooja Ika is the founder and CEO of eternalHealth. At the age of 24, she is the youngest woman to launch a new Medicare Advantage Health Plan in the United States. A 2019 Babson College graduate, Pooja founded eternalHealth to deliver high quality, affordable care to her fellow Massachusetts residents. Committed to doing things the right way, eternalHealth was built on trust, transparency, and integrity.

Morning Panelist: Bassem Mikhael, MD, MBA
Vice President, Clinical Strategy, Somatus
Dr. Bassem Mikhael serves as the Vice President of Clinical Strategy at Somatus. He is deeply committed
to improving the care of patients with kidney disease and transforming the delivery of kidney care. Dr.
Mikhael is a nephrologist and trained at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Morning Moderator: Mark Sugrue
Managing Director, Health Solutions, FTI Consulting
Mr. Sugrue combines operational, IT, revenue cycle and performance improvement consulting experience which includes but is not limited to Health IT system development, selection implementation and optimization, clinical documentation improvement, acute and long-term care disaster preparedness and management, supply chain, regulatory compliance and other key executive leadership responsibilities.

Afternoon Panelist: Christian Lagier
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Baystate Health’s TechSpring Group
Christian was named the founding Managing Director of TechSpring in October 2013, joining the core team of Joel Vengco and Evan Benjamin in developing TechSpring from vision to reality. He oversees all activities of the center today and continues to pursue an ambitious vision of healthcare innovation acceleration. Every day, he focuses on thinking big, envisioning success and getting things done.

Afternoon Panelist: Constantinos (Taki) Michaelidis, MD, MBA, MS
Medical Director, Hospital at Home, UMass Memorial Health
Constantinos (Taki) Michaelidis, MD, MBA, MS is an internal medicine physician by clinical training and practices as a virtual home hospitalist in the UMass Memorial Health (UMMH) Hospital at Home program where he is medical director and faculty in the Program in Digital Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Afternoon Panelist: Creagh Milford, DO, MPH, FACOI
Vice President and Head of Enterprise Virtual Care, CVS Health
Dr. Milford is a practicing internal medicine physician and an experienced executive who is responsible for leading the delivery of the virtual product portfolio across CVS Health, including seamless, omnichannel virtual care solutions that deliver meaningful results for both consumers and providers.

Afternoon Moderator: John Polanowicz

John Polanowicz is a seasoned healthcare professional with over thirty years of leadership experience in the industry. He currently serves on the board of Prosperity Behavioral Health, a private-equity backed company that provides multiple services to providers in the behavioral health space. He also serves on the Veteran’s Advisory Board of Myomo Health, the manufacturer of a powered orthosis (brace) that helps patients regain function in arms and hands paralyzed by neuromuscular disease or injury.

Disparities in Maternal Health: Connecting Community Advocacy to Clinical Practice, hosted by ACHE of MA, MHA & MMS
2022-05-18 12:00 - 12:30
Focus on DHE&I:
Diversity, Health Equity, & Inclusion Best Practices
Webinar Series
Disparities in Maternal Health: Connecting Community Advocacy to Clinical Practice
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 | 12-12:45 p.m.
Register Today!
Racial inequities in maternal mortality are staggering, with Black women experiencing mortality rates more than three times that of White women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In Massachusetts, Black women are twice as likely to die from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications. These inequities, the result of systemic racism in health care, are unacceptable. Massachusetts passed legislation filed by State Representative Liz Miranda (D-Boston) establishing a commission to make policy recommendations aimed at eliminating racial inequities in maternal health.
Join the Massachusetts Medical Society, the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, and the American College of Healthcare Executives Massachusetts Chapter to learn more about the commission’s recommendations to address racial disparities and promote equity in maternal health outcomes, including how to connect these policies into clinical practice. This event is also a part of the Medical Society’s annual John Figgis Jewett Lectureship on maternal health.

ACHE of MA Virtual Book Club
2022-05-11 17:30 - 18:40
ACHE of Massachusetts Early Careerist Network is excited to host a virtual book club event to discuss:

“Team of Rivals:
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln”
This program is open to all ACHE Members – you do not need to be an early careerist to attend!

Agenda
5:30pm – 6:40pm
Welcome
Breakout Sessions
Large Group Discussions
Closing
Optional Networking Breakouts

Purchase the book here
Read HBR’s Leadership Lessons from Abraham Lincoln
It’s complimentary to attend – register here!
Ran out of time and didn’t get a chance to finish the book? That’s ok! Still join us to discuss a broad swath of leadership topics.

Session to be moderated by two of ACHE of MA Senior Healthcare Leaders!

John Christoforo, FACHE
Retired President, Beth Israel Lahey Health
President, Christoforo Healthcare Consulting

Kathy Sucich, MBA
Vice President of Marketing
Dimensional Insight
ACHE of MA Board Secretary

ACHE of MA's ECN Dinner with the C-Suite
2022-05-03 18:00 - 20:30
15 Early Careerists are invited to join ACHE of Massachusetts Early Careerist Network for our Dinner with the C-Suite!
Attendees will engage in networking, dinner and learn some pearls of wisdom from the C-Suite, as they will talk about their career journey and answer your questions about your career path.

Agenda:
6:00 – 6:30 PM
Registration, Socializing and Cocktails
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Program and Dinner

Meet Our C-Suite Speakers

Winfield Brown, MSB, MHA, FACHE
Speaker
President & Chief Executive Officer
Heywood Hospital

Ali Raja, MD, MBA, MPH
Speaker
Interim Chair & Executive Vice Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine
Mooney-Reed Endowed Chair
Massachusetts General Hospital

Christine Schuster, RN, MBA
Event Founder and Evening Emcee
President & Chief Executive Officer
Emerson Hospital

Rachel Wilson, MBA
Speaker
President
CIC Health

Register now – seats will go fast!

Saving Our Moms: Organizational Strategies to improve Maternal Health Outcomes, hosted by NAHSE Greater Boston Chapter
2022-04-14 12:00 - 13:15
Recent data show that U.S. maternal mortality rates are rising, and Black, American Indian, and Alaska Native people giving birth are two to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than their white counterparts. Emerging data also indicate that implications of the COVID-19 pandemic may further exacerbate these disparities. With that being said, the NAHSE Greater Boston Chapter has implemented an “immediate call to action” since its inception in 2020 to discuss the ongoing disparities in Maternal Health Outcomes, and how we could begin reshaping the Maternal Health care delivery model to improve birth outcomes.
Learning Objectives:

Learn organizational strategies to strengthen healthcare leadership and workforce structures
Gain knowledge and skills to deal effectively with cultural differences to improve maternal health outcomes
Gain an understanding of barriers among patients, providers, and the U.S. health care system in relation to racial/ethnic disparities in health care and quality of care
Learn evidence-based best practices to conceptualize cultural competence and culturally appropriate care

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Confirmed Speaker
Shafia Monroe, DEM, CDT, MPH
Shafia Monroe is a renowned midwife, doula trainer, Master of Public Health, motivational speaker, and writer. She began studying midwifery as a teenager after learning about the high infant mortality rate in her city. Though born in Boston, Massachusetts, she recognizes her Alabama roots and practices traditional African American healing, using the laying on of hands and herbs for pregnant and postpartum families. She was called to midwifery at age 15, when she learned about infant mortality and the granny midwives of the 20th century. Monroe is the keeper of African American birth traditions and postpartum rituals. She has spent over three decades studying the life of the 20th -century African American midwife and traveled internationally, interviewing, and shadowing midwives to learn their cultural rituals firsthand.
Under Monroe’s leadership, ICTC increased the number of doulas of color, Black midwives, diversified the midwifery workforce, and challenged systemic racism within the profession. From 2002 to 2015, she directed the International Black Midwives and Healers Conference and recruited Erykah Badu, four-time Grammy award-winner, singer, songwriter, and holistic healer, to become the ICTC International Spokesperson from 2010 to 2015. Monroe also led the Oregon Coalition to Improve Birth Outcomes (OCIBO) in 2011, investigating the use of doulas to improve birth outcomes and creating the legislative concept HB3311. This work resulted in Medicaid reimbursement for Oregon doulas, with Oregon leading the national model by being the first state to cover doula services for Medicaid families. In 2002, Monroe developed a groundbreaking doula-training program as an international model for reducing infant mortality, increasing the number of doulas of color, empowering families for informed consent and physiological birth, and teaching traditional birth and postpartum practices using the legacy of the 20th -century African American midwife, the SMC Full Circle Doula Birth Companion Training, LLC. She created Shafia Monroe Consulting/Birthing CHANGE in 2013, to train health care providers and doulas in cultural competency for working with diverse population in maternal and child health and improve perinatal outcomes.
Monroe proudly serves as an advisory member of the Oregon Health Authority Office of Equity and Inclusion’s Cultural Competence Continuing Education Advisory Committee, Oregon Islamic Chaplain Organization, the Oregon Community Doula Association, Alabama Birth Equity Committee, Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Black Mothers ACTT for Safe Care Initiative, and a board member of the National Accreditation Council for Black Doula Trainers.

ACHE’s Virtual Leadership Symposium
2022-04-11 08:00 - 2022-04-12 17:00
Welcome to the Virtual
Leadership Symposium
You’re invited to this premier virtual healthcare leadership event. From the convenience of your home or office, over two days:

Earn up to 6 ACHE Face-to-Face Education and continuing medical education credits.
Hear from 90 faculty in more than 30 virtual live sessions.
Gather solutions, tools and resources to continue advancing healthcare in your communities.

Maximize your experience; Congress registrants can receive a discounted registration.
Register for the Virtual Leadership Symposium Only
Register for the Virtual Leadership Symposium with Congress on Healthcare Leadership

2022 Congress Member Networking Dinner
2022-03-28 18:00 - 20:00
Attending ACHE’s 2022 Congress?
Make sure to join fellow ACHE of MA Members, as well as our neighbors in Connecticut with CTAHE for a Member Networking Dinner on Monday, March 28, 2022 at Lou Malnati’s Gold Coast Location!

Don’t leave Chicago without experiencing a traditional Chicago – Deep Dish Pizza and networking with fellow ACHE Members! Start your Congress experience with a private networking dinner at Lou Malnati’s Gold Coast Location on Monday, March 28, 2022.

Registration is Required: Open to the first 60 Registrants!
Cost: $45.00 per person
Includes Dinner & Open Beer and Wine
Agenda:
5:45 pm: Meet in the Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel lobby (The Congress Headquarter Hotel) to share rides if desired
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Dinner at Lou Malnati’s Gold Coast Location Private Dining Room
Continue the night with the group at the bar afterwards, or finish exploring all that Chicago has to offer!
*As of Feb 22, 2022, Chicago has repelled their mandatory proof of vaccination and mask mandate to enter any restaurant, bar or nightclub.
Click here to register now!

2022 Congress on Healthcare Leadership
2022-03-28 08:00 - 2022-03-31 17:00
Welcome to the Congress
on Healthcare Leadership
Join leaders from across the care continuum in-person at the 2022 Congress on Healthcare Leadership to gather solutions, tools and resources to advance healthcare in your organizations and communities. Select from more than 130 sessions to personalize your schedule.
The safety of our Congress participants, faculty, exhibitors and staff remain a top priority.
Click here to register for ACHE’s Congress on Healthcare Leadership.

Webinar: Empower To Heal: Afrocentric and Gender Affirming Approaches To Breast Health Care, hosted by NAHSE CT
2022-03-21 18:00 - 19:00
Program Goal

To develop an educational and interactive 1-hour program that centers on an Afrocentric + Gender-Affirming Approach to Breast Health Care that provides a different perspective on strategies to eliminate disparities in breast health outcomes among Black people.

Program Objectives
At the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

Describe contributory factors to disparities in breast health outcomes in the state of CT
Describe major advancements made in clinical research to meet the care gap in treating triple negative breast cancer
Identify persisting barriers to access to receiving appropriate breast health care amongst individuals living in historically underrepresented communities and/or with a low-income
Identify key culturally competent and gender-affirming approaches to engaging individuals in conversations about their breast health care concerns
Identify at least one key advocacy issue on the legislative agenda related to breast health care

This program is complimentary to attend. Please click here to register now.

This event is sponsored by NEPHTC & YSPH, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Provider id #1131137. This program will also be valued at 1.0 credit of Qualified Education granted by the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Conversations with Healthcare Champions, featuring Erika Pabo, MD, MBA
2022-03-10 18:00 - 19:30
Registration Now Open

Join ACHE of MA & Dr. Erika Pabo for an inspiring evening of insight from a Healthcare Champion!
Thursday, March 10, 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Dr. Pabo is an executive leader and social entrepreneur with deep experience in value-based insurance and care delivery who is committed to transforming the health care system into one better able to meet the needs of individual patients and populations at a cost that is sustainable to society over time.

Agenda

6:00pm – 6:45pm
A Moderated Discussion with Erika Pabo, MD, MBA
6:45pm – 7:00pm
Question & Answer
7:00pm – 7:30pm
Virtual Networking Breakout Sessions

Registration
ACHE / NESHS / Hospital Association Member: $15.00
Future Member: $30.00
Early Careerist / Student: Complimentary

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Meet Dr. Pabo!

Pabo currently serves as Co-President for Author by Humana, a dual transformation company incubated and operated as a business segment within Humana. In her Co-President role, she serves as the external leader of the company overseeing business and growth strategy, marketing and communications, consumer design, insights and experience, as well as organizational effectiveness and has joint P&L responsibility for the business. She also continues to serve as Chief Health Officer for Author, which she has been in since the company’s inception and, in this role, she is responsible for the Author’s customer service, clinical strategy and clinical operations. Author’s reason to believe is to knock down barriers to health and serve as a catalyst to help people live their best lives on their terms. The health team that Pabo leads is that catalyst, providing a wide range of tech enabled services ranging from social support services to disease management to direct care delivery in critical areas such as behavioral health. Her health team has also executed new utilization management approaches at Author, utilizing machine learning to remove friction and manual work from the process while still ensuring that they can serve as thoughtful stewards of healthcare resources for consumers.
She continues to serve as faculty at Harvard Medical School and to see patients a half day per week as a primary care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Advanced Primary Care Practice, South Huntington – a level III NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home. She also continues to serve as Associate Faculty at Ariadne Labs, which is a joint health system innovation center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health working to save lives and reduce suffering by creating scalable solutions that improve health care delivery at the most critical moments for people everywhere.
Prior to joining Humana, she served as Medical Director for Population Health and Associate Medical Director for Brigham and Women’s Hospital Primary Care Center of Excellence, overseeing the population health management portfolio for all of primary care’s covered lives as well as helping overseeing primary care growth, operational improvement and care delivery innovation in areas ranging from behavioral health and substance use to chronic disease management to physician wellness.
Prior to her work at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, she worked in early stage technology, building tools for chronic disease management at Twine Health (now acquired by Fitbit) as well as previous work at Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and the Global Health Delivery Project. Dr. Pabo has written and presents regularly on primary care redesign, tech enabled chronic disease management and population health at national conferences. She has also provided consulting services to various health care companies, incubators and investors.
Pabo earned a BA in History of Medicine from Yale College, a medical degree from Harvard Medical School and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine in both the Primary Care and Management and Leadership tracks at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and is ABIM board certified in Internal Medicine. She lives in Boston, MA with her husband Eric, her two sons Jasper and Silas, and chocolate Labrador Wally. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, running, cycling, hiking and kitesurfing.

ACHE of MA ECN Next-Level Networking Program
2022-02-28 17:30 - 19:00
Next-Level Networking: Learning more techniques about networking and how best to apply those skills, featuring Special Guest Speaker, Loran Nordgren!

Mr. Nordgren is a professor at the Kellogg School Of Management, bestselling author and a former Fullbright Scholar. Mr. Nordgren’s mission is to use behavioral science to make leaders and organizations better, and he will share with our attendees insights into why having a network matters, and how to maximize your efforts in building your network.
Join us for Speed Networking after Mr. Nordgren speaks! Speed Networking is a lot like “Speed Dating“ but without the “dating”. It’s an opportunity to meet accomplished professionals like yourself, one professional at a time. Come ready to learn from one of the best in the field and practice what he shares with us in real time!
It’s complimentary to attend, and you do not need to be an early careerist – all ACHE members are welcome.
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Meet Loran Nordgren
Loran Nordgren is a professor at the Kellogg School of Management and bestselling author. Loran’s mission is to use behavioral science to make leaders and organizations better. His research has been published in leading journals such as Science, and his ideas are regularly discussed in prominent forums such as the Harvard Business Review. In recognition of his work, Professor Nordgren has received the Theoretical Innovation Award in experimental psychology. A former Fulbright scholar, Loran teaches Leadership in Organizations in every program offered at Kellogg. He is a six-time recipient of the Kellogg teaching impact award and has twice received Kellogg’s Management Teacher of the Year award. Loran also serves as the academic director of the executive MBA programs. He was one of Poets & Quants’ 40 under 40 business school professors. As a practitioner, Loran has worked with companies throughout the world on a wide-range of behavior change problems, a process he calls Behavioral Design. Loran’s first book The Human Element: overcoming the resistance that awaits new ideas, spent multiple weeks on the Wall Street Journal Bestseller list.

Webinar: The ROI of DE&I: Building the Business Case
2022-02-09 12:00 - 12:45
As part of its commitment to champion diversity, health equity, and inclusion, the Massachusetts Medical Society, the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, and the American College of Healthcare Executives Massachusetts Chapter have partnered to develop a series of webinars that encourage dialogue and share best practices.

The return on investment, or ROI, for diversity in terms of performance and economic outcomes that result from leveraging the knowledge, skills, abilities, talents, intellectual capital, perspectives, work styles, etc. of a diverse workforce. Join us during this webinar as expert faculty Juan Fernando Lopera, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, Beth Israel Lahey Health shares how DHE&I can be a valuable asset to your organization.

It’s Complimentary to Attend – Click Here to Register!

Featured Speaker:
Juan Fernando Lopera
Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
Beth Israel Lahey Health

ACHE of MA's ECN Virtual Dinner with the C-Suite
2021-12-08 18:00 - 19:30
Twenty-five Early Careerists are invited to join ACHE of Massachusetts Early Careerist Network for our Virtual Dinner with the C-Suite!
Attendees will engage in networking, dinner* and learn some pearls of wisdom from the C-Suite, as they will talk about their career journey and answer your questions about your career path.
*ACHE of MA Early Careerist Network will provide attendees with a $15.00 gift certificate to Grubhub to redeem for a take-out dinner to enjoy during the event.

Agenda:
6:00 – 6:30 PM
Dinner and Discussion with the C-Suite
6:30 – 7:30 PM
Open Forum Question and Answer with the C-Suite

It’s complimentary to attend this great opportunity!
REGISTRATION IS BASED UPON REQUEST AND APPROVAL
How are attendees chosen? If you are interested in attending, please register with this link below by Sunday, December 6. The applicants will be reviewed and approved registrants will receive an approval status and a link to the program by December 7. Those not chosen for the event will be notified as well and invited to participate in our next program.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

Our C-Suite Attendees:

John Christoforo, FACHE, Retired President & CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess HealthCare

John Fogarty, FACHE, President & CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham

Christine Schuster, President & CEO, Emerson Hospital

Conversations with Healthcare Champions, featuring Anne Klibanski, M.D.
2021-12-07 19:00 - 20:30
Join ACHE of MA & Dr. Anne Klibanski for a Virtual Fireside Chat!

Register to join ACHE of Massachusetts as we are provided an evening of insight with an intimate virtual fireside chat with Anne Klibanski, M.D. on
Tuesday, December 7, 7:00pm-8:30pm.

Dr. Klibanski will engage in conversation regarding:

Her journey from physician to leader
The current challenges that healthcare is facing at the state, national and global levels
The evolution of MGB as an integrated system and as a leader in Massachusetts during the pandemic
How MGB is leaning into their ambulatory centers
And so much more!

Afterwards, we will break out into Zoom networking rooms to recap the lessons learned.

Agenda
7:00pm – 7:45pm
A Moderated Discussion with Anne Klibanski, M.D.
7:45pm – 8:00pm
Question & Answer
8:00pm – 8:30pm
Virtual Networking Breakout Sessions
Registration
ACHE Members: $15.00
Future Members: $30.00
Students & Early Careerists: Complimentary
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Meet Dr. Klibanski!
Anne Klibanski, M.D. is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mass General Brigham, a Boston-based integrated health care system that includes internationally known Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, nationally recognized specialty hospitals including Spaulding, Mass Eye and Ear, and McLean, seven community hospitals, a health insurance company, physician networks, community health centers, home care and long-term care services. The largest private employer in Massachusetts with 78,000 employees and annual revenue of $13.4 billion, the non-profit health care system is the nation’s leading recipient of NIH funding and a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, establishing the health care
system’s position as a national leader in medical research and teaching.
Appointed to her role as President and CEO in June 2019, Dr. Klibanski’s vision for Mass General Brigham is to build the integrated academic health care system of the future with patients at the center, transforming care, improving outcomes and expanding impact locally, nationally and globally.
Dr. Klibanski has served as the health care system’s Chief Academic Officer and as Chief of Neuroendocrine at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is recognized internationally for her high impact research in neuroendocrine disorders and pituitary tumors. Dr. Klibanski received her B.A., magna cum laude in literature from Barnard College and her M.D. from New York University Medical Center. She is the Laurie Carrol Guthart Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Raising the Curtain on Healthcare in America
2021-11-18 09:00 - 11:30
During this program, the ACHE of Massachusetts Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee will honor their 3rd Annual DE&I Awardee!
Pictured is D,E & I Chair Carmen Kenrich presenting last year’s award to Baystate Health!

Agenda:
9:00am-9:05am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:05am-9:15am
ACHE of MA DE&I Award Presentation
9:15am-10:00am
Gary Gottlieb Keynote
10:00am-11:30am
Thought Leaders Forum

Pricing:
$ 75.00
Members
$150.00
Future Members
$ 25.00
Students & Members in Transition
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Meet Our Speakers:
Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, is President of The John A. Hartford Foundation in New York City, a national philanthropy dedicated to improving the care of older adults. She serves as the chief strategist for the Foundation and her vision for better care of older adults is catalyzing the Age-Friendly Health Systems social movement. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and recently served on the independent Coronavirus Commission for Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes. She previously served as Dean of Health Sciences at Northeastern University and Founding Dean of the New York University College of Nursing. Dr. Fulmer is nationally and internationally recognized as a leading expert in geriatrics and is also known for conceptualization and development of the national NICHE program and research on the topic of elder abuse and neglect. She is the first nurse to have served on the board of the American Geriatrics Society. She is also the first nurse to have served as President of the Gerontological Society of America, which awarded her the 2019 Donald P. Kent Award for exemplifying the highest standards for professional leadership in the field of aging.

Gary Gottlieb, MD, MBA is an Executive Partner at Flare Capital Partners and is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a member of the National Academy of Medicine. From 2015 through June of 2019, he served as CEO of Partners In Health, a global NGO providing a preferential option for the poor in health care in severely resource constrained settings. He assumed this role after serving on the PIH Board of Directors for a decade.
From 2010 until February of 2015, Dr. Gottlieb was the CEO of Partners HealthCare, the parent of the Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals, the largest health care delivery organization in New England and among the largest biomedical research and training enterprises in the US. From 2002-2009, he was president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He also served as President of North Shore Medical Center and as Chair of Partners Psychiatry and Mental Health System. Dr. Gottlieb also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston from 2012-2016 and as its chair from 2016-2018.
Prior to coming to Boston, Dr. Gottlieb spent 15 years in positions of increasing leadership in health care in Philadelphia. He established the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center’s first program in geriatric psychiatry and developed it into a nationally recognized research, training, and clinical program. He served as executive vice-chair of psychiatry and associate dean for managed care at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, and as director and CEO of Friends Hospital, the nation’s first freestanding psychiatric hospital.
Dr. Gottlieb received a B.Sc. cum laude from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.D. from Albany Medical College in a six-year accelerated program and he completed a psychiatry residency at New York University/Bellevue Medical Center. As a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Penn, he earned an M.B.A. with distinction from Wharton.

Dr. William Shrank is Humana’s Chief Medical Officer. His responsibilities include implementing Humana’s integrated care delivery strategy, with an emphasis on advancing the company’s clinical capabilities and core objective of improving the health outcomes of our members. He leads Humana’s Care Delivery Organization, clinical operations, and the Bold Goal population health strategy. Dr. Shrank most recently held the position of Chief Medical and Corporate Affairs Officer (July 2019-July 2021) during which time he reorganized and advanced our government affairs division. He is a member of the Management Team, which sets the firm’s strategic direction, and reports and to President and Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Broussard. Additionally, Dr. Shrank serves on the Board of National Committee for Quality Assurance and is co-chair of the Clinical Transformation Taskforce for the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network.
Dr. Shrank joined Humana in April 2019, having previously been employed by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) where he served as Chief Medical Officer, Insurance Services Division from 2016 to 2019. At UPMC, Dr. Shrank was responsible for clinical operations, policy and quality for approximately 3.5 million members in Medicare, Medicaid, behavioral health, Managed Long Term Services & Supports and commercial lines of business. He also developed and evaluated population health programs to further advance the medical center’s mission as an integrated delivery and financing system.
Previously, Dr. Shrank served as Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, and Chief Medical Officer of Provider Innovation at CVS Health from 2013 to 2016. Prior to joining CVS Health, Dr. Shrank served as Director, Research and Rapid-Cycle Evaluation Group, for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, part of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services from 2011 to 2013, where he led the evaluation of all payment and health system delivery reform programs and developed the rapid-cycle strategy to promote continuous quality improvement.
Dr. Shrank began his career as a practicing physician with Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and as an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. His research at Harvard focused on improving the quality of prescribing and the use of chronic medications. He has published more than 250 papers on these topics.
Dr. Shrank received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College, and completed his residency in internal medicine at Georgetown University and his fellowship in Health Policy Research at the University of California, Los Angeles. He also earned a Master of Science degree in Health Services from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University.

Julie Yoo is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where she leads investments in healthcare technology, with a focus on companies that are modernizing how we access, pay for, and experience the healthcare system.
Prior to joining a16z, Julie was the co-founder, Chief Product Officer, and Board Director at Kyruus, a venture-backed healthtech company recognized as a market leader in patient access. Julie led product management, engineering, and sales and marketing for the company, and helped scale the business to reach 20M patients and over 225,000 healthcare providers across the U.S.
Julie was previously VP of Product at Generation Health, and was with the company from its inception through acquisition by CVS Health. Julie was also a Product Manager at Knome, the world’s first whole genome sequencing service for private individuals. Julie’s tech career began as an early member of the software engineering team at Endeca Technologies, which was acquired by Oracle.
Julie studied computer science and pre-medicine as an undergrad at MIT and obtained an MS in genomics from Harvard-MIT HST and an MBA from MIT Sloan. Julie is a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum and has been recognized through numerous awards and honors from Becker’s Hospital Review, Health Data Management, MedTech Boston, and Rock Health.

Virtual Breakfast with Healthcare Champions, Featuring Dr. Peter Slavin
2021-09-21 08:00 - 09:30
Grab your favorite morning beverage and register to join us as we are provided a morning of inspiration by Peter Slavin, MD!
Dr. Slavin will share his journey throughout his amazing healthcare career. Afterwards, we will break out into Zoom networking rooms to recap the lessons learned.

Agenda
8:00am – 8:45am
A Moderated Discussion with Peter Slavin, MD
8:45am – 9:00am
Question & Answer
9:00am – 9:30am
Virtual Networking Breakout Sessions
Registration
ACHE / NESHS / Hospital Association Members: $15.00
Future Members: $30.00
Students & Early Careerists: Complimentary
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Meet Our Speaker!
PETER L. SLAVIN, MD

Peter L. Slavin, MD became the President of Massachusetts General Hospital on January 1, 2003. From 1999-2002, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, which included over 1,700 physicians and employed nearly 1,000 of them.
From 1997 to 1999, Dr. Slavin served as President of Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Before that, he did his training in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1984 to 1987 and was Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer from 1994 to 1997.
Dr. Slavin graduated from Harvard College in 1979, Harvard Medical School in 1984, and Harvard Business School in 1990. Dr. Slavin teaches health care management at Harvard Medical School where he is a Professor of Health Care Policy.
He serves on the Boards of Amwell (a publicly traded telemedicine company) and the University of Miami Health System. He is former board chair of the Association of American Colleges and the Massachusetts Hospital Association. He is a senior advisor and advisory board member at Arsenal Capital Partners (a New York based private equity firm). He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Embracing a Dialogue about Gender Equity and Intersectionality: A Virtual Face to Face Credit Session
2021-09-15 18:00 - 19:30
As healthcare consumers become more demographically diverse, healthcare leaders seek to recruit and retain talent from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Gaining an understanding of intersectionality will equip leaders to build and retain team members across difference and in ways that establish common ground and cultivate inclusive cultures of belonging. The concept of intersectionality recognizes that everyone has multiple identities that intersect and influence how we view ourselves and interact with others. Learning how to effectively apply intersectionality principles will help organizations move beyond the one-dimensional aspects of traditional diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts.
In the drive for gender equity, healthcare leaders have acknowledged the need for fully inclusive gender equity that recognizes the intersectionality of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and other dimensions of identity. Efforts to improve women representation in the senior ranks of healthcare management must include women from all backgrounds and experiences. When intersectionality considerations are incorporated into gender equity strategies, organizations can reap tangible, proven benefits including better talent recruitment and retention, stronger DEI outcomes, and improved organizational performance.
Learning Objectives:

Define the concepts of gender equity and intersectionality in the context of healthcare leadership
Current state of women in healthcare management, including data and research on women of color and women with differing abilities and sexual orientation
The essential role of allies—men and non-racially diverse persons—in the gender equity and intersectionality work
How gender equity and intersectionality may fit into an organization’s traditional diversity and inclusion strategies and initiatives
How incorporating gender equity and intersectionality principles can enhance talent management, support DEI goals and improve organizational performance
The disparate impact on women of color and women with differing abilities and sexual orientations regarding key aspects of gender diversity, such as pay equity, positions on boards, promotion, recruitment, selection and mentoring/sponsorship
Organizational benefits of effective application of gender equity and intersectionality principles
Resources and tools to change organizational culture, policies and procedures to address structural racism and sexism

This program is valued as 1.5 Hours of ACHE Face to Face Credits

Registration
ACHE, ASHHRA, NAHSE, NESHS and Hospital Association Members
$35.00
Future Members
$70.00
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We are proud to partner with ASHHRA to offer this program!

Meet Our Speakers

Chineye Anako, MPH, CHES
Regional Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Trinity Health Of New England

Chineye Anako is a public health practitioner whose work has focused on the intersection of public health and health equity solutions. Past initiatives include work on food security/life cycle, violence prevention in youth and cultural and linguistic programs. She is the Regional Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Trinity Health Of New England, a five-hospital system across Connecticut and Massachusetts. Under her leadership, she led the Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Initiative, which revised the patient demographic questions to be inclusive of all genders and sexual orientation on all hospital in-take forms and in EPIC system throughout the Regional Health Ministry (RHM). She also oversees the 3+1 Language Services Program, which she developed and implemented. The program provides cultural and linguistic care to patients, including those from marginalized groups.
In addition to her role at Trinity Health Of New England, Chineye is the President of the Connecticut Chapter for the National Association for Health Services Executives (NAHSE). NAHSE is a healthcare organization that ensures greater participation of minority groups in the healthcare field. She also serves on the board of the Connecticut Public Health Association (CPHA) and Copper Beech Institute (CBI).
Chineye holds a master’s degree in Public Health with a concentration in Health Promotion from Southern Connecticut State University and a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Cell Biology from the University of Connecticut. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and an EPIC Summer Scholar at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Chineye Anako is an avid traveler and a native from Nigeria.

Cheri A. Blauwet, MD
Director, Kelley Adaptive Sports Research Institute
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Attending Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Dr. Cheri Blauwet is a specialist in sports medicine with specific interest in caring for the masters athlete and the female athlete, from recreational to elite. She brings expertise in non-operative management of sports injuries with emphasis on conservative techniques, as well as sports injury prevention. She is an expert in the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound for the diagnosis and treatment of sports-related conditions. A graduate of the Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Blauwet completed her residency at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School, where she served as Chief Resident, followed by a sports medicine fellowship at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
Dr. Blauwet is a former elite Paralympic athlete, having competed in three Paralympic Games and bringing home a total of 7 medals. She is a two-time winner of the wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon (2004, 2005). Translating her background as an athlete into current leadership opportunities, she now serves on the Board of Directors of the Boston Athletic Association as well as the United States Olympic Committee. As the Director of the Kelley Adaptive Sports Research Institute, she is actively involved in research focused on understanding the impact of community-based adaptive sports, as well as injury prevention in the elite Paralympic athlete.

Dr. Michelle L. Edwards, FACHE, FAANP
Chief Experience Officer
Providence St. Joseph Health
Dr. Michelle L. Edwards currently serves as the first ever Chief Experience Officer at Providence St. Joseph Health which operates 51 hospitals and nearly 1100 clinics in seven states. In this role, she is responsible for ensuring a seamless, modernized, and differentiated consumer experience with augmented digitally-enabled access and navigation. This includes designing an enhanced end-to-end experience for patients while simultaneously simplifying care for the system’s 120,000 caregivers and 25,000 physicians.
Dr. Edwards previously served as the System Senior Vice President, Advanced Practice at Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), now CommonSpirit Health, which is the largest nonprofit health system in the United States by revenue. In her position at CommonSpirit, she developed the health system strategy for Advanced Practice Care across all clinical sites in all geographic areas for the 21-state enterprise. She was responsible for implementing innovative care models, improving care team performance, and integrating advanced practice providers throughout the organization.
Dr. Edwards, a family and acute care nurse practitioner by background, was appointed the first Advanced Practice executive leader in 2013. This was an inaugural role for CommonSpirit Health and a first for the U.S. health care sector. It has since led to the elevation of the Advanced Practice profession through the creation of similar roles at several large U.S. health care systems. Prior to assuming her role with CommonSpirit, she was the Founder and Managing Director of PICC Health Institute LLC, a novel, NP-led primary care center for which she received numerous awards.
As a former clinical operations leader with Walgreens, she directed a new market launch for one of the leading convenient care clinic operators in the country, resulting in the opening and growth of 12 retail health centers in the metropolitan area of Houston, TX. Dr. Edwards leverages a unique background as an experienced clinician and business leader to enhance service delivery in ways consumers want to receive it, allow better precision with predicting patient outcomes and ensure efficient use of limited human capital and financial resources.
Her extensive health care experience and progressive track record spans more than two decades in clinical practice, business and program development, public speaking, professional writing, and consulting. Her commitment to clinical excellence, enthusiasm for innovation, inclination to challenge the status quo, and unique ability to build strong, collaborative, interdisciplinary partnerships has earned her a reputation as a leader in the industry. In October 2018, she was featured as the Leader to Watch by the American Organization of Nursing Leadership (AONL), becoming the first Advanced Practice leader to grace the cover of the organization’s journal. Dr. Edwards has served on the Board of The Source for Women of Houston, American Nurse Practitioner Foundation and Morning Star at Castle Pines Village; and is an Advisory Committee member for several large organizations. Dr. Edwards is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) and a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP). She earned her Bachelors and Masters degree from The University of Alabama family of organizations, and her Doctorate from The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.
Meet Our Moderator
Christine Mackey-Ross, BSN, MBA
President, Executive and Physician Leadership Search
AMN Leadership Solutions
As President, AMN Executive and Physician Leadership Search, Christine brings 40 years of experience in healthcare, the first 15 as an oncology clinical nurse specialist, the remaining 25+ in executive search. Christine has successfully identified executives for C-suite, President and Chief Executive Officer positions in a wide variety of settings; academic and health science systems, community hospitals large and small, urban and rural, physician groups and managed care organizations. The common theme in the work she selects is, “furthering the mission of those institutions focused on improving lives”
Christine understands the intricacies of aligning clinical and business priorities. In addition to her executive role at AMN Healthcare, Christine remains actively involved in all facets of search execution for her portfolio of engagements.
Prior to joining AMN Leadership Solutions, Christine was a Senior Partner at Witt/Kieffer, a global executive search firm. While there, her leadership roles included; Central Region Director; Leader-Physician Executive and Integration Practice; Founder/Managing Director, Witt/Kieffer International and seven years on the Board of Directors.
After hours, Christine serves on a community hospital system Board of Trustees, as a Historic Preservation Commissioner and a Citizen Deputy Juvenile Officer for her municipality’s Restorative Justice Committee. “For me, I want in some small way to make a contribution to healthier communities and improved access to healthcare.”

WEBINAR: Managing Up in a Virtual World, hosted by ACHE of MA ECN and MHA
2021-07-29 17:30 - 19:00
Join ACHE of MA’s Early Careerist Network (ECN) and Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association (MHA) for a virtual panel “Managing Up in a Virtual World” on Thursday, July 29, 5:30pm – 7:00pm.
Join ACHE of Massachusetts ECN and MHA for a live panel discussion to help healthcare professionals learn how to take the first steps in management and leadership development and how to apply them to personal career growth and development.
Panelists will share their personal experiences that helped them get to where they are now and offer advice to attendees in how they can succeed in a virtual setting.

Registration is complimentary to attend, click here to register now!
Program will be approved for 1.0 hour of ACHE Qualified Education credits.

Meet Our Speakers
Sylvia Odiana, MBA
Sr. Project Manager, Beth Israel Lahey Health
Sylvia is originally from Dracut, MA and obtained both my MBA and BA at Boston University. She is currently a senior project manager at Beth Israel Lahey Health with experience in operations, revenue cycle, customer experience, patient access, budget management, project planning, and project management. She has over nine years of experience in the healthcare industry and over five years of experience in managing people and processes spanning ambulatory operations and system-level initiatives.
Recent projects have included system patient vaccination planning and operations, working with Supply Chain throughout the pandemic, and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. She regularly works with c-suite executives and collaborate with team members of various disciplines.
She has always been passionate in quality care and patient experience as well as a healthy, supportive environment for employees. Former roles have included scheduling and customer service at Boston Children’s Hospital, supervising medical assistants and schedulers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and managing staff and budgetary responsibilities at Tufts Medical Center.

Nick Duncan
Director of Emergency Medicine Management at Tufts Medical Center
Nick Duncan is the Director of Emergency Management at Tufts Medical Center. In this role, he leads the hospital-wide Safety Group and ensures that the hospital is equipped to handle any emergency or event that threatens to disrupt normal operations. Nick works to strengthen the medical center’s response capability by developing and continually improving hospital plans and procedures, as well as providing training and education to staff.
Prior to this role, Nick served as the Emergency Management Coordinator (EMC) at the Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals (COBTH). As the EMC, he coordinated and communicated the response plans for various incidents and events that impacted or involved COBTH member hospitals. He also represented COBTH member hospitals in the regional planning for preplanned events including the Boston Marathon, July 4th, and First Night.
Last year, Nick was elected Chair of the Boston Preparedness Coalition (Boston HCP) where he served as a lead advisor for the coalition. Today he is Co-Chair of the COBTH Emergency Management Committee.
Nick received his Bachelor of Science degree in Emergency Management from Massachusetts Maritime Academy. During that time, Nick served as a Lieutenant Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and provided training to ambulance crew and oversight on patient care.

Akriti Bhambi, MHA
Director, Policy and Government Advocacy
Akriti Bhambi contributes to the development and advocacy of healthcare policy and regulations to support MHA’s members and the wellbeing of their staff and patient populations.
Previously, Akriti served as Chief of Staff for Massachusetts State Representative Marjorie Decker and the Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. During her tenure with Representative Decker, Akriti worked on several pieces of legislation that were eventually signed into law, including gun safety measures and an expansion of cash benefits for low-income families. She oversaw committee work that supported increased access to behavioral health treatment for students, justice-involved populations, and individuals in recovery from substance use disorder. Prior to her work in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Akriti supported the Ministry of Education in Chile as it released a national curriculum reform package.
Akriti is a graduate of the University of California, Davis and the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she focused her research on the effects of organizing and new media on policymaking.

State of Healthcare: Best Practices in Alleviating Healthcare Worker’s Burnout and Fatigue Amidst COVID-19
2021-04-29 19:00 - 21:00
Registration
ACHE Members: $20.00
Non Members: $25.00
Students: $10.00
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Responding to the Pandemic – A Virtual Behind the Scenes of Pfizer’s Race to Develop a Vaccine with Ed Harnaga, SVP, Pfizer Communications
2021-04-15 16:30 - 17:30
From the early pandemic, through Operation Warp Speed, and up to present day.
This interview with Ed Harnaga, SVP, Pfizer Communications provides an engaging perspective into the time line and story working with and briefing key stakeholders,
from DC and State Officials to the media, on the development of Pfizer’s vaccine.
Advance questions can be included with your registration.
This program will be valued at 1.0 hour of ACHE Qualified Education credits.
Registration
Members: $20.00
Non Members: $30.00
Students / Early Careerists: $10.00
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Meet Ed Harnaga, Senior Vice President, Head of External Communications & Enterprise Reputation, Pfizer Inc.

Ed is responsible for all external communications activities across Pfizer including corporate reputation, media relations, digital and social media, executive positioning, with a focus on supporting Pfizer’s Commercial, Research and Development and Manufacturing organizations. Ed leads a team of close to 150 Communications professionals from across the globe, all focused on improving and protecting Pfizer’s reputation and positioning the company as a patient-focused, science-based organization across all stakeholder groups. Ed sits on the Corporate Affairs Leadership Team and he works closely with Pfizer’s entire Executive Committee.
Prior to joining Pfizer, Ed led practices at a number of consulting firms and was most recently Senior Managing Director and Head of the Healthcare & Life Sciences Sector at FTI Consulting’s Strategic Communications Unit. In this role, he was responsible for strategic planning, thought leadership, and new business development. As key account lead for a number of multi-national pharmaceutical and biotech clients, Ed managed a team of professionals across a variety of functions including corporate and executive communications, scientific and pipeline communications, internal communications and change management, issues and reputation management, corporate branding, investor relations and public affairs.
Ed has over 30 years of experience advising Fortune 500 CEOs and corporations on a variety of communications challenges and he has worked with a wide range of healthcare companies including Novartis, Eli Lilly, Baxter, Daiichi Sankyo, Shire, Covance, Astellas and GE Healthcare. Ed’s broader communications work has included highly recognizable brands such as Gerber, Starbucks, Sun Microsystems, Kellogg’s and AARP.
Ed has taken part in numerous global task forces in the public affairs arena including the Council on Foreign Relations’ Task Force on Improving U.S. Public Diplomacy and the East-West Institute’s US-Russian Task Force against HIV/AIDS. Ed holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the State University of New York at Albany.

Meet Ken Hiscoe, Director of U.S. Government and Corporate Affairs for Pfizer, Inc.

Ken Hiscoe is Director of U.S. Government and Corporate Affairs for Pfizer, Inc. Ken joined Pfizer in 2007 as Director of Public Affairs at Pfizer’s Worldwide R&D Headquarters in Groton, CT and worked in Pfizer’s New York City headquarters as Director of Political Affairs. Before joining Pfizer, Ken served as District Director and Senior Advisor to Connecticut Congresswoman Nancy Johnson. He managed several of her successful re-election campaigns. Ken previously worked for Fort Worth Congresswoman Kay Granger as Director of Field Operations focusing on business, military and community outreach.
Ken has spent over 20 years advising local, state and federal campaigns in Connecticut and beyond. He is a past member of the Canton, Connecticut Board of Selectmen and received a bachelor’s degree from Westfield State College in Westfield, Massachusetts and a master’s degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT. Ken and his wife, Jennifer and their two daughters, Alison (11) and Savannah (5) live in Franklin, Massachusetts.

ACHE of MA Early Careerist Networking Virtual Fellowship Advancement Informational Session
2021-04-13 18:00 - 19:00
ACHE of Massachusetts Early Careerist Network presents:
“Virtual Cocktails & Credentials: Fellowship Advancement and Networking”

Tuesday, April 13th
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Grab your favorite beverage and meet executives in healthcare who have obtained their FACHE credential. In the hour, you will learn more about how the FACHE credential distinguishes you as a respected and recognized healthcare leader and network with likeminded individuals who are committed to changes and improvements in healthcare.
Why become a Fellow of ACHE?

Recognized leader among leaders in healthcare management
Meet rigorous standards for leading health systems
Demonstrate your competency in all areas of healthcare management
Show your adaptability as a leader
Committed to effective change and improvement throughout your career
Be a leader who makes a positive impact on patient care and community health

This program will be worth 1.0 hour of ACHE Qualified Education credits and is complimentary to attend!
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Meet Our Speaker:

David J. Reisman, FACHE serves as Executive Director of Emergency Preparedness and Senior Administrative Director of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He leads the MGH preparedness program overseeing strategy, operations and management of grant funded projects, and also has administrative leadership responsibility for the Emergency Medicine Advanced Practice Provider Program. David holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, a master’s degree in health care administration from The Ohio State University and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

REIMAGINE – ACHE’s Virtual Congress on Healthcare Leadership
2021-03-22 08:00 - 2021-03-25 17:00
Early-bird registration is now open for American College of Healthcare Executives
2021 Virtual Congress on Healthcare Leadership.

Join them for this reimagined virtual experience and earn 12 ACHE Face-to-Face Education and continuing medical education credits for an early-bird fee of only $599.

Speakers this year will include:
• Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
• Atul Gawande, MD, surgeon, Brigham and Young Women’s Hospital/writer, The New Yorker.
• Keller Rinaudo, co-founder/CEO, Zipline.
• Amy Walter, national editor, Cook Political Report/host, “The Takeaway.”
• Wes Moore, CEO, Robin Wood.
• Indu Subaiya, MD, co-founder/president, Catalyst @ Health 2.0.

Click here to learn more and register!

Virtual Healthcare Career Fair
2021-03-05 12:00 - 15:00
Healthcare job seekers and employers, join ACHE of Massachusetts and The Connecticut Association of Healthcare Executives for this innovative virtual career fair!
Agenda:
12:00 pm
Welcome and Introductions
12:10 pm – 1:15 pm
Healthcare Human Resource Panel Discussion and Q+A Forum
Featuring:
-Natalie Cook, New England Regional VP Human Resources, Prospect Medical Holdings
-Carmen C. Kenrich, DVP, Strategic Partnerships, Client Experience Executive, AMN Leadership Solutions
–Alison Troup, MBA, Director of Talent Acquisition, Mass General Brigham
1:15 pm – 3:00 pm
Employer Breakout Meet & Greet

How will the virtual fair work this year?
Both Job Seeker and Employer registration is complimentary! Job Seekers will apply to attend and will receive confirmation links once the career fair team has approved their application. Employers will fill out the form below, and do have the choice to add on a sponsor option.
The first hour of the program will be an engaging healthcare human resources career panel discussion, which will talk about hiring during the pandemic, remote interviewing, changes in the career landscape and much more. Both job seekers and employers can attend this. Then the employer breakout rooms will open at 1:15pm, and students will have the opportunity to visit the employers they wish to by choosing to go to the employer’s Zoom room. With Zoom’s new upgrade, attendees can move around as they desire and visit as many employers between 1:15pm-3pm as they can!
Breakout rooms will be named by which employer is in them. We will also have a breakout room for networking with other job seekers and healthcare leaders when you need a quick break and want to share a virtual cup of coffee and chat!
Healthcare leaders, we invite you to attend and support the event as well! Please register using the employer link below and note that you are a member / board member looking to attend and support our industry!

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
Employers will be virtually present from every area of healthcare, including hospitals, life science, biotech, pharma and more. We will list employers as they register!
Employers registered as of 3.02.2021
AMN Healthcare – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Beth Israel Lahey Health – Boston Children’s Hospital – CIC Health – CharterCARE Health Partners – Community Healthcare Network – CRISP Health – Dimensional Insight – Eastern Connecticut Health Network – Emerson Hospital – Hartford HealthCare – Mass General Brigham – Mass General Hospital – Prospect Medical Holdings Ambulatory Services Department – Pfizer – Prospect Medical Holdings – Tufts Medical Center – VA New England Healthcare System – Waterbury HEALTH – Yale New Haven Health

Meet Our Panelists

Employers, when you register, you will receive your own Zoom room to network with job seekers.
Registration is complimentary for employers, however you can be a champion for the next generation of healthcare leaders and choose a sponsorship option to help offset costs for future educational offerings!

Sponsorship Options:
Bronze: $100.00
Includes pre-event mention on social media and website
Silver: $250.00
Includes pre-event mention on social media and event presentation mention
Gold: $500.00
Includes pre-event mention on social media, event presentation mention and speaker introduction
Platinum: $1,000.00
Includes pre-event mention on social media, event presentation mention, speaker introduction and breakout room sponsorship

Thank you to the following sponsors:

Early Careerist Network Virtual Meet & Greet
2021-02-25 17:30 - 18:30
Grab your favorite beverage and connect with other members for an hour of virtual dialogue and networking! This is a great way to catch up with those across the state who you might not have seen for some time and is beneficial to new members to start to make connections.
Registration is complimentary, but required. Please submit any questions, topics or thoughts to share on the registration form.
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Virtual Breakfast with Healthcare Champions, Featuring the Churchwell Brothers
2021-01-13 08:00 - 09:30
Grab your favorite morning beverage and register to join us as we are provided a morning of inspiration by three amazing C-Suite executives and brothers:
Andre Churchwell, MD, Chief Diversity Officer of Vanderbilt University
Keith Churchwell, MD, President of Yale New Haven Hospital
Kevin Churchwell, MD, President and COO of Boston Children’s
Each Churchwell will share their journey throughout their amazing healthcare career: from physician, to leader, to executive! Afterwards, we will break out into Zoom networking rooms to recap the lessons learned from this amazing family of healthcare leaders.

Agenda
8:00am – 8:45am
A Moderated Discussion with Andre, Keith and Kevin Churchwell
8:45am – 9:00am
Question & Answer
9:00am – 9:30am
Virtual Networking Breakout Sessions

Registration is now open!
ACHE, Hospital Association and NESHS Members: $15.00
Future Members: $30.00
Students: Complimentary
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About Our Speakers:

André L. Churchwell, M.D. Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer for Vanderbilt University
Dr. Churchwell is the Chief Diversity Officer for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Senior Associate Dean for Diversity Affairs at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, a Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), a Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, and a Professor of Biomedical Engineering. He serves on many medical school committees including the Admission and Promotion Committees. In 2005, he was named the Walter R. Murray Jr. Distinguished Alumnus by the Association of Vanderbilt Black Alumni for lifetime achievements in personal, professional and community arenas. And in 2015, Vanderbilt University endowed him with the Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D. Chair for achievements in the area of diversity and inclusion.
Churchwell graduated from the Vanderbilt School of Engineering magna cum laude in 1975. He won the Biomedical Engineering Student Program Award that same year. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1979 and later completed his internship, residency and cardiology fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine and affiliated hospitals in Atlanta. In addition, he was the first African American chief medical resident at Grady Memorial Hospital (1984–1985).
Churchwell received the J. Willis Hurst Award for Best Clinical Teacher in 1991 from Emory and in 2004 he was named the Emory University School of Medicine Resident Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award winner. For the past ten years he has been named one of the nation’s top cardiologists in “The Best Doctors in America.” In 1986, while at Emory, he was also named Most Outstanding House Officer, made an honorary Morehouse Medical School class member and he received a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Minority Medical Faculty Development Award. In 2010, he was awarded The Distinguished Alumnus Award of Vanderbilt University School of Engineering.
Along with his physician brothers Kevin and Keith, he received the 2011 Trumpet Award for Medicine. In 2012 and 2013, The Vanderbilt University Organization of Black Graduate and Professional Students (OBGAPS) honored Dr. Churchwell with one of the organization’s first Distinguished Faculty Awards. He was also recognized with an American Registry Most Compassionate Doctor Award. From 2010-2013 on, he has been awarded the Professional Research Consultants’ Five-Star Excellence Award—Top 10% Nationally for “Excellent” Responses for Medical Specialty Services and Overall Quality. Furthermore, he was elected in 2012 to serve as the southern representative for the Group on Diversity and Inclusion for the AAMC (American Association of Medical Colleges). In 2013, he helped create The Hurst-LogueWenger Cardiovascular Fellows Society (HLWCFS) of Emory University School of Medicine and was elected the first President of HLWCFS. In 2014, he was named one of the “Top 15 Most Influential African-American Health Educators” by Black Health Magazine. In addition, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been named by BlackDoctor.org as a Top Hospital for Diversity from 2018-2020.
In 2015, he was appointed to the Board of Trustees for Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. In 2016, he was named to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) for his work in biomedical engineering education. And in 2017, he received the Vanderbilt University Pioneer in Diversity Award.
Dr. Churchwell has served on the editorial board of a number of peer-reviewed journals and has served as a reviewer for the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for the Biomedical Engineering Society’s (BMES) internationally recognized Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology Journal.
Churchwell lives in Brentwood, Tenn., and is married to Doreatha Henderson Churchwell, a nurse educator at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. They have two children: Crystal A. Churchwell and André L. Churchwell Jr.

Keith B. Churchwell, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP, President of Yale New Haven Hospital and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine
Dr. Churchwell has held the previous positions of Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer and Senior Vice President and Executive Director for Heart & Vascular Services, Transplantation Services and Clinical Service Coordinator for the Department of Medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital.
Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, he obtained his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine. He spent his formative training years at Emory University Medical School and Affiliated Hospitals, then spending 12 years in private cardiology practice before joining Vanderbilt Medical School as full-time academic faculty in 2006 (he became a member of the clinical faculty at Vanderbilt in 1999). At Vanderbilt he was an Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiology and the Executive Director/Chief Medical Officer at the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute from 2009-14. Dr. Churchwell is also on the National Board of the American Heart Association and is the Chair of the National Advocacy Committee for AHA through 2021. He sits on a number of local boards in the New Haven area including President of the New Haven Symphony Board, Columbus House and the New England Donor Services.

Kevin B. Churchwell, MD, President and Chief Operating Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital
Dr. Churchwell provides leadership, direction, integration and oversight for the medical delivery system, while partnering with the Chief Executive Officer on a full range of research, clinical, academic, operational and strategic issues.
Prior to joining Boston Children’s Dr. Churchwell was Chief Executive Officer for Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE.
Dr. Churchwell also served as the CEO and Executive Director for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, part of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN.
A graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Vanderbilt Medical School in Nashville, Dr. Churchwell completed his pediatric residency and a clinical fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care at Boston Children’s Hospital. He is currently an Associate Professor of Pediatric Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Dr. Churchwell is the Robert and Dana Smith Associate Professor of Anesthesia at the Harvard Medical School.

COVID-19: What We Learned: Supply Chain
2020-12-16 17:30 - 19:00
Join ACHE of Massachusetts for a Virtual Face to Face Program!

“COVID-19: What We Learned: Supply Chain”
Wednesday, December 16
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Approved for 1.5 Face to Face Credits
Emergency management efforts are often coupled with changes to normal utilization of supplies and equipment. The COVID-19 outbreak created an increase demand for commonly used equipment including personal protective equipment, nasopharyngeal swabs, viral test kits and ventilators. This panel discussion will provide insights on what their respective organizations were able to accomplish to protect their employees and to optimize care delivery for their patients and community, in direct response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Join ACHE of Massachusetts and four of Massachusetts leading healthcare leaders for this insightful and timely discussion as we prepare for the second wave of COVID and flu season.
Learning Objectives:

A general debrief and discussion of how different Massachusetts organizations managed the COVID-19 Pandemic in terms of supplies and equipment.
Timeline of the pandemic and local/governmental events and the challenges with organization policies/procedures regarding supply chain: distribution, shortages, and product availability/restocking.
Federal, state, and community assistance that was provided for supplies and equipment.
Key take-aways for attendees to replicate at their organization.

Registration is now closed.
Please note: Event will be limited to 50 registrants.
Please register early – this will fill up fast!

Meet Our Panelists:
Manny Lopes, CEO of East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
Manny Lopes is a transformational leader in the community health care movement. He has devoted his career to increasing health care access for vulnerable, underserved patient populations and improving outcomes for communities that are disproportionately burdened by negative social determinants of health.
Manny is president and CEO of the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC). With over 1,300 employees and nearly 120,000 patients, EBNHC is one of the largest community health centers in the country. During his eight-year tenure, Manny has implemented a strategic focus on quality, low-cost care that keeps pace with ever-increasing demand. Under Manny’s leadership, the organization earned a level-three Patient-Centered Medical Home designation and was named to the Boston Globe’s “Top Places to Work” list six times. Most recently, Forbes named EBNHC to their list of Best Employers in the State of Massachusetts.
Manny has played a key role in pushing for racial equity in the health center movement. In 2017, he co-founded Conversations: Leadership Diversity, a network of 300-plus leaders from health centers across the country who are working to promote diverse leadership development in their organizations and beyond.
Manny serves on numerous boards and committees and was also privileged to serve on the transition committees for Mayor Marty Walsh and Governor Charlie Baker.
In 2015, Manny was awarded the NAACP President’s Award by the organization’s Boston Chapter. In 2017, Manny was named to El Planeta’s list of the 100 most influential leaders in Greater Boston’s Latino community for the third year in a row. In 2017, he was named to the “Get Konnected” list of Boston’s 50 Most Influential People in Healthcare.
Manny attended Lesley University School of Management and earned a master’s degree in business administration from Northeastern University’s Graduate School of Business. In 2017, he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree from Becker College, where he delivered the honors convocation.

Maria Megdal, Senior Vice President for Institute Operations Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Maria joined Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as Vice President for Facilities Management and Real Estate (FMRE) in November 2008. In that role, Maria was responsible for the provision of facilities operations; facilities planning, design and construction; safety; security; emergency management; environmental health; housekeeping; energy management; parking and transportation; and real estate portfolio administration. In 2012, Maria was named Senior Vice President of Institute Operations expanding her portfolio of responsibilities to include Imaging, Radiation Oncology, Clinical Laboratories, Supply Chain Management, Food Services, and the Friends of DanaFarber fundraising program. In 2014, Maria assumed oversight of the Cell Manipulation Core Facility. In 2016, Maria was appointed the oversight of Hospital Administration; and in 2017 oversight of Telecommunications/AV. Maria is an active member of several management committees with DFCI: Capital Management Committee (co-chair), Position Control Committee, Compliance Committee, Executive Patient Safety Oversight Group, and the DF/BW Operating Cabinet. Additionally, she serves as an operations advisor to Dana-Farber Community Cancer Care, the Policy Control Committee, and the Friends of Dana-Farber Executive Committee. Externally, she represents DFCI as chair of the Strategic Planning Committee of the Medical Academic and Scientific Community Organization (MASCO), as a director of the Longwood Medical Energy Collaborative (LMEC), and a board member of Ronald McDonald House Boston. Maria earned a bachelor’s degree in paleoanthropology from Rutgers
University in New Brunswick, NJ and a master’s degree in healthcare administration from the Sloan Program at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Maria has served in a variety of leadership roles in the alumni board and advisory councils for Cornell’s College of Human Ecology over the past 20 years. For the past 14 years, she has co-taught a popular graduate school elective on healthcare facilities planning jointly sponsored by the Sloan Program and the Design and Environmental Analysis department.

Tim Rowe, Founder and CEO of Cambridge Innovation Center, the world’s leading operator of high-tech shared innovation space.
The company recently launched CIC Health, a subsidiary of CIC, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing for organizations across the country to stand up assurance testing programs. Tim also leads CIC Health, which has become a major provider of COVID testing in New England, serving the majority of schools in the area that are currently doing regular COVID testing, and multiple of the largest hospitals in the region providing testing to their staff.
Mr. Rowe is also co-founder and chair of MassRobotics, the world’s largest non-profit shared facility for robotics innovation companies. In addition, he co-founded and served as the inaugural Chair of LabCentral, the leading shared laboratory for life sciences, the Kendall Square Association, the community organization dedicated to strengthening the innovation district surrounding MIT, and Venture Cafe, an international non-profit network that connects innovators.
He previously served as a Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, as a Manager with the Boston Consulting Group, as an Analyst at the Mitsubishi Research Institute, and as a Venture Partner at New Atlantic Ventures.
Tim speaks Spanish and Japanese fluently. He holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and a BA from Amherst College.

Meet Our Moderator:
Alastair Bell, MD, MBA, Executive Vice President, Strategy and Chief Operating Officer for BMC Health System
Dr. Alastair Bell is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Boston Medical Center Health System. In that role he oversees system strategy, BMC hospital operations, accountable care, and BMC HealthNet Plan.
Dr. Bell joined BMC from McKinsey and Company in 2012, where he was a leader in the North American Payor and Provider practice. In his 5 years at McKinsey he advised a range of national and international healthcare organizations and while his work spanned strategy, operational and organizational issues, he developed particular expertise in leading large scale transformation programs similar to that being undertaken at BMC.
He received his medical degree from the University of Oxford, England and completed his internal medicine training in Oxford and Edinburgh. Dr. Bell also holds a MA in Physiology from the University of Cambridge, England, and an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School.

ACHE of MA's Early Careerist Network Virtual Dinner with the C-Suite
2020-12-09 17:30 - 19:00
Twenty-eight Early Careerists are invited to join ACHE of Massachusetts Early Careerist Network for our Virtual Dinner with the C-Suite!
Attendees will engage in networking, dinner* and learn some pearls of wisdom from the C-Suite, as they will talk about their career journey and answer your questions about your career path.
*ACHE of MA Early Careerist Network will provide attendees with a gift certificate to redeem for a take-out dinner.

Agenda:
5:30 – 6:30 PM
Dinner and Discussion with the C-Suite
6:30 – 7:00 PM
Open Forum Question and Answer with the C-Suite

It’s complimentary to attend this great opportunity!
REGISTRATION IS BASED UPON REQUEST AND APPROVAL
How are attendees chosen? If you are interested in attending, please register with this link below by Sunday, December 6. The applicants will be reviewed and approved registrants will receive an approval status and a link to the program by December 7. Those not chosen for the event will be notified as well and invited to participate in our next program.
Registration is now closed.

Our C-Suite Attendees:

John Christoforo, Retired President & CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess HealthCare

John Fogarty, FACHE, President & CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham

Christine Schuster, President & CEO, Emerson Hospital

Comments from last year’s in person event attendees:
-“The event was an excellent way to speak directly with executives in a friendly, knowledge-sharing environment.”
-“Having one CEO at each dinner table to further pick their brains led to awesome conversation.”
-“Hearing the CEO’s backgrounds and how they got to their current roles was very interesting.”
-“It’s also always great to be reminded of what they’re looking for in the upcoming generation of leaders.”
-“I loved hearing their intros, experiences, words to live by and their recommendations.”

2020 Election Debrief: Implications for Healthcare - A Virtual Panel Discussion
2020-11-13 12:00 - 13:00
2020 Election Debrief: Implications for Healthcare
A Jointly Hosted Complimentary Webinar by MHA and ACHE of Massachusetts
Friday, November 13, 2020 | 12 – 1 p.m. EST

2020 has been quite a year for healthcare in Massachusetts, and further changes are in store regardless of the upcoming election’s outcome. Join ACHE of Massachusetts and MHA for this insightful panel discussion to debrief on election results and what is ahead for healthcare at the federal and state level in 2021 and beyond.
Mark Rayder and Marilyn Yager, senior policy advisors in Alston & Bird’s healthcare public policy practice, will be presenting on a variety of topics, including:
• Election debrief and the effect on Massachusetts hospitals and healthcare organizations
• Healthcare outlook at the federal level
• What’s ahead for 2021
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This event has been approved for 1.0 hour of ACHE Qualified Education credits.

Meet Our Speakers:
Mark Rayder is a senior policy advisor in Alston & Bird’s healthcare public policy practice, providing political expertise on a variety of healthcare topics and assisting clients on legislative and regulatory issues. Before joining the firm, Mark served in the public, political, corporate, and non-profit sectors. Most recently, he was vice president of public policy for the American College of Gastroenterology and the senior manager of government affairs at a Fortune 500 Internet and telecommunications corporation. Named a “Top Lobbyist” by The Hill newspaper every year since 2010, Mark served as an advisor to three Republican members of Congress, including as associate staff to the House Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary Appropriations Subcommittee. He also managed two successful congressional campaigns. His policy expertise includes payment and regulatory policies pertaining to physician and hospital services, specialty health plans, post-acute care, veteran’s health programs, and appropriations. Mark received a B.A. in history from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Marilyn Yager is a senior policy advisor in Alston & Bird’s healthcare public policy practice, providing policy and political insight on a variety of healthcare issues, with an emphasis on Medicare and Medicaid, and currently issues relating to COVID-19. Marilyn has more than 30 years of senior management, policy, and government experience in both the public and private sectors. Her public sector experience includes several roles in the Executive Branch, serving as both chief of staff to the White House chief of staff and deputy assistant to President Clinton on health and budget in the Office of Public Liaison. She also served as professional staff on the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee for Massachusetts Senator John Kerry and spent five years as a legislative aide in the House of Representatives. Marilyn served as the first Executive Director of the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Care. Her considerable experience in government affairs includes having served as executive director of the Renal Leadership Council, director of health policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and director of federal relations for the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association prior to joining the Clinton White House. An Iowa native, Marilyn began her career in the Cascade Mountains as a Volunteer in Service to America (VISTA)—the national public service program and is a graduate of the University of Iowa.
