May 13 - 15, 2019
Gaylord National Harbor, National Harbor, MD

Meet the Speakers

Speakers Include:

Margarita Devlin, MA, CRC
Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Deborah Lafer Scher
Executive Advisor to the Secretary
US Department of Veteran Affairs

Surafeal Asgedom
Chief Officer
VA Modernization

Peter Shelby
Conference Co-Chairman
VA Healthcare 2019

Bob Carey
Chief Advocacy Officer & Conference Co-Chairman
The Independence Fund

Dr. Lynda Davis Chief
Veterans Experience Officer
U.S. Department of Veterans

Dr. Joseph Ronzio
Deputy Chief Health Technology Officer
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Lourdes (Alfie) E. Alvarado-Ramos
President
National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs

LTG (R) Mark Hertling
Author, Speaker & Contributor
Physician Leadership Development

Vito D. Imbasciani PhD MD
Secretary
California Department of Veteran Affairs

Wanda Wright
Director
Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services

Kelley Kash
President
National Association of State Veterans Homes

Frank Coluccio
Program Manager
Engineering Service, Technology Acquisition Center

Jeffrey Saura
Chief Technology Officer
Orlando VA Medical Center (OVAMC)

Richard Griffith
Chief Strategy Officer
Veterans Health Indiana, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs

William Cerniuk
Program Director, VA Mobile Health, VHA Technology Director
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Steve Richter
SVP & General Manager
Insight Imaging Mobile Solutions

Dr. Joshua Yamamoto
Cardiologist
Georgetown University Hospital

Chakakhon Lea
Office of Information and Technology
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

COL(R) Dennis O. May
Deputy Director, Center for Minority Veterans
U..S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Dr. Moraima Trujillo
Psychiatrist
Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System

Huanguang Jia, MPH, PhD
Research Health Scientist
Center of Innovation on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

Dr. Kimberlee Bayless, DNP, FNP-BC, APRN
Nurse Practitioner and the Director of the Transitional Pain Service
Acute Pain Service Anesthesia Department George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Jan Lindsay, PhD
Director, Telebehavioral Health
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

BENJAMIN BROOKE, MD, PHD, FACS
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Utah

MICHAEL J. BUYS, MD
Anesthesiologist & Assistant Clinical Professor
University of Utah

AMY BECKSTEAD, RN, MSN
nurse educator/manager
Regional Centers of Innovation Specialty Care (COI) VA Salt Lake City (SLC) Health Care System

Cherissa Jackson
Chief Medical Executive
AMVETS

Terrence Moultrie
Deputy Chief of Verification Support at CVE
Department of Veterans Affairs

Alan Macht
Director of Sales and Marketing
Action Manufacturing Inc.

William D. Frazier, MD
CMO
Viemed

Dr. Robert Martindale Martindale, MD
Professor of Surgery, Chief of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery and Medical Director
Hospital Nutritional Service at Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon.

Tina Joros
Vice President & General Manager
Open Business Unit and Financial Platforms, Allscripts

Valerie Li
Government and IDN Director
Rauland

Diane Cowper Ripley, PhD
Acting Co-Director
CINDRR

Jody Searight
Physician Assistant
Department of Veterans Affairs

Monica Diaz
Executive Director, VHA-National Homeless Program Office
Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office-Washington D.C.

Dr. Don Kosiak
Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
Leidos

Dr. Anne Andorn MD
CMO
Indivior

Barbara Haight, Pharm.D
Medical Affairs
Indivior

Dr. Ismene Petrakis
Chief of Psychiatry and Mental Health Service Line
VA CT Healthcare System

Jerry Zhou
Founder, Chief Innovation Officer and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Evangelist
Futrend Technology, Inc.

Dr. Aldo Morales
Psychiatrist & Medical Director
Retreat Behavioral Health

Jonathan Langer
CEO
Medigate