Principal // GE Healthcare

President, Mechanical Circulatory Support // Medtronic

Nnamdi Njoku is an experienced business leader with global operating experience at multinational healthcare and medical technology companies. He is passionate about harnessing the power of technology to improve healthcare access and solve unmet medical needs. With over 20 years of healthcare leadership experience, Nnamdi has built a reputation for innovative thinking, talent development, operational…

Medical Officer // Cigna Healthcare

Peter W. McCauley, Sr. MD, CPE is a nationally recognized, Certified Physician Executive with a thirty year track record of profitable, inclusive health care leadership. He has national responsibility for Cigna’s over 700 value based relationships which incentivize hospitals & physicians for quality improvements and cost reduction. As a servant leader, Dr. McCauley has created…

SVP, Product Development // Clinisys Group/SQ - Roper Technologies

Anthony Ventress is a highly recognized and strategic visionary with three decades of deep technical and business expertise within many facets of the Healthcare industry, Anthony is renowned for being an engaging, courageous and inspirational leader that connects people to data to make exceptional decisions. Respected for his analytical insights and functional innovations, Anthony gets…

EVC, Dept.of Surgery, Associate Dean // Global Health

Ohwofiemu Nwariaku, M.D., FACS, is a Professor of Surgery in the Division of General Surgery at UT Southwestern. He holds the Malcolm O. Perry, M.D., Professorship in Surgery. As an endocrine surgeon, Dr. Nwariaku treats diseases and disorders of the pancreas and thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands with minimally invasive and robotic-assisted procedures. Dr. Nwariaku…

System Vice President // CommonSpirit Health

Cheryl Taylor is a System Vice-President for Transformation and Integration at CommonSpirit Health one of the nation’s largest healthcare systems and Co-Founder of TPMS a twenty-year strategic planning and project management company with a focus in K-12 Education, Correction/Judicial Systems and Healthcare systems. During the CatholicHealth Initiatives and Dignity Health merger she served as Director…

Chief Medical Officer // CommonSpirit Health

Victor Waters, MD, JD, FCLM, is the Chief Medical Officer for Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center and Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Westgate Medical Center.  Dr. Waters is a distinguished physician with more than 30 years of clinical experience in emergency medicine and internal medicine and approximately 20 years of administrative leadership experience.…

Professor of Neurosurgery // UNC Chapel Hill

Nelson Oyesiku, MD, MSc (Lond.), PhD, FACS is Professor & Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery and Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Oyesiku obtained his MD from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He obtained an MSc in Occupational Medicine from the University of London, UK and completed a…

SVP, Strategic Development & Technology - Northern CA // Kaiser Permanente

Kevin Hart is a seasoned health care executive, change strategist, and collaborative leader. In 17 years of progressive leadership with industry pioneer Kaiser Permanente, Kevin is at the forefront of industry transformation – bringing teams together to solve complex problems at scale. He has also leveraged technology to implement large-scale improvements for delivering more efficient,…

Vice President Business Development // TeamHealth

Rex Everett is a results-oriented healthcare executive with over 40 years of experience. A native of Sneads Ferry, North Carolina, Rex began his career in healthcare as a janitor at Vidant Medical Center (Pitt County Memorial Hospital) while pursuing a degree in Education at East Carolina University. He is currently Vice President of Business Development…