Featured Speakers: Amy Miller, PhD, PMC Public Policy Director Personalized Medicine Coalition Dennis A. Robbins, PhD, MPH Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University; Advisory Board Member, National Research Network Mark Gibson Deputy Director, Center for Evidence-Based Policy Oregon Health and Science University Vicki Seyfert-Margolis, Ph.D Chief Scientific Officer, Immune Tolerance Network Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Gail R. Wilensky, PhD Senior Fellow Project HOPE

The World Congress 4th Annual Leadership Summit on Comparative Effectiveness is where industry leaders convene senior level executives from hospitals, health systems, health plans and government agencies to explore transitioning evidence based medicine to the point of care for patient centered outcomes. Health reform has high lighted requirements for further funding of comparative effectiveness research to further develop evidence based medicine and delivery at the bedside.  Thought leaders share best practices in applying guidelines to improve cost and quality in order to create a more efficient health care system. Attendees gain tools and techniques required to assess the validity of data, as well as explore the impact of current comparative effectiveness initiatives and the convergence of personalized medicine to better clinical outcomes.

• ENGAGE in a national dialogue with your fellow peers on ways comparative effectiveness research can be utilized and how it will impact the future of patient centered outcomes
• ANALYZE how state initiatives are using the $1.1 billion in ARRA funding for comparative and cost-effective research to make policy decisions
• EXPLORE the critical components of comparative effectiveness research and evidence based medicine through in-depth case studies and peer-to-peer learning with innovative thought leaders  
• DISCOVER how translating comparative effectiveness research into new health care practices is the most promising solution to eliminating waste in the U.S. health care system
• LEARN about the changes in the health care system to embrace personalized medicine, genomics and precision medicine

Confirmed Thought Leaders:
Robert N. Anfield, MD, JD, FAAFP Chief Medical Officer, Disability Business CIGNA	Karol Attaway Vice President of Operations, Region 2 HealthCare Partners Medical Group
Francis X. Campion, MD, FACP Director of Complex Chronic Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates; Clinical Informatics Research Group, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention; Harvard Medical School	Adam Clark, PhD Director of Scientific and Federal Affairs FasterCures
Frederick Curro, MD Clinical Professor and Director, PEARL Practice Based Research Network (PBRN) Director of Regulatory Affairs, Bluestone Center for Clinical Research New York University	Constantine A. Gatsonis, PhD Professor of Medical Science (Biostatistics) and Director Center for Statistical Sciences, Brown Uni­versity
Mark Gibson Deputy Director, Center for Evidence-Based Policy Oregon Health and Science University	Marc Jaffe, MD Clinical Leader, Kaiser Northern California Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Program Endocrinology and Internal Medicine Kaiser South San Francisco Medical Center
John Lynch, MPH Executive Director Connecticut Center for Primary Care Board of Directors eHealthConnecticut	Michael McGinnis, MD Senior Scholar Institute of Medicine
Amy Miller, PhD, PMC Public Policy Director Personalized Medicine Coalition	Penny Mohr, MA Vice President for Programs Center for Medical Technology Policy
Pamela B. Peele, PhD Vice President, Health Economics UPMC Health Plan Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management University of Pittsburgh	David Pizzi Director, Health Care Policy Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida
Dennis A. Robbins, PhD, MPH Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University; Advisory Board Member, National Research Network	Vicki Seyfert-Margolis, Ph.D Chief Scientific Officer, Immune Tolerance Network Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Denise Simons-Morton, MD, MPH, PhD Director, Division for the Application of Research Discoveries National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Elizabeth E. Stewart, PhD, MBA Research Scientist American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network (AAFP NRN)
Walter “Buzz” Stewart, PhD, MPH Director, Center for Health Research Geisinger Health System	Patricia Hinton Walker, PhD, RN, FAAN Vice President for Nursing Policy, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Chair, Executive Leadership, TIGER III (Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform)
Gail R. Wilensky, PhD Senior Fellow Project HOPE	William Winkenwerder, Jr., MD, MBA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer The Winkenwerder Company LLC Former Assistant Secretary Department of Defense for Health Affairs

If you are interested in submitting an abstract or speaking
please contact:

Melynda Hilliard
Conference Manager
The World Health Care Congress 4th Annual Leadership Summit on Comparative Effectiveness
Phone: 781-939-2624
Email: melynda.hilliard@worldcongress.com