Dr. Sarika Aggarwal is a board-certified internist with extensive experience developing population health management strategies and programs, redesigning health care delivery systems, and improving quality and efficiency of patient services.

As Chief Medical Officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization (BIDCO), an Accountable Care Organization, Sarika leads the organization’s clinical vision. In this role, she provides medical oversight, expertise, and leadership to ensure BIDCO delivers high-quality health care services and innovative population health management and quality programs and tools to its diverse physician and hospital network.

Sarika is a practicing internist with more than 20 years’ experience and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at UMass Medical School. She has also served as Medical Director of the Office of Clinical Integration at UMass Memorial Health Care where she worked to help UMass attain the capabilities of an Accountable Care Organization. She is a Board Member for the Health Foundation of Massachusetts, and has served as a mentor for entrepreneurial start-up companies with Village Capital VentureWell, a Member of the Massachusetts Medical Society’s Quality Committee, a Member of the Health Plan Counsel for Massachusetts Health Quality Partners, and a Board Member for Myers Primary Care.

Prior to joining BIDCO, Sarika was Senior Vice President of Population Health and Chief Medical Officer at xG Health Solutions, a subsidiary of Geisinger Health System. At xG Health Solutions, she led a team of clinicians who leveraged Geisinger Health System best practices to work with clients on clinical delivery redesign. She helped design and implement clinical models in Medicaid, Medicare, and Commercial populations at health systems and health plans to improve care management and coordination across the continuum. Sarika previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Fallon Health where she led medical management for all lines of business. During her tenure at Fallon Health, Sarika worked with the clinical team to create innovative models for the senior and under-65 dual eligible populations.

Sarika completed her medical residency in internal medicine at UMass Memorial, earned her medical degree from Grant Medical College of Bombay University, and received her Master’s in Healthcare Management from Harvard University. In 2014, she was named one of the Worcester Business Journal’s “Business Women of the Year.”

Dr. Atreja has received formal training in public health and is board certified in gastroenterology, clinical informatics and internal medicine. Over the last fifteen years, he has led many public health and informatics initiatives at Cleveland Clinic and Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY that includes developing online education modules, leading EHR implementation, performing analytics on healthcare data and developing enterprise-wide mobile apps. As Chief Technology Innovation and Engagement Officer, Medicine, he leads the Sinai AppLab (www.sinaiapplab.org) that is one of the first collaborative hub within academic medical center to build and test disruptive mhealth technologies.

Dr. Atreja leads scientific registries for American Gastroenterology Association and serves in Innovation Advisory Board for American College of Cardiology. As an intrapreneur, Dr. Atreja has won innovation awards at Cleveland Clinic and Mount Sinai, successfully licensed technologies from academic centers and advises startups, accelerators and Fortune 500 companies in digital medicine. Recently, Dr. Atreja established Network of Digital Medicine (www.nodehealth.org) to connect innovation centers worldwide and share best practices for digital medicine innovation and implementation between industry, payers and health systems. Dr. Atreja serves as Scientific Co-founder for Mount Sinai Spinoff, Responsive Health (http://responsivehealth.org) that aims to bring first enterprise-wide app curation, prescription and engagement platform to risk sharing hospitals and payers. Dr. Atreja has published more than 60 papers and has been a keynote speaker globally on topics related to digital medicine and health system transformation.

Krista serves as the Executive Director of the Alliance for Connected Care, a 501(c)(6) organization dedicated to ensuring that all patients are able to realize the benefits of connected care. She is also a Partner at Sirona Strategies where she provides strategic advice on a broad range of state and federal legislative and regulatory issues around Medicaid, Medicare, accountable care, commercial insurance, digital health, public health and other areas.

Krista was previously the director of the Health Division at the National Governors Association’s Center for Best Practices where she directed technical assistance for governors’ health advisors in the areas of health IT, health insurance Exchanges, Medicaid, delivery system reform and public health programs.

Prior to NGA, she was a Senior Advisor at the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) working in Medicaid and private insurance regulation. She also served as Deputy Director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services where she worked on policy related to Medicaid and state employee health benefits programs.

Krista spent five years on Capitol Hill where she was a health advisor to the Minority Whip Senator Dick Durbin, and a John Heinz Senate Fellow for health care for Senator Debbie Stabenow, a member of the Senate Finance Committee.

Krista holds a BA from the University of Michigan and an MPP from the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.

Erich Fogg has practiced emergency medicine in both rural and urban hospitals since 1996. He served as adjunct professor and preceptor for the Emory University Physician Assistant Program, and while in Georgia, he received the distinguished “Outstanding Physician Assistant of the Year” award from Emory University in 2001. During his career, Erich has served on various local, regional and national board organizations. Most recently, he completed an eight-year appointment as Chair of the PA Advisory Committee to the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine. Erich also served for many years as Department Editor for the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistant (JAAPA) “Case of the Month”. In 2007 Erich received the Robert J. Lapham Outstanding Service Award in recognition of outstanding service to the PA profession by the Downeast (Maine) Association of Physician Assistants. For over 18 years, Erich has spoken annually at local, regional and national medical conferences, sharing his wealth of knowledge with a diverse range of medical professionals. Erich is committed to serving the medical community through education and his role as a healthcare provider. In 2017, Erich launched the first hospital-based, virtual telehealth walk-in care service in Maine, helping to advance medical technology and providing access to care his community.

Neil Gomes (B.Sc., MBA/MMS, M.Ed) is the Senior Vice President for Technology Innovation and Consumer Experience and Chief Digital Officer at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health System. Neil has worked for the Fortune 500 Tata Group of Companies where he played a leadership role in building the intrapreneurial startup, Tata Interactive Systems, from 60 employees to the world’s largest custom e-learning development firm with 650+ employees in less than two years. Neil left the Tata Group to complete his M.Ed. in Instructional Design at the University of South Florida (USF) whilst progressively working towards the position of Director of eTeaching and Technology and then the Director of Instructional Design and Training at USF Health. While at USF, Neil’s leadership and entrepreneurial acumen helped grow a strategic team of application developers, instructional and multimedia designers, and project managers that generated over $1.5 million in annual auxiliary revenue from research and external development projects while growing online student enrollment from approx. 200 enrollments in 2002 to 60,000+ enrollments a semester by 2012. While at USF, Neil also began working toward his Ph.D., is currently a Ph.D. Candidate (ABD), has authored research articles, a book chapter, and delivered several formal research presentations. At Jefferson, Neil drives digital innovation in healthcare, consumer experience and engagement, training, and education via teams of application and web/mobile developers, portal solutions developers, simulation and UI/UX designers, trainers, documentation and digital consumer experience specialists, instructional designers, e-learning developers, and IT support specialists. Neil also helps define innovation strategy and design innovation development programs via Jefferson’s Innovation Team. Recently, he helped secure a $15+ million donor grant from the Bernie Marcus Foundation to develop a high-tech, consumer-centric, integrative health center at Jefferson and also launched a pioneering collaboration with the IBM Watson IoT team on developing "cognitive concierges" for hospitals. Neil serves as Associate Editor of the Journal for Healthcare Transformation and is a contributor toward the book: We CAN fix Healthcare, the Future is NOW. Neil is also a speaker, agile aficionado, and digital innovation evangelist.

As the Senior Director, Dr. Kamal Jethwani leads the research and program evaluation initiatives at Partners Connected Health Innovation.

He has designed and implemented multiple clinical trials; led predictive modeling efforts using behavioral parameters; and worked extensively with sensor technology, wearables, mobile applications, texting, and social media to deliver patient care. Kamal is currently exploring newer health delivery models, including employer-based health programs and online social-network-based programs. He focuses on technology-based models of health delivery and leverages behavior-change principles for preventive and supportive care. He tries, always, to personalize care and understand the behavioral motivations that dictate people’s health choices.

Wright L. Lassiter III is the President and CEO of Henry Ford Health System, overseeing the $5.5 billion health system comprised of six hospitals, a health plan and a wide range of ambulatory and retail health services consisting of more than 60 clinical locations and 28,000 employees.

Lassiter joined Henry Ford in December 2014 as president. In his first year, he led the Board and senior management team through a comprehensive strategic planning effort to position Henry Ford for the future. In addition, he oversaw two successful mergers, one with Allegiance Health in Jackson, Michigan, and the other with HealthPlus of Michigan, a health plan based in Flint, expanding the geographic footprint of the System and generating an additional $1 billion in revenue.

A seasoned health care executive, Lassiter has more than 25 years of experience working in large, complex health systems, including Methodist Health System in Dallas and JPS Health Network in Fort Worth, Texas. Prior to joining Henry Ford, Lassiter was CEO of Alameda Health System in Oakland, California, where he was credited with leading the expansion and turnaround of the $865 million public health system, achieving eight years of positive financial performance, The Joint Commission Top Performer status, significant increases in patient engagement and reductions in patient harm.

Lassiter’s work has received many national accolades, most notably “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare in 2017/2016” by Modern Healthcare; 2016/2012 “Top 25 Minority Healthcare Executives in U.S. Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare; 2014 “Top Blacks in U.S. Healthcare” by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions; and 2011 “20 People Who Make Healthcare Better” in the U.S by HealthLeaders. Fast Company prominently featured Lassiter’s work to rebuild Alameda.

An avid community leader, Lassiter has held volunteer positions at the United Way, Salvation Army and YMCA. Currently, he serves on the boards of the American Hospital Association, America’s Essential Hospitals, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago – Detroit Branch, Detroit Regional Chamber, LeMoyne College, City Year Detroit, and YMCA-USA National Board of Directors.

Lassiter received his master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Indiana University where he graduated number one in his class, and completed his bachelor’s degree with honors in Chemistry from LeMoyne College in Syracuse.

Dr. Ravi Ramani is a Heart Failure Cardiologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). He is a practicing physician, and has trained at the University of Pittsburgh, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and the Armed Forces Medical College, India.

Dr. Ramani is Director, UPMC Integrated Heart Failure Program. He is overseeing the transformation of Heart Failure care delivery across the UPMC Healthsystem, which involves more than 4500 discharges and 23,000 clinic visits across 23 Hospitals and 400 clinics, spread across the Western Pennsylvania region. Dr. Ramani’s work will bring together technology, informatics, science, and clinical medicine to develop and implement new models of heart failure and cardiac care.

JANET TOMCAVAGE, RN, MSN, is Chief Clinical Transformation Officer for Geisinger Health Plan in Danville, Pennsylvania. In this role, she is responsible for the administrative oversight of health services including medical management, appeals and grievances, quality improvement, clinical reporting, accreditation, medical home, disease/case management, and wellness.

Ms. Tomcavage has worked for over 20 years in the specialty of diabetes management, developing a comprehensive diabetes self-management education program and specialized care management programs for insulin pump therapy and high-risk pregnancy. More recently her work has focused on the development and implementation of enhanced medical management strategies including medical home, disease management and case management interventions that optimize quality and efficiency outcomes.

Ms. Tomcavage earned her bachelor of science in nursing from Bloomsburg State University and her master of science in nursing from College Misericordia. Ms. Tomcavage has held certifications as a certified diabetes educator and advanced practice for diabetes management. She has co-authored several articles on diabetes management and disease management and has lectured nationally on diabetes management, disease and case management, medical home, and other medical management strategies.

Dr. Wild received his MD degree from the University of Vermont, College of Medicine. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. His internship and residency training were at Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco; San Francisco General Hospital; and Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. He served five years as an active duty officer with the US Army Medical Corps and also served as a Department of Defense civilian emergency medicine specialist at Martin Army Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia. Dr Wild earned his BA in Biology from Dartmouth College, his JD degree from the George Washington University National Law Center in Washington, DC, and his MBA from the Columbia University Graduate Business School, in New York City.

Dr. Wild has 30 years of experience as a practicing emergency physician ranging from small rural Georgia hospitals to large university teaching centers. He has served on the Medical School faculties of Boston University, University of Massachusetts, and Brown University and was Chairman of the department of Emergency Medicine and Chief of Emergency Services at a teaching hospital of Brown University Medical School. He has taught emergency medicine, health policy and legal medicine to resident physicians and medical students and has served as President of the Rhode Island College of Emergency Physicians, and as chairman or member of several American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and American Medical Association (AMA) national committees dealing with government affairs, coding, and physician reimbursement.

Dr. Wild is an active member of the Massachusetts and US Federal bar and has practiced as a health care attorney with a large Boston law firm representing hospitals, physicians, skilled nursing facilities and a major Boston teaching hospital. He was medical director of Medicare’s direct fiscal intermediary in Baltimore and also CMS (then HCFA) Chief Medical Officer for reimbursement policy during the initial implementation the Hospital Prospective Payment (DRG) system. He subsequently served on the Medicare Prospective Payment Assessment Commission staff (now MedPac).