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COVID-19 Veterans Health Summit
August 26, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm


Sponsors
Agenda
1000 – 1015 ET
Summit Opening:
Heather Flannery, CEO and Founder of ConsenSys Health
Heather Leigh Flannery is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ConsenSys Health, a spin-off from ConsenSys AG. She chairs the IEEE SA P2418.6 Standards Development Working Group (Blockchain in Healthcare and Life Sciences), and as the FY19 Co-Chair of the global HIMSS Blockchain in Healthcare Task Force.

Heather Flannery
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ConsenSys Health
1015 – 1100 ET
Keynote:
Colonel David W. Sutherland, U.S. Army (Ret.), Dixon Center Chairman
Retired Army Colonel David W. Sutherland is the Chairman of Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services where he brings innovative approaches to leverage community-based support to deliver profound results for veterans.
Colonel Sutherland culminated his 29 years of service as the Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with principal focus on Warrior and Family Support. In that position, he created a support network providing grassroots solutions for veterans and military families. Prior to that, he served as Combat Brigade Command during Surge Operations in Iraq in 2007-2008.

Colonel David W. Sutherland, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Dixon Center Chairman
1100 – 1230 ET
Theme: Veterans Health Needs During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Sponsor: Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services
Chair:
Colonel Sam Whitehurst, U.S. Army (Ret.), Dixon Center Vice President, Programs & Services

Colonel Sam Whitehurst, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Dixon Center Vice President, Programs & Services
1100-1230
Session 1: Veterans Health Needs During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Amy Harkins, PhD
Psychologist, Easter Seals Greater Houston

Cristy Gamez, PhD
Clinical Coordinator, Easter Seals Greater Houston

Rosie Lopez-Torrres
Exectuive Director and Co-founder, Burn Pits 360

Rajeev Ramchand, PhD
Senior Behavioral Scientist, RAND Corporation
1230 – 1600 EDT
Theme: Health Gaps & Solutions During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Sponsor: ConsenSys Health
Co-Chairs:

Session 2 Moderator: Pierre Vigilance, MD, MPH
Founding Prinicipal of HealthUp; Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University

Session 3 Moderator: Sean Manion, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, ConsenSys Health

Session 4 Moderator: Heather Flannery
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ConsenSys Health
1230 – 1330
Session 2: Health Professional Perspectives Panel

Lynda Davis, PhD
Chief Veterans Experience Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Jackie Garrick, MSW, LCSW-C, BCETS, SHRM-CP, WPA
Founder, Whistleblowers of America; Founding Director, Defense Suicide Prevention Office

Alex Cahana, MD
Chief Medical Officer and EMEA Market Leader, ConsenSys Health; SME, Defense and Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management

Brigadier General Loree Sutton, MD, USA, (Ret.)
Former Commisioner of the New York City Department of Veterans' Services
1330 – 1420
Session 3: Crowd-Sourcing Innovative Solutions across Government and Industry

Elaine Johanson
Director (Acting), FDA’s Office of the Chief Scientist/Office of Health Informatics

Amanda L. Purnell, PhD
Licensed Counseling Psychologist, Senior Innovation Fellow for the VHA Ecosystem

Jorge A. Ferrer, MD, MBA, LSA, FAMIA
Medical Informatician-Health System Specialist, VA Innovation Center

Debbie Bucci
Director, Patient-Mediated & Institutional Data Exchange, ConsenSys Health
1420 – 1515
Session 4: The Art of the Newly-Possible: How Five Emerging Technologies Will Transform Health

Heather Flannery
CEO and Founder of ConsenSys Health, Co-chair of the Global HIMSS Blockchain in Healthcare Task Force

Jonathan Passerat-Palmbach, PhD
Director of Cryptography and Decentralized AI, ConsenSys Health; Research Associate at Imperial College London

Sean Manion, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, ConsenSys Health
1515 – 1600
Session 5: Mechanical Ventilator Milano (MVM) Innovation During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Walter M. Bonivento, PhD
Senior Scientist at the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Cagliari, Italy
The objective of the MVM collaboration is to design, develop, build and certify a safe ventilator that is powerful, yet gentle on the lungs.
It aims to be very simple yet equipped with a sophisticated control system to offer the required ventilation modalities.
The simplicity of the design, which is made possible by the MVM control system, allows for wide availability of parts, and rapid manufacturing in different countries.
Learn more about MVM by clicking here.
1600 – 1800 EDT
Theme: Rapid Emergence of Telehealth During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Center for Military Medicine Research
Co-Chairs:

Session 6 Moderator: COL Ron Poropatich, MD, USA, (Ret.)
Director of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Military Medicine Research

Session 7 Moderator: COL Joseph Wood, PhD, MD, USA, (Ret.)
Telemedicine Endocrinologist for American Red Cross
1600-1700
Session 6: Healthcare System Usage of Telehealth

COL Fran McVeigh, OD, USA, (Ret.)
Director of Army Virtual Health Patient Care Integration

Kevin Orr
Virtual Health Director, Covenant Health

COL Sean J. Hipp, MD, USA
Director of Virtual MEDCEN, Brooke Army Medical Center

CAPT Rich Bakalar, MD, USN, (Ret.)
VP & Chief Strategy Officer, ViTelNet
1700-1800
Session 7: Innovations in Telehealth

COL Jeremy Pamplin, MD, MS, USA
Director, Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center

Geoff Rutledge, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder, HealthTap

COL Ron Poropatich, MD, USA, (Ret.)
Director of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Military Medicine Research

Col Caesar Junker, MD, USAF
Director, Human Performance Warfighter Health Mission Joint Artificial Intelligence Center Department of Defense