Held on Wednesday, April 23, 2008      Hartford, CT

Keynote Speaker:
Atul Gawande, MD, MPH is a surgeon, a teacher and a writer, and he holds distinguished positions in all three roles. He is the author of two books, BETTER: A SURGEON’S NOTES ON PERFORMANCE and COMPLICATIONS: A SURGEON’S NOTES ON AN IMPERFECT SCIENCE and was a recipient of thedistinguished MacArthur fellowship “genius” award in 2006 for his writing.
www.gawande.com
   
Panelists:
Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM is a cardiologist and Yale professor who initiated and chairs the steering committee of D2B: Alliance for Quality, an international campaign by the American College of Cardiology to implement strategies to improve outcomes by decreasing hospital door-to-times. www.D2Balliance.org

Elizabeth Pivonka PhD, RD is President and CEO of the Produce for Better Health Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) foundation devoted to increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables. www.pbhfoundation.org

Veronica F. Nieva, PhD is the Project Director and Editor in Chief of the AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange, a comprehensive program intended to accelerate the development and adoption of innovations in health care delivery. www.innovations.ahrq.gov

 

 

If you would like more information about our 2008 annual meeting & conference, email Nancy Yedlin at yedlin@donaghue.org