2023 Event

advancing against sepsis:

breaking through on policy, data, science & innovation

September 13, 2023

8.30am - 1pm

Via Global Livestream

Washington DC - by Invitation Only

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Senator Charles E. Schumer, Senate Majority Leader

Michael Dowling, President & CEO, Northwell Health

Ciaran & Orlaith Staunton, Founders, END SEPSIS

Dr. Martin Doerfler, Executive Vice President of Healthcare, Truveta (Event Moderator)

PATIENT ADVOCATE - April Chavez

PANEL ONE: The Federal Government Takes on Sepsis

In the past year, unprecedented gains have been made in the effort to make sepsis the national priority it deserves to be. The federal budget now incorporates consequential funding directives aimed at addressing sepsis and both Congressional leaders and the White House have expressed their commitment to further advancing these efforts.

Our esteemed panelists will discuss the advancements made thus far, as well as current and future strategies and their implications for the healthcare system, hospitals, clinicians, and patients and the crucial role of Congress and federal healthcare agencies in reducing the human and economic toll of sepsis.

Speakers

Dr. Foster Gesten
Former Chief Medical Officer for the Office of Quality and Patient Safety
New York State Department of Health
Co-Chair, END SEPSIS National Sepsis Initiative Expert Panel

Dr. Denise Cardo
Director of the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases
CDC

Dr. Ron Kline
Chief Medical Officer
Quality Measurement and Value-based Incentives Group
Center for Clinical Standards and Quality
CMS

Dr. Robert Valdez
Director
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Q&A Session

PATIENT ADVOCATE: Phoi Ly

PANEL 2: New Data and New Ideas on a National Approach to Quality Improvement

Leaders of public sector and nonprofit quality improvement organizations and initiatives will share newly-learned insights into the disease burden of sepsis and their visions for impactful measures to enhance a national approach to sepsis quality improvement. 

Speakers

Dr. Nirav R. Shah
Senior Scholar at Stanford University
Co-Chair, END SEPSIS National Sepsis Initiative Expert Panel

Dr. Kedar Mate
President & CEO
Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Dr. Hallie Prescott
Associate Professor, University of Michigan
Co-Chair, Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines 

Dr. Peter Silver
Chief Quality Officer and Associate Chief Medical Officer
Northwell Health
Advisor, Children Hospital Association’s Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes (IPSO)
National Expert Advisory Group and Steering Committee

Q&A Session

PATIENT ADVOCATE - Sally Quinn

PANEL 3: Innovation Breakthroughs: How Scientific Discoveries, AI and Big Data
are Transforming Sepsis Care

Exciting new private sector innovations are changing how we diagnose, treat, and deploy data on sepsis. The work of these innovators will be vital to meeting mortality reduction targets in healthcare settings. Panelists from the private and public sectors will discuss the most promising new developments in responding to the sepsis crisis.

Speakers

Dr. Kevin Tracey
President & CEO
Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research

Martin Doerfler
Executive Vice President of Healthcare
Truveta

Dr. Gregg Nicandri
Chief Medical Information Officer
University of Rochester Medical Center

Colonel Ian Stewart
Director, Division of Nephrology and Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University

Q&A Session

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