Please join us for our 10th annual Cocktails with the Chief, one of our most popular and special events of the year!
C-suite executives, representing numerous hospitals and other healthcare organizations, will discuss the steps an individual should take within his or her organization and in the surrounding community to reach the next level in their career.
These “Chiefs” will focus on the nuts and bolts of career planning. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear each of the speakers describe their career journey, gain insights into career planning, and participate in a Q&A session with the speakers.
AGENDA:
5:30 – 7:00 Networking Reception
7:00 – 8:30 Presentation
8:30 – 9:00 Networking and Coffee
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Ramanathan Raju, MD, MBA, FACS, FACHE
Former President & Chief Executive Officer
NYC Health + Hospitals
Until recently he served as the the president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest municipal health care system in the nation. Dr. Raju was appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio in January 2014 to lead the 42,000 employees of this $7.2 billion health system, providing essential services to 1.4 million New Yorkers, including more than 425,000 uninsured, every year in more than 70 locations across the city’s five boroughs. NYC Health + Hospitals includes a network of 11 hospitals, trauma centers, neighborhood health centers, nursing homes, a large home care agency, and post-acute care centers. NYC Health + Hospitals encompasses more than 70 community-based health centers, including Gotham Health, Federally Qualified Health Centers with 36 sites, OneCity Health, which serves as the largest performing provider system participating in New York State’s Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program, and an accountable care organization, which is achieving superior quality scores for patient care while simultaneously reducing costs. NYC Health + Hospitals also owns and operates one of the New York area’s largest managed care plans, MetroPlus Health, with nearly half a million members.
Prior to becoming president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, Dr. Raju served as CEO for Cook County Health & Hospitals System (CCHHS) in Chicago, one of the nation’s largest and oldest metropolitan hospital systems, consisting of hospitals, a public health department, an ambulatory community health network and a correctional health care facility. During his tenure at CCHHS, Dr. Raju obtained federal approval for a Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver permitting CCHHS to enroll “New Medicaid Eligibles” beginning in 2012, 15 months before the formal launch of the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. This enrollment of formerly uninsured individuals into the newly created CountyCare health insurance plan lead to a reduction of CCHHS’s structural deficit by more than $150M annually. Dr. Raju’s tenure at CCHHS was also marked by success in gaining meaningful use designation throughout the health system.
Dr. Raju spent 25 years as a practicing vascular and trauma surgeon in Brooklyn, before going on to serve as the COO and medical director at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island. In 2006, he became NYC Health + Hospitals CMO, corporate COO and executive vice president. During his tenure, the system achieved great successes in quality, patient safety, and health care data transparency and won national acclaim.
Dr. Raju is the recipient of numerous national recognitions, including Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential Healthcare Leaders in 2014, 2015 and 2016, 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare in 2013, 2014,2015, and 2016 and Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare for 2012,2014, and 2016as well as Becker’s Top 25 Healthcare Executives to Follow on Twitter, and Chicago United’s Business Leaders of Color.
Dr. Raju has published widely in academic medical journals. He serves on the boards of trustees of the American Hospital Association, where he chairs the Equity of Care committee, and the Healthcare Association of New York State. He is a member of the board of directors of America’s Essential Hospitals as well as the Greater New York Hospital Association, where he serves as vice chair. Additionally, Dr. Raju serves as a member of the New York City Board of Health, Board Member New York Academy of Medicine, and New York City Community Board Number 2
Pat Wang
Chief Executive Officer, Healthfirst
Pat Wang has been the CEO of Healthfirst since 2008. Healthfirst is a not-for-profit health insurance company serving 1.25 million people in downstate New York. It was founded by multiple health systems in the region and its business model relies on value-based payments and partnerships with local providers and other organizations interested in population health. Ms. Wang was a Senior Vice President at GNYHA in charge of payment policy and health insurance matters prior to joining the company. She is a graduate of Princeton and NYU School of Law. In 2016, she was appointed as a Commissioner on the Medicare Payment Assessment Commission (MedPAC), a non-partisan organization established by Congress to advise it on Medicare payment policy. She is a longtime resident of New York City and has lived in China and other places abroad.
Jeremy Boal, MD
President, Mount Sinai Downtown
Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, Mount Sinai Health System
Jeremy Boal, MD, President of Mount Sinai Downtown and Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System, is responsible for overseeing the creation and implementation of Mount Sinai Health System’s more than $500 million investment to create Mount Sinai Downtown, which includes a new Mount Sinai Beth Israel (MSBI) and an enhanced New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. In his role as System Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Boal will partner with the System Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Vicki Lopachin, to ensure the highest level of quality, safety, and service for patients.
Prior to his current roles as President of Mount Sinai Downtown and Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System, Dr. Boal served as Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System. In carrying out the Health System’s extensive quality, safety and patient experience agenda, he worked with medical, nursing, and administrative leaders, as well as the entire Mount Sinai community.
A board certified internist with additional certification in geriatrics, Dr. Boal began his career as a resident at The Mount Sinai Medical Center nearly 20 years ago. During his tenure at Mount Sinai, he served in a variety of roles, including that of Chief Medical Officer for the North Shore-LIJ Health System, where he was responsible for quality and safety across the system’s hospitals, ambulatory practices, home care, and sub-acute and long-term care facilities. He also was responsible for the management of clinical, educational, research, and operational matters related to medical and clinical affairs. He served as Executive Director and Co-founder of Mount Sinai’s Visiting Doctors Program, which provides in-home primary care to more than 1,000 homebound patients annually and, before that, as Vice Chair for Strategic Planning and Faculty Practice Services for the Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine.
Over the years, he has received numerous awards, including the Humanism and Medicine Award and the Alexander Richman Commemorative Award in Humanism and Ethics in Medicine from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In 2013, Dr. Boal received the Edward Meilman Community Service Award from the UJA-Federation of New York.
Dr. Boal has served on a number of prominent national committees, including the WellPoint Hospital National Advisory Panel, the federal Health Resources and Services Administration Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community Based Linkages, and the Executive Committee of the Dartmouth High Value Healthcare Collaborative.
His research interests include the science of safety and high reliability, care of vulnerable populations, and acceleration of whole-system change.
Dr. Boal earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and his Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University in Montreal.
Michael J. Fosina, MPH, FACHE
President of NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital
Mr. Fosina began his administrative career at the former New York Hospital in 1990, and he has worked on multiple NewYork-Presbyterian campuses in a variety of roles with increasing administrative responsibility. His most recent roles have been Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer for NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan, and Vice President & Executive Director of NewYork-Presbyterian/Allen Hospital. In addition, he was the Director of Integration and Accreditation for the newly merged NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Prior to the merger, he worked at both the former New York Hospital and the former Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Mr. Fosina received his undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware and his Master’s from the Columbia University School of Public Health. He is Board Certified in Healthcare Management, a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), and serves on the ACHE Board of Governors. He is a Fellow in the New York Academy of Medicine and has served as a Health and Aging Policy Fellow and Congressional Fellow. Mr. Fosina is on the boards of numerous community organizations and has received several community service awards.
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