"Your speakers are excellent!"R.L., MD, - PORTAGE, MI
Judy Bee (La Jolla, CA)
is a principal of Practice
Performance Group and has over 30 years of medical practice operations
and consulting experience. She has consulted with hundreds of practices
nationwide with an emphasis on cost effective staffing, patient flow and
marketing. Ms. Bee has presented over 1,000 workshops, seminars and lectures,
is an editorial consultant for Medical Economics and Patient
Care magazines, publisher of UnCommon
Sense, a leading practice management, subscription newsletter
for physicians, and creator of the staff training DVD
Treating Patients Right. You may contact Ms. Bee at (858) 459-7878
or by email at judy@ppgconsulting.com
Robert J. Conroy, JD, MPH
(New York, NY)
is a senior partner with Kern
Augustine Conroy and Schoppmann, PC where he focuses his practice on
litigation of complex medical and healthcare matters. He is a recognized
authority on health law related matters and founding director and past chair
of the New Jersey State Bar Association's Health and Hospital Law
Section. Mr. Conroy earned his law degree from New York Law School, an M.P.A
from City University of New York, Baruch College and was awarded an M.P.H.
by Harvard University, School of Public Health, Mr. Conroy is a frequent speaker to both medical
and legal audiences across the country. You may contact Mr. Conroy at (800)
445-0954 or by email at RConroy@drlaw.com
David J. Cooper, Esq.
(West Bloomfield, MI)
focused on medical malpractice litigation for over 40 years. He is a past
president of the Michigan Association of Defense Trial Counsel, and during
his career was continuously listed in Best Lawyers in America since 1987.
You may contact Mr. Cooper by email at: dcoopersr@genworks.com.com
Thomas P. Cox, ARM
(Richmond, VA)
is managing member of Bluewater Solutions, a full service, multi-line insurance and risk solution company specializing in professional liability and disability insurance. He has over 20 years experience in insurance strategies and risk management for professionals and is a frequent writer and lecturer in the area. You may contact Mr. Cox at TPCox@bluewatersolutions.net
Wanda D. Filer, MD (York, PA)
is a practicing family physician and founder of Strategic
Health Institute. She served as Pennsylvania's first Physician General
and appears nightly on the Lancaster, PA NBC affiliate WGAL8 as a health
correspondent reaching over one million households. Dr. Filer
is actively involved with many organizations on health policy improvement
and advocacy development. Her main areas of focus include advancement
of health services for underserved populations, family violence and public
health improvement efforts. Dr. Filer is a past president of both the
Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians and the Pennsylvania American
Cancer Society. You may contact Dr. Filer by email at
drfiler@drfiler.com
Sue Houck (Boulder,
CO)
is president & CEO of Houck
& Associates, Inc. a firm specializing in redesigning medical practice
operations which has helped pioneer sustainable improvements in access,
workflows, EHR implementation, patient satisfaction, and financial results
nationwide. Ms. Houck has over twenty years of healthcare experience and
is the author of
What Works, Effective Tools & Case Studies To Improve Clinical Office
Practice, the first comprehensive book on ambulatory care redesign
Louis Kuritzky, MD
(Gainesville, FL)
is a board-certified family practitioner and a clinical assistant professor
in the University of Florida's Department of Family Medicine where he
has twice received the Family Practice Residency's "Teacher of the Year"
award. He has given over 1,000 presentations to medical audiences on dozens
of clinical topics and has published more than 100 articles, chapters,
audiocassettes, videotapes, and monographs. Dr. Kuritzky is on the speaker's
bureau of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. You may contact Dr. Kuritzky at (352) 377-3193 or by email at
LKuritzky@aol.com
Stephen R. Levinson, MD
(Easton, CT)
received his MD from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and specialty training
in head and neck surgery from UCLA. He practiced medicine for 26 years and
received training from the AMA and HCFA as an E/M coding educator. Dr. Levinson
has developed E/M coding and auditing software, presented numerous courses
on documentation, coding, medical quality and efficiency and other topics,
and is the author of Practical E/M: Documentation and Coding Solutions for
Quality Patient Care published by the AMA and released in its second edition
in 2008. He also recently authored the AMA published, Practical EHR: Electronic
Record Solutions for Quality Patient Care. You may contact Dr. Levinson
at ASALLC@aol.com
Susanne Madden (Nyack,
NY)
is founder and CEO of
The Verden Group healthcare consulting firm. Her diverse career in
the industry includes working with providers, medical device manufacturers
and insurance companies. Most recently she was employed by UnitedHealthcare
in the area of physician network management, an experience in part responsible
for Verden Group's focus on the nature and impact of insurers' ever-changing
policies and its quarterly published ranking of insurers' performance
for their networks. Ms. Madden is a consultant to Sanofi Pasteur.
You may contact Mrs. Madden at (877) 884-7770 ext. 7 or by email at Madden@theverdengroup.com
Brian J. McKeen, Esq. (Detroit,
MI)
began practicing law in 1982 and is a respected plaintiff's medical malpractice
specialist. He sits on the executive boards of the Michigan Association
for Justice and the American Association for Justice, and served as former
chair of the latter's Professional Negligence Section, Medical Negligence
Exchange Group and Birth Trauma Litigation Group. You may contact Mr.
McKeen at (313) 961- 4400 or by email at BJMcKeen@mckeenassociates.com
Joshua R. Meyerson, MD
(Petoskey, MI)
is a board certified, practicing pediatrician who serves as medical director
for two health departments covering eight counties in northern Michigan.
He has a Masters in Public Health, is on the Michigan Advisory Committee
on Immunizations and is an educator with the Physician Peer Education
Project on Immunization. You may contact Dr. Meyerson at (231) 547-6523
or by email at J.Meyerson@nwhealth.org
Louis D. Saravolatz, MD
Grosse Pointe, MI)
is board-certified in infectious diseases and epidemiology. He is chief of the department of Internal Medicine at St. John Hospital and Medical Center and a program director of its residency program. He is also a professor of medicine at Wayne State University Medical School. Dr. Saravolatz has published close to 300 articles, chapters and abstracts on internal medicine and AIDS.
Robert P. Siemion, Esq.
(Southfield, MI)
is a senior partner at Siemion
Huckabay, P.C. He has been a defense trial attorney for over 35 years
with particular expertise in defending against medical malpractice, professional
liability, drug and HMO claims. Mr. Siemion is a past recipient of the
State Bar of Michigan's "Respected Advocate Award" and is a past
Chairman of the State Bar Negligence Section.. You may contact Mr. Siemion
with your questions or comments by email at
RSiemion@Siemion-Huckabay.com
Howard R. Smith MD (Cleveland,
OH)
is director of pain management and chief of rheumatology at Cleveland Clinic - Huron Hospital. He is also director of Cleveland Clinic Health System's Clinical Research Office and an adjunct professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Smith is a frequent lecturer, has been published in numerous national medical journals and is on the speakers bureaus of Pfizer and Forest pharmaceutical companies. You may contact Dr. Smith with your questions or comments by email at HRS2@Case.edu