Speaking Engagements
& Presentations

  • American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Health Equity and Patient Safety (March 2023)

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health (February 2022)

  • Presentation: Premise Health West Crucial Conversation: Race and Racism in Healthcare (September 2020)

  • National Academies of Medicine

  • Presentation: Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety – George Floyd, Patient Safety and Transforming Healthcare Keynote (October 2020)

  • Presentation: Arkansas Hospital Association – Patient and Family Engagement in COVID-19 Opening Plenary (June 2020)

  • Presentation: New Hampshire Hospital Association – Health Equity and Patient Engagement Keynote for Annual Conference (November 2019)

  • Wisconsin Healthcare Quality Collaborative Keynote Speaker – Patient and Family Engaging Transforming Healthcare. (April 2019)

  • Minority Health Research: Co-Principal Investigator for CEERIAS Stroke Study in collaboration with Northwestern Memorial Hospital and RUSH Medical Center (October 2014 – January 2019) and (June 2020 – May 2021)

  • Presentation: Engaging Patients, Wisconsin Healthcare Collaborative May 2018

  • Presentation: Iowa Healthcare Collaborative, Consumerism in Healthcare, February 2018

  • Presentation: Restoring Humanity in Healthcare: Achieving Safety Across the Board via Health Equity – MedStar Health Columbia, Maryland (December 2014)

  • Presentation: Understanding Readmissions, Community Care Transitions and Vulnerable Populations, Presented for VHA Corporation at National Press Club in collaboration with Dr. Bruce Siegel and Dr. Paul McGann (November 2014)

  • Presentation: Reducing Hospital Readmissions through Collaboration with Community Partners, VHA Corporation, (May 2014)
    Committee Participation: Northwestern Lurie Cancer Center Office of Minority Health Advisory Council (2013 – 2016)

  • Committee Participation: St. James Health System, Missions HR Committee Member (2009 – 2013)

  • Committee Participation: Governors State University Master of Health Administration Advisory Committee (2013 – 2016)

  • Committee Participation: University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) “Seven Pillars Project: Crossing the Patient Safety-Medical Liability Chasm Consumer Advisory Board (2011 – 2013)

  • Committee Participation: MedStar Health System Patient and Family Advisory Corporate Council Member (2013 – 2018)

  • Committee Participation: National Quality Forum (NQF) Patient and Family Action Team Council (January 2014 – September 2014)

  • Committee Participation: American Hospital Association HRET- CANDOR Project. Funded by AHRQ. Patient Safety, Quality and Transparency to improve our health systems. Serving as contracted advisor. (2014 – 2015)

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