The ACGMESecond Symposium onPhysician Well-Being:
Commitment to Change
NOVEMBER 29 – DECEMBER 1, 2016
A C C R E D I TA T I O N C O U N C I L F O R G R A D U A T E M E D I C A L E D U C A T I O N
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents
Goals of the Symposium 01
task force Members 02
Agenda 04
Attendees 07
Speaker Bios 14
goals of the symposium
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Goals of the Symposium
Develop concrete action plans to address the issue of Physician Well-being for
• Residency and Fellowship Programs
• Teaching Hospitals/Systems
• Medical Students and Practitioners
Continue the national dialogue and forge collaborations among stakeholders to effect positive transformational change for Physician Well-being
Provide guidance to the ACGME on how best to construct and utilize its unique “levers of infl uence” to effect positive transformational change
Promote a scholarly approach to well-being interventions and innovations
THANK YOU
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THANK YOU
A special thanks to the members of the ACGME Task Force for Physician Well-
Being for their introspective insight, expertise, and commitment in creating this
important conference:
Carol Bernstein, MD, Co-Chair*
Timothy Brigham, PhD, MDiv, Co-Chair*
Stanley Ashley, MD*
DeWitt C. Baldwin, Jr, MD*
Donald Brady, MD*
Peter Carek, MD, MS
Wallace Carter, MD*
Jordan Cohen, MD, MACP*
Lotte Dyrbye, MD, MHPE, FACP
Rhea Fortune
Helen Haskell, MA
Kari Hortos, DO*
LCDR Dinchen Jardine, MD*
Lyuba Konopasek, MD*
Kenneth Ludmerer, MD, MACP
Cristin McDermott, MD*
Christine Moutier, MD
Thomas Nasca, MD, MACP
Srijan Sen, MD, PhD
Deborah Simpson, PhD
Alison P. Smith, MPH, BSN, RN
James H. Taylor, Dman, MHA, MBA
Kevin Weiss, MD, MPH, MHSA
Edwin Zalneraitis, MD*
Rowen Zetterman, MD
*Members of the Symposium Planning Sub-Committee
CME INFORMATION
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CME Information
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing
medical education for physicians.
The ACGME designates this live educational activity, “ACGME Symposium
on Physician Well-being,” for a maximum of 16.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.
Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
Disclosure of Significant Relationships with Relevant Commercial Companies
and Organizations
The ACGME endorses the Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education and the Guidelines for Commercial Support. Every effort has been made
to encourage faculty members to disclose any commercial relationships or personal
benefit with commercial companies whose products are discussed in the educational
presentation. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in
any presentations, but is made to provide participants with information that might
be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation. All faculty members
participating in continuing medical education activities sponsored by the ACGME are
expected to disclose to the activity audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest
related to the content of their presentation(s).
Conflict of interest statements were reviewed for all conference planners, and for
presenters of certified sessions. All individuals indicated they have no commercial
relationships in relation to this content. There will be no discussion of investigational
or off-label use of FDA-regulated products or devices.
Evaluation
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AGENDA
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AGENDA
DAY ONE|Tuesday|11.29.16
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Welcoming and Poster Reception
DAY Two|WEDNESDAY|11.30.16
7:15 AM – 8:00 AM breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:20 AM Welcome, Agenda Setting and Opening Remarks Carol Bernstein, MD
Timothy Brigham, MDiv, PhD
8:20 AM – 8:35 AM opening address Thomas Nasca, MD, MACP
Moderator: jordan cohen, md, macp
8:35 AM – 9:30 AM Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Well-Being Init iative – Three Examples Saadia Akhtar, MD
Sydney Ey, PhD
Laurence Katznelson, MD
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM Q&A
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM break
Moderators: Donald Brady, MD & Cristin McDermott, MD
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM Building a Successful Well-Being Init iative/Program Small group work
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM report out
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM lunch and poster presentations
AGENDA
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AGENDA
Moderators: Lyuba Konopasek, MD & Kari Hortos, DO
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Changing Systems/CultureSmall groups work to come up with the most important questions,
observations, barriers, etc. they would like to pose to those in
the C-Suite in order to better engage to collaboratively foster
physician well-being
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM report out
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM break
Moderator: Stanley Ashley, MD
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM C-Suite Panel Hospital C-Suite members discuss the findings from the small groups
John Duval, MBA
Colleen Kannaday, FACHE
John McWhorter, DSc
Kevin Nokels, FACHE
Spence Taylor, MD, FACS
Moderator: LCDR Dinchen Jardine, MD
4:00 PM – 4:40 PM Using the Science of Well-Being to Help Physicians FlourishJames Pawelski, PhD
4:40 PM – 5:20 PM Applying the Science of Well-Being to Develop Resil ienceDerrick Carpenter, MAPP
Moderator: T imothy Brigham, MDiv, PhD
5:20 PM – 5:30 PM Topic Selection for Open Space Design
5:30 PM closing commentsTimothy Brigham, MDiv, PhD
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DAY Three|THURSDAY|12.01.16
7:15 AM – 8:00 AM breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Introduction to Open Space Design Timothy Brigham, MDiv, PhD
Moderator: T imothy Brigham, MDiv, PhD
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM Open Space Design
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM lunch
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM ACGME Init iatives in the Area of Well-being Timothy Brigham, MDiv, PhD
Moderator: Wallace Carter, MD
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM Pathways to Well-Being in the Clinical Learning EnvironmentKevin Weiss, MD, MPH, MHSA
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM break
Moderator: Edwin Zalneraitis, MD
2:45 PM – 4:15 PM Section VI Well-being Requirements Review and CommentThomas Nasca, MD, MACP
Rowen Zetterman, MD
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM Commitment to Change Timothy Brigham, MDiv, PhD
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM closing comments Thomas Nasca, MD, MACP
Timothy Brigham, MDiv PhD
AGENDA
Symposium Attendee List
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Symposium Attendee List
Karen Adams MDOregon Health &
Science University
Saadia Akhtar MDMount Sinai Beth Israel
Elizabeth Ames MDUVM College of Medicine
Paige Amidon MBA, MPHACGME
Sepideh Amin-Hanjani MD, FAANS, FACS, FAHAUniversity of
Illinois at Chicago
J im Anderson MDOregon Health &
Science University
Joan Anzia MDNorthwestern University/
Feinberg School of Medicine
Hans Arora MD, PhDCleveland Clinic Foundation
American Medical Association -
Governing Council, Resident
and Fellow Section
Amanda Ashcraft Pannu MDThe University of Rochester
Stanley Ashley MDBrigham and Women's
Hospital
DeWitt C. Baldwin, Jr, MDACGME
Miriam Bar-on MDUniversity of Nevada
School of Medicine
Hasan Bazari MDSwartz Initiative
for Humanism in
Medicine, Massachusetts
General Hospital
Carol Bernstein MDNew York University
School of Medicine
Jay Bhaat DO, MPH, MPA, FACPAmerican Hospital Association
Paul Bixenstine MDUniversity of
California - Los Angeles
Donald Brady MDVanderbilt University
Medical Center
Timothy Brigham MDiv, PhDACGME
Steven Brown MD, FAAFPUniversity of Arizona
College of Medicine
Stephanie Burnham C-TAGMEHospital Corporation of
America
Laurinda Calongne EdDOur Lady of the Lake
Regional Medical Center
Peter Carek MD, MSUniversity of Florida
Douglas Carlson EsqACGME
Derrick Carpenter MAPPVive Training, Inc.
Wallace Carter MDWeill Cornell Med College,
Cornell University
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Baretta Casey MD, MPH, FAAFPACGME
Veronica Catanese MD, MBALiaison Committee on
Medical Education
Colleen Christmas MDJohns Hopkins
Bayview Medical Center
Patrick Cocks MD, FACPNYU School of Medicine
Jordan Cohen MD, MACPACGME Board of Directors
Sheryl Cosme MSN, RN-BC, PhDAmerican Nurses Association
Jon Courand MD, FAAPThe University of
Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio
Alissa Craft DOAmerican Osteopathic
Association
Timothy Daskivich MDCedars-Sinai Medical Center
Susan Day MDACGME
Debra DooleyACGME
John Duval MBAMedical College of Virginia
Hospitals and Clinics
Sydney Ey PhDOregon Health & Science
University
Sidney Feldman MD
Nicole F inelli DOChristiana Care
Health System
David Forstein DO, FACOOGGreenville Health
System, Fertility Center
of the Carolinas
Rhea FortuneDuke University Hospital
Jeffrey Fowler MDOhio State University
Wexner Medical Center
John Frohna MDUniversity of Wisconsin School
of Medicine and Public Health
Kellie Gates MDLoyola University
Elizabeth Gaufberg MD, MPHThe Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Ralph Greco MDStanford University
School of Medicine
Richard Green MDNaval Medical Center,
San Diego
Amelia Grover MD, FACSVirginia Commonwealth
University Medical Center
Frederic Hafferty PhD, MPhil, MAMayo Clinic
Bradley Hall MDFederation of State Physician
Health Programs
Heather Hancock MDBrooke Army Medical Center
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Thomas Hansen MDAdvocate Health Care
Aviad Haramati PhDGeorgetown University
School of Medicine
Diane Hartmann MD, MSUniversity of Rochester,
Strong Memorial Hospital
Helen Haskell MAMothers
Against Medical Errors
Jenny Held MDNaval Medical Center
Portsmouth
Caleb HentgesAACOM Council of
Osteopathic Student
Government Presidents
Arizona College of
Osteopathic Medicine
Eric Holmboe MD, MACP, FRCPACGME
Kari Hortos DOMichigan University of
Osteopathic Medicine
Halah Ibrahim MD, MEHP, FACPNYU Abu Dhabi
Michelle Janney PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAANIndiana University Health
LCDR Dinchen Jardine MDNaval Medical Center
Portsmouth
Diane JaworskiACGME
Woodson Jones MDSan Antonio Uniformed
Services Health Education
Consortium (SAUSHEC)
Norman Kahn MDCouncil of Medical
Specialty Societies
Colleen Kannaday FACHEAdvocate BroMenn
Medical Center
Jay Kaplan MD, FACEPAmerican College of
Emergency Physicians
Laurence Katznelson MDThe Stanford
University Medical Center
George Keepers MDOregon Health &
Science University
Eve Kellner MDCommittee of
Interns and Residents
Benjamin Kennedy MDThe Children's Hospital
of Philadelphia
Lyuba Konopasek MDNew York -
Presbyterian Hospital
David Kountz MD, MBAJersey Shore University
Medical Center
Catherine Kuhn MDDuke University
School of Medicine
Richard Levin MD, FACP, FACC, FAHAThe Arnold P. Gold Foundation
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Timothy L ineberry MDAurora Health Care
Louis L ing MDACGME
Kenneth Ludmerer MD, MACPWashington University
School of Medicine
Kathy MalloyACGME
Andrew Marshall MDUniversity of Chicago
Laurel Mayer MDColumbia University
Cristin McDermott MDUniversity of
Pittsburg Medical Center
Richard McDonough MDAdvocate Healthcare
Graham McMahon MD, MMScAccreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education
John McWhorter DscBaylor Scott & White Health
Craig Mills PhDNational Board of
Medical Examiners
Rebecca Miller MSACGME
Kimball Mohn MDAssociation for Hospital
Medical Education
Claudia Mueller PhD, MDStanford University
School of Medicine
Richard MurphyACGME
Michael Myers MDState University of New York -
Downstate
Thomas Nasca MD, MACPACGME
Robin Newton MD, FACP, CSSBB, (ASQ)ACGME
Karen Nichols DO, MA, MACOI , CSMidwestern University
Kevin Nokels FACHECreighton University
Medical Center
Lois Margaret Nora MD, JD, MBAAmerican Board of
Medical Specialties
John Ogunkeye MSACGME
Alexander Ommaya DScAssociation of American
Medical Colleges
Lawrence Opas MDKeck School of
Medicine of USC
Susan Orrange PhDUniversity of Buffalo
LaVonne Ortega MD, MPHCenters for Disease
Control and Prevention
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Miguel Paniagua MDNational Board of
Medical Examiners
Mukta Panda MD, FACPUniversity of Tennessee -
College of Medicine
Herdley Paolini PhD,LP Institute for Physician
Integration
Elizabeth Payne MAEd, C-TAGME, LSSBBUniversity of Texas Health
Science Center School of
Medicine at San Antonio
Christopher Pelic MDRalph H. Johnson
VA Medical Center
Lorenzo Pence DO, FACOFPACGME
Ingrid Phil ibert PHD, MBAACGME
Robert Piccinini DOAmerican Osteopathic
Association
Kimberly Pierce-BoggsAlliance of Independent
Academic Medical Centers
Linda Pololi MDWomen's Studies Research
Center, Brandeis University
John Potts MDACGME
Stacy Potts MDUMass Memorial Group
Karen Remley MD, FAAPAmerican
Academy of Pediatrics
Jonathan Ripp MD, MPHMount Sinai Hospital
Lisa RobinFederation of State Medical
Boards
Paulvalery Roulette MDCarolinas HealthCare System
Eric Scherzer MPHCommittee of Interns and
Residents
Henry Schultz MD, MACPMayo Clinic
Donna Schwabe PhDSan Antonio Uniformed
Services Health Education
Consortium (SAUSHEC)
Joanne Schwartzberg MDACGME
Janet Serwint MDJohns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
Steven Shannon DO, MPHAmerican Association of
Colleges of Osteopathic
Medicine
Jo Shapiro MDBrigham and Women's
Hospital
Philip Shayne MDEmory University
School of Medicine
Titus Sheers MD, MBACleveland Clinic
Akron General
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Hanna Sherman MDCenter for Courage and
Renewal
Deborah Simpson PhDMedical College of Wisconsin
Susan Skochelak MD, MHPAmerican Medical Association
Stuart Slavin MD, MEdSt. Louis University
Alison Smith MPH, RNC-Change
Anthony Suchman MD, MA, FACPRelationship Centered
Health Care LLC
V. Fan Tait MD, FAAPAmerican Academy of
Pediatrics
Pedro Tanaka MD, PhD, MACMStanford University
School of Medicine
Spence Taylor MD, FACSGreenville Health System
Kyla Terhune MD, FACSVanderbilt University
Deborah Trautman PhD, RN, FAANAmerican Association of
Colleges of Nursing
Franklin Trimm MDUniversity of South Alabama
Children’s & Women’s Hospital
Michael Tutty PhD, MHAAmerican Medical Association
Julie Verdi MDVirginia Tech/Carillon Clinic
Heather Vestal MDMcLean Hospital
Robin Wagner RN, MHSAACGME
Jessalynn WatanabeACGME
Kevin Weiss MD, MPH, MHSAACGME
Audra Williams MDGreater Lawrence Family
Health Center
Mark Wilson MD, MPHUniversity of Iowa
Lauren Wojnarowski MAACGME
Nicholas Yaghmour MPPACGME
Edwin Zalneraitis MDUniversity of Connecticut
School of Medicine
Salah Zeineldine MD, FACPAmerican University of Beirut
Rowen Zetterman MD, MACP, MACGUniversity of Nebraska
Medical Center
Speaker Biographies
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Speaker Biographies
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Speaker Biographies
Dr. Saadia Akhtar is the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and
the Program Director for the Emergency Medicine Residency at Mount Sinai
Beth Israel at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She completed a
five year, Combined Residency in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine
at Beth Israel Medical Center and was Chief Resident in Emergency Medicine during her last year
of residency training. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at
the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Akhtar is nationally recognized for her work with
several organizations and activities. She is the President for the Council of Emergency Medicine
Residency Directors (CORD), the national organization for Emergency Medicine Program Directors
and educators. Dr. Akhtar is also an Oral Board Examiner for the American Board of Emergency
Medicine and a Fellow of The New York Academy of Medicine. Dr. Akhtar has been active in
postgraduate medical education leadership for the past 15 years. She has won numerous awards for
medical education, excellence in patient care and community service. Her areas of interests include
faculty development, medical education, mentorship, and ultrasound.
Dr. Bernstein is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Vice Chair for Education
in Psychiatry, and Director of Residency Training in Psychiatry at the NYU
School of Medicine. From 2001-2011, Dr. Bernstein also served as the Associate
Dean for Graduate Medical Education and the designated institutional official
for ACGME accredited training programs at NYU. Dr. Bernstein is a past-President of the American
Psychiatric Association (APA) and has served the Association as Vice President, Treasurer, and
Trustee-at-Large, and as chair of multiple committees. She has served as a spokesperson for the
American Psychiatric Association on many occasions, and received the 1997 Exemplary Psychiatrist
Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI). She has been the recipient of the
APA/National Institute of Mental Health Vestermark Award in Psychiatric Education and the
APA Alexandra Symonds Award for contributions in the advancement of women in leadership and
in women’s health. Dr. Bernstein has devoted her entire career in medicine to the education and
training of the next generation of psychiatrists.
Dr. Bernstein completed medical school at the Columbia University College of Physicians and
Surgeons. Following an internship in internal medicine at St. Luke's/Roosevelt Medical Center in
New York, she completed her psychiatric residency training at Columbia University and the New
York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Bernstein is active in many national psychiatric associations
in addition to the APA – these include the American College of Psychiatrists (she was elected to the
Board of Regents in February of 2012) and the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry and the
Saadia Akhtar, MD
Carol Bernstein, MD
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American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, among others. In 2003, Dr. Bernstein was selected
as a Fellow in ELAM (Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine), a national program designed
to promote leadership for women in medicine. In 2005, Dr. Bernstein completed the Physician
Leadership Development Program at NYU, as well as the Graduate Medical Education Leadership
Program of the ACGME. From 2010 until 2016, Dr. Bernstein was a member of the ACGME Board
of Directors – the body that accredits the more than 9,000 residency and fellowship programs in the
United States.
Dr. Bernstein has written numerous articles and chapters on psychiatric education and has served
as a peer reviewer for both the American Journal of Psychiatry and Academic Psychiatry. She has
served on the Editorial Boards of Academic Psychiatry, the Journal of Psychiatric Services, and
Focus, has presented at more than 70 conferences and meetings, and has been the recipient of a
number of visiting professorships. Dr. Bernstein hosts a weekly call-in show for consumers on Sirius
Radio’s Doctor Radio Channel, which is sponsored by the NYU Langone Medical Center.
Timothy P. Brigham, MDiv, PhD, is the Chief of Staff and Senior Vice-President,
Department of Education at the ACGME. Dr. Brigham’s responsibilities, as
head of the Department of Education, include the ACGME’s Annual Educational
Conference, the Milestone Outcome Project, and the development of new
educational programs for the ACGME.
Prior to joining the ACGME in 2008, Dr. Brigham served since 1989 in several capacities at Jefferson
Medical College, including associate dean for graduate medical education and continuing medical
education and, most recently, as senior associate dean for organizational development and chief
of staff and associate professor of medicine. Dr. Brigham has been involved in physician faculty
development, resident education and chief resident and program director development. He is
widely sought after as a teacher, speaker, group facilitator, and consultant in a variety of areas
including resident stress and well-being; chief resident, program director and chairperson leadership
development; medical student, resident and faculty teaching development; and group and team
organizational development.
Dr. Brigham holds a PhD in psychological studies in education from Temple University, a master’s
degree in counseling and human relations from Villanova University, a master’s of divinity from
Palmer Theological Seminary, and a bachelor’s from Eastern University.
Timothy P. Brigham, MDiv, PhD
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Speaker Biographies
Derrick is a primary instructor for the University of Pennsylvania Resilience
Program, delivering skills on the science of resilience and well-being to
individuals and organizations. As part of the team at Penn, he has delivered
and facilitated resilience workshops for the United States Army, the Oklahoma
City Thunder, St. Peter’s College of Australia, and the University of Texas.
He also consults organizations on well-being science and the application of positive psychology
interventions. He is an instructor and coach for the Quiet Leadership Institute led by Susan Cain,
the author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking, helping organizations
including NASA, LinkedIn, and GE enhance the well-being of both introvert and extrovert employees.
He is also an advisor for Happify, a website that integrates the science of positive psychology into
web- and app-based tools that support users in overcoming anxiety, stress, and other challenges
to their well-being. Derrick has led experiential learning courses on leadership and resilience for
business schools such as the Wharton, Columbia Business School, and Darden at the University of
Virginia and businesses including Intel, McKinsey, and Waste Management.
He has researched learning, talent, and what makes people great in psychology labs at Harvard, Yale,
and the University of Pennsylvania. Derrick holds a B.S. in Mathematics from MIT and a Master of
Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Derrick and his beautiful wife live
in central Connecticut.
John Duval is the former Chief Executive Officer of Virginia Commonwealth
University Hospitals and Clinics of the Virginia Commonwealth University
Health System in Richmond, Virginia and is currently special assistant to the
Vice President of Health Sciences and CEO of VCU Health System. As former
CEO of this three hospital, 1,126 bed system, including more than 700 faculty and 705 resident
physicians, he oversaw the day-to-day activities of the academic medical center. His responsibilities
included overall responsibility for the hospital and clinics strategic planning, service, quality and
safety, performance management and improvement, financial management, workforce development
and community outreach.
Mr. Duval earned his BS in biological sciences from the University of California Irvine in 1976
and earned his Masters in Business Administration from the same institution in 1981. Prior to
joining Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, he served as Chief Operating Officer
of University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona. Prior to joining University Medical Center, he
served in executive leadership roles at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and the
University of California, Irvine Medical Center.
Derrick Carpenter, MAPP
John F. Duval, MBA
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Mr. Duval served on the Boards of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education
(ACGME) as chair, and is a member of the Richmond Industry Roundtable of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond. He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Mr. Duval also
serves on the Board of the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association and is a former member of
the Vizient AMC Network Board of Managers. He has also served on the Boards of the American Red
Cross for the Capital Region, the Valentine Richmond History Center, and the Boys and Girls Clubs
of Metro Richmond. Mr. Duval has published numerous articles, monographs and book chapters.
Sydney Ey, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Oregon
Health and Science University, Associate Director, OHSU Resident and Faculty
Wellness Program (RFWP). Dr. Ey is a clinical psychologist who received her
Ph.D. at the University of Vermont and completed her internship at Judge
Baker Children's Center/Boston Children's Hospital. She was involved in training psychologists in
graduate programs before coming to OHSU to help with developing a wellness program for residents
and fellows. Dr. Ey conducted research with at-risk youth on optimism and coping and with medical
students and residents on attitudes about seeking counseling and the role of perfectionism and the
Imposter Phenomenon. In addition to providing resilience building workshops, participating in
program development and evaluation, she provides individual counseling and coaching to residents,
fellows, and faculty.
Colleen Kannaday is President of Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, a 210 bed
Acute Care Hospital in Normal, Illinois as well as Advocate Eureka Hospital, a
25 bed Critical Access Hospital in Eureka, Illinois. Both organizations are part
of Advocate Health Care, the largest not-for-profit health care system in the
state of Illinois.
Prior to joining Advocate, Colleen served as the Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer
and then President of St. Francis Hospital & Health Center in Blue Island, Illinois. She was also
Vice President of Operations at St. Eugene Community Hospital in Dillon, South Carolina. Both St.
Francis and St. Eugene were members of SSM Health Care, a Catholic system based in
St. Louis, Missouri and the first healthcare recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
Colleen holds a Master's degree in Health Care Administration from St. Louis University and a
Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. She
is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Colleen and her husband Kim live in
Bloomington and are the proud parents of two children.
Sydney Ey, PhD
Colleen L. Kannaday, FACHE
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Dr. Katznelson received his MD from UCLA after receiving a BS from University
of California, Berkeley. He completed his internal medicine residency training
at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, followed by
an endocrinology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Dr.
Katznelson joined the Harvard Medical School faculty in the Neuroendocrine Unit. Dr. Katznelson is
currently Professor of Neurosurgery and Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism) at the Stanford
School of Medicine, and medical director of the Pituitary Center. He is the Associate Dean of Graduate
Medical Education at Stanford, as well as the Chair of the GME Committee. His endocrinology
research interests involve pituitary disorders. Dr. Katznelson is dedicated to developing interventions
to improve wellness in the graduate medical education community.
John B. Mcwhorter, Chief Operating Officer, Baylor Scott & White Health has
over 20 years’ experience with BSWH and its predecessor organizations. In his
current role, he is responsible for 34 hospitals including both wholly owned and
partnerships, with 882 clinics and patient care sites representing $6 billion
in revenues, 34,000 employees and 6,000 physicians. In his role as President of Baylor University
Medical Center, he oversaw a 1065-bed not-for-profit academic Medical Center with over $1 billion
in annual revenue. Baylor University Medical Center has been nationally recognized for 20 years as
a U.S. News and World Report best hospital and most recently was recognized as the best hospital
in Dallas-Fort Worth and second in the state.
He completed his Doctor of Science in Healthcare Administration from the University of Alabama
Birmingham in 2012, and a Masters’ Degree in Health Administration from the same program in
1985. Prior leadership positions include several executive positions for Baylor Health Care System,
Methodist Hospitals of Dallas, and St Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock, Arkansas.
John is active in the community having served on the Salvation Army Board, Greater Dallas YMCA
Board of Directors, Need Him Ministries, Garland Chamber of Commerce, Dallas Chamber Health
Councils, Chairman of the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council, and served on the Southwest
Transplant Alliance Board. He and his wife Suzanne, along with their two children Chip and Allie
are also active in Park Cities Baptist Church and Buckner International.
Speaker Biographies
Laurence Katznelson, MD
John McWhorter, DSc
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Dr. Nasca is the chief executive officer of the ACGME and ACGME International.
He is professor of medicine and molecular physiology at Sidney Kimmel Medical
College of Thomas Jefferson University, and Senior Scholar in the Department
of Medical Education of the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine.
Dr. Nasca is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with High Honors, and an Alpha Omega
Alpha graduate of Jefferson Medical College. Dr. Nasca is certified by the American Board of Internal
Medicine in internal medicine and nephrology. Prior to assuming the leadership role of the ACGME,
Dr. Nasca was senior vice president for Academic Affairs of Thomas Jefferson University, the
Anthony F. and Gertrude M. DePalma Dean of Jefferson Medical College, and president of Jefferson
University Physicians. He left the deanship at Jefferson to assume the leadership of the ACGME
in December 2007, and in May 2009 he became the founding CEO of ACGME International, LLC.
Dr. Nasca has been a member of, and held leadership positions in many of the profession’s important
organizations, including the American College of Physicians, the Association of Program Directors
in Internal Medicine, the Federated Council for Internal Medicine, the Alliance for Academic
Internal Medicine, the National Board of Medical Examiners, the Exchange Commission for Foreign
Medical Graduates, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Council on Graduate Medical
Education, the Residency Review Committee for Internal Medicine, and the Liaison Committee on
Medical Education. Among many honors and honorary degrees, Dr. Nasca has received the Dema
C. Daley Founders Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine Education from APDIM, the Rev.
Clarence Shaffrey, S.J. Award from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, the Jefferson Medical
College Alumni Achievement Award, and the Founders Award from the Dr. Tom Dooley Society
of the University of Notre Dame. He was named one of the 50 most powerful/influential physician
executives in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 by Modern Healthcare. He is the author of over 120
peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and other publications, and has delivered more than 350 invited
lectures and presentations worldwide on topics related to medical education.
Kevin J. Nokels, FACHE, is President of CHI Health Creighton University
Medical Center Bergan Mercy. In this new role he is accountable for leading
the transformation of Bergan Mercy and Creighton University Medical Center
to create the new Creighton University Medical Center Bergan Mercy that will
open in June 2017. In addition to this role Kevin is also the executive leader for the health systems’
laboratory, trauma and food and nutrition service lines.
Kevin has been with CHI Health/Alegent Health since 1992. He served as the leader for marketing,
planning and strategy from 1992 to 1996 at Immanuel Health System, and when Alegent Health
was formed in 1996, he became the leader for planning. In 2000, Kevin became the Chief Integration
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Thomas Nasca, MD, MACP
Kevin J . Nokels, FACHE
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Officer where he led integration and standardization of operations while overseeing more than $225
million in construction, including a new hospital. From 2004 to 2012 he served as Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer/President for CHI Health Midlands Hospital. Prior to joining CHI Health/
Alegent Health, he served as the Manager of Research and Planning for St. Cloud Hospital in St.
Cloud, Minnesota.
Kevin received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Saint John’s University and a Master of
Business Administration from St. Cloud State University. He serves on the boards of the Nebraska
Hospital Association, FBI Citizen’s Academy Alumni, Prairie Health Ventures, Nebraska Hospital
Association Research & Education Foundation and Bergan Mercy ASC. Kevin and Dawn his wife are
the parents of two daughters.
James O. Pawelski, PhD, is Director of Education and Senior Scholar in the
Positive Psychology Center and has received an appointment as adjunct
associate professor of religious studies in the School of Arts and Sciences at the
University of Pennsylvania. Having earned a doctorate in philosophy, he is the
author of The Dynamic Individualism of William James and of articles on the history of philosophy
and its application to human development. He has served as editor of the philosophy section of the
Oxford Handbook of Happiness, co-editor of The Eudaimonic Turn: Well-Being in Literary Studies,
and co-editor of On Human Flourishing: A Poetry Anthology. Dr. Pawelski has just completed a
grant from the Templeton Religion Trust to further his studies into “The Humanities and the Science
of Well-Being: Toward a Strategic Collaboration for Understanding, Measuring, and Cultivating
Human Flourishing.” An international keynote speaker who regularly makes presentations in
Spanish as well as English, he has given talks in more than 20 countries on six continents. He holds
a number of key leadership positions, including founding executive director of the International
Positive Psychology Association (IPPA), member of the steering committee of the International
Positive Education Network (IPEN), and president of the William James Society. For the last
ten years, he has served as the founding director of Penn’s Master of Applied Positive Psychology
(MAPP) program, where he teaches courses on positive interventions and the humanities and
human flourishing. Dr. Pawelski is the recipient of a Practice Excellence Award from the Ministry
of Education of the People’s Republic of China, as well as the Humanitarian Innovation Award for
the Humanities, Arts, and Culture from the Humanities Innovation Forum at the United Nations.
He has been featured in major U.S. and international media, including the New York Times, U.S.
News and World Report, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Chronicle of Higher Education, People’s
Daily (China), El Norte (Mexico), and Perfil (Argentina), and he has appeared on various television
networks such as NBC (The Today Show), Globo, Univisión, and Toronto Public Television.
James O. Pawelski , PhD
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Spence M. Taylor, MD, FACS is President of the Greenville Health System and
Professor of Surgery at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Greenville as well as Professor in the Clemson University School of Health
Research. Dr Taylor, joined the Greenville Health System (GHS), South
Carolina's largest integrated health care delivery system, in 1992 and is the first physician to be
named its leader in the health system's 103 year history.
Before taking his current leadership role, Dr. Taylor served as the system's Vice President of
Physician Engagement and Chief Academic Officer. He has also previously served as GHS' Vice
President of Academics, Designated Institutional Official (DIO), Executive Director of the University
Medical Group, (GHS's 1900 member employed health care provider group) and chairman and
program director for the Department of Surgery.
Under his leadership, GHS has experienced unprecedented growth and advancement in academics.
Dr. Taylor was the architect and led the development of the University of South Carolina School of
Medicine Greenville, which attained LCME Preliminary accreditation in 2011 and graduated its
charter class in May 2016. Prior to this, he also led the expansion of the general surgery residency,
creating the state's first vascular surgery residency, and developing a minimal access surgery
fellowship and vascular medicine fellowship.
In addition to his roles with GHS, Dr. Taylor serves in a leadership capacity for a number of
professional organizations. Currently, he is vice chair-elect of the American Board of Surgery and
will serve as chair beginning in 2018. He is also immediate past president and current council
member for the Southern Surgical Association.
Dr. Taylor is a practicing surgeon certified by the American Board of Surgery in general surgery,
general vascular surgery, and is a registered vascular technologist. He has authored numerous book
chapters, abstracts, and journal articles. He also holds the academic appointment of professor at the
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, University of South Carolina School of
Medicine Columbia and Clemson University.
Dr. Taylor earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Clemson University and a medical
degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. He completed
his internship and general surgery residency at the Medical University of South Carolina and a
residency in peripheral vascular surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
Spence M. Taylor, MD, FACS
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Kevin B. Weiss, MD, MPH, has devoted his medical career to issues of health
care quality, equity and access to care, and training physicians and other health
care providers in healthcare improvement. As ACGME’s Senior Vice President
for Institutional Accreditation, he is responsible for the new Clinical Learning
Environment Review (C.L.E.R.) Program. He also co-Chairs the C.L.E.R. Evaluation Committee,
and oversees the ACGME’s Institutional Review Committee’s accreditation activities.
Prior to coming to the ACGME, Dr. Weiss served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the
American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) from 2007 to 2012. While at ABMS he broadened
public involvement in the Board’s activities; implemented both its Ethics and Professionalism and
Health and Public Policy Programs; established alignment with Maintenance of Licensure; and, as
part of the Affordable Care Act, aligned Maintenance of Certification with the Medicare Physician
Quality Reporting Initiative, and established ABMS-International.
He has served various roles on committees for the National Quality Forum, the National Committee
for Quality Assurance, and the AMA’s Physicians Consortium for Performance Improvement. He
has served as a member of the American College of Physicians’ (ACP) Board of Regents and chaired
its committees for clinical guidelines, and performance measurement. Dr. Weiss currently serves
on the Board of Directors for the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates and has
served on committees for the Institute of Medicine, including those which developed the reports,
“Crossing the Quality Chasm” and “Identifying Priority Areas for Quality Improvement.”
Over the years Dr. Weiss has conducted federally funded U.S. and international epidemiological and
health services research projects related to guideline implementation, chronic care management,
outcomes measurement, quality improvement and health care equity, and has published over 200
articles, reviews, books, book chapters and monographs. In 2005 Dr. Weiss established the first
U.S. graduate-level Masters’ and PhD degree programs in Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality at
Northwestern University.
Dr. Weiss is board certified in Internal Medicine. He also maintains a role as Professor of Medicine
in the Division of General Medicine and in the Center for Healthcare Studies in the Feinberg School
of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
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Kevin B. Weiss, MD, MPH
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Rowen K. Zetterman, MD is an internist, gastroenterologist, and hepatologist
and a Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical
Center (UNMC) where he is the Director of Faculty Mentorship Programs
and Associate Vice Chancellor for Planning. He is Dean Emeritus, Creighton
University School of Medicine and a former Chief of Staff for the Nebraska-Western Iowa VA Health
Care System. Dr. Zetterman has served in leadership positions as President of the American College
of Gastroenterology (ACG), Chair of both the Board of Governors and the Board of Regents of the
American College of Physicians (ACP), as President of the Metropolitan Omaha Medical Society
(MOMS), and as President of the Nebraska Medical Association (NMA). He is a recipient of the
Alfred Stengel Award for Outstanding Service (ACP), the Berk-Fise Clinical Achievement Award
(ACG), and the Distinguished Service to Medicine Award (NMA). He is currently Chair of the Board
of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and an ACP delegate to the
American Medical Association (AMA) where he is a past-chair of the AMA Council on Legislation.
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Rowen K. Zetterman,MD, MACP, MACG
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