Nancy-Ann DeParle and Dr. Scott Gottlieb Join Executives from Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Novartis to Shape the Future of Healthcare at Columbia Business School

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- On February 24, 2017, Columbia Business School's Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program will host the 13^th Annual Healthcare Conference. This year's event, "Shaping Healthcare's Future: Delivering Value along the Continuum of Care," will feature an in-depth conversation with Nancy-Ann DeParle, an architect of the Affordable Care Act, and Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former FDA official. The conversation will focus on the future of healthcare reform and the uncertainty around the Affordable Care Act, as well as what any "repeal and replace" moves by the current administration may look like and how they would impact patients, insurers, etc.

Joaquin Duato, Executive Vice President and Worldwide Chairman from Johnson & Johnson, will kick off the day with a keynote address, which will be followed by other panel discussions including executives from Merck, Novartis and BMS.  

A full agenda for the event can be found here:
https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/healthcare/conference/agenda

Who:
This year's featured speakers include:

• Nancy-Ann DeParle, Partner, Consonance Capital; Former Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy to President Barack Obama and ACA Architect
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Senior Fellow, BDO Center for Healthcare Excellence and Innovation
• Joaquin Duato, Executive Vice President and Worldwide Chairman, Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson
• Alan Bash, CBS '99- Vice President, World Wide Commercialization, BMS
• Joseph Conte, Executive Director, Staten Island Performing Provider System
• Natasha Deckman, MD- SVP and COO, Consumer Solutions Group, Optum
• David Evans, Director, US Pricing and Value Based Contracting Strategy, Merck
• Arun Gupta, CEO, Quartet
• Dan McCarthy, MBA- President and COO, HealthFirst
• Natasha Nanavati, CBS '10- Co-founder of Docphin, Health Team to Facebook
• Brian Nester, CBS '04, DO, MS, MBA, CPE, FACOEP- CEO, Lehigh Valley Health Network
• Michael Paas, CBS '99- VP, Market Access, Regeneron
• Steve  Rosen, Leader, Diagnostic Strategy, Novartis Oncology
• Hal Teitelbaum, MD, CBS '98- CEO, Crystal Run Healthcare

When:
Friday, February 24, 2017, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

Where:
Intercontinental Barclay
111 East 48^th Street
New York City

About Columbia Business School
Columbia Business School is the only world-class, Ivy League business school that delivers a learning experience where academic excellence meets with real-time exposure to the pulse of global business. Led by Dean Glenn Hubbard, the School's transformative curriculum bridges academic theory with unparalleled exposure to real-world business practice, equipping students with an entrepreneurial mindset that allows them to recognize, capture, and create opportunity in any business environment. The thought leadership of the School's faculty and staff, combined with the accomplishments of its distinguished alumni and position in the center of global business, means that the School's efforts have an immediate, measurable impact on the forces shaping business every day. To learn more about Columbia Business School's position at the very center of business, please visit gsb.columbia.edu.   

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