KEYNOTE SPEAKER INFORMATION:

Garth Graham, MD

A cardiologist, researcher and public health expert, Garth Graham joined Google as Head of Healthcare and Public Health. He previously served in two US administrations as US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and was Assistant Dean for Health Policy and Chief of Health Services Research in the department of medicine at the University of Florida School of Medicine. He also served as President of the Aetna Foundation as well as Vice President & Chief Community Health Officer at CVS Health. He currently sits on several boards, including the Advisory Council to the Director of the NIH, the Institute of Medicine Board on Population Health, and the board of the National Quality Forum.

An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, Garth obtained his MD at Yale University School of Medicine, MPH at Yale School of Public Health, Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Cardiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins. He holds three board certifications including internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology. He also holds an honorary doctorate of laws from Regis College and an honorary doctorate from Eastern Virginia Medical School. In 2021, the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine inaugurated the Garth N. Graham Distinguished Lectureship Award, which spotlights trail blazers who are leading the creation and advancement of health equity.

Yohuru Williams, PhD

Dr. Yohuru Williams is the Distinguished University Chair and Professor of History and Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas. He received his PhD from Howard University in 1998. Dr. Williams is the author, co-author, and editor of eleven books, including Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter and More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom, which was longlisted for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature. His new book, King: A Life, adapted for young readers, was released in January.

Dr. Williams has appeared on a variety of local and national television and radio programs, including the History Channel, CNN, Fox Business News, NPR, BET, and ABC. His scholarly articles have been published in the American Bar Association's Insights on Law and Society and the Journal of Civil and Human Rights.

FACULTY:

Tori Bahr, MD – Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Section Chief of Pediatrics, Gillette Children’s; Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics 

Jo Barta, MD – Pediatric Craniofacial and Plastic Surgeon, Gillette Children’s 

Hiba Bashir, MD, FAAAAI – Clinical Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology

Christopher Carter, MD – Pediatric Cardiologist; Associate Chief of Cardiology, Co-Director of Electrophysiology, Children’s Heart Clinic 

Alex Coyne, PA-C - Advanced Practice Provider, ENT & Facial Plastic Surgery, Children's Minnesota

Caroline George, MD – Pediatric Critical Care Physician, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Otto Bremer Trust Center for Safe and Health Children; University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital 

Allison Golnik, MD, MPH, FMCP-M – Pediatric Functional and Integrative Medicine, Penny George Institute of Health and Healing, Allina 

Sara Gonzalez, PhD, LP – Pediatric Psychologist, Clinical Director, Behavioral Health Services, Children’s Minnesota 

Jordan Marmet, MD - Pediatrician, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota; Division Director of Peds Hospital Medicine: Masonic Children's & Ridges hospitals

Cynthia Nicholson, MD – Pediatric Dermatologist, University of Minnesota, Department of Dermatology, Masonic Children's Hospital

Sara Polley, MD, FASAM, FAPA – Child, Adolescent, Adult, Addiction Psychiatrist, Vantage Mental Health 

Molly Sajady, DO – Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician, Developmental Pediatrics Clinic, Children’s Minnesota 

Samantha Sommerness, PhD(c), DNP, APRN, CNM -

Patsy Stinchfield, MS, CPNP-PC - Senior Director, (retired), Professional Staff Member, Children's Minnesota; Immediate Past-President of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)

Doung Tu, MD – Pediatric Urology, University of Minnesota Urology 

PLANNING COMMITTEE:

Lara Al-Ejeilat, MD, M Health Fairview
Tori Bahr, MD, FAAP, Gillette's Children's
Jeff Bauer, Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Emily Bruggeman, PharmD, Children's Minnesota
Brandi Buczynski, University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics
Dessa Kabatay Burt, MD, M Health Fairview
Eileen Crespo, MD, Hennepin Healthcare
Bryan Fate, MD, Children's Minnesota
Cheri Friedrich, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, FNAP, University of Minnesota
Kade Goepferd, MD, FAAP, Children's Minnesota
Mary Grimm, Children's Minnesota
Kim Honcharenko, RN, CHCP, Children's Minnesota
Hanna Jorgenson, Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Tracey McGuinn, MD, Children's Minnesota
Jordan Marmet, MD, University of Minnesota
Erin Martin APRN, CPNP, Children's Minnesota
Valerie Norris, MD, FAAP, Allina Health East Lake Street Clinic; Native American Community Clinic
Laura Rich, PharmD, Children's Minnesota
Emily Borman Shoap, MD, FAAP, University of Minnesota 
Katie Smentek, MD, FAAP, Mankato Clinic
Ilze Vogel, Children's Minnesota

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