PRE-CONFERENCE: Wednesday, September 13th
Time / Event
(HYATT REGENCY ALBUQUERQUE)
9am-11:30am / Research Symposium-Part 1 of 2: ECHO ACT & Harmonized Metrics Discussion
10am-12pm / Registration for GE Pre-Conference Trainings
11am-12:30pm / Deli lunch buffet for Research Symposium and GE Leadership Training Participants
12:30pm-5pm / Research Symposium-Part 2 of 2: Partner Abstracts & Commentary
12pm-5pm / GE Pre-Conference Leadership Training: Leader as Coach
12pm-5pm / GE Pre-Conference Leadership Training: Change Acceleration Process
CONFERENCE: Wednesday, September 13th
Time / Event
(ALBUQUERQUE CONVENTION CENTER)
12pm-6pm / Registration, IT Desk, Poster Set-Up
6pm-8:30pm / Opening Reception & Keynote Speaker
Ann Rhoades- President, People Ink
Day ONE: Thursday, September 14th
Time / Event
5:30am-6:15am / 3-mile Run-to-the-Rio
6:30am-7:45am / Breakfast
8:00am-9:00am / Welcome and Opening Session
Susan Dentzer- President & CEO, The Network for Excellence in Health Innovation
Dr. Sanjeev Arora- Director, Project ECHO
Dr. David Barash- Executive Director and Chief Medical Officer, GE Foundation
9:00am-9:30am / ECHO Talks
·  Carissa McGee- Community Faculty, New Mexico Peer Education Program
·  Alicia Curran- Site Coordinator for the Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network at the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Parent Panelist on the ECHO Autism Expert Hub Team at the University of Missouri
·  Dr. Eric Arzubi- Chair of the Billings Clinic Department of Psychiatry, President of the Big Sky Regional Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
9:30am-10:00am / Fireside Chat with David Panzirer-Trustee, The Helmsley Charitable Trust
10:00am-10:20am / Break & Poster Session
10:20am-11:10am / Cancer Panel
Dr. Patricia Doykos- Director, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Dr. Roopa Hariprasad- Scientist-D, Division of Clinical Oncology, National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Researc (NICPR)
Dr. Kathleen Schmeler- Associate Professor in the Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine and the Director of the colposcopy clinics at MD Anderson Cancer Center and their partner public institution, Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) Hospital
Dr. Brenda Kostelecky-National Cancer Institute
11:10am-11:30am / Keynote Address: Jeff Bradach- Managing Partner and Co-Founder, The Bridgespan Group
11:30am-11:45am / Transition to Lunch
11:45am-1:00pm / “Idea Exchange” Lunch with Keynote Address
Dennis Wagner-Director, Quality Improvement and Innovation Group, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
1:00pm-1:15pm / Transition
1:15pm-2:05pm / Education Panel
Sandy Root-Elledge- Executive Director, Wyoming Institute for Disabilities at the University of Wyoming, College of Health Sciences
Canyon Hardesty- Director of Community Education, Wyoming Institute for Disabilities at the University of Wyoming, College of Health Sciences
Anuruda Rai- Executive Director, Ambience Institute
Peggy Monteith-Director Student Support Services, Pack County School District #6
1:15pm-2:05pm / Palliative Care
Dr. Max Watson- Hospice United Kingdom (UK)
Dr. Sriram Yennu- Associate Professor, Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dr. Suresh Reddy-Professor, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Nandini Vallath-Visiting Consultant and Project Director, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, India
1:15pm-2:05pm / Lessons from Aunt Edna: Prevent fractures now
Dr. Mike Lewiecki-Director of New Mexico Cllinical Research & Osteoporosis Center, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of Bone Health ECHO
Dr. Matt Bouchonville—Medical Director, University of New Mexico Endo ECHO
Cara Brock-Certified Physician Assistant, Michigan Neurosurgical Institute, PC
Dr. Avery Jackson-Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director, Michigan Neurosurgical Institute, PC
Debbie Meyers, Certified Nurse Practioner, Sage Health Care for Women
Dr. Tom Oleginski- University of New Mexico Fracture Liasion Service (FLS) ECHO
2:05pm-2:15pm / Transition
2:15pm-3:05pm / ECHO and Value-based Care
Dr. John “Fred” Thomas-Executive Director, ECHO Colorado
Dr. Michael Hasselberg-Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Nursing, University of Rochester Medical Center
2:15pm-3:05pm / Pediatrics
Dr. Fan Tait- Program Director, American Academy of Physicians
Dr. Stephen Messner-Endowed Chair for Child Protection, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
2:15pm-3:05pm / Getting Governments to Champion your ECHO
Martin Hayes-Integrated Care Partnership Project Director, Health and Social Care Board, Northern Ireland
Dr. Karen Edison-Chair, Department of Dermatology, University of Missouri
3:05pm-3:15pm / Transition
3:15pm-4:05pm / India Panel
Sapphira Goradia- Executive Director, Goradia Foundation
Dr. Radha Dhiman- Additional Professor in the Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
Dr. Sunil Anand-Executive Director, ECHO India
Dr. Prabhat Chand- Professor, Department of Psychiatry at the Center for Addiction Medicine, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India
3:15pm-4:05pm / Veterans Affairs Panel
4:05pm-4:25pm / ECHO Talks
·  Dr. Norman “Buddy” Sussman- Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Abdominal Transplantation and the Medical Director of the Project ECHO for the Baylor College of Medicine and Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, in Houston, TX
·  Dr. Jonathan Wolfe- Director of Information Technology, ECHO Institute
4:25pm-5:00pm / Break
5:00pm-6:15pm / Collaboratives -Session 1 of 2
1.  Autism
2.  Bone Health
3.  Cancer
4.  Community Health Workers
5.  Endocrinology
6.  Hepatitis B, C, Liver Disease
7.  Pediatrics
8.  Program Management & Clinic Coordination
9.  Quality Improvement
6:15pm--7:00pm / Cocktails & Posters
7:00pm-8:30pm / Dinner & Keynote Address
8:30pm-10:30pm / The Pink Flamingos Show & Dance Party
Day TWO: Friday, September 15th
Time / Event
5:30am-6:15am / 3-mile Run-to-the-Rio
6:30am-7:45am / Walk-Around Breakfast
7:00am-7:45am / Hot Air Balloon Inflation and Tethering on Civic Plaza
8:00am-8:50am / The US Government Response to the Pain and Addiction Epidemics
Dr. Joanna Katzman- Professor, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Director-UNM Hospital Pain Center
Captain Tony Satterfield- Program Management Officer Telehealth and Telementoring, Defense Health Agency
Dr. Joseph W. Frank-
Dr. Chris Fore-
8:50am-9:10am / ECHO Talks
·  Captain Randy Sanches- Rio Arriba County Sheriffs Office
Dr. Bruce Strumminger- Associate Director, ECHO Institute
9:10am-10:00am / ECHO in Community Health Centers
Craig Kennedy- Executive Director, Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
Dr. Mike Witte- Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, California Primary Care Association
Dr. Judith Steinberg- Chief Medical Officer, Health Resources & Services Administration
Dr. David Johnson- Medical Director, First Nations Community Healthsource
10:00am-10:20am / Transition & Posters
10:20am-11:10am / Opioid Panel
Adam Metcalf- Behavioral Health Therapist, University of New Mexico Truman Health Services
Dr. Kim Johnson- Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) at the US Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. Charity Holder- Physician, Cherokee Nation Health Center
Dr. Peter Selby- Chief of Primary Care, Director of Medical Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
11:10am-11:25am / ECHO Talk
Dr. Norah Terrault- Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Viral Hepatitis Center at the University of California San Francisco
11:25am-11:35am / Transition to Lunch
11:35am-12:50pm / Lunch with Keynote Address
12:50pm-1:00pm / Transition
1:00pm-2:30pm / Partner Presentations
1.  American Academy of Pediatrics
2.  Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
3.  Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
4.  ECHO Institute
5.  ECHO Ontario Chronic Pain and Opioid Stewardship
6.  ECHO Ontario Mental Health at CAMH and UT
7.  HealthInsight
8.  Johns Hopkins University
9.  ICAP in Kenya
10.  Kennedy Krieger Institute Network for Early Childhood Tele-health
11.  Northeast Ohio Medical University
12.  Partners HealthCare
13.  University of Missouri Show-Me ECHO
14.  The Fenway Institute
15.  University of Chicago, Americares, Loyola University
16.  University of Rochester
17.  University of Washington
18.  University of Wyoming
2:30pm-2:45pm / Transition
2:45pm-3:35pm / Autism Panel
Dr. Kristin Sohl- Associate Professor of Clinical Child Health at the University of Missouri, Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Dr. Tom Frazier- Chief Science Officer, Autism Speaks
Dr. Evelyn Aboagye- Pediatrician, Mercy Clinic Pediatrics-Rolla
Dr. Eric Moody- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Coordinator of Research and Evaluation at the University of Wyoming
2:45pm-3:35pm / TB/HIV Panel
Dr. Bruce Strumminger-Associate Director, ECHO Institute
Dr. Maureen Kamene Kamene- Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Kenya
2:45pm-3:35pm / Growing Successful ECHOS
Dr. Sanjeev Arora-Director, ECHO Institute
Dr. Terry Box- University of Utah
Dr. Daniel Johnson-University of Chicago
Dr. Evan Klass-University of Nevada
Dr. John Scott-University of Washington
3:35pm-3:45pm / Transition
3:45pm-4:45pm / Collaboratives- 2 of 2
1.  Chronic Pain
2.  Education
3.  Hepatitis C Elimination
4.  HIV/Infectious Diseases
5.  Impact / Return on Investment
6.  Palliative Care
7.  Rheumatology
8.  Substance Use Disorder
4:45pm-6:00pm / Break
6:00pm-7:00pm / Cocktails
7:00-9:00pm / Dinner, Keynote Speaker & Poster Awards
Senator Bill Cassidy-United States Senator (R), Louisiana
Day THREE: Saturday, September, 16th
Time / Event
8:00am / Continental Breakfast
8:30am-10:00am / Workshops I
Policy Session 1 of 2: Medicaid Collaborative—update on past 18 months
Facilitation Skills—Creating a Successful teleECHO Environment
Clinic Coordination Round Table & Introduction of the Clinic Communications Guide
iECHO Data
ECHO Evaluation Toolkit from the New York Academy of Medicine
10:00am-10:30am / Coffee Break
10:30am-12:00pm / Workshops II (*= repeat of Workshop I sessions)
Policy Session 2 of 2: ECHO Act, Working with Your Government Officials
*Facilitation Skills—Creating a Successful teleECHO Environment
*Clinic Coordination Round Table & Introduction of the Clinic Communications Guide
*iECHO Data
*ECHO Evaluation Toolkit from New York Academy of Medicine
IMMERSION TRAINING FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDEES BEGINS MONDAY, September 18

ALL SESSIONS SUBJECT TO RESCHEDULING UNTIL FINAL AGENDA IS POSTED Last Updated: July 13, 2017