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GHX Summit 2026 Learning Tracks
Discover learning tracks that address today’s most critical priorities—from managing risk and improving operations to advancing digital transformation and clinical collaboration. Choose your path, expand your perspective and gain the tools you need to move forward with confidence.
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| Time | Name | Speakers | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Registration Desk Open | ||
| 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Welcome Reception and Summit Central Grand Opening |
| Time | Name | Speakers | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6:30 AM - 7:30 AM | Sunrise 5K Run/Walk | ||
| 6:30 AM - 3:00 PM | Registration Desk Open | ||
| 7:00 AM - 8:45 AM | Breakfast | ||
| 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Sponsor Breakfast N' Learn: Oracle | ||
| 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Infor Breakfast n’ Learn: Accelerating Supply Chain Efficiency Through the Infor & GHX Partnership | ||
| 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Sponsor Breakfast N' Learn: Workday | ||
| 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Keynote: Power of Human Will and Resilience | Travis Mills, War Hero, Best-Selling Author, | |
| 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Break | ||
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | From Firehose to Framework: A Better New Product Request Process | Andria Davis, MBA, CMRP, Director, Strategic Sourcing, Contracting and Value Analysis, VCU Health Deborah E. Avalos, MBA, MSN, RN, Director of Procurement Services, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Mallory Garner, Sr. Solutions Advisor, Clinical lntegration, GHX | Clinical Integration & Value-Based Collaboration |
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | Reshaping Healthcare Financial Efficiency through GHX Invoice and Payment Solutions | Amanda Shaw, Director, Procurement and Sourcing, Eskenazi Health Kevin Weier, Executive Director, Purchasing and Integration, Avera Health Shannon Gibson, Customer Success Manager, GHX | Digital Transformation & Data-Driven Supply Chains |
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | Rethinking Vendor Access: Building Safer, Stronger Healthcare Partnerships | Allen Wish, Senior Director of Strategic Sourcing and Clinical Value Analysis, Inova Health System Kellen Painter, Director, Strategic Sourcing and Clinical Value Analysis, Inova Health System | From Risk to Readiness |
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | Progress to Perfection: KARL STORZ’s Digital Order Transformation | Carlene Meyer, Senior Operations Manager, E-Commerce, Customer Support, KARL STORZ | Operational Excellence & Performance Improvement |
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | Smarter Supply Chains: Using AI to Predict, Prevent and Power Performance | Jayne Nelson, Sr. Solution Engineer, GHX | Solution Studio |
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | Industry Outlook: From Cost to Care Excellence: Applying the AHVAP Standards of Practice to Facilitate Evidence-Based Decision Making | J. Hudson Garrett Jr., Ph.D., Executive Director and Executive Vice President, Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals, Inc. (AHVAP) | Strategic Leadership & Industry Outlook |
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | Optimizing Item Master Workflows with GHX Exchange & Marketplace | Eileen Rivera-Lane, Business Analyst-CSO, Eskenazi Health Laura Hombs, Customer Success Manager IV, GHX Sigfrido “Frido” Pagan, Vice President of Supply Chain, Eskenazi Health | User Group |
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | Advancing Innovation in Healthcare Supply Chain: An Award-Winning Provider Approach | Winners Circle | |
| 10:30 AM - 2:45 PM | Summit Central | ||
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Clinical Integration as a Culture, Not a Project | Kelley Young, Director, Supply Chain, End User Engagement, Henry Ford Health, The Resource Group Pat Patton, MD, FACS, Medical Director of Surgical Services, Henry Ford Domini Pelkey, Assistant Vice President, Clinical Resource Management, HealthTrust/HCA Suzanne Smith, BSN, RN, Principle Solution Advisor, GHX Ajit Singh MD, MBA, Division Chief Medical Officer, HCA Healthcare | TriStar Division | Clinical Integration & Value-Based Collaboration |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | The Data Behind Resiliency: AI in Action with Sarasota and LeeSar | Troy Kirchenbauer, Vice President of Technology, LeeSar / CSF Sarah Wickwire, Supply Chain Analyst, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System Brandi Waters, Associate Product Manager, GHX Robert Milano, Executive Director of Supply Chain, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System | Digital Transformation & Data-Driven Supply Chains |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | From Guesswork to Governance: Building Resilient Inventory Operations | Lloyd Gravois, AVP, Supply Chain - Logistics, Ochsner Dr. Casey Sowers, Senior Manager, Contracting, UHealth Christine Cuddyre, Customer Success Manager IV, GHX | From Risk to Readiness |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | From Manual to Scalable: Building Operational Excellence that Lasts | Gina Martin, Sr. Director, Sales Support for U.S, Asia and Americas, AtriCure Heather Peeters, Senior Manager, Customer Service, Merit Medical Jenn Reagan, Director, Customer Service Operations, Arthrex Danie Brown, Manager of Small & Medium Business Sales-USA, GHX | Operational Excellence & Performance Improvement |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Exception Management Mastery: Tools to Align Price, Data and Exceptions | Alex Thomas, Sr. Solution Engineer, GHX | Solution Studio |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Medtronic and Cleveland Clinic: Building Shared Intelligence with OTIF | Geoff Gates, Sr. Director, SCSS P2P & Technology, Cleveland Clinic Julie Jenison, Americas EDI & OCR Channel Lead, Medtronic Ben Peyronnin, Director, Product Management, GHX | Strategic Leadership & Industry Outlook |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Turning Insight into Impact: Evidence-Led Strategic Sourcing | Terry Dewaratanawanich, MMHC, BSN, RN, Senior Sourcing Officer, Vanderbilt Health Andrew Fowler, Solution Advisor, GHX | User Group |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Driving Operational Excellence Through Digital Transformation: Provider How to Guide | Winners Circle | |
| 12:15 PM - 2:45 PM | GHX Shop Open | ||
| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch | ||
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | No More Tug-of-War: A Better Provider–Supplier Operating Model | Jennifer Browne, BSN, RN, CVAHP, Corporate Director, Value Analysis, LifeBridge Health Meredith Baker, Director Value Based Management, Stanford Healthcare Suzanne Smith, BSN, RN, Principle Solution Advisor, GHX Devon Johnston, Executive Account Director Acute Care Sales, Medline Industries, LP | Clinical Integration & Value-Based Collaboration |
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Insights Beyond Attributes: Master Data Management (MDM) Strategies That Raise the Bar | Vishal Goel, MBA, PMP, Senior Director, Supply Chain, Mount Sinai Health System Les Grant, VP Supply Chain, Beth Israel Lahey Health Franco Sagliocca, MBA, FACHE, Corporate Director, Mount Sinai Health System McNeil Allison, Director, Consulting Services, GHX | Digital Transformation & Data-Driven Supply Chains |
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | From Audit Flag to Risk Shield: UW Medicine's Supply Chain Quality Program | Kamalpreet Dhillon, Assistant Director, Strategic Operations, UW Medicine Stephanie Hughes, Sr. Project Manager, Strategic Sourcing, UW Medicine | From Risk to Readiness |
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Resolving Invoice Barriers Upstream: UPMC's Supplier Collaboration Strategy | Natalie Haubach, Manager, Procure to Pay, UPMC Jeff Giles, ePay Customer Development Manager, GHX | Operational Excellence & Performance Improvement |
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Data That Delivers: How a Clean Item Master Drives Better Decisions and Savings | Jayne Nelson, Sr. Solution Engineer, GHX | Solution Studio |
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Industry Outlook: Empowering Women Leaders Across the Healthcare Supply Chain | Vicky Lyle, DTM, PWH Strategic Oversight Chair, Professional Women in Healthcare (PWH) Ashleigh McLaughlin, PWH Chair, Professional Women in Healthcare (PWH) | Strategic Leadership & Industry Outlook |
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Optimizing Rush Orders: Reducing Risk While Accelerating Workflow | Drew Fite, Senior eCommerce Consultant, Roche Diagnostics Benjamin Molter, Order2Cash Systems Management - Manager, Roche Diagnostics Kara Lynn, Customer Success Manager, GHX | User Group |
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Collaboration & Partnership: Driving Shared Performance Excellence | Winners Circle | |
| 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Break | ||
| 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM | General Session & Welcome | Tina Vatanka Murphy, President and CEO, GHX | |
| 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Transportation to Offsite Event | ||
| 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Offsite Event at Generations Hall |
| Time | Name | Speakers | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6:30 AM - 7:30 AM | Sunrise Yoga | ||
| 7:00 AM - 8:45 AM | GHX Shop Open | ||
| 7:00 AM - 8:45 AM | Breakfast | ||
| 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Information Desk | ||
| 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Keynote: Quality Improvements and Systems Transformations | C. Ann Jordan, President and CEO, Healthcare Financial Management Association | |
| 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Break | ||
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | True Value, Defined: Balancing Cost, Outcomes and Variation | Terry Dewaratanawanich, MMHC, BSN, RN, Senior Sourcing Officer, Vanderbilt Health Patrick Osam, MD, Chief Medical Officer of CQVA/Supply Chain, Baptist Health-Little Rock Joe Samuels, Sr. Service Line Advisor, GHX | Clinical Integration & Value-Based Collaboration |
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | Driving Results with Dashboards and Data: Lessons from AdventHealth | Sean Bubernak, Director Master Data & Contract Administration, Advent Health Wally Fong, Strategic Account Director, GHX | Digital Transformation & Data-Driven Supply Chains |
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | From Data to Direction: How Prisma & Centra Health Transformed Supply Chain Performance | Allison Deaton, Director, Purchasing and MMIS, Centra Health Berri Heinz, CMRP, Director of Capital Procurement, Prisma Health | From Risk to Readiness |
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | Driving Operational Excellence in Pediatric Supply Chain | Natalie Hughes, Manager, Value Analysis & Purchasing, Children's Nebraska Sezin Kilincci, Manager, Content Consulting, GHX | Operational Excellence & Performance Improvement |
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | Automation Without Limits: The Supplier Playbook for End-to-End Digital Orders | Andrea Bundermann, Sr. Solution Engineer, GHX | Solution Studio |
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | CFO Perspectives on Financial Sustainability | Todd Nelson, FHFMA, MBA, Director, Professional Practice & Partner Relationships, Chief Partnership Executive, Healthcare Financial Management Association | Strategic Leadership & Industry Outlook |
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | Elevating eInvoicing Performance: Supplier Strategies Unplugged | Daniel Stehle, Manager, Customer Care, Order Automation, Smith + Nephew Hallie Torrence, Customer Success Manager IV, GHX | User Group |
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | Elevating the Clinically Integrated Supply Chain: How to Progress on the Maturity Curve | Winners Circle | |
| 10:30 AM - 2:45 PM | GHX Shop Open | ||
| 10:30 AM - 2:45 PM | Summit Central | ||
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | The GTIN Project: Aligning UC Health’s Supply Chain | Shawn Boyle, Purchasing Analyst, UC Health Cincinnati McNeil Allison, Director, Consulting Services, GHX | Clinical Integration & Value-Based Collaboration |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Improving Price Accuracy Through Automation and Industry Price Alignment | Angela Walton, VP Supply Chain, Emerus Ryan Schaefer, Manager, MMIS, Avera Health Tim Vierengel, Analytics & Business Intelligence, Sr. Project Manager, Strategic Sourcing, MUSC Phil Hill, Product Manager, GHX | Digital Transformation & Data-Driven Supply Chains |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Medtronic: Driving Perfect Orders and Faster Cash Through Smarter Collaboration | Patrick Schott, Sr. Director, Global Regions Customer Care & Order Operations, Medtronic Shuming Luo, Senior Manager, Global Credit Services, Medtronic Denise Odenkirk, Vice President - Supplier Sales, GHX | Operational Excellence & Performance Improvement |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Mastering Complex Bill Only Orders: Strategies to Streamline, Standardize and Save | April Imel, RN, Sr. Solution Engineer, GHX | Solution Studio |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | From Innovation to Impact: Advancing Federal Healthcare Supply Chains | Derek Cooper, Chief, Medical Materiel & Standardization Division, Defense Health Agency David Hammer, Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs JP Rogers, Strategic Integration Lead, MEDLOG IT PMO, Defense Health Agency Jennifer Kuntz, Program Manager, Medical Logistics IT PMO, J-6, Defense Health Agency Dave Sloniker, VP, Supply Chain Management, TISTA Science & Technology Corporation | Strategic Leadership & Industry Outlook |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | New Rules of Vendor Engagement: Stanford's Approach to Value Analysis & Credentialing | Meredith Baker, Director Value Based Management, Stanford Healthcare Suzanne Smith, BSN, RN, Principle Solution Advisor, GHX | User Group |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Driving Operational Excellence Through Digital Transformation: Supplier How to Guide | Winners Circle | |
| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch | ||
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | From Waste to Value: How Clinical Integration & Automation Scale Device Reprocessing | Amanda Kim, Program Manager-Reprocessing, Clinical Resource Integration, Providence Health Laura Waters, MBA, BSN, RN, CNOR, Senior Manager, Clinical Resource Integration Surgical/Procedural Providence REH Group, Providence Health Guy Love, Director of Business Development, GHX Angelique Beslic, Sr. Director of Supply Chain | Supply Chain Solutions (SCS), Legacy Health Megan Flynn, Manager of Supply Chain Procurement,, Legacy Health | Clinical Integration & Value-Based Collaboration |
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Modernizing Supply Chain at Scale: What Cloud Migration Really Means for Providers | Kim Milliken, Supply Chain Project Lead, Quorum Health Bill Hendrickson, System Director Supply Chain Operations, Hospital Sisters Health System Christine Karlman, Senior Consultant, GHX Angela Jager, System Director, Supply Chain / Procurement, Hospital Sisters Health System | Digital Transformation & Data-Driven Supply Chains |
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Disaster preparedness strategy: Fortifying Supply Chain Resilience | Brent N. Pacanowski, System Director, Supply Chain, Norton Healthcare Alexander Semonite, Senior Director, Supply Chain Optimization, Medline | From Risk to Readiness |
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Breaking Down Barriers to Achieve Higher Perfect Order Rates | Kim Oblinger, Manager, B2B-EDI Implementations, Cardinal Health Jackie Coles, Customer Success Manager, GHX Matthew Vaccarino, Director of Strategic Sourcing, Hospital for Special Surgery | Operational Excellence & Performance Improvement |
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Insight to Action: A Connected Invoice-to-Payment Journey for Providers and Suppliers | Trudy Lotter, Sr. Solution Engineer, GHX | Solution Studio |
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Achieving Top Supply Chain Performance: Gartner, Premier & Provider Insights | Tara Bain, MBA, BSN, RN, CPHQ, Vice President and Executive Director of 100 Top Hospitals, Premier Omar Devlin, Executive Director Supply Chain Technology & Analytics, Stanford Health Care Janie Ott, RT(R), CV, CT, MBA, Vice President of Spend Management, The University of Kansas Health System Salil Joshi, Senior Director, Analyst in Gartner's Supply Chain practice, Gartner Scott Westerman, Strategic Account Director, GHX | Strategic Leadership & Industry Outlook |
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | How UPMC Leverages the GHX Marketplace to Modernize Its Mergers & Acquisitions Playbook | Bailey Caffrey, Business Analyst, UPMC Marianne Rolin, Manager SCM Systems, UPMC Mike Ferguson, Customer Success Executive, GHX | User Group |
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | From Strategy to Impact: Sustainability in the Healthcare Supply Chain | Winners Circle | |
| 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Break | ||
| 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | General Session: Braindates | ||
| 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | GHX Shop Open | ||
| 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Networking Reception & Dinner |
| Time | Name | Speakers | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast | ||
| 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM | GHX Shop Open | ||
| 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Summit Central | ||
| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | ERP User Group: Infor | ||
| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | ERP User Group: Workday | ||
| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | ERP User Group: Oracle | ||
| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | Early Adopter User Group: GHX Continuity Assure |