Create Health Ventures invests in early-stage digital health opportunities. Their mission is to fix the broken and expensive healthcare system.

H-E-B Wellness Business Developemnt Leader Luis S. Garcia will discuss the H-E-B Wellness philosophy and their offered services, including primary care, physical therapy, nutrition services and mental health counseling.

Dean Lucchinetti, MD will discuss Healthcare in Austin and the Vision for the UT Medical Center

Dr. Brode will cut through all the media smoke and reiterate by sharing real life data driven post CV-19 outcomes derived through UT’s research programs in the hospital clinical setting while Dr. Manish Naik, Chief Medical Officer of Austin Regional Clinic with moderate the conversation.

Dr. Linnea Fletcher will discuss her work with InnovATEBIO. This exclusive member meeting will be held on November 18th from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. via Zoom.

Steve McLaughlin of Agility Insurance Services and Norman Chenven, MD will discuss insurance enrollment and the Affordable Care Act. This exclusive member meeting will be held on October 28th from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. via Zoom.

Angelos Angelou, CEO and Chief Strategist of AngelouEconomics, will discuss current economic trends, locally and nationally, through the lens of healthcare. To view this presentation,. https://vimeo.com/624851700

Susan Dawson, Co-Founder and Chair, will discuss the work of Central Texas Addressing Cancer Together (CTX-ACT). Sarah Churchill Llamas, Shareholder and Chair of the Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Group at Winstead PC will moderate. This exclusive member meeting will be held on June 24th from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. via Zoom.

H-E-B representatives Marty Makary, MD, MPH, Monica Garza, MPA, Heidi Deen, and Stacy Bates, MS, RDN, LD, CDE of H-E-B will discuss H-E-B’s growth into the healthcare space as well as trends in diet and food. Drew Kahn, VP of Trend Management at Humana will moderate. This exclusive member meeting will be held on May 27th from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. via Zoom.

Brian Kelly is the Editorial Director and Executive Vice President of U.S. News & World Report, a publisher of news and consumer information products. Kelly is a member of the executive committee with primary responsibility for all the company’s content, which includes the website usnews.com, print and e-book guides on education and health care, and a conference and events business. He will discuss their various ranking programs nationally, then drill down to our local and state statistics around healthcare-related fields.

The ongoing pandemic has spurred an acceleration of many health care trends. Join us for this panel discussion featuring key thought leaders from varied healthcare markets.

Mike Thompson leads the National Alliance, a membership organization of 45 coalitions representing private and public sector, nonprofit, and Taft-Hartley organizations, and more than 45 million Americans, spending over $300 billion annually on healthcare. He will share the leading strategies and priorities that employers are considering for the future in the areas of delivery and payment reform, total person health, and health policy.

Across 2020, we have seen an acceleration of many market forces that have meaningfully and permanently changed health care. What will 2021 portend? Join Dr. Mitch Morris of Optum Advisory Services and Eric Larsen of Advisory Board for a strategic discussion about what’s in store for 2021 and beyond.

In our December AHC Member meeting, we will be joined by several distinguished speakers from UTMB who will give updates on COVID-19 Vaccine status. This AHC membership meeting is by invitation only.

Admiral Brett Giroir, M.D. is the 16th Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and leads more than 6,000 officers in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. This AHC membership meeting is by invitation only.

What will the election results mean for the future of healthcare throughout the U.S.? Join us and learn more with Paul Keckley during this special meeting of the Austin Healthcare Council.

Clay Johnston will discuss updates in Healthcare Transformation from the perspective of The Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. This AHC Membership Meeting is by invitation only.

Peter Jay Hotez is an American scientist, pediatrician, and advocate in the fields of global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical disease control. He serves as founding dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine, where he is also Director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics. This AHC membership meeting is by invitation only.

Mayuri Ghosh heads Strategy & Public-Private Partnerships for the World Economic Forum’s Future of Consumption Platform. Join us on September 24th as she discusses their initiatives that are underway in Jersey City, upcoming in Mumbai and Moscow, and the collaborative efforts between WEF and the AHC for the future of health innovation in Austin. This AHC membership meeting is by invitation only.

Lisa McDonald, M.D. is the Director of Healthcare Incubation at Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), the startup incubator at the University of Texas at Austin. She will discuss the recent formation of the Texas Global Health Security Innovation Consortium (TEXGHS), a collaborative group of more than 50 organizations across the academic, public and private sectors. This AHC membership meeting is by invitation only.

The World Economic Forum, with the mission to improve the state of the world through public-private cooperation, is pleased to bring its program, Healthy Cities and Communities, to Austin, a part of central Texas. The mission of the Healthy Cities and Communities initiative is to advance public-private collaborations to design and support socially vibrant health and well-being centric communities in cities. This collaborative Meeting between the Austin Healthcare Council and the World Economic Forum is by invitation only.

Our speaker, Dr. Susan R. Bailey, is a distinguished allergist/immunologist from Fort Worth, Texas, and president-elect of the American Medical Association. Dr. Bailey will discuss what patients and physicians need to know about where medicine is today in light of COVID-19, explore the high-stakes economics in health care, and highlight ways business and civic leaders can work together to improve the health of their communities and achieve greater equity across the health system. Michael Darrouzet, CEO of The Texas Medical Association, will moderate this discussion. This AHC Membership Meeting is by invitation only.

Mini Kahlon, PhD, and Ruben Rathnasingham, PhD, will discuss examples of COVID innovation - “Story of a ventilator” with Ruben Rathnasingham; Mini Kahlon will then focus on building a new business of health outside the clinic and a discussion around its implications for Austin.  This AHC Membership Meeting is by invitation only.

Laura Howard, Principal, Global Client Service and Advisory at Ernst & Young and Austin Healthcare Council Board Member has invited AHC Membership to a webcast hosted by EY practice leaders. As organizations plan their physical return to work, they are challenged with navigating a complex environment of decisions.  To make all these decisions, we recommend putting humans at the center of a comprehensive strategy that acts with both urgency and precision to protect people and design an executable plan through the lens of their experiences. This webcast will offer organizations perspective on approaches and opportunities to shift between the “two gears” from work transition to work reimagination as we move beyond COVID-19.

In this meeting, Lauren Meyers, PhD, Professor of Integrative Biology at UT Austin and Michael Pignone, MD, MPH, Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Dell Medical School, will discuss the COVID-19 Modeling Consortium and focus on the various CV-19 modeling forecasting platforms. This meeting will be moderated by Bill Rice, MD, Senior VP Clinical Innovations at St. David’s Healthcare, and is by invitation only.

Paul H. Keckley is Managing Editor of The Keckley Report, a healthcare researcher and widely known industry expert. In addition to The Keckley Report, he authors a monthly column for Health and Hospital Networks and has published three books and 250 articles. During the period preceding the passage of the Affordable Care Act, he facilitated sessions between White House Office of Health Reform sessions and major health industry trade groups as private sector input was sought in the legislation. He serves on the board of Healthways Inc. as an Advisor to Western Governors University and the Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy, and is a member of the Health Executive Network.

Laura Howard, Principal, Global Client Service and Advisory at Ernst & Young and Austin Healthcare Council Board Member has invited AHC Membership to a webcast hosted by EY practice leaders. The webcast is geared towards healthcare providers, academic medical centers, universities, and other entities.

Christopher oversees all of Advisory Board’s health care strategy and finance research, including the firm’s flagship membership program, the Health Care Advisory Board. During his 10+ years with Advisory Board, he has authored numerous studies of best practices designed to preserve operating margins, develop optimal capital and partnership strategies, and improve revenue cycle and supply chain operations. Christopher is a health care financial analyst by training, and has a special focus on hospital and health system financial management.