Where Research, Medicine and Care Converge: A CMO Roundtable Discussion

Track:
Executive Program

Day & Time:
June 25, 4:00PM - 5:30PM

Session Number:
288

Room Number:
205A

Level:
Intermediate

Type:
Forum

Title:
Where Research, Medicine and Care Converge: A CMO Roundtable Discussion

Chair(s):
Michael Rosenblatt, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Merck & Co., Inc., United States

Description:
Patients today confront challenges that reach far beyond the diagnosis itself, such as what information to believe, understanding that information, and how to apply it to achieve better health. Today’s chief medical officers reside squarely at the intersection of innovation, patient advocacy, safety and well being, and communication, and play a unique role in their respective organizations. This panel of chief medical officers will discuss their responsibilities to patients and in improving health care in an evolving landscape.

Learning Objective(s):
Discuss unique facets of the role of a chief medical officer (CMO); Describe the responsibility a CMO has to patients and in improving health care.

Presentation(s) & Speaker(s):
Panelist
Tim Garnett, MD
Chief Medical Director and Senior Vice President
Eli Lilly and Company, United States

Panelist
Richard L Schilsky, MD
Chief Medical Officer
American Society of Clinical Oncology, United States

Panelist
Valentin Fuster, MD,PhD
Physician-in-Chief
Mount Sinai Medical Center, United States

Panelist
Edmund Pezalla, MD,MPH
National Medical Director, Pharmacy Policy and Strategy
Aetna, United States