Thursday, November 13, 2025
Wharton Health Care Management Alumni Association
Leadership Resilience in a Time of Great Uncertainty and Change
NEW THIS YEAR: Programming will begin Thursday at 4:00pm with a PITCH COMPETITION for early-stage companies judged by a panel of professional investors followed by an OPENING NETWORKING RECEPTION. Our PRE-CONFERENCE DINNER on Thursday at 7:00pm will provide alumni, conference speakers, and sponsors with a terrific opportunity to spend quality time together!
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE PITCH COMPETITION
Then join us on Friday for a remarkable day of knowledge sharing and networking that will include noteworthy speakers from across the industry as we explore what it takes to be resilient in an era of great uncertainty and unprecedented change.
CONFERENCE AGENDA (click here for detailed agenda)
Pre-Conference: Thursday 4:00pm -9:30pm
- Inaugural Pitch Competition: Finalist start-ups from life sciences, medtech and digital health pitch to expert investor judges
- Welcome Reception
- Alumni Dinner and Alumni Awards Reception
Conference: Friday 8:00am - 4:00pm
- Opening Keynote: Vin Gupta, MD - Managing Director - Health Innovation, Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips, LLP
- Policy in Healthcare Plenary: featuring David Shulkin, MD, Ninth Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs with Bryan Bushick, MD, WG'89 as moderator
- Breakout Session - Policy Impact on Providers & Payors with Brett Cohen, WG'04, CEO - Recovery Centers of America, Rachel Werner, MD PhD, Executive Director - Leonard Davis Institute, Don Liss, MD, CMO - Johns Hopkins Health Plan, and Andrew Mulcahy, RAND Corporation
- Breakout Session - Policy Impact on the Life Sciences with John Manthei, Partner - Latham & Watkins, Mark Turco, CEO - Rhode Island Life Sciences Hub, and Tess Cameron, Principal - RA Capital
- Pitch Competition Mini-Pitches & Awards
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Plenary: featuring Martin Bittner, MD, Founder and CEO - Redouble AI and Tom Cassels, Managing Director - Manatt Health
- Breakout Session - AI impact on Providers & Payers with Adam Silverman, MD, FACP, CMO - Actium, Rashie Jain, WG’16, CEO & Co-Founder - Marvix, Howard Willson, MD, Medical Director - Carbon Health, and Ryan Brown, Senior Associate - Duane Morris
- Breakout Session - AI impact on the Life Sciences with Zeenat Patrawala, Force of Nature AI, Steve Sweeney, WG'14, Viz AI, Emily Rizzo, WG’17, McKinsey, and Megan Ax, WG’06, Bristol Myers Squibb
- Closing Session: Leadership Resilience in a Time of Great Uncertainty and Change: featuring Michael Charlton, President and CEO - AtlantiCare Health System and Mike Sicilia, CEO - Oracle
Current WHCMAA dues-paying members
- $400 WHCMAA current member
- $175 WHCMAA current member -- fully retired
- $250 WHCMAA Patron Member
- $125 Current Health Care Management (HCM) (including WEMBA) student
Non-members**
- $525 WHCMAA non-member or for guests of conference attendees.
Alumni Dinner (registration now open!):
A pre-conference dinner will be held on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 7pm at a cost of $130 per person. Please register below.
Registration to the dinner allows for access to the opening reception prior to the dinner.
Dinner options:
- Pan-roasted Atlantic Salmon
- Beef Filet
- Vegetarian Option
After registering for the dinner, please complete the following form to make a selection: https://forms.gle/ZbL5ewugRH7gwXpb8
Hotel – Don’t Miss the Room Block Deadline – Expires Tuesday, October 28th!
A room block has been reserved at a reduced rate at the conference hotel. Please use the following link to book your room: https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/phlpnhh-92a-4a1b195c-c522-49aa-9895-6fa24f1c3e9f/
You can click "Edit Stay" to modify the number of nights as needed and hit Update.
** Registration to the conference is limited to Wharton Health Care Management Program and Executive MBA Program alumni, WHCMAA affiliate members, University of Pennsylvania alumni who work in health care, current WHCM and WEMBA students, and guests invited by a conference attendee or the Wharton Health Care Management Alumni Association. If you do not meet any of these criteria and are attending as a guest of a conference attendee, please email the name of that attendee to our club administrator, Danna Daughtry, at [email protected].
For more information, contact the 2025 WHCMAA Alumni Conference Chairs:
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