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Complex Cardiac Care Delivery: Developing Clinical Excellence and Sustainability

Transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) affects far more patients than most health systems realize — and the data show many are going undiagnosed and unmanaged.1-7 Recent Becker’s Healthcare and Alnylam survey research, with perspectives from more than 100 health system leaders,…

Jun 23, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM America/Chicago

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Presenters

Ginger Biesbrock, DSc, PA-C, MPH, FACC

SVP, National Heart and Vascular Service Line Advocate Health

Nitasha Sarswat, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine Director, Multi-Institutional Amyloid Center of Excellence Director, Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy Program Director, Amyloidosis Clinical Fellowship Director, Amyloidosis Research Fellowship Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Transplantation Division of Cardiology University of Chicago Medicine

Joshua S. Weber, PharmD, MBA-HCM, CSP, DPLA, 340B ACE

Senior Director/ACPO Ambulatory, Retail, & Specialty Pharmacy Services St. Luke's Healthcare

Spine speaker spotlight: Dr. Vamsi Kancherla

Vamsi Kancherla, MD, is a spine surgeon with Specialty Orthopaedics in Gainesville, Ga., and he’s been a pioneer in endoscopic spine. He performed the first all-uniportal endoscopic lumbar fusion in Georgia in 2025 and has been learning endoscopic techniques since 2024.…

What spine surgery training gets wrong — and what surgeons would redesign

Spine surgeon education needs to go beyond the technical skill and include greater emphasis on understanding data, conservative care and business structures. Four surgeons discuss what they would redesign in spine training, along with the non-negotiables all surgeons should undergo.…

Orthopedic speaker spotlight: Dr. Brian Cole

Brian Cole, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and managing partner with Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush. He’s a prolific researcher and earned the 2025 Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Clinical Research Award in 2025. He was recognized for his 25 years…

Ventris Medical's spinal bone graft earns additional patents

Ventris Medical received more patent coverage for its Backpack system, according to a May 27 news release. The patent strengthens the company’s intellectual property for the Backpack bone graft containment system, which is designed to support spinal fusions. It a…

SpineGuard secures 3 new US patents

Medtech company SpineGuard has received notices of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for three new patents. The three recently allowed patent applications are part of a set of five patent families developed by Spine Guard to…

Orthopedic surgeon pay increased the most in these 10 states

Missouri saw the largest year-over-year increase in the average annual salary for orthopedic surgeons for the second year in a row, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Across the U.S., the average annual salary for orthopedic surgeons…

DePuy Synthes enters distribution agreement for spine bone graft

Orthopedic medtech company DePuy Synthes has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with CGBIO for the development and commercialization of an advanced bone graft substitute. NOVOSIS is a growth-factor bone graft substitute designed to improve clinical outcomes, according to a…

Atlantic Health hospital names orthopedics chair

Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center has named Harpal Khanuja, MD, chair of orthopedic surgery, according to a May 23 LinkedIn post. Dr. Khanuja previously served as chief of adult reconstruction and hip and knee replacement surgery at the Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins…

Where interoperability + agentic AI meet: An executive discussion on restoring time to care

Patient charts are dense, prior authorization workflows are fragmented and documentation demands continue to pull clinician time away from care. For healthcare leaders, these aren’t emerging concerns — they’re operational realities with measurable consequences. This on-demand executive conversation examines how…

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Preeti Grewal

Senior Product Marketing Manager, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Snowflake

Jesse Cugliotta

Global Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences, Snowflake

Dr. Paige Kilian, MD

SVP, Chief Medical Officer, Inovalon