2026 Schedule
7:00 am - 8:00 am Foyer and Ballroom C
Registration, Breakfast, Vendor Exhibits and Networking
8:00 am - 8:10 am Ballrooms A/B
Opening Remarks
Todd Lefkowitz
Chief Managed Care Officer, Sagebrush Health
8:10 am - 8:55 am Ballrooms A/B
Advances in Alzheimer’s Diagnosis and Treatment
Jeffrey L. Cummings, MD, ScD
Research Professor, Director, Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience, Co-Director, Pam Quirk Brain Health and Biomarker Laboratory
8:55 am - 9:55 am Ballrooms A/B
Transforming Healthcare with AI: Opportunities and Challenges
Jason Frame
Chief Information Officer, Southern Nevada Health District
Craig Joseph MD, FAAP, FAMIA
Chief Medical Officer, Nordic Global
Brian Rosenberg
Executive Director, HealtHIE Nevada and Professor, UNLV School of Public Health
9:55 AM - 10:15 AM Ballroom C
Break and Networking / Vendor Exhibits
10:15 am - 11:00 am Ballrooms A/B
If Not You, Who? How to Crack the Code of Employee Disengagement
Jill Christensen
Best-Selling Author & Speaker
11:00 am - 12:30 Pm Ballrooms A/B
Behavioral Healthcare: Approaches to Increase Value for the Organization and Meet Community Needs**
Sarah Dearborn
Nevada Medicaid Senior Chief for Medical, Dental, and Behavioral Health Benefits Coverage
Dave Marlon, PsyD, CPC, LCADC-S, PRSS-S, MBA
CEO and Chairperson, Vegas Stronger, and Author
David J. Ventrelle, PsyD
Market President, Nevada Behavioral Health
Tony Alamo, MD*
Physician Founder AMC, Executive Vice-President Clinical Advocacy Optum Health National
*Moderator
11:55 Pm - 1:05 Pm Ballroom C
Lunch and Networking / Vendor Exhibits / Book Signing
12:30 Pm - 2:00 Pm Ballroom A/B
The State of Healthcare: Industry Leaders' Perspectives**
Jackie Van Blaricum
Division President, HCA Healthcare
US Air Force Colonel Mary Carnduff, MD
99th Medical Group Commander, Nellis Air Force
John Rhodes, MD, MBA
President, Optum - Nevada
2:00 Pm - 2:55 Pm Ballrooms A/B
A Conversation with Adam Boehler
Adam Boehler
Managing Partner and Founder, Rubicon Founders
2:55 Pm - 3:10 Pm Ballroom C
Break and Networking / Vendor Exhibits / Book Signing
3:10 PM - 4:05 PM Ballrooms A/B
Fireside Chat on Food is Medicine
Ellen Brown
Founder, Healthcare Actually, and Co-Founder & Partner, BP2 Health
Ellis Singer McCue
CEO & Co-Founder, Catch Bio
Colby Schaeffer
CEO & Founding Partner, Incline Actuarial Group
4:05 PM - 5:00 PM Ballrooms A/B
Navigating Key State Legislative Issues Facing Healthcare Leaders**
Assemblymember Tracy Brown-May
Nevada State Assemblymember, District 42, and Chief Administrative Officer, Opportunity Village
Assemblymember Rebecca Edgeworth, MD
Nevada State Assemblymember, District 35 & Professor, Touro University Nevada
Jeffrey Roth, MD, FACS
Founder/Owner, Las Vegas Plastic Surgery | President-Elect, Nevada State Medical Association
5:00 PM - 5:05 PM Ballrooms A/B
Closing Remarks
Todd Lefkowitz
Chief Managed Care Officer, Sagebrush Health