Alex Chan is the chief executive officer of the Clinton Health Matters Initiative (CHMI) at the Clinton Foundation. In his role, Alex oversees the initiative’s overarching goals of decreasing the prevalence of preventable diseases and closing health equity and health disparity gaps. Alex previously served as the director of National Health for CHMI and oversaw the portfolio of programs focused on chronic disease prevention and treatment. Included within this portfolio of work are programs that address critical needs or gaps in services across a broad array of domestic health issues, including health promotion on college campuses, addressing prescription drug abuse and misuse, providing technical support to employers to implement business practice changes aimed at improving employee health, and developing a scalable model of community engagement to increase the impact of youth-serving sports organizations. Prior to joining the Foundation, Alex worked in both the public and private sectors on projects designed to improve health outcomes through interventions in the built environment. He holds a master's in urban planning from the University of Michigan, as well as graduate degrees in public administration and communications management from the University of Southern California

Dr. Phillip K. Chang, MD, FACS is the Chief Medical Officer for UK HealthCare. As CMO, Dr. Chang is a key member of the senior leadership team, focusing directly on clinical outcomes, patient experience, team member and faculty engagement and efficiency.

Prior to his role as CMO, Dr. Chang served as medical director for perioperative services and associate CMO for UK HealthCare. In 2015, Dr. Chang was part of a team that conducted a literature review focusing on opioid pain management, leading to the implementation of a non-opioid pain management strategy for UK HealthCare. Currently he is speaking on the state and national level around the opioid crisis and health care provider opportunity.

Dr. Chang completed his undergraduate education at The College of William and Mary in Virginia and received his medical degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk. In 1999, he began a surgical internship at UK HealthCare’s Chandler Medical Center, which led to a general surgery residency and a surgical fellowship, also at UK. Since 2005 he has been a member of the surgical faculty, rising to the rank of professor of surgery in the College of Medicine and the role of chief of the Section of Trauma and Critical Care. He is board certified in surgery as well as surgical critical care.

David Hasleton, MD is a practicing emergency physician and Associate Chief Medical Officer for Intermountain Healthcare. In 1999, he obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He also obtained a masters degree in business administration from the University of Illinois College of Business in 1999, as part of the dual-degree Medical Scholars Program. He then completed his internship and residency at Oregon Health and Science University in 2002, where he was chief resident. Following residency, Dr. Hasleton practiced medicine at Oregon Health and Science University as part-time clinical faculty, teaching and mentoring residents, and also practiced emergency medicine at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center (formerly Southwest Washington Medical Center) in Vancouver, Washington.

Dr. Hasleton has been with Intermountain Healthcare since 2004, and has held various medical staff leadership positions, including chair of the emergency department and president of the medical staff at Intermountain Riverton Hospital, and member of the regional Board of Trustees. After his service in these positions, he worked as the hospital medical director, also at Intermountain Riverton Hospital, where he took on operational and clinical leadership roles.

Dr. Hill joined the faculty in 1998 as Assistant Chief of Service, after serving as Chief Resident. He co-founded the department’s Emergency-Acute Care Unit, where he still serves as Medical Director. In addition, he is the physician leader of the Department of Emergency Medicine's 'Mid-Level Provider Group,' consisting of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants who work in all three of the department's clinical venues. He became Clinical Director for the department in 2005.

His research interests include the utilization, management, and role of Observation or Acute Care Medicine in the practice of Emergency Medicine. Specifically, he is interested in the role this field can play in the interdisciplinary management of special disease process; such as asthma patients, low to intermediate risk chest pain patients, sickle-cell anemia patients, and those with acute decompensated heart failure. In addition, he is actively involved in several projects examining the role and utility of novel devices designed to detect the presence of cardiac ischemia. Dr. Hill was the Co-PI on a multi-site, FDA-approval trial of a magnetocardiography device that has shown promise as a very sensitive adjunct to the ECG in identifying patients with ACS. He has lectured internationally and has written text book chapters on the topic of risk stratification of the undifferentiated chest pain patient.

He is also actively involved in the areas of emergency department operations, delivery of service, patient satisfaction, risk management and quality improvement. He co-led restructuring of the department’s triage and patient assignment systems, resulting in reductions in walk-out and ambulance diversion rates, and dramatic improvements in the department’s patient satisfaction scores; for which the department received an institution wide award for Service Excellence.

As a founding member of the Division of Community Health, Ms. Lyn was instrumental in designing its community-based clinical, care management, educational, and research initiatives. Clinical initiatives include neighborhood clinics; school-based health centers; and the Just for Us Program, which cares for chronically ill seniors in their homes. Care management services include a North Carolina Community Care Network, Northern Piedmont Community Care (NPCC) covering six NC counties linking primary care practices, hospital systems, and local departments of social services, health and mental health serving approximately 80,000 Medicaid beneficiaries; and the Local Access to Coordinated Healthcare Program (LATCH) which provides care management services for uninsured individuals in Durham County.

Recently, Ms. Lyn worked with Duke Health leadership to create the Population Health Management Office (PHMO) to unify and centralize ambulatory care management and services provided by NPCC, LATCH, and DukeWELL under one Duke University Health System entity. Ms. Lyn serves as Lead for Community Health Initiatives and Strategy for the PHMO. The PHMO will guide clinical care transformation initiatives as Duke Health transitions to value-based care.

In addition to her work in the Division and PHMO, Ms. Lyn serves as Co-Director of the Center for Community and Population Health Improvement (CCPHI) at Duke’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute. A multi-disciplinary center, CCPHI leverages academic, health system, and community partnerships to improve community and population health. As Co-Director, Ms. Lyn focuses on identifying opportunities to create new evidence-based cross-sectoral models to improve health and inform policy.

Perry Meadows, MD is Medical Director, Government Programs Geisinger Health Plan. His responsibilities include

He is the medical lead for government programs, which includes Medicare and Medicaid. His responsibilities include health care services and the development of medical necessity guidelines for Geisinger Health Plan. He is the medical director lead for GHP Fraud, Waste, & Abuse and is involved in multiple initiatives related to the opioid epidemic.

Dr. Meadows has been with Geisinger Health Plan since August 2014. Prior to joining GHP, he was in Louisville, KY for several years.

Dr. Meadows graduated from Marshall University with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, Master of Science in Biological Sciences, and Doctorate of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at Marshall University School of Medicine in Family Practice. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He also received his Juris Doctor from Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University and M.B.A. from Regis University.

Dr. Swift is currently the Vice President/ Chief Pharmacy Officer at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and a Clinical Professor and Associate Dean for Professional Affairs at the Jefferson School of Pharmacy. In this capacity, Dr. Swift has responsibility for acute care Pharmacy operations servicing approximately 1000 patient beds, 4 outpatient Retail Pharmacy operations, a health system based Home Infusion program, and a Specialty Pharmacy program.

Dr. Swift served as the first Chair of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) Section of Home Care Practitioners and was instrumental in the success of the launch of the Section. He has also represented ASHP on the Joint Commission of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) Home Care Professional and Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) and was Chair of the group for a number of years. Dr. Swift had previously been a Home Care Surveyor for the JCAHO and he served on the Health Care Finance Administration Task Force to establish Peer Review Organization Criteria for Catastrophic Healthcare Coverage. He has served as the Vice Chair of the Standards Committee for The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) and as the ASHP Representative to the Joint Commission’s Home Care PTAC. He also serves on the Joint Commission Pharmacy Advisory Committee.

Dr. Swift received his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and his Doctor of Pharmacy from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. He completed a clinical residency in ambulatory care at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and The Veteran’s Administration Medical Center in 1986. He received his Masters in Business Administration in Healthcare Administration from Saint Joseph’s University in 2004. Dr. Swift has served as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy for Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science since 1985, and is a Clinical Professor at the Jefferson School of Pharmacy.

Dr. Swift served on the 2015 Task Force and Advisory Committee on Opioid Prescription Drug Proliferation in Harrisburg, and is the current Co-Chair of the Jefferson Opioid Task Force. Dr. Swift also serves on the Saint Joseph’s University Bioethics Institute Advisory Board and the Lehigh University Healthcare Systems Engineering program Advisory Board. He has published numerous articles in professional and scientific journals and presented at international, national, state, and local meetings. He and his wife Colleen live in Havertown, PA with their three children Kara, Anna and Danny.

Dr. Tucker is an Associate Administrator at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Florida. Her role includes overseeing Imaging, Laboratory, Inpatient Rehabilitation, Spiritual Care and the Behavioral Health product line. Most recently, Dr. Tucker has been actively involved working with key hospital leaders and community partners to implement initiatives to help patients with opioid addictions. The recently implemented programs include Mothers In Recovery program which assists opiate addicted women to safely detoxify so their infants are born drug free and has also successfully started the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) for adults addicted to opiates. MAT services are initiated in the Emergency Department and the individuals are followed and engaged in on-going outpatient treatment followed with aftercare and support services.

Dr. Tucker started her professional career at The Starting Place while earning her Doctoral degree. The Starting Place treated children, adolescents, and families with substance abuse issues. She also further developed her expertise in Post Traumatic Stress Disorders and Mental Illness while training at the Miami Veterans Administration Hospital. Dr. Tucker also worked in the Nova Southeastern University Family Violence program adding another aspect in understanding the effects of psychological and physical violence by treating both victims and perpetrators. Tammy Tucker received her Doctorate Degree in Clinical Psychology from Nova Southeastern University and is a Florida Licensed Psychologist.

Tammy has been involved in numerous committees and boards over the years. Her current board memberships include The United Way of Broward Commission on Substance Abuse, the Governing Board of Correct Care/South Florida State Hospital and The Broward Behavioral Health Coalition as well the Governor’s Task Force on Involuntary Commitment for Minors.