Afternoon Panel 2: The Future of Care

Sean Nicholson, PhD

Director of the Sloan Program in Healthcare Administration

Cornell University

https://economics.cornell.edu/sean-nicholson

Sean Nicholson is a professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management (PAM) at Cornell University, the Director of the Sloan Program in Health Administration, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Prior to joining the PAM Department in 2004, Sean was a faculty member in the Health Care Systems Department at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Sarah Thompson, PharmD

Vice President, Pharmacy Innovation

Onduo

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-thompson-pharmd/

Sarah Thompson (MS '19, MBA '19) is a creative healthcare leader with experience in population health management, care management and pharmacy who has improved clinical outcomes and reduced the total cost of care for Commercial and Medicare patients in a large primary care ACO. She is experienced in leading interdisciplinary teams, clinical operations, change management, and developing strategic partnerships to provide comprehensive care services for patients. Her recent work is on developing programs to address social and behavioral determinants of health, increasing primary palliative care services and developing innovative population health and value-based payment models for high-risk, chronically ill populations.

Nicholas Gavin, MD

Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Department of Emergency Medicine

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholaspgavin/

Dr. Nicholas Gavin (MS '19, MBA '19) is an emergency physician and Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Department of Emergency Medicine, at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. He has a strong belief in high quality and high value care. As the health system transforms into a value-based care environment, he believes that those in emergency medicine must work to change the front door of the hospital into the front porch of the medical neighborhood.

Victoria Wilmarth

Director of Network Strategy, Department of Surgery

Brigham and Women's Hospital

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vwilmarth/

Victoria (Tori) Wilmarth (MBA '18) is the Director of Network Strategy for the Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital. In this capacity, she manages and develops collaborative programs with community hospitals and provider groups outside of the Mass General Brigham system.  Tori has experience in network development, clinical operations, and strategic planning within academic medical centers. She began her career as a consultant developing and implementing health technology innovation initiatives as a part of IBM’s Life Sciences consulting practice.