and
Present an All-Star Panel Discussion
When Worlds Collide: How
IT Is Changing the Face of Health Care Delivery
When:
Thursday, March 4, 2010, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Where:
Auditorium,
Lois Pope Center of the University of Miami
Miller School of Medicine (the Jackson
Hospital Area)
1095 Northwest 14th Terrace Miami, FL 33136-1060 - (305) 243-2088 -
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Parking is available at Dominion Tower parking lot located immediately east
of the intersection of
NW 14th Street and NW 11th Avenue.
Park Plaza West Parking Garage is located on 14th Terrace. There are also
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Overview:
Health care software applications have offered administrative efficiency
for many years.
Now, new IT applications like emergency room programs and orthopedics benefit
from improved technical capability and information sharing, as well as enhanced
efficiency. Here in south Florida, exciting new health care applications are
being developed, but some of the innovations bring up questions: how do we balance
the often conflicting needs of information and privacy? In health care reform,
where and how do innovations fit?
Join us to hear our panelists' perspectives on software uses in medical products,
trends they see, and the how medical software innovation affects industry competitiveness,
as well as their views on investing and commercial perspectives.
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($25.00 online before March 4th)
FOOD & BEVERAGES WILL BE SERVED
The LIVE Panel Includes:
Carlos
Castresana is a Partner of Edify LLC. Mr. Castresana is a graduate
of the Wharton School of Business and University of Bridgeport School of Law.
He is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and a member of the New York Bar.
He spent three years with Salomon Brothers in New York City as their Operations
Manager and then moved to Florida to become the Director of Corporate Administration
for the Michael Swerdlow companies. The firm partnered with American Express
and Triangle Industries to purchase and develop one of South Florida’s largest
real estate holdings: Hollywood, Inc.
In 1992, Mr. Castresana joined AXA Advisors, LLC as a specialist of employee
pension and employee benefits. His client roster represents a “who’s who” list
from the South Florida area. Mr. Castresana was appointed Regional Vice President
in the Ft. Lauderdale branch office of AXA Advisors, LLC in June 2000.
In 2004, Mr. Castresana became a partner of EDIFY, LLC. He serves as the President
and is responsible for interfacing with all major insurance carriers to expand
coverage and provide the most competitive rates for EDIFY’s client base. Mr.
Castresana has been instrumental in developing EDIFY’s Corporate Health Care
Strategies for key clients, providing solutions for disease management and wellness
programming.
Mr. Castresana has 20 plus years working in the Health Care Industry. He has
developed architecture for industry standards, norms, health and welfare trends
as well as cutting edge developments and initiatives. In this role, he has provided
strategic guidance in the development of health and wellness strategies alongside
some of the most prestigious companies in the State of Florida.
In 2007, Mr. Castresana was appointed to the Governor’s Fitness Council for
the State of Florida by Governor Charlie Crist, and reappointed in 2009 for
a second term.
Bart
Chernow, MD, MACP is a Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology, Vice Provost
for Technology Advancement and the Vice President of Special Programs at the
University of Miami (UM) and the Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Chernow is responsible
for a number of programs at UM, including UM Innovation, which consists of the
Office of Technology Transfer, the Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational
Research, the UM Patent and Copyright Committee, UM Innovation Technology Showcase
and the proposed UM Life Science Park. Dr. Chernow has a long history with the
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he continues to serve as
an Adjunct Professor of Medicine. He was formerly the Vice Dean of Research,
Technology and Corporate Relations at Johns Hopkins, and was Professor of Medicine,
Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. Prior to Johns Hopkins he was an
Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, serving in clinical, research
and educational roles at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Chernow is
a Past-President of the American College of Chest Physicians and is Editor Emeritus
of the journal Critical Care Medicine, the official journal of the Society of
Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Chernow is the author or co-author of numerous manuscript
publications, book chapters, editorials, review articles and abstracts. He has
received many prestigious awards and has been honored as a master fellow of
the American College of Physicians, as well as a master fellowship in the American
College of Chest Physicians.
Dr.
Timothy G. Coffield is President and Chief Executive Officer of ScriptRx,
Inc., a healthcare technology firm offering a suite of software-as-a-service
solutions delivered through biometrically secure touch-screen workstations to
walk-in ambulatory care facilities, which include emergency rooms, urgent care
centers, and retail health clinics. ScriptRx systems are deployed in healthcare
facilities across 36 states. Dr. Coffield has over 25 years of experience in
hospital and healthcare administration. He has previously spoken at UM's Launch
Pad to an assembly of the Launch Pad Fellows. He received his undergraduate
degree from the University of Miami and went on to obtain a Ph.D. from Fordham
University. He also attended Fordham University's Graduate School of Business
Administration.
Albert
Santalo is Chairman, President & Chief
Executive Officer of CareCloud Corporation. An experienced entrepreneur, he
founded the Company in 2009 with the vision of becoming a healthcare information
technology leader focused on eliminating the waste and inefficiency in the healthcare
industry today. Previously, Mr. Santalo was Founder and Chairman of Avisena,
a software-enabled revenue cycle management company in the healthcare industry
where he worked from 2004 to 2008. He is the lead inventor and has a U.S. patent
pending for Avisena's Accounts Receivable Management Methodology.
Mr. Santalo also has extensive experience in working with Global 2000 companies,
assisting them with business process transformation. He previously worked at
The Hackett Group/Answerthink (NASDAQ: HCKT), a management and technology consulting
firm, where he served as Director in the IT Transformation and Strategy Practice.
Some of his global clients included Bausch and Lomb, Ivax Pharmaceuticals, Roche
Pharmaceuticals, AOL/Time Warner, Waste Management, 3Com Corporation, Republic
Industries, Florida Power and Light, ADP/TotalSource, Alliance Data Systems,
Precision Response Corporation, AutoNation USA, and First Data Corporation.
Santalo has also held several leadership positions at information technology
consulting and outsourcing firms.
He holds a Master of Business Administration Degree from Florida International
University and is a member of various industry associations. He is the recipient
of the FIU 2004 Charles E. Perry Visionary Award for outstanding alumni and
was inducted to the FIU Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame in 2006.
About the MIT Enterprise Forum of South Florida
The MIT Enterprise Forum is a 25-year-old organization affiliated
with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, whose purpose is to encourage
entrepreneurship and innovation around the world. MIT Enterprise Forum of South
Florida is the newest chapter incorporated in the fall of 2003. The organization
is actively creating a community of entrepreneurs, product and market innovators
from local companies, business managers, investors and corporate leaders by
bringing them together in a stimulating, interactive setting. The organization
serves as a resource to assist individual entrepreneurs and innovators in addressing
issues involved in a particular stage of their company's development.
About The Launch Pad
The Launch Pad at Toppel is the entrepreneur and innovator resource
center at the University of Miami, serving our students and alumni from every
school and college. We believe that entrepreneurship is a career choice; a career
that you can start now! Our team is available Monday through Saturday to help
you with learning business basics, guidance in developing your idea, a team,
or a company, advice on growth strategies to take your venture to the next level,
and networking with industry experts and investors.
