Gel Health 2009

Thu-Fri, October 22-23, 2009
The theater at Scandinavia House
Park Ave. between 37th and 38th St
New York City

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Garrett Oliver at Gel 2008

The first Gel Health conference, held in October 2009, explored the patient experience - how to improve it, and who's doing it, in a variety of organizations and companies. Like any Gel conference, we tackled the theme from a broad array of perspectives.

See the attendee list.

Here's a video of Bridget Duffy giving the first talk at Gel Health. (She previously spoke at Gel 2008 - video.) If this video speaks to you, you should try to come to the next Gel Health!

Sign up for Gel Health 2010 - October 2010 in New York City.

Speakers at Gel Health 2009

Bridget Duffy

Dr. Bridget Duffy

Former Chief Experience Officer, Cleveland Clinic

Bio | Gel Health video | Gel '08 video

Dr. Robert Martensen

Author, A Life Worth Living; lecturer, Dept. of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Cathy Salit

Working with Johns Hopkins oncology nurses via Performance of a Lifetime

Bio

Dan Ford

Dan Ford

Patient advocate
Bio | Profile

Dr. Javette Orgain

Family physician; Chairperson, Illinois State Board of Health
Bio

John La Puma

Dr. John La Puma

Author, ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine
Bio

Jim Withers

Dr. Jim Withers

Founder, Operation Safety Net
Watch trailer of "One Bridge to the Next" (film about his work)
NPR interview

Mark Hurst

Host

Bio

Michael Christensen

Co-Founder and Creative Director of the Big Apple Circus and founder of Clown Care

Bio and NYT profile of BAC

Olie Westheimer

Founder, Brooklyn Parkinson Group; cofounder, "Dance for PD" with Mark Morris Dance Group

Bio

Dr. Sharon Krumm

Director of Nursing, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center

Bill Brownstein

Founder, Kids RX

Daniel Trush

Co-founder, Daniel's Music Foundation

Ken Trush

Co-founder, Daniel's Music Foundation

Agenda

Thursday, October 22: A full day of speakers in the theater covering many different aspects of patient-centered health care and innovation. Attendees were free for lunch; cocktails catered at the end of the day.

Friday, October 23: An optional morning of activities around the city, organized and led by attendees, for those who wanted to dive deeper in a group format.

See also: recommended reading for more material on the patient experience.

Sponsors

Gel Health 2009 was made possible in part by sponsors (contact us for info).
Thanks to Sanofi-aventis, ZS, and others for stepping forward!

Platinum sponsor:
Sanofi-aventis

Sanofi-aventis discovers, develops, produces and markets innovative therapies that enhance people's lives. Link

Gold sponsor:
ZS Associates

ZS is a management consulting firm that focuses on the health care industry and is passionately committed to a positive patient experience. Link



(Gel logo design by Sam Brown at explodingdog.com. Dr. Martensen's photo by Brendan Smialowski.)