Monday, September 16th

Carey Lohrenz

USN 1st Female F14 Pilot, Aviator, Author, Speaker

Carey Lohrenz knows what it takes to win in one of the highest pressure, extreme environments imaginable: in the cockpit at Mach 2. As the first female F-14 Tomcat Fighter Pilot in the U.S. Navy, having flown missions worldwide as a combat-mission-ready United States Navy pilot, Lohrenz is used to working in fast moving, dynamic environments, where inconsistent execution can generate catastrophic results.

Carey’s experience in the all-male environment of fighter aviation and her ability to pass on the Lessons Learned in her career allow her to deliver insight and guidance from a credible platform on Leadership, High Performing Organizations and Diversity Training.

Carey graduated from the University of Wisconsin where she was a varsity rower, also training at the pre-Olympic level. After graduation, she attended the Navy’s Aviation Officer Candidate School before starting flight training and her naval career.

General Session is 8:45 – 10:45 a.m. 
Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. 

General Session will include: 
Valerie J.M. Watzlaf, PhD, MPH, RHIA, FAHIMA | President Address 



Wylecia Wiggs Harris, PhD, CAE | CEO Address
 
 


Christopher Wheat, MS, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P | ILHIMA President Welcome Address

Tuesday, September 17th

Tuesday’s General Session is getting a makeover! Attendees enjoy the freedom to choose their general sessions experience. Two sessions will be happening simultaneously, one in the general session theater, and the other on the exhibit hall floor! Doors will open in Arie Crown at 8:30 a.m.

David O. Barbe, MD, MHA 
Past President of American Medical Association (AMA)

David O. Barbe, MD, MHA, a board-certified family physician from Mountain Grove, Mo., was the 172nd president of the American Medical Association from June 2017 to June 2018. He has been a member of the AMA Board of Trustees (BOT) since June 2009. Dr. Barbe has a long history of service to organized medicine. He has been a member of the AMA, the Missouri State Medical Association (MSMA) and the American Academy of Family Physicians for 35 years. He served on the MSMA board continuously for more than 25 years, serving as chair in 2003 and president in 2005. He was a delegate from Missouri to the AMA from 1997 to 2009 and is past chair of the delegation.

Prior to his election to the AMA-BOT, Dr. Barbe was elected to two terms on the AMA Council on Medical Service, serving as its chair from June 2008 to June 2009. As a member of the council, Dr. Barbe participated in the development of much of the AMA policy related to coverage of the uninsured, health care system reform, Medicare reform and health insurance market reform.

Dr. Barbe has served on numerous AMA committees and task forces. He served as chair of the AMA-BOT from 2013 to 2014, as well as a member of its Executive Committee from 2011 to 2015 and 2016 to the present. At the state level, Dr. Barbe has been a longtime member of MSMA’s legislative committee and a board member of the Missouri Medical Political Action Committee. Dr. Barbe received his bachelor’s degree with honors in microbiology and his medical doctorate from the University of Missouri–Columbia School of Medicine. Following residency, Dr. Barbe returned to his hometown of Mountain Grove in rural southern Missouri and established a solo practice in traditional family medicine, including obstetrics, endoscopy and minor surgery. Over time, Dr. Barbe expanded his independent practice to two sites and several physicians. After 15 years in independent practice, he merged his group with Mercy, Springfield, Mo., a 650-physician multi-specialty integrated health system. He now serves as vice president of regional operations for Mercy with responsibility for four hospitals, 70 clinics and more than 200 physicians and advanced practitioners. For the third year in a row, Mercy was named one of the top five large health systems in the nation in 2018 by Truven Health.

Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA 
President of American Medical Association (AMA)

Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, was elected president of the American Medical Association in June 2019. A psychiatrist from Atlanta, Dr. Harris has diverse experience as a private practicing physician, public health administrator, patient advocate and medical society lobbyist.

Active in organized medicine her entire career, Dr. Harris has served on the board of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and was an APA delegate to the AMA. She has also been a member of the governing council of the AMA Women Physicians Congress, testified before and served on AMA reference committees, and has served on AMA work groups on health information technology, SGR and private contracting. The AMA Board of Trustees (BOT) appointed her to the AMA Council on Legislation in 2003, and she was elected by the council in 2010 to serve as its chair. She was first elected to the AMA-BOT in June 2011.

As former director of Health Services for Fulton County, Ga., which includes Atlanta, Dr. Harris was the county’s chief health officer, overseeing all county health-related programs and functions, including a wide range of public safety, behavioral health, and primary care treatment and prevention services. She spearheaded the county’s efforts to integrate public health, behavioral health and primary care services. Dr. Harris also served as medical director for the Fulton County Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.

Currently, Dr. Harris continues in private practice and consults with both public and private organizations on health service delivery and emerging trends in practice and health policy. She is an adjunct assistant professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Alexandra Mugge

Alexandra Mugge is the Deputy Chief Health Informatics Officer at the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services. She has been with CMS since 2010 and during that time she has worked on multiple CMS quality reporting and value-based purchasing programs, with a focus on health IT. Before joining the Office of the Administrator in her current role, Alex served as the Deputy Director of the Division of Health IT, where she and her team lead the overhaul of the EHR Incentive Programs and advancing care information performance category to create the Promoting Interoperability initiatives.  Alex earned her Masters of Public Health from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University where she specialized in Public Health Policy.

Patient Advocacy – How to Make Unlikely Happen

Doug Lindsay

After 11 years homebound and bed bound, Doug Lindsay bet his life on the operating table to get the surgery he developed to fix his own rare condition. Medical consensus was that the surgery wouldn’t work – that it wasn’t even possible. But it did work, and it took Doug from wheelchair to walking. In all, Doug Lindsay worked with 35 senior faculty at 28 different institutions and developed new uses for five existing prescription drugs.

So, how did Doug do all of this while confined to a hospital bed in his living room? “That’s what I talk about now. I use my story as a tool to train leaders in the skills it takes to make unlikely things happen. I speak about the role of hope and character in innovation, problem solving, and life.”

Just as he has from the TEDx stage, at Stanford Medicine X, and to clients across the nation, Doug explains the mindset it takes to lead and innovate in even the most challenging environments. He’s a proven expert in assembling and leading diverse, talented, and mission-focused interdisciplinary teams. Once he got better, Doug wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the movie RUFF CASES, a full-length feature comedy. In RUFF CASES Doug’s character Max Spikeman, “The Dog Attorney,” becomes internationally famous when he represents a socialite whose dog bit someone. Doug used the same techniques and mindset to lead models, actors, and the world’s smallest horse as he did to lead some of the world’s top doctors and scientists. Doug’s speeches leaves audiences inspired, entertained, and with lessons they can live out daily. 

Wednesday, September 18th

General Session is 12nn - 2:00 p.m. 
Doors will open at 11:45 a.m.

General Session will include: 
Ginna Evans, MBA, RHIA, CPC, CRC, FAHIMA | President/Chair- Elect, Incoming Address 

 
 
Board of Directors Recognition & Awards Ceremony 
AHIMA2020 Atlanta, GA – Save the Date! 

ABC News Veteran, Creator & Host, What Would You Do?

Combining a moving life story, an exceptional career, incomparable insights, and a powerful presence, John Quiñones has emerged as one of the most inspiring keynotes in the speaking world today. His moving presentations focus on his odds-defying journey, celebrate the life-changing power of education, champion the Latino American Dream, and provide thought-provoking insights into human nature and ethical behavior. A lifetime of “never taking no for an answer” took Quiñones from migrant farm work and poverty to more than 30 years at ABC News and the anchor desk at 20/20 and Primetime.  Along the way, he broke through barriers, won the highest accolades, and became a role model for many.

Known for truly connecting with audiences and leaving them uplifted and inspired, Quiñones delivers a powerful message of believing in one’s self, never giving up, and always, always doing the right thing. As host and creator of What Would You Do?, the highly-rated, hidden camera ethical dilemma newsmagazine, Quiñones has literally become “the face of doing the right thing” to millions of fans. It’s a role that he has enthusiastically embraced off camera, with a popular book and keynote presentations that challenge both business and general audiences to examine the What Would You Do? moments we face every day. This work and his many achievements were recently recognized with honorary Doctorate degrees from Davis & Elkins College in West Virginia and Utah Valley University.

Topics:   

• From the Barrio to Network Television: John Quiñones’ Inspiring Journey 
• What Would You Do? Words of Wisdom about Doing the Right Thing 
• What Would You Do?: Business Edition 
• Opportunity through Education: John Quiñones’ American Dream 
• A 20/20 Vision for America: Building Bridges, Not Walls

AHIMA’s Convention and Exhibit General Sessions are designed to provide innovative approaches to healthcare delivery, industry insights and updates, motivation and inspiration. Our speakers are leaders in their field who often convey their ideas by sharing personal stories, demonstrating the everyday connection to the work of health information professionals.

The AHIMA 90th Convention and Exhibit, September 22-26, 2018, in Miami, Florida, promises a spectacular line up of speakers. Keep watching ahima.org in the coming months for the announcement of the 2017 General Session speakers.

Past General Session speakers have included:

2017

Newt Gingrich (Former U.S. Speaker of the House & Fox News Contributor)
Barbara Boxer (Former U.S. Senator)
Dr. Don Rucker, M.D. (National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC))
Viola Davis (Emmy, Tony & Oscar Winning Actress)

2016

Andrew Gettinger (ONC Chief Medical Information Officer)
Laurie Garrett (Senior Fellow for Global Health Council on Foreign Relations Author, Lecturer, Policy)
Laila Ali (World Champion Boxer and Television Personality)
Emily Stover DeRocco (Principal, E3 Engage Educate Employ)
Dr. Bennet Omalu (First Doctor to Diagnose Chronic Brain Damage in NFL Athletes)
Lesley Stahl (Legendary Broadcast Journalist and Co-Editor of 60 Minutes)
Captain Mark Kelly (American astronaut and US Navy Captain)
Gabrielle Gifford (Former Congresswoman)

2015

Robin Roberts (Co-Anchor, ABC Television’s Good Morning America)
Chandra Brown (Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing, US Department of Commerce International Trade Administration)
Elizabeth Jazwiec, RN and author (Studer Group)
Brenda Banwell, MD (Chief of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Professor, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Philadelphia, PA)
Joe Flower (Healthcare Futurist)

2014

Eric Topol, MD (Healthcare Futurists & Director of Scripps Translation Science Institute)
Karen DeSalvo, MD (National Coordinator for HIT, US Department of Health & Human Services)
Rich Bluni, RN & Author
Rob Lowe (Actor and Cancer-Awareness Advocate)

2013

Henry Winkler (author, producer, actor & director)
Marlee Matlin (Academy Award winning actress & activist)
Dr. Travis Stork and Dr. James Sears (co-host of “The Doctors”)

2012

Anesh Chopra (Thought Leader and then Chief Technology Officer of the US)
Joy Behar (then co-host of “The View”)

2011

Stephen Covey (NY Times and Washington Post bestselling author)
Apolo Anton Ohno (eight-time Olympic skating medalist and 2007 champion of Dancing With the Stars)

2010

Regina M. Benjamin, MD (then Surgeon General of US)

2009

David Blumenthal, MD, MPP (then National Coordinator for HIT, US Dept of Health & Human Services)

2008

Christopher Gardner (author of book and inspiration of the movie “Pursuit of Happyness”)