Faculty

Elmo Agatep, MD
Family Medicine & Sports Medicine,
Optum-Seal Beach Family
Team Physician, USA Women’s Water Polo
Team Physician, USA Beach Volleyball
Physician Provider Network,
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee

Mark Albers, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School;
Clinician Investigator and Assistant Professor of Neurology
Mass General Research Institute;
Assistant Neurologist
Massachusetts General Hospital

Sarah M. Benish, MD, FAAN
Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs
Division Director, General Neurology
Physician Co-Chief, Neuroscience Service Line
Neurosciences Medical Director, Clinic and Surgery Center
M Health Fairview

Peminda Cabandugama, MD
Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine
Director, Digital Obesity Programs
Cleveland Clinic

Alta DeRoo, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

Andres Duarte-Rojo, MD, MS, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Living Liver Donor Medical Director
Liver Transplantation Medical Director
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Juanita Gonzalez
Liver Transplant Recipient

Kelly Grosklags, LICSW, BCD, FAAGC, FT
Conversations with Kelly

Gagan Joshi, MD
Clinical Investigator and Associate Professor
Mass General Research Institute;
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School;
Psychiatrist
Massachusetts General Hospital

Dean G. Karalis, MD, FACC, FNLA
Cardiologist and Lipidologist
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Adam Omelianchuk, PhD, MA, HEC-C
Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics
Baylor College of Medicine;
Practicing Clinical Ethicist
Houston Methodist Hospital

Brendan Parent, JD
Associate Professor, Department of Population Health
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Gehrig Parker
Liver Transplant Donor

Joel Pekow, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
University of Chicago Medicine

Chiti Parikh, MD
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Integrative Health and Wellbeing Program
Weill Cornell Medicine;
New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Julia Meade, MD
Pediatric Cancer Predisposition Program Director
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Human Genetics
Division of Hematology/Oncology and Genetic and Genomic Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and School of Public Health
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Dorry L. Segev, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery and Population Health
Member, National Academy of Medicine
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Surgery
Director, Center for Surgical and Transplant Applied Research
NYU Langone Health

Xiaoyi Teng, MD
Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director, Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency Program
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

 
Planners
Elizabeth Albert, MD
Clinical Activity Manager
Optum Health Education
Eden Prairie, MN

Sara Fleszar, PharmD, BCOP
Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Optum Health Solutions

Rebecca Gleason, RN, CCM
Activity Manager
Optum Health Education
Eden Prairie, MN

Lisa Latts, MD, MSPH, MBA, FACP
Senior Medical Director, Value-Based Care
Optum
Eden Prairie, MN

Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Optum Health Education (OHE) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.

The list below includes individuals that have relevant financial relationships. 
Financial Relationship Key A-Advisory Board CT-Clinical Trial C-Consultant E-Employee G- Grant/Research Support or Funding I-Stocks and Other Ownership Interests S-Speakers’ Bureau O-Other Financial or Material Support

• Mark Albers, MD: Lilly (O); Sudo (A); Aromha (I); Merck (C)

• Peminda Cabandugama, MD: Eli Lilly (S)

• Andres Duarte-Rojo, MD, MS, PhD: Echosens (G)

• Gagan Joshi, MD: Genentech (G); EuMentis Therapeutics (C); MassGeneral Brigham Innovation (O)

• Dean Karalis, MD, FACC, FNLA: Novartis (A, C, G); Amgen (G, S); Regeneron (G); NewAmsterdam Pharma (A)

• Julia Meade, MD: Alexion Pharmaceuticals (C)

• Brendan Parent, JD: ProcureOnDemand, Bexorg (A); United Therapeutics (G)

• Joel Pekow, MD: AbbVie, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson (I); CVS Health (C)

• Dorry Segev, MD, PhD: AstraZeneca, Sanofi, CareDx, Optum, NKF, Moderna, Medscape, HANSA, Roche, ASN, Springer Publishing (C, S)

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated. 

The remaining activity faculty or planners have no financial relationships to disclose.