About The Gabelli Funds-Columbia Business School Healthcare Symposium
The Gabelli Funds-Columbia Business School Healthcare Symposium is an annual event that offers a platform for asset managers, investors, and healthcare leaders to discuss opportunities and challenges facing the sector including the exploration of investment opportunities. A hallmark event for the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program, the symposium attracts a broad range of audiences including investors, fund managers, analysts, CEOs, entrepreneurs, and physicians, as well as Columbia Business School students and alumni, serving as a preeminent environment that gathers distinguished leaders to engage in discussions and thought leadership surrounding the healthcare ecosystem.
The Gabelli Funds-Columbia Business School Healthcare Symposium is a collaborative effort with and is co-sponsored by Mario Gabelli, Columbia Business School Class of '67 alum, legendary investor, and founder, Chairman and CEO of Gabelli Asset Management Company Investors (GAMCO Investors, Inc.), an investment firm with $29.3B AUM.
RSVP for the 5th Annual Gabelli Funds-Columbia Business School Healthcare Symposium
Date: Friday, November 17th, 2023
Time: 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET
Location: The Paley Center for Media NYC, 25 W 52nd St, New York, NY 10019
Past Symposium Speakers
Past speakers for The Gabelli Funds-Columbia Business School Healthcare Symposium have included industry leaders such as Jason Gorevic, CEO of Teladoc; Dr. David Weinreich, Senior VP of Global Clinical Development at Regeneron; Dr. Robert Paris, VP of Infectious Diseases at Moderna; David Herring, Regional President of North America at Pfizer Vaccines; Dr. Steven Safyer, President and CEO of Montefiore Medicine; Dr. Sumit Dutta, CMO of OptumRx; Dr. Najat Khan, Chief Data Science Officer and Global Head, Janssen R&D Strategy and Operations, Johnson & Johnson; Ramita Tandon, Chief Clinical Trials Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance; and Anthony Costello, CEO Patient Cloud, Medidata Solutions, among many others. To see all past speakers, click on the links below.
For more information about this event, please contact the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program (HPM) at [email protected].
Full List of Past Speakers
2022
Advances in Diabetes Care
- Dr. Karin Hehenberger, Founder and CEO, Lyfebulb
- Kevin Sayer, Chairman, President, and CEO, Dexcom
- Dr. Johnna Wesley, Vice President, Type 1 Diabetes and Kidney Disease Research, Novo Nordisk
- (Moderator) Jeff Jonas, Portfolio Manager, Gabelli Funds
Moving Care Closer to the Patient
- Melissa Carr, Senior Vice President of Network Management, Marketing and Sales, CareCentrix
- Rajit Kamal, Worldwide President, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Reconstruction, DePuy Synthes, Johnson & Johnson
- Ramita Tandon, Chief Clinical Trials Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance
- Dr. Adam Travis, VP Corporate Strategy, Teladoc
- (Moderator) Professor Carri Chan, John A. Howard Professor of Business and Faculty Director, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program, Columbia Business School
The Evolution of Wearables and Remote Patient Monitoring
- Anthony Costello, CEO Patient Cloud, Medidata Solutions
- Kristen Holmes, VP of Performance Science, WHOOP
- Dr. Kapil Parakh, Medical Lead, Fitbit
- Dr. Harvinder Sandhu ’01, Co-Chief of Spinal Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery
- (Moderator) Sara Wojda, Portfolio Manager/Research Analyst, Gabelli Funds
2021
The Future of Alzheimer's Care and Treatment
- Phyllis Barkman Ferrell, Global Head, External Engagement, Alzheimer’s and Neurodegeneration, Eli Lilly and Company
- Dr. Richard Mayeux, Gertrude H. Sergievsky Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Epidemiology, Chair of the Department of Neurology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Neurologist-in-Chief, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
- Dr. Adam Myers, Chief Clinical Transformation Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
- Dr. Franck Polleux, Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University; Principal Investigator, Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute
- (Moderator) Kevin Kedra, Healthcare Analyst, Gabelli Funds
New Technologies in Biopharma
- Dr. Joseph Elassal ’06, Senior Medical Director, Global Medical Affairs -Oncology, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
- Eve Kretschmer ’12, Head of Corporate Strategy and Development, Generate Biomedicines
- Dr. James J. Mulé, Associate Center Director, Translational Science and Interim Associate Center Director, Basic Science, Moffitt Cancer Center
- Dr. Ryan Potts, Executive Director, Head of Induced Proximity Platform (IPP), Amgen
- Bing Wang ’07, Co-founder and CEO, Refuge Biotechnologies
- (Moderator) Jing He ’15, Portfolio Manager, Gabelli Funds
Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence in Patient Care
- Dr. Najat S. Khan, Chief Data Science Officer, Janssen R&D Data Sciences; Global Head, Janssen R&D Strategy and Operations, Johnson & Johnson
- Dr. Irene Louh, Chief Medical Officer, Data & Analytics, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Jeff Mounzer, Vice President of Product, Qventus, Inc.
- Dr. David Vawdrey, Chief Data & Informatics Officer, Geisinger
- (Moderator) Jeff Jonas, Portfolio Manager, Gabelli Funds
2020
Vaccines and Therapeutics to Treat COVID-19
- David Hering, Regional President, North America, Pfizer Vaccines
- Dr. Robert Paris, Vice President, Infectious Diseases, Moderna
- Dr. David Weinreich, Senior Vice President, Global Clinical Development, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
- (Moderator) Jing He ’15, Research Analyst, Gabelli Funds
Health Policy and Reimbursement Trends
- Dr. Deepa Kumaraiah, Senior Vice President, Service Lines and Chief Physician, NewYork-Presbyterian
- Melissa Schulman, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, CVS Health
- Michael Sparer, Professor and Chair, Health Policy and Management, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- (Moderator) Jeff Jonas, Portfolio Manager, Gabelli Funds
Healthcare Delivery in a Virtual World
- Dr. Amy Fahrenkopf, President, HSS Health and Senior Vice President, Hospital for
- Special Surgery
- Jason Gorevic, CEO, Teladoc
- Dr. Julie Silverstein, Divisional President, Oak Street Health
- (Moderator) Kevin Kedra, Healthcare Analyst, G.research
2019
Election 2020: Implications for Healthcare Access and Coverage
- Professor Linda Green, Cain Brothers & Company Professor Emerita of Healthcare Management in the Faculty of Business, Columbia Business School
- Dr. Charles E. Smith, Chief Medical Officer, Cigna National Accounts, CIGNA Healthcare
- Dr. Catherine MacLean, Chief Value Medical Officer, Hospital for Special Surgery
- Dr. Steven Safyer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Montefiore Medicine
- (Moderator) Jeff Jonas, Portfolio Manager, Gabelli Funds
Drug Pricing: Supporting Innovation While Keeping Medicines Affordable
- Steve Collis, Chairman, President and CEO, AmerisourceBergen Corporation
- Dr. Sumit Dutta, Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for OptumRx
- Professor Frank Lichtenberg, Cain Brothers & Company Professor of Healthcare Management in the Faculty of Business, Columbia Business School
- Jon Selib, Senior Vice President of Global Policy & Public Affairs, Pfizer
- (Moderator) Jing He ’15, Research Analyst, Gabelli Funds
Leveraging Data and Technology to Transform Care
- Manisha Shetty Gulati, Chief Operating Officer, Clarify Health Solutions
- Jason Gorevic, CEO, Teladoc
- Dr. Emmanuel Fombu, Global Strategy and Digital Innovation Leader at Johnson & Johnson
- Allon Bloch ’97, Co-founder and CEO, K Health
- (Moderator) Kevin Kedra, Healthcare Analyst, Gabelli Funds
