Presenters
Geronimo Bejarano, M.P.H.
Ph.D. Student, Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice at Brown University
Geronimo Bejarano, M.P.H. is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice at Brown University. His areas of research and expertise are centered around the privatization and financialization of health care with a focus on private equity and Medicare Advantage. His work has been published in leading academic journals including BMJ and Cochrane and featured in Forbes, TIME, StatNews, and The Guardian. Before Brown University, Geronimo completed his MPH at the University of Texas Health Science Center.
Vivian Ho, Ph.D.
Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Chair in Health Economics
Professor, Department of Economics at Rice University
Professor, Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine
Vivian Ho, Ph.D., is the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics, a professor in the Department of Economics at Rice University, and a professor in the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Ho’s research examines the effects of economic incentives and regulations on the quality and costs of health care. Her research is widely published in economics, medical and health services research journals. Ho’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the American Cancer Society and Arnold Ventures.
Ho has served on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Health Statistics, as well as on the NIH Health Services, Outcomes and Delivery study section. She was elected as a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2020. Ho is also a founding board member of the American Society for Health Economists, a board member for Community Health Choice and a member of the Community Advisory Board at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas. Ho received her A.B. in economics from Harvard University, a graduate diploma in economics from The Australian National University and a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University.
Robert Tyler Braun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College
Research Focus: As an Assistant Professor, my current research is focused on the organization of the health care system with a particular interest in the evolution of changes in the organization and financing of physician practices and providers of end-of-life and long-term care. As principal investigator on several grants, from funders such as the National Institute on Aging and Arnold Ventures, our team is in the process of examining physician and long-term care organization, financing, and behavior within the U.S. health delivery system. Currently, my research interests are related to mergers and acquisitions of physician practices, hospices, and nursing homes by various types of institutional investment. My research is published in prominent journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA Internal Medicine, and Health Affairs. My research on the consolidation of physician practices and long-term care organizations has received coverage from major media outlets, including The New York Times, Washington Post, and The New Yorker Magazine. Furthermore, my research has received substantial attention from policymakers, including The White House, Congressional Budget Office, Senate Finance Committee, and the House Ways and Means Committee.
I primarily teach in the Executive M.B.A./M.S. Healthcare Leadership program, a joint program by Cornell's Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences. Additionally, I teach and mentor students in Weill Cornell's Health Policy and Economics M.S. program and the M.D. program.
Key Contributors
Our key contributors will be featured at panel or break-out discussions or other points during the day. Please see the agenda for more details.
- Omolola Adepoju, Ph.D., M.P.H. - Director, Humana Institute
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Mark Cone, M.D. - Market President, Privia Health, Gulf Coast Texas
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Lindsay Botsford, M.D. - Houston Market Medical Director, One Medical
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Cedric Dark, M.D., M.P.H. - Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
- Ken Janda J.D. (Moderator) - Professor of Practice, Community Accountable Health, University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
- Ben King, Ph.D., M.P.H. - Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
- Winston Liaw, M.D. - Department Chair, Health Systems and Population Health Sciences, University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine