Susan Reynolds, MD, PhD
President and CEO
Susan Reynolds, MD, PhD (Program Director) is the President and CEO of The Institute for Medical Leadership®, which provides leadership training and executive coaching to health care executives and physician leaders across the United States.

She is a former emergency physician, CEO of an emergency medical center, White House advisor and executive search consultant, who created a Physician Leadership Training Institute for the American Medical Association as well as the highly acclaimed Chief of Staff BootCamp® programs.

Dr. Reynolds is the author of "Prescription for Lasting Success: Leadership Strategies to Diagnose Problems and Transform Your Organization," available July 2012 published by John Wiley & Sons.

Dr. Michael Appel
Dr. Michael Appel is a former Delta airline pilot and anesthesiologist, who currently serves as Chief Patient Safety Officer for Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS). His airline experience provides a unique perspective to the healthcare industry regarding Safety, and at NGHS he is creating a system where patient safety is a core value. Always passionate about aviation, accident analysis became the window through which Dr. Appel would develop a deep understanding of what it is like to fly airplanes in an airline environment. Through constant study of the detailed and exhaustive methods of the NTSB, Mike grew to become a lifelong student of Safety.

Richard A Bankowitz, MD, MBA, FACP
Richard A Bankowitz, MD, MBA, FACP is Enterprise-Wide Chief Medical Officer of Premier, a national alliance of over 2300 hospitals and 66,000 non-acute care facilities.

Clair Callan, MD, MBA, CPE
Prior to establishing Callan Consulting, Dr. Callan was the Senior Vice President for Professional Standards (acting) for the AMA and, simultaneously, the AMA Vice President of Science, Quality and Public Health. She has also served as the Vice President for Medical and Regulatory Affairs for Abbott Laboratories, and has had experience with managerial roles in State government. Dr. Callan is also active in various medical organizations, and has served as President of the American Medical Women's Association and the Illinois State Medical Society. She is a nationally known speaker on a variety of topics, including leadership and quality of care.

Richard Corlin, MD
Dr. Richard Corlin is the Past President of the American Medical Association and Past President of the California Medical Association. He has also served as Speaker of the House of Delegates of both the AMA and the CMA. Currently he is Chairman of the Board of Audio Digest and in private practices as a gastroenterologist in Santa Monica, California. Known as an articulate and engaging speaker as well as a master of meetings management, he has special expertise in how to minimize your liability risk through effective communication.

Richard Frankenstein, MD
Dr. Richard Frankenstein is a JCAHO Commissioner appointed by the American Medical Association. He is also currently serving as Speaker of the House of Delegates of the California Medical Association. He is a well known lecturer on topics pertaining to medical staff affairs such as peer review, patient safety, and the JCAHO accreditation process. A pulmonologist in Orange County, he has served two terms as Chief of staff at Garden Grove Hospital.

Brent L. Heathcott, IOM, CAE
Brent L. Heathcott, IOM, CAE, has more than 15 years of experience developing effective, dynamic leadership programs for health-care organizations. At the American Urological Association, Brent spearheaded a national leadership development program to identify and prepare young urologists to assume leadership roles in the association.

Leonard M. Randolph, Jr., MD
is a Certified Physician Executive and general surgeon, who currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Mercy Health Partners – Southwest Ohio. He is a Retired Major General in the USAF; former Deputy Surgeon General, USAF; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs; Past President of the American College of Physician Executives; past member of the Board of Governor’s, American College of Surgeons; and a member of Leadership Cincinnati XXIX.

Daniel N. Rastein, MD, MPH
Daniel N. Rastein is the Founder and CEO of Compliance and Regulatory of America (C.A.R.A.) and is an industry expert in the field of governmental regulations, from FDA to CMS to USDA. Daniel has also lead the development of numerous drugs and biomedical devices for cutting edge research, medical and aerospace companies. In addition to his 11-year tenure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, he is a regular lecturer at UCLA and USC among his other engagements.

Peter Rich, Esq.
Mr. Peter Rich is a partner in the national law firm of McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, based in the Los Angeles office. He is a member of the firm's Health Department and co-chairs its national Managed Care Affinity Group. He provides legal services to the nation's leading health care companies, including large hospital systems and hospital boards, as well as health plans (including arrangements involving Accountable Care Organizations/ACOs), large medical groups, and other health care companies. He has lectured nationally on timely health care legal issues, and he has also authored numerous book chapters and articles and has been recognized as one of the leading health care lawyers in the United States, most recently in "The Best Lawyers in America" (2012) and "Super Lawyers" (2012).

Howard Salmon MHA, FACHE
Principal, Equation
Howard Salmon is Principal, Equation Consulting, a company specializing in optimizing physician economics across the continuum of healthcare delivery. His expertise is strategic planning, hospital-physician integration, service line planning, and operations improvement. Prior to Equation, Mr. Salmon was Executive Managing Director, Phase 2 Consulting; Vice President, HCA; Executive Director of Main Hospital, University of Michigan, Holy Family (Spokane) Hospital; and King Fahad Hospital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Mr. Salmon earned his Master's in Healthcare Administration from the University of Minnesota. He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and has been on the boards of public and private healthcare companies.