Pre-Summit Dialogue

September 15, 2022, 2:00-3:00pm EST

Advancing Health Equity in Hypertension Prevention, Detection, and Control: A Dialogue to Drive Action

In October 2020, the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and the CDC convened a group of experts to discuss multilevel solutions to address hypertension control. Do these remain the right actions? Can a few of these actions be prioritized for the largest impact? Participants will use the 2020 NHBLI-CDC Workshop proceedings (Tables 1 and 2) as the starting point for discussion. Download Materials

Summit Overview

Our 2022 summit, Act for Equity, featured distinguished speakers and presenters with a wide range of specialties and perspectives to help inform strategies for heart disease and stroke prevention efforts.

Summit Agenda 

Day 1: September 15, 2022-3:00 to 5:00pm EST

• Kick-off and welcome
• Keynote: Hypertension in Women Across the Lifespan with Nanette K. Wenger, MD
• Women & Hypertension Panel: Evidence-based strategies for systems change
• Interactive Group Discussion

Day 2: September 16, 2022-11:30am to 2:00pm EST

• Welcome back and reflection
• Innovative Community-Clinical Partnerships for Health Equity
• Engaging Employers in Hypertension Prevention and Control: A Conversation with Business Leaders
• Small Group Discussions and Moving into Action

Speakers & Presenters

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  Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD

  University of Pennsylvania

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  Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, FASA

  20th US Surgeon General, Perdue University

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  Jenny Bogard, MPH

  Executive Director, National Hypertension Control Roundtable, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Commonality, Inc.

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  Steven Chen, Pharm.D.

  Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, William and Josephine Heeres Chair in Community Pharmacy; Director, USC Titus Center for Medication Safety and Population Health, University of Southern California

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  Brenda Dooley-Artis

  Director, Insurance & Benefits, Special School District of St. Louis County

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  Rachel Ferencik, MPA

  Director, Program Design, CDC Foundation

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  Neil Goldfarb

  President and CEO, Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health

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  Marcia Kritzler-Egeland, M.Ed.

  Women's health advocate and Support Network Coordinator, WomenHeart

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  Jaime Murillo, MD

  SVP & Chief Medical Officer Optum Labs, UnitedHealth Group

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  Modele Ogunniyi, MD

  Associate Professor of Medicine/Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Association of Black Cardiologists

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  Miriam Patanian, MPH

  Lead Consultant for Cardiovascular Health, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors

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  Letitia Presley-Cantrell, PhD

  Branch Chief, Program Development and Services Branch Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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  Lauren Remspecher, MPH

  Senior Director of Member Engagement and Communications, St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition

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  Eduardo Sanchez, MD, MPH

  Chief Medical Officer for Prevention, American Heart Association

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  Andrew Suggs

  CEO & Founder, Live Chair

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  Karol Watson, MD

  Professor of Medicine/Cardiology, Co-director, UCLA Program in Preventive Cardiology Director, UCLA Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Health Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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  Nanette Wenger, MD

  Professor of Medicine/Cardiology Emory Heart and Vascular Center, Emory Women’s Heart Center, and Emory University Schoool of Medicine

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  Janet Wright, MD

  Director, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention