See where we've been: Jan. - April 2007

Annual Rural Health Care Leadership Conference
Phoenix
January 21, 2007

Rosemary Kennedy, chief nursing informatics officer, Siemens Medical Solutions, presented “Evidence-Based Medicine for Community Hospitals.”

Conference Web site:
http://www.healthforum.com/healthforum/html/conferences/conf_ruralhealth.html

8th Annual Frost & Sullivan Sales & Marketing 2007 West
Tempe, Ariz.
January 22, 2007

Bappa Choudary, vice president of segment management in Global Solutions, Siemens Medical Solutions, presented the keynote, “Closed Loop Marketing.”

Conference Web site:
http://www.frostandsullivan.com/prod/servlet/summits-details.pag?eventid=61652423&as=

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. Black History Month Commemoration
Philadelphia, PA
Feb. 12, 2007

Owen S. Moore, controller & business administrator, Siemens Medical Solutions delivered the presentation, “Climbing the Corporate Ladder of Success”

National Pay for Performance Summit
Los Angeles
Feb. 14 – 16, 2007

Gail Latimer, R.N., chief nursing officer, Siemens Medical Solutions, and Donna Isgett, vice president of clinical effectiveness, McLeod Health, delivered the presentation titled, “Health Benchmarking and IT Meet to Pay for Performance Demands.”

Conference Web site:
http://www.pfpsummit.com/

Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) 2007
New Orleans
Feb. 25 – March 1, 2007

Gail Latimer, R.N., chief nursing officer, Siemens Medical Solutions, and Kathryn Wilhoit, vice president and chief nurse executive, Mountain States Health Alliance, presented, “Using Technology to Improve Analysis and Monitoring of Medical Safety Initiatives.” Carole Ireland, national business development manager, Siemens Personal Health Card Program, Siemens Communications, Inc. and Paul Contino, vice president, Information Technology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, delivered the educational presentation, “Siemens Smart Card Solutions for Improved Patient Care.”

Conference Web site:
http://www.himss07.org

Global Marketing Summit 2007
Myrtle Beach, S. C.
Feb. 25 – March 1, 2007

Bappa Choudhury, vice president of segment management, Global Solutions, Siemens Medical Solutions, presented the keynote, “Closed Loop Marketing; Bridging the Sales and Marketing Gap,” on February 26.

Conference Web site:
http://www.wtgmarketingsummit.com

Clinical Applications of Pharmacogenetics (PGx): Case Reports on the Practice of Personalized Medicine (AACC)
Arlington, VA
February 26 – 27, 2007

David Okrongly, senior vice president and head of Molecular Diagnostics, Siemens Medical Solutions, presented, “The Coming Convergence of In Vivo Imaging and In Vitro Diagnostics.”

Conference Web site:
http://www.aacc.org/AACC/events/meetings/Clinical+Applications+of+Pharmacogenetics.htm

AMGA Annual Congress
Scottsdale, AZ
March 1 – 3, 2007

Siemens’ customer Rick MacCornack, Ph.D., chief systems integration officer, Northwest Physicians Network, presented the topic, “Community Connectivity as a Strategy to Improve the Quality and Safety of Medical Care.”

Conference Web site:
http://www.amga.org/Education/AnnualConf/index_annualConf.asp

Lab Info Tech Summit
Las Vegas, NV
March 5 – 7, 2007

Don Rucker, M.D., chief medical officer, Siemens Medical Solutions, presented “The Precision of Knowledge in Molecular Medicine: The Convergence of In-Vivo and In-Vitro Diagnostic Technologies with Healthcare IT Solutions” as the featured keynote speaker.

Conference Web site:
http://www.labinfotech.org/

12th Annual Frost & Sullivan Medical Devices 2007 MindXchange
San Francisco
March 11 - 14, 2007

Peter Kingma, vice president, division manager, Molecular Imaging, Siemens Medical Solutions, discussed “Top Level, Market-Driven Product Innovation and Commercialization Strategy” during his keynote presentation.

Charlene Underwood, director, Regulatory and Industry Affairs, Siemens Medical Solutions, moderated a panel entitled, “Provider and Payer Perspectives on Evidence-Based Medicine.”

Conference Web site:
http://www.frostandsullivan.com/prod/servlet/summits-details.pag?eventid=62837861&as=

American College of Healthcare Executives 2007 Annual Congress
New Orleans
March 19 – 22, 2007

Marilyn Marchant, director, Siemens Medical Solutions, co-presented with Siemens’ customers Jane Ann Bridges, chief financial officer, Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital and Laura Easton, chief operating officer, Caldwell Memorial Hospital, on "Good Things Come in Small Packages: Interoperability in Small/Rural Healthcare Facilities.”

Alan Gold, vice president, Managed Services, Siemens Medical Solutions, collaborated with Thomas Timcho, president and chief executive officer, Jefferson Regional Medical Center, during the discussion, "How Information Technology Can Help Ensure Financial Stability for Healthcare Facilities."

Siemens’ customer Patricia Gabow, M.D., chief executive officer and medical director, Denver Health Medical Center, co-presented with Lisa Romano, administrator, patient logistics/patient access, Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network, and Bruce Siegel, M.D., research professor, Georgetown University Medical Center, during the panel, “Improving Hospital Patient Flow Through Process Redesign," moderated by Michael Harrison, Ph.D., senior research scientist, Organizations and Systems-Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Conference Web site:
http://www.ache.org/cong2007/CongressIntroPage.cfm

PACS 2007
San Antonio
March 20 – 23, 2007

Don Rucker, M.D., chief medical officer, Siemens Medical Solutions, participated on two panels. His topics of discussion included “RHIO’s: What are They?” and “Implementation and the Functional Requirements of a CPOE.” Additionally, Dr. Rucker served on the “Ask the Experts” panel on Informatics.

Conference Web site:
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/pacs2007/

Oncology Clinical Trials
Orlando, FL
April 10 – 12, 2007

Walter Carney, M.D., Siemens Medical Solutions, presented the case study, “Circulating Oncoproteins as Cancer Biomarkers for Targeted Therapies,” on Wednesday, April 11th. On Thursday, April 12th, he participated as a panelist during the “Biomarkers in Cancer Drug Development” discussion.

Conference Web site:
http://www.iirusa.com/oncology

FDLI's Golden Anniversary Annual Meeting
North Bethesda, MD
April 12 – 13, 2007

Tom Miller, Siemens board member, presented “The Future of Medical Technology: A Med Meets IT Use Case,” during the Technological Innovation Revolution - Drugs & Biologics track.

Conference Web site:
http://www.fdli.org/conf/

AONE 40th Annual Meeting and Exposition
Washington D.C.
April 12 – 16, 2007

Gail Latimer, R.N., chief nursing officer, Siemens Medical Solutions, delivered the introduction for the Siemens sponsored keynote, “Plagues, Pestilence, Prevention, Preparedness and Politics: The Life of the Surgeon General” presented by Vice Admiral Richard Carmona, retired Surgeon General of the United States.

Conference Web site:
http://www.aone.org/aone/conference2007/exhibitors-sponsors.html

IDC Sales and Marketing Effectiveness Summit
New York
April 16, 2007

Bappa Choudhury, vice president of segment management, Global Solutions, Siemens Medical Solutions, presented the keynote “The Integration of Sales and Marketing”

Conference Web site:
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=IDC_P13814

American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) Spring Conference
Phoenix, AZ
April 25 - 27, 2007

Rik Primo, director enterprise imaging solutions, Siemens Medical Solutions, delivered a presentation detailing the various aspects of departmental workflow.

Scott Goodwin, vice president, CT Division, Siemens Medical Solutions, discussed the topic of advanced visualization.

Neeraj Chopra, senior director, Radiology/Imaging, Segment Management, Siemens Medical Solutions, addressed the topic of the integrated imaging suite.

Conference Web site:
http://www.ahraonline.org/ConfEd/EI/Default.asp

29th DxMA Annual Conference "Blow the Competition Away" Practices and Trends in Diagnostic Marketing
Chicago, IL
April 25 – 26, 2007

Donald Rucker, M.D., vice president and chief medical officer, Siemens Medical Solutions, presented the keynote, “A Major Change in Diagnostics: Siemens' Acquisition of Bayer Diagnostics and DPC."

Conference Web site:
http://www.dxma.org/dxma_events/annual_conference

23rd Annual Clinical Virology Symposium and Annual Meeting of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology
Clearwater Beach, FL
April 29 – May 2, 2007

David Okrongly presented “Siemens Molecular Vision” during the “Charting a New Course in Molecular Diagnostics” workshop.

Conference Web site:
http://hsc.usf.edu/nocms/medicine/medmicro/virology/page.htm

9th Annual Health Care Industry Advisory Council
San Diego
May 1 – 3, 2007

Chris Amies, Ph.D., director, Oncology Disease Management, Siemens Oncology Care Systems Group, participated in a panel discussion titled: “Changes in Medical Imaging: An Industry View.”

Conference Web site:
http://www.asrt.org/Content/ASRTFoundation/hciac/hciacstartpage.aspx

National Patient Safety Congress
Washington, DC
May 3 – 5, 2007

Siemens’ customer Neil Seidberg, M.D., University Hospital, Syracuse, N.Y. participated in a panel discussion titled “Strategies for Physician Adoption” during the Innovative Solutions Track.

Conference Web site:
http://www.npsf.org/congress/index.html

Bio International Convention
Boston
May 6 – 9, 2007

Wilfried Loeffler, vice president, PET, Siemens Medical Solutions, participated in a panel discussion titled, “Emerging Opportunities in Molecular Imaging: Sharper Images and Improving Outcomes.”

Conference Web site:
http://www.bio2007.org/

7th Annual Disease Management Colloquium
Philadelphia
May 7 – 9, 2007

Harm Scherpbier, product manager, healthcare workflow management, Soarian®, Siemens Medical Solutions, delivered the presentation, “Soarian Workflow Management Systems.”

Conference Web site:
http://www.dmconferences.com/

The Alexander Group Executive Workshop
New York
May 8, 2007

Bappa Choudhury, vice president of segment management, Global Solutions, Siemens Medical Solutions, delivered the keynote.

Workshop Web site:
http://www.salesforums.com/07workshops/main.asp

Stanford Alumni Association King Tut Event
Philadelphia
May 10, 2007

Don Rucker, M.D., chief medical officer, Siemens Medical Solutions, gave a presentation on how computed tomography (CT) scanners had been used to create X-rays of King Tut's mummy.

Event Web site:
http://www.stanfordclubs.org/philadelphia/

Biomarker World Conference
Philadelphia
May 15 – 17, 2007

Walter Carney, M.D., Siemens Medical Solutions, delivered the presentation, “Circulating MN Oncoprotein as a Novel Cancer Biomarker.”

Conference Web site:
http://www.biomarkerworldcongress.com/

17th Annual CardTechSecurTech 2007
San Francisco
May 15 - 17, 2007

Aaron Zitzer, senior product marketing manager, Siemens, presented, “Best Practices in Healthcare Card Implementation.”

Conference Web site:
http://www.ctst.com/CTST07/index.html/

Transformation and Innovation 2007
Herndon, Va.
May 21 – 24, 2007

Siemens’ customer, Ray Hess, vice president, Information Management, The Chester County Hospital, delivered a presentation on a chapter he authored in the 2007 BPM and Workflow Handbook during the Healthcare Track of the conference.

Conference Web site:
http://www.transformationandinnovation.com/

American Society of Radiologic Technicians (ASRT) Annual Conference
Albuquerque, N.M.
June 1 – 4, 2007

Terry Jacobs, director, electronic health records (EHR) and emerging initiatives, Siemens Medical Solutions, delivered a presentation on Electronic Health Records.

Conference Web site:
http://www.asrt.org/content/eventsandconferences/annualconference2007/ac07startpage.aspx

Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Philadelphia
June 8, 2007

Connie D’Argenio, vice president, business management, Siemens Medical Solutions, participated in a panel discussion on “The Future of Healthcare in Pennsylvania.” Connie discussed the topic of healthcare technology.

Conference Web site:
http://www.greaterphilachamber.com/

CAP Foundation Conference Series: Futurescape of Pathology
Rosemont, Ill.
June 9 – 10, 2007

Erhard Schnapka, Ph.D., Siemens Medical Solutions, presented “Siemens’ Vision of the Future,” focusing on the technologies that Siemens is predicting for anatomic pathology.
Don Rucker, M.D., chief medical officer, Siemens Medical Solutions, delivered the presentation, “The Information Technology Outlook: A Practical Perspective.”

Conference Web site:
http://www.cap.org/apps/cap.portal?_nfpb=true&cntvwrPtlt_actionOverride=%2Fportlets%2FcontentViewer%2Fshow&_windowLabel=cntvwrPtlt&cntvwrPtlt%7BactionForm.contentReference%7D=cap_foundation%2Ffuturescape.html&_state=maximized&_pageLabel=cntvwr

MDM East Conference
New York
June 11 – 14, 2007

David Okrongly delivered the presentation “What’s Now, What’s Next: Opportunities and Case Studies.”

Conference Web site:
www.mdmeast.com

American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) 2007 Annual Meeting
San Diego
July 15 – 19, 2007

David Okrongly, senior vice president and head of Molecular Diagnostics, Siemens Medical Solutions, and Richard Friedberg, M.D., Ph.D., Baystate Health, co-presented the Industry Workshop.

Conference Web site:
http://www.aacc.org/NR/exeres/1257A9BC-C00F-48DA-BFC8-89BE40F6F003.htm

American Hospital Association (AHA) Leadership Summit
San Diego
July 22 – 24, 2007

Connie D’Argenio, vice president, business management, Siemens Medical Solutions, and Ken Lawonn, senior vice president and CIO, Alegent Health, co-presented “Understanding the Digital Hospital: The Present and the Future.”

Conference Web site:
http://www.healthforum.com/healthforum/html/conferences/summit/index.html