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Malcom MacEachern Symposium
42nd Annual Malcolm MacEachern Symposium
Each year, the Healthcare program at Kellogg convenes a group of healthcare experts for the MacEachern Symposium. This program includes a keynote lecture by a leading academic. The symposium features distinguished speakers and business leaders from around the nation to discuss the most pressing issues in the healthcare industry.
2026 Keynote Speaker
Ryan McDevitt, PhD, Economist, Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School
Previous MacEachern Symposia
"Value and Incentives in Healthcare"
Keynote speaker:
Haruo Naito, '74 MBA, KBE
CEO, Eisai Co., Ltd
Malcolm MacEachern Memorial Lecturer:
Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD
Joseph P. Newhouse Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School;
Professor of Medicine and Associate Physician in the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
Lakeside Chat:
David Hyman, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Eli Lilly
"Using Markets to Address Health Inequities"
Keynote speaker:Toyin Ajayi, MD
CEO, Cityblock Health
Malcolm MacEachern Memorial Lecturer:
J. Michael McWilliams, MD, PhD
Warren Alpert Foundation Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Medicine and Practicing General Internist, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Panel Discussion: Role of FQHC in a market-based safety net
David Munar, CEO, Howard Brown Health
Lakeside Chat: Panel Discussion on Rural Health
Sarah Chouinard, Chief Medical Office, Main Street Health
“Biopharmaceutical Innovation After the Pandemic”
Keynote Speaker:Scott Gottlieb, MD
Former FDA Commissioner
Malcolm MacEachern Memorial Lecturer:
Pierre Azoulay, PhD
International Programs Professor of Management
MIT, Sloan School of Management
Panel Discussion: China as an Emerging Biotech Consumer and Supplier
Ricky Sun, PhD
Managing Director
Bain Capital Life Sciences
Tom Cavanaugh
Company Group Chairman, Commercial Strategy Organization
The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Craig Garthwaite, PhD
Professor of Strategy, Herman Smith Research Professor in Hospital and Health Services, Director, Healthcare at Kellogg
Kellogg School of Management
Lakeside Chat: Paying for New Innovations
Steve Miller, MD
Chief Clinical Officer
Cigna International
“The Business of Providing Healthcare to Low-Income Americans”
Keynote Speaker:Michael Neidorff
Chairman, President and CEO
Centene Corporation
Malcolm MacEachern Memorial Lecturer:
Kate Baicker, PhD
Dean & Emmett Dedmon Professor
University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy
Lakeside Chat:
David Ernesto Munar
President and CEO
Howard Brown Health
The Challenges of Paying for Valuable Pharmaceuticals (April 5, 2019)
Keynote speaker:John Milligan, PhD
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Malcolm MacEachern Memorial Lecturer:
Andrew Lo, PhD
Charles E. & Susan T. Harris Professor
MIT Sloan School of Management
Director of MIT's Laboratory for Financial Engineering and Principal Investigator,
MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Lakeside Chat
John Prince, '91, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
OptumRX
Craig Garthwaite, PhD
Associate Professor of Strategy, Herman Smith Professor in Hospital & Health Services Management,
Director, Healthcare at Kellogg
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Panel Discussion:
Amitabh Chandra, PhD
Henry & Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration,
Harvard Business School
Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy, Director of Health Policy Research,
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Arti Rai, JD
Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law, Co-Director, The Center for Innovation Policy
Duke University Law School
The Public-Private Partnership of U.S. Healthcare (April 27, 2018)
Keynote speaker: Re-defining the Healthcare Experience...One Person at a TimeSteve Nelson, MBA, MHSA
Office of the Chief Executive, UnitedHealth Group
Chief Executive Officer, UnitedHealthcare
Malcolm MacEachern Memorial Lecturer: The Role of Private Payers & Providers After the Affordable Care Act
Mark Duggan, PhD, MS
Wayne & Jodi Cooperman Professor of Economics and
Trione Director Stanford Institute for Economics Policy Research
Stanford University
Discussion: Managing Public- Private Sector Partnerships in Healthcare
Craig Garthwaite, PhD
Associate Professor of Strategy, Herman Smith Professor in Hospital & Health Services Management,
Director, Healthcare at Kellogg
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Christian Soura, MA
Vice President of Policy & Finance
South Carolina Hospital Association
Former Director
South Carolina Department of Health & Human Services
Can Markets Be Used to Control Healthcare Costs (May 18, 2017)
Keynote speaker: How can Government and Markets work together to control Healthcare CostJulian Harris, MD, MBA
President
CareAllies, A Cigna Company
Malcolm MacEachern Memorial Lecturer: The Affordable Care Act: Repeal and Replace? Or Rethink? New Models, Methods and Payments
James Weinstein, DO, MS
President & CEO
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health
A Conversation on the Future of Anti-Trust in Healthcare Markets
Amanda Starc, PhD
Associate Professor of Strategy
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
David Dranove, PhD
Walter J. McNerney Professor of Health Industry Management, Professor of Strategy,
Faculty Director of PhD Program
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Public and Private Exchanges: What Does the Future Hold? (April 29, 2016)
Keynote Speaker: Private Exchanges - Current and Future PerspectivesAshok Subramanian, MA, MBA
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Liazon
Malcolm MacEachern Memorial Lecturer: Public Health Insurance Exchanges: Where they came from and where are they going?
Jonathan Gruber, PhD
Ford Professor of Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Panel: Insights and Reactions from Insurers
Moderator: Leemore Dafny, PhD,
Professor of Strategy, Director of Health Enterprise Management
Herman Smith Research Professor in Hospital and Health Services
Kellogg School of Management
Kevin Cassidy, MBA
Senior Vice President, Employer Group Sales & Client Management
Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL, MT, NM, OK, TX
Craig A. Hipp, CEBS
Vice President, Exchange Strategy/Strategic Initiatives
UnitedHealthcare National Accounts
Luncheon and the Year Ahead in Healthcare: A Forecasting Panel
Moderator: Andrew Ziskind, MD, MBA
Adjunct Professor of Health Enterprise Management
Kellogg School of Management
Managing Director, Clinical Solutions
Huron Healthcare
Edward F.X. Hughes, MD
Professor of Strategy
Kellogg School of Management
Mark Golberg
CEO/GM
“Project X”, an innovative platform in the elder care space in development by Red Star Ventures
Robert York, MBA
Senior Vice President
Kaufman Hall
Ethan Arnold, MPH
Co-Founder & President
The Chartis Group
High-Priced Drugs: Problem or Progress? (May 8, 2015)
Keynote speaker: Medicines and Pricing: Ensuring Accessibility, Affordability and InnovationJustin McCarthy
Senior Vice President, Global Policy & International Public Affairs
Pfizer, Inc.
Malcolm MacEachern Memorial Lecturer: Paying for Innovation in Healthcare
Amitabh Chandra, PhD
Professor of Public Policy
Harvard University
Panel: Perspectives on Drug Pricing from Payers and Providers
Moderator: Leemore Dafny, PhD,
Professor of Strategy, Director of Health Enterprise Management
Herman Smith Research Professor in Hospital and Health Services
Kellogg School of Management
Peter Bach, MD
Director
Memorial Sloan Kettering's Center for Health Policy and Outcomes
Steve B. Miller, MD
Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
Express Scripts Inc.
Luncheon and the Year Ahead in Healthcare: A Forecasting Panel
Moderator: Craig Garthwaite, PhD
Assistant Professor of Strategy, Kellogg School of Management
Michael Sachs, MSPH
Chairman
TLSG
Andrew Ziskind, MD, MBA
Managing Director, Clinical Solutions
Huron Healthcare
Nicole Walker, MBA, MEM
Director
Baird Capital
