The National Forum on Sepsis

Each year, END SEPSIS convenes leaders from healthcare policy, government, critical care, patient advocacy and private industry at the National Forum on Sepsis. When we launched the Forum in 2013, it marked the first time all key stakeholders came together in one room to focus on the sepsis crisis. The Forum’s mission is to channel their collective expertise toward identifying challenges, exploring opportunities, and advancing solutions. Past speakers have included members of Congress, CMS leadership, renowned patient advocates, leading clinicians and academics and innovators from the private sector.

Past Speakers at the National Forum on Sepsis.

Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY)
Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Dr. Patrick Conway, Chief Medical Officer for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Dr. Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kevin Tracey, M.D. Feinstein Institute
Dr. Kedar Mate, President & CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Maureen Dowd, Columnist, New York Times
Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
Dr. Konrad Reinhart, Chair of the Global Sepsis Alliance
Congressman Richard Neal (D-MA), Chairman, House Ways & Means Committee
Dr. Robert Valdez, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
Jim Dwyer, Journalist, New York Times
Michael Dowling, Chief Executive Officer, Northwell Health
Dr. Howard Zucker, New York State Commissioner of Health
Dr. Ron Kline, Chief Medical Officer, Quality Measurement and Value-Based Incentives Group Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, CMS
Jean Moody-Williams, Deputy Director, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, CMS