The 9th National Forum on Sepsis:
NOVEMBER 6, 2025
The 2025 END SEPSIS 9th National Forum on Sepsis convened leading voices from government, medicine, innovation and patient advocacy for a dynamic dialogue on how policy, practice and technology are converging to change the future of sepsis care.
Through a series of roundtable discussions, this year’s event offered clinicians, hospital administrators, sepsis leads and innovation officers both high-level insights and practical guidance on how to navigate rapid changes in sepsis policy, practice, and technology – and, ultimately, how to leverage these shifts to save more lives.
The event was moderated by Dr. Martin Doerfler, END SEPSIS Board Member, END SEPSIS Expert Advisory Panel Member & Former Executive Vice President of Healthcare, Truveta and Former SVP, Clinical Strategy and Development, Northwell Health
Visit endsepsisforum.org for full event information, including obtained continuing education credits.
The full event recordings can be viewed below.
PANELS 1 & 2: CE Credits Available.
Introduction
Ciaran Staunton, Co-Founder, END SEPSIS
Senator Charles Schumer
Congressman Donald Norcross
Panel 1. New Sepsis Legislation & Policies: What They Mean for Hospitals Nationwide in the United States
Raymund Dantes, MD, Assoc. Professor of Medicine & Physician Lead, EHC Sepsis Program, Emory University School of Medicine
Akin Demehin, VP, Quality and Safety Policy, American Hospital Association
Mark Sands, MD, SVP, Clinical Transformation & Improvement & Associate CMO, Northwell Health
Foster Gesten, MD, Former Chief Medical Officer, Office of Quality & Patient Safety, NYSDOH & END SEPSIS Expert Panel Co-Chair
Panel 2. Trusted Messengers: The Urgent Need for a New Paradigm for Health Communication – And How AI Will Change Everything
Jeremy Faust, MD, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School & Editor-in-Chief, MedPage Today
Kristen Panthagani, MD, Yale Emergency Scholar & Founder, You Can Know Things
Rachael Spooner, VP, Center for Virtual Health, Northwell Health & Asst. Professor, Dept of Science Education, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
April Chavez, Sepsis Survivor & Patient Advocate
PANEL 3.
Panel 3. Intelligence in Action: How AI is Reshaping Sepsis Care
Derek Angus, MD, Chair, Department of Critical Care Medicine, UPMC & University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
James Morrison, MD, Physician, Critical Care Medicine & Emergency Medicine, & Chair, Enterprise Sepsis Committee, Cleveland Clinic
Suchi Saria, MD, Founder & CEO, Bayesian Health
Moderator: Nirav R. Shah, MD, Senior Scholar, Stanford University, Founder, Qualified Health, END SEPSIS Expert Panel Co-Chair
PANEL 4.
Panel 4. Diagnostic Breakthroughs in Sepsis: What They Mean for Hospitals and Providers
Tim Sweeney, MD, Co-Founder & CEO, Inflammatix
Ajay Shah, PhD, Co-Founder & CEO, Cytovale
Orlaith Staunton, Co-Founder & Executive Director, END SEPSIS
