Biotech entrepreneurship, health care industry topics at virtual State of Health event May 12

Join us virtually for the Chamber’s annual State of Health event Wednesday, May 12, at 11:30 a.m. to hear two informative panel discussions featuring metro health care leaders on health and wellness trends, as well as entrepreneurs and researchers working to grow our biotech sector.

Keynote speaker Robin Farmanfarmaian will discuss where some of the shifts are happening in health care delivery, patient experience, and health care consumer spending power and trends, and how this disruption provides opportunities for growing the health care industry in Oklahoma City.

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Farmanfarmaian is a professional speaker and entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, who has been involved with more than 20 early-stage startups working on cutting-edge technology in health care, biotech, pharma, medical devices and digital health.

Hospital Leadership Panelists

Jim Gebhart, President, Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City

Joe Hodges, Regional President, SSM Health Oklahoma

Timothy Pehrson, President and CEO, INTEGRIS Health

Chuck Spicer, President and CEO, OU Medicine, Inc.

Bioscience Panelists

Paul DeAngelis, Ph.D., Presidential Professor, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Christian Kanady, CEO, Echo Investment Capital, LLC

Dr. Jesse McCool, Founder and CEO, Wheeler Labs

Dr. Rodger McEver, Vice President of Research, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

The event runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Individual tickets are $25 for Chamber members and $40 for nonmembers. Sponsor ticket packages are also available online.  Visit okchamber.com/events to learn more.

Special thanks to Presenting Sponsor MidFirst Bank and Host Sponsor OU Health.