Nov. 2-4, 2026
AMC Forum
Top hospital and health system leaders are gathering to talk about academic innovation, workforce, research, transactions, leadership and more at the AMC Forum.
About the Forum
Leading in Academic Innovation and Care Delivery
Academic medical centers carry pressures no other health system faces: balancing the clinical, research and teaching missions while margins tighten and funding sources shift. The Becker's Academic Medical Center Forum was built for the C-suite leaders navigating those tradeoffs, bringing together executives from top AMCs to cut through the noise and share what's actually working.
Over three days of candid discussions and peer-to-peer sessions, you'll trade notes with executives who are redesigning how academic medicine grows, integrates and competes. Duke University Health System CEO David Zaas will share how Duke is building an integrated care and research model, and leaders from UCSF Health, UNC Health, Tampa General Hospital and USF Tampa General Physicians will dig into how AMC partnerships and integration are reshaping care delivery. You'll also hear from finance and operations leaders at UChicago Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, Cedars-Sinai, Indiana University Health, Banner Health and Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin on expanding access, choosing the right growth model and developing talent from within. The forum is intentionally small, so every session is a chance to build relationships with peers who understand the unique demands of running an academic health system.
Forum Agenda
November 2-4, 2026
Time Zone:(UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Speakers

Aaron Hajart
President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Medical Center, RWJBarnabas Health

Adrienne D. Sims
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Indiana University Health

Adrin Mammen
Vice President and Chief, Ambulatory Patient Access, Mount Sinai Health System

Amir Ghaferi
President and Chief Executive Officer, Physician Enterprise; Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin

Amy Lu
Vice President, Quality and Safety and Chief Quality Officer, UCSF Health

Andrew Chang
Chief Marketing Officer, UChicago Medicine

Angela Lalas
Chief Financial Officer, Loma Linda University Health Hospitals; Executive Vice President, Finance, Loma Linda University Health

Anthony A. Hilliard
President and Chief Executive Officer, Loma Linda University Health
November 2-4, 2026
Don't miss the conversations that only happen here.
Be part of the Becker's Academic Medical Center Leadership Forum, where forward-thinking healthcare leaders come to shape what's next.

