• Advanced Practice provider Leadership Summit.  Launching, Funding, Accrediting, and Maintaining a postgraduate APRN/PA Fellowship Program.  Atlanta, GA. September 13, 2018.
• New Mexico Statewide Nursing Educators Conference. “The Emerging Role of RNs in Transforming Primary Care: Population Focused, Person Centered, Nurse-Led. Albuquerque, New Mexico. June 11, 2018.
• Northwest Regional Primary Care Association, Spring Primary Care Conference. “Team-based care in a population health management model.” May 21, 2018.  Portland, Oregon.
• American Chiropractors Association National Chiropractic Leadership Conference. March 2, 2018.  Washington, DC. “It Takes All of Us: The role of chiropractors on the primary care team.”
• Healthcare Workforce Partnership of Western MA. Transforming Primary Care. February 28, 2018.
• National Academy of Medicine, Care Culture and Decision-Making Innovation Collaborative Meeting, Building clinician capacity for managing complexity, Washington, DC. May 5, 2017.
• Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.  Emerging Role of RNs in Primary Care. Atlanta, Georgia. June 5, 2016.
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Primary Care in the U.S.: Lessons Learned to Inform Global Primary Care Activities.  “The Community Health Center, Inc.  A Model for developing countries. Seattle, WA.  November 8, 2016.
• American Academy of nursing, Keynote Address, Making the Business Case for Transforming Primary Care.  Washington, DC. October 28, 2016.
• Maine Quality Counts.  Inspiring Primary Care. Outcomes from the field. Bangor, ME. February 4, 2016.

Stay tuned to see where our team is heading next!

• American Dental Education Association (ADEA). Collaboration in practice. Model of integration of oral health and primary care. Washington, DC. October 19, 2015.
• University of San Francisco School of Nursing. Training for the future; Training to a high-performance model of care. San Francisco, CA. September 25, 2015.
• University of California at San Francisco. The Bodenheimer Symposium. “Expanding the Capacity of the Primary Care Team.”  Panelist.  San Francisco, CA. September 26, 2015.
• American Academy of Nursing Policy Conference. “Optimizing RN and APRN Practice to integrate mental health and primary care.” Panelist. Washington, DC. October 16, 2015.
• American Dental Educators Association (ADEA). “Improving outcomes through oral health and primary are collaborative practice.” Washington, DC. October 19, 2015. 
• (Webinar) Primary Care Progress. “Expanding the capacity of the primary care team.” October 26, 2015.
• National Academies of Sciences-Engineering-Medicine. Committee for the evaluation of the impact of the Institute of Medicine Report:  The future of nursing:  leading change, advancing health. Toward establishing nurse residency programs. Washington, DC. July 27, 2015.
• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Panel presentation. Nurse Practitioner Residency Training for new NPs. New Orleans, LA. June 16, 2015.
• Pre-Conference and Plenary. VT Nurse Practitioners Association. Building a world class primary care system:  Innovations in primary care delivery that are improving patient outcomes, revitalizing providers, and building healthier communities. Stowe, VT. March 26-March 27, 2015.
• Presenter, CHAMPS/Northwest Primary Care Association. Achieving Clinical Workforce Partnerships—Leadership, Business, and Strategy. Denver, CO. October 21, 2014.
• Presenter, International Conference. Learning from promising primary care practices. Models for the USA. Oxford, England. September 9, 2014.
• Keynote Speaker, University of Connecticut School of Nursing annual Athena Conference. “From Brilliant Idea to Sustained Change: The Research, Quality Improvement, and Innovation Continuum. Storrs, CT. April 25, 2014.
• Testimony before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging.  United States Senate. Washington, DC. April 9, 2014.
• Keynote Speaker. University of Colorado. Denver, CO. “Developing a statewide model for NP Residency Training in FQHCs.” December 18, 2013.
• Presentation, American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation Joint Meeting with the American Academy of Nursing. “A Model of Team-Based Primary Care.” December 13, 2013.
• Keynote Speaker, VA Puget Sound HealthCare System, Regional NP Residency Forum. “CHCI Nurse Practitioner Residency Training Program: Training to Complexity, Training to a Model, and Training for the Future.” September 17, 2013.
• Invited Speaker and Panelist, White House. “Improving Care and Patient Health.” Washington, DC.  June 13, 2012.
• Commencement speaker. Yale University School of Nursing. “Creating a Platform for Change.” New Haven, CT. May 12, 2012.
• Annual QSEN (Quality, Safety and Education in Nursing). “Innovation in Quality Improvement in Primary Care.  Phoenix, AZ. May 30, 2012.
• Bar Harbor, Main. “Growing Our Own: Transforming Health Care Education for Future Providers and Systems of Care.”  Sponsored by Maine Office of Rural Health and Primary Care. September 30, 2011.
• Address to graduating seniors:  Southern Connecticut State University School of Nursing. New Haven, CT.  “The Transformation of Primary Care.” May 19, 2011.
• Quinnipiac University. Hamden, CT. “Transforming Primary Care.” Keynote address of the 19^th annual Connecticut Collaborative Research Day. March 5, 2011.
• Community Health Institute. Dallas, TX. “Recruiting, Retaining, and Training NPs to Thrive in Federally Qualified Health Centers.” September 13, 2010.
• AANP National Conference. “CHC’s Nurse Practitioner Residency Training Program: Providing the Training Bridge Between Education and Practice.” June 26, 2010.
• National Heath Policy Conference, sponsored by Academy Health and Health Affairs.
• “Reform and Transform: Ensuring the Right skills for Primary Care.” February 8, 2010.
• Weitzman Symposium. Chair and Convener. 2006 – Present.
• National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP) Meeting. “At the Heart of the Patient-Centered Healthcare Home: Primary Care Providers and Primary Care Nurses.” November 20, 2009.
• Community Health Institute. Chicago, IL. Sponsored by National Association of Community Health Centers. “Health Center inclusion in state health reform efforts: the Connecticut experience.” August 25, 2009.
• National Primary Care Workforce Summit sponsored by HRSA. Washington, DC. “innovations in primary care workforce training.” August 11, 2009.
• Briefing, Capitol Hill.  Washington, DC. “Addressing national primary care provider shortage” sponsored by Congressman DeLauro, D-Ct.   Lead speaker for full briefing designed and presented by Community Health Center Inc. for an audience of political, health care, and association leaders.  May 28, 2009.
• Briefing, Capitol Hill. “Primary Care Innovation.” Presented as part of briefing sponsored by AARP. April 27, 2009.
• “Health Reform: Where are we going?” Association of Nurse-Attorneys in CT. New Haven, CT. April 24, 2009.
• Citizens for Quality Sickle Cell Care Annual Meeting. New Britain, CT. “Improving access and care for adult patients with sickle cell disease:  Applying the chronic care model.” May 3, 2008.
• National Association of Community Health Centers Policy and Issues Forum. Washington, DC. “Residency training programs for nurse practitioners in federally qualified health centers: An innovation whose time is now.” March 12, 2008.
• National Association of Community Health Centers Community Health Institute. Chicago, IL. “Access through innovation.” Developing a contractual 340b Pharmacy model within a community health center. August 24, 2007.
• Middlesex Health Systems. Middletown, CT. Boden Symposium. “A strategic approach to eliminating waits, waste, and delays in primary care.” April 11, 2007.
• Yale School of Management Spring Conference. New Haven, CT. “Electronic Health Records—a transformational tool for patient care.” April 3, 2007.
• National Association of Community Health Centers Policy and Issues Forum. Washington, DC. “The country’s first FQHC based residency training program for new nurse practitioners: results from the first year’s experience.” March 4, 2007.
• University of Connecticut. Storrs, CT. Sigma Theta Tau Induction Ceremonies, Keynote.
• “Community in Practice and Profession.” November 3, 2006.
• New York State Primary Care Association Annual Meeting. Saratoga, NY. “Applying innovation to primary care practice:  advanced access scheduling, panel management, outcome measurement.” October 13, 2006.
• Connecticut Student Nurses Association annual meeting, Keynote. Windsor, CT. “Come on in—we’re waiting for you.” March 2, 2006.