LDC Syllabus
LDC 2025 Conference Syllabus
Leadership Development Conference | May 15–16, 2025
Friday, May 15
| 7:30 a.m. | Check-in and Networking Breakfast |
| 8 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks Bridget Bush, MD, FASA, WSMA President |
| 8:15 a.m. | Thomas J. Curry Leadership Keynote
Our Food is Unhealthy — What Should We Do?
Jim Krieger, MD, MPH, Healthy Food America
Full Slides Note Slides Article 1 – Touvier Article 2 – Monteiro |
| 9:15 a.m. | Food as a Health Equity Strategy
David Ansell, MD, MPH
Full Slides Note Slides |
| 10 a.m. | Networking Break |
| 10:30 a.m. | What to do when the social needs screen is positive? Resource and referral partnerships between Help Me Grow and physicians
Jackie Litzau, Lyndie Simmonds, and Francie Chalmers, MD of Help Me Grow Washington
Full Slides Note Slides |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 1 p.m. | Food Security Metrics: What Are We Measuring, and Why Does It Matter?
Marie Spiker, PhD
Full Slides Note Slides |
| 2:30 p.m. | Networking Break |
| Breakout Sessions Attendees can choose two sessions; each session is held at both 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. | |
| 3 & 4 p.m. | Option A —
Rebuilding Trust: Medicine and the Public at a Crossroads
Lora Shahine, MD
Full Slides Note Slides |
| 3 & 4 p.m. | Option B —
Integrating Culture into Care: Developing a Diabetes Toolkit through Community Collaboration for Latino Patients
Bindu Nayak, MD, and Emely Barragan, MPH
Full Slides Note Slides |
| 3 & 4 p.m. | Option C — Legislative Advocacy: Fueling Futures — Public Health and Free School Meals in Olympia Sen. Marcus Riccelli |
| 6 p.m. | Reception |
| 6:30 p.m. | Family Dinner |
| 7:15 p.m. | Family Ice Cream Social |
Saturday, May 16
| 7 a.m. | Networking Breakfast |
| Breakout Sessions Attendees can choose one session. | |
| 8 a.m. | Option A —
Talking About Food Insecurity: Skills for Real World Practice
Jennifer Maxwell, MD, and Gabrielle Frank, RD
Full Slides Note Slides |
| 8 a.m. | Option B —
Disagreeing Better: The Art and Science of Constructive Disagreement
Heather Sulejman
Full Slides Note Slides |
| 9 a.m. | Networking Break |
| 9:15 a.m. | Keynote
Evidence vs. Influence: Restoring Trust in Modern Medicine
Kelly Casperson, MD
Full Slides Note Slides |
| 10:15 a.m. | Public Health Panel Moderator: Bridget Bush, MD; panelists: Jens Metzger, MD, Gregory Engel, MD, and Bindu Nayak, MD |
| 11 a.m. | Coaching for Leaders
Patty Burgin, Rhumeena Bhalla, Ann Humes, Karen Souter, MD, and Michel Spruance
Full Slides Note Slides Handout |