The Pediatric Mental Health Summit presented by Children’s National Hospital and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) and will bring together private and public organizations to discuss youth and adolescent mental health care challenges and possible solutions.
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Join us on Wednesday, May 1, for an exciting event featuring CareFirst President and CEO Brian D. Pieninck and Children’s National Hospital President and CEO Michelle Riley-Brown, with speakers from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry along with the American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital Association.
If you are having technical difficulties with registering, please email Leslie.Anderson@CareFirst.com
Garage Parking is available at the Rumbaugh Parking Garage.
Rumbaugh Parking Garage Address:
7185 13th Place, NW, Washington, DC 20012
Parking Cost: $16.00 (all day rate)
Drop Off Address (Conference Theater):
7115 13th Place, NW, Washington, DC 20012.
**Please use this address if you are being dropped off at the event**
 "How We Got Here"
 Discussion with US Administration Officials regarding opportunities to serve children’s mental  health.
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 Moderator: Angela Kimball, Inseparable​​
 Jennifer Cannistra, Administration for Children and Families​​
 Patsy Cunningham, Health Resources and Services Administration​​
 Hannah Katch, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services​​
 Dr. Sunny Patel, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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 "Where We Are Now"
 Discussion and Q&A with Key Leaders More Than 2 Years after Joint Declaration of Children’s  Mental Health Crisis
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 Moderator: Oleg Tarkovsky, CareFirst​​
 Dr. Lee Beers, American Academy of Pediatrics ​​
 Dr. Tami Benton, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ​​
 Leah Evangelista, Children’s Hospital Association ​
 "Where We Are Going"
 Solutions to Improving Access to Mental Health Services and the Policies to Make Them Happen
 Q&A
 Moderator: Tonya Vidal Kinlow, Children’s National​​
 Gail Avent, Total Family Care Coalition​​
 Laura Goodman, Maryland Dept. of Health ​​
 Purvee Kempf, DC Health Benefit Exchange​​
 Dr. J. Corey Williams, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital​
 Ally Singer Wright, VMAP/Virginia Medical Society Foundation​