ORBITA Conference Schedule

6:30-9:00 PM

Welcome Dinner for Presenters at The Study at Yale Hotel, 1157 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

Drinks beginning at 6:30 and Dinner at 7:00 in The Study Penthouse

7:45-8:25 AM

Continental Breakfast Available in ISPS Room A001

8:25-8:30 AM

Welcoming Remarks by the Conference Organizers:

Alan Gerber, Yale University; and Eric Patashnik, Brown University

8:30-10:15 AM

Panel 1: “The ORBITA Study: Evidence base prior to the study, study design, findings, lingering questions”

• Darrel Francis, Imperial College London
• David Brown, Washington University
• Rita Redberg, University of California, San Francisco
• Alice Jacobs, Boston Medical Center

Discussant: Vikas Saini, Lown Institute

10:15-10:30 AM

Coffee Break, Room A001

10:30-11:45 AM

Panel 2: “Reactions to ORBITA”

• William E. Boden, Boston University and VA
• Jeptha Curtis, Yale University
• Deneen Vojta, UnitedHealth Group

Discussant: Rita Redberg, University of California, San Francisco

Panel 3: “ORBITA in Context: Understanding the de-adoption of medical treatments”

• Shannon Brownlee, Lown Institute
• Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth College

Discussant: Mark Schlesinger, Yale University

Panel 4: “Promoting the Uptake of Medical Evidence: Politics, professionalism, and policy levers”

• Tom Allen, Former Member of Congress
• Alan Gerber, Yale University, and Eric Patashnik, Brown University

Discussant: Zack Cooper, Yale University

Roundtable Discussion

Facilitated by Alan Gerber, Yale University

Wine & Cheese Reception, ISPS Common Room