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Executive War College General Session

SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT > Executive War College 2026

Two EWC Speakers: Rajendra Singh, MD, who is the Professor of Pathology at the University of Pennsylvania, and Co-Founder of PathPresenter. and Kevin Schap, who is the Director of Clinical Informatics Initiatives at the College of American Pathologists (CAP).

Building Trust in AI Adoption for Pathology: A CAP AI Studio Immersive, Hands-On Experience Exploring Validated AI Tools in Real-World Clinical Scenarios

Kevin Schap, Director of Clinical Informatics Initiatives at the College of American Pathologists (CAP), and Dr. Rajendra Singh, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, will present at Executive War College 2026, highlighting the CAP AI Studio, an immersive, hands-on AI evaluation environment designed to help pathologists rigorously assess emerging technologies within real-world digital pathology workflows.

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Todd Stabelfeldt, CEO & Founder, Solutions by C4

Governing the Data Backbone of the Modern Laboratory: How to Ensure Secure, Compliant, and Validated Patient Data Across the Entire Laboratory Data Lifecycle

Executive War College 2026, April 28-29, 2026 at the New Orleans Hyatt, welcomes
Todd Stabelfeldt, Founder and CEO of C4 Solutions, a recognized authority in computing technology and data management for clinical and anatomic pathology laboratories and hospital environments. Todd brings decades of experience helping laboratories manage, secure, and validate complex digital records across the full data lifecycle. As an industry leader in laboratory data environments, he also offers a personal perspective. As a quadriplegic, Todd has leveraged technology not only to advance laboratory operations, but to overcome physical limitations and drive innovation.

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Clarisa Blattner, Senior Director, Revenue, & Payor Optimization at XiFin, Inc. and Debbie Windsor Vice President, Payer Contracting and Market Access at Mayo Clinic Laboratories.

Unlocking Payor Rate Transparency to Benchmark Contracts, Enhance Market Access, and Improve Financial Outcomes Through Data Driven Strategic PRTM Insights

At Executive War College 2026, join Debbie Windsor, Vice President, Payer Contracting and Market Access, Mayo Clinic Laboratories, and Clarisa Blattner, Senior Director, Revenue and Payor Optimization, XiFin, for a session introducing the Payor Rate Transparency Monitor (PRTM). A nationwide database of in-network reimbursement data from the largest commercial payors that enables laboratories to benchmark contracts, assess competitive positioning, and support strategic market access decisions with transparent, defensible data

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Jonathan Burgart, Director of U.S. Marketing, Abbot Core Diagnostics

The Hidden Profit Center: Stop Leaving Money on the Table by Leveraging Laboratory Operations and Excess Capacity for Enterprise-Wide Financial Results

Jonathan Burgart, Director of U.S. Marketing at Abbott Core Diagnostics, will present at Executive War College 2026, addressing hospital executives and laboratory leaders on how to leverage laboratory operations as a strategic driver of enterprise-wide financial performance.

Drawing on real-world data and proven strategic frameworks, Jonathan will demonstrate how laboratories can move beyond a traditional cost-center mindset and play a measurable role in improving operating margin and net income. As Jonathan notes, “The laboratory has the potential to reframe its role in the healthcare system by focusing on the financial drivers that transform labs from cost centers into profit centers.”

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Walter McAndrew MB(ASCP), SSGB, Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory Manager, MD Anderson

The 3 P’s Powering a Resilient and High Performance Lab Workforce that drives Quality and Reduces

At Executive War College 2026, Walter McAndrew, MB(ASCP), SSGB, Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory Manager at MD Anderson, will present a compelling case study on how laboratory leadership re-engineered operations around three foundational pillars, people, process, and performance, to drive sustained, measurable, and transformative improvement.
Clinical laboratories nationwide are under unprecedented strain from reimbursement pressure, workforce burnout, rising costs, and an increasingly unpredictable regulatory environment. Rather than addressing these challenges in isolation, the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory at MD Anderson Cancer Center posed a more fundamental question: What if workforce stability, quality, and financial performance could be improved simultaneously by focusing on the same core principles?

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Who Attends the Executive War College

Health Systems and Hospital Clinical Laboratory and Pathology Leadership

Hospital C-Suite Administrators

Laboratory Vice Presidents

Pathology Lab Directors/Administrators

Laboratory Directors

Molecular and Genetic Lab Leaders

Precision Medicine & Genetic Program Directors/Administrators

Laboratory Section Managers/Leaders/Supervisors

Representative Labs:

  • ACL Laboratories/Advocate Health
  • Cleveland Clinic Laboratories
  • Medical University of South Carolina
  • Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • Baptist Health South Florida
  • Banner Health
  • Intermountain Health Outreach Labs
  • Baylor Scott & White Health
  • Cedars Sinai
  • Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center
  • Fabric Genomics
  • Kaiser Permanente

Independent Laboratories and Pathology Groups

Laboratory Owners/C-Suite/Vice Presidents/Directors

Pathology Group Owners/Directors

Pathology Group Practice Administrators

Physician Group Lab Owners/Directors

Public Health/Population Health VP’s/Directors

Life Sciences/Research Labs

Representative Labs:

  • Mayo Clinic Laboratories
  • ARUP (Reference Lab)
  • LabCorp (Reference Lab)
  • TriCore (Reference Lab)
  • GeneDx
  • Sonic Labs (Reference Lab)
  • Michigan Pathology Specialists (Pathologist Group)
  • Pacific Pathology Labs (Pathology Group)
  • NorDX (Animal Reference Lab)
  • Novartis (Research Pharm (Life Sciences)
  • AstraZeneca (Pharm/Life Sciences)
  • Caris Life Sciences (Pharm/Life Sciences)
  • Sonora Quest (Population Health Division)

Partners and Suppliers to Laboratory and Pathology Groups

In Vitro Diagnostic Manufacturers

LIS/Pathology LIS/LIMS/RCM/IT

Diagnostic Instrument, Product & Technology

Informatics Products and Services

Suppliers of Automation, Analyzers, and Assays

Revenue Cycle Management (RCM), Coding, Billing, and Collections

Legal, Regulatory & Compliance

Representative Companies:

  • Abbott (Diagnostics)
  • Epic Corporation (EMR/LIS)
  • Clinisys LIS
  • Cerner LIS
  • Telcor (Technology)
  • XIFIN (Technology/Informatics)
  • LifePoint Informatics
  • Change Health Care (RCM/billing)
  • HC1 (RCM)
  • Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. (RCM)
  • COLA (Regulatory)
  • College of American Pathologists (Regulatory)
  • Beckman Diagnostics (Diagnostics)
  • Bio-Rad Laboratories (Diagnostics)
  • Hologic (Diagnostics)
  • Cardinal Health (Product & Technology)
  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (Legal)