Leadership Montgomery County Gets Insights into Health Care

The Leadership Montgomery County (LMC) Class of 2020 recently explored healthcare in Montgomery County at their Healthcare Session, sponsored and hosted by Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center. The day kicked off with the Leadership Series facilitated by Phillip Moore and LMC alumni. Session Director Linda Nelson welcomed the class and gave an overview of the day’s events before Walter Wilkerson, Jr., M.D. presented the history of healthcare in Montgomery County.

Freddy Warner with Memorial Hermann Health System presented the class with legislative healthcare updates. The class then got a look into the issues facing hospital CEOs in Montgomery County with the CEO panel, consisting of Dr. Debra Sukin of Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital, Jim Parisi of CHI St. Luke’s Health – The Woodlands Hospital, and Josh Urban of Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center.

After lunch, the class heard about innovations in Healthcare from Dr. Roberta Schwartz of Houston Methodist, end-of-life issues from Kelli Gershon and mental health from Evan Roberson of Tri-County Behavioral Healthcare. The class then had the opportunity to tour Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center, including the trauma OR, LifeFlight helipad, and Canopy Cancer Survivorship Center. After the tour, the class learned about the role healthcare centers play in the community from Missy Herndon of Interfaith Community Clinic and Karen Harwell of Lone Star Family Health Center, followed by Dr. Divya Chirumamilla, who spoke on the opioids crisis.

Leadership Montgomery County (LMC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, dedicated cultivating the future leaders of Montgomery County. The mission of LMC is to prepare emerging and existing leaders to understand local issues, grow their leadership skills and connect with others to better serve Montgomery County.

The Conroe/Lake Conroe Chamber of Commerce, The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Magnolia Parkway Chamber of Commerce, the Greater East Montgomery County Chamber, the Montgomery County Hispanic Chamber, and the Montgomery Area Chamber are all partner Chambers in the LMC program. For more information about Leadership Montgomery County, please visit LMCTX.org.