TEDMED is coming to Austin! We're truly privileged to have an opportunity to hear from some of the brightest minds in health and medicine - while meeting with our health innovation compatriots right here in Austin. Thanks to the Texas Medical Association and to UT's McCombs School of Business for hosting the live simulcast on April 17!

1. TEDMED is coming April 17
The Texas Medical Association is hosting a half-day
live simulcast of TEDMED lectures.
Join us live
April 17, 1-7:30 pm
TEDMED is an annual meeting of the minds where
multidisciplinary innovators discuss hot topics
ATTENDANCE IS FREE!
and new developments in health and medicine. Double Tree Suites Hotel,
Past TEDMED speakers include Temple Grandin, Bluebonnet Room
President Bill Clinton, and TMA’s 2013 General
303 W. 15th St. • Austin, TX 78701
Session speaker, Abraham Verghese, MD. This
year’s spectactular speaker line-up includes 50+ Free parking available at the TMA Building
global leaders.
Come prepared to think; come prepared to
interact — but most of all, come prepared to have
fun! You’re sure to find TEDMED an unforgettable
Texas Medical Association Austin
experience.
#TEDMEDtma

2. Join the livestream online anytime, anywhere, with anyone!
Register for the Live Event Connect to TEDMED
3 Easy Ways to Register: Via Mobile Application
• Go online to www.texmed.org/ Download the TEDMEDConnect Mobile in your app store. When
texmed, or prompted by the app, input the Texas Medical Association location
• Contact TMA’s Knowledge Center at ID: L82830, and your personal email address.
(800) 880-7955, or The app will:
• Email knowledge@texmed.org.
• Allow TEDMEDLive participants to connect “live” to the
Event is limited to 100 guests. speakers on the TEDMED stage and ask them questions or
transmit comments.
Free parking available at the TMA Building.
• Contain the up-to-the-minute TEDMED schedule.
Beverages and light refreshments will be available courtesy • Let users view and upload photos from TEDMEDLive viewing
of the Texas Medical Association. locations.
• Let users participate in live polls and games.
• Give users the opportunity to request a follow-up “Science-Kit”.
• Allow users to download the conference program.
• Connect users to Facebook and Twitter.
Not Coming to the Live Event?
If you can’t attend the live event, you can participate from anywhere using your mobile device. To give you maximum scheduling
flexibility, choose the format that’s best for you. All four days of speakers will be available in two formats:
REAL-TIME: View TEDMED with the rest of the DC Delegation during the days of the event (April 16-19).
ON-DEMAND: Experience TEDMED according to your schedule, during the event and thereafter, through Sunday, April 21
(midnight your time zone).
Speaker Schedule LIVESTREAM BEGINS 1:30 PM
1:30-3:15 pm 4:30-6:30 pm
Shifting the Patterns of Power What Happens When We Mix Up the Models?
MODERATORS: MODERATOR:
Tracey Haas, DO, and Tim Gueramy, MD, DocbookMD Stephen Pont, MD, MPH
Dell Children’s Medical Center, The Texas Center for the Prevention
and the Treatment of Childhood Obesity
H. Shaw Warren, MD, a physician and researcher, talks of the
pluses and minuses of the mouse monarchy in medical research. Francis Collins, NIH director, returns to the TEDMED stage to talk
Max Little, a mathematician and Parkinson’s Voice Initiative founder, about the next big leaps in biomedicine.
will share his perspective on how big data could change medicine. Mike Pazin, an ENCODE program officer, will shed light on how
Ashley Atkinson will show us why urban gardens are about much collaboration can help unlock more DNA secrets.
more than just plants from her perspective as the co-director of The Manzari Brothers of So You Think You Can Dance bring their
Keep Growing Detroit. blazing talent to the TEDMED stage.
Pritpal S. Tamber, MD, a physician, TEDMED clinical editor, and Gary Slutkin, MD, an epidemiologist at Cure Violence, says the issue
founder of Optimising Clinical Knowledge, explores a missing has been misdiagnosed, and instead created science-based strategies
ingredient. that aim to stop violence before it erupts.
David Odde, a biomedical engineer, and Black Label Movement,
Jonathan Bush, CEO of athenahealth reveals how he thinks about
a collective of dance artists, team up to combine dance and science,
the difficulties of aligning payer and profit in U.S. health care.
shining new light on both.
Peter Attia, MD, a surgeon, former McKinsey consultant, and Zubin Damania, MD, an internist and rapper “ZDoggMD,” wants to
relentless self-experimenter, says prevailing solutions to our obesity shake up health care with ideas as bold and personable as his satirical
epidemic are starved of evidence-based science. videos.
3:15-4:30 pm 6:30-7:30 pm
Break and Discussion Reception and Discussion