Saturday, October 17, 2026 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. MDT at Salt Palace Convention Center - Ballroom A-D
This opening session will feature incoming and outgoing presidential addresses, prestigious awards, and keynote address featuring Julie Haizlip, MD, MAPP. A pediatric critical care physician and educator, Haizlip's work focuses on transforming healthcare culture through positive psychology and teamwork. She emphasizes the importance of “mattering”—helping clinicians feel valued and significant—to address burnout and improve well-being. Her work in interprofessional education promotes better communication and collaboration across healthcare teams, recognizing that effective teamwork is essential for high-quality patient care. Through research, teaching, and leadership at the University of Virginia, Haizlip aims to build more supportive, connected healthcare environments that benefit both providers and patients.
Welcome8:00 a.m. to 8:05 a.m. | | Speaker: | Denise H. Rhoney, Pharm.D., FCCP | | Ron & Nancy McFarlane Distinguished Professor
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy | | View Biography |
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Outgoing President's Address8:05 a.m. to 8:20 a.m. | | Speaker: | Denise H. Rhoney, Pharm.D., FCCP | | Ron & Nancy McFarlane Distinguished Professor
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy | | View Biography |
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Incoming President's Address8:20 a.m. to 8:35 a.m. | | Speaker: | Toby C. Trujillo, Pharm.D., FCCP, FAHA, BCPS | | Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Aurora, Colorado | | View Biography |
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Introduction of New Board Members8:35 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. | | Speaker: | Toby C. Trujillo, Pharm.D., FCCP, FAHA, BCPS | | Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Aurora, Colorado | | View Biography |
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Keynote Address — Surviving & Thriving in Healthcare: The Importance of Mattering9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Dr. Julie Haizlip is a Clinician Physician with the University of Virginia (UVA) Physicians Group and the Chief Wellbeing Officer for the UVA Department of Pediatrics. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care. She completed a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy with Honors, medical school, and residency in pediatrics at the University of North Carolina and did her pediatric critical care training at the University of Utah. Following more than a decade of work in the UVA Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, her clinical practice is currently with the UVA Pediatric Sedation Service.
In addition to her training as a Pediatric Critical Care physician, Dr. Haizlip earned a Master of Applied Positive Psychology degree at the University of Pennsylvania. She has published and presented internationally on using applications of positive psychology to create culture change in academic health care. Dr. Haizlip is an experienced Appreciative Inquiry facilitator and has worked with numerous healthcare divisions to enhance their operations using this methodology.
She has been actively involved in clinical, teaching and research activities that promote collaborative education and practice in health care. She served as co-director of the UVA Interprofessional Education and taught in the national Train-the-Trainer Interprofessional Team Development Program. She served as Professor of Nursing from 2014-2025 and earned the DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurse Educators in 2025.
Currently, Dr. Haizlip’s professional goal is to integrate her interests in positive psychology and interprofessional healthcare to promote high functioning health care teams for the benefit of both practitioners and patients. She is actively researching Mattering in Healthcare and seeks to attenuate clinician burnout, distress, and moral injury by creating work environments that nurture those who work in them. |