Discover your potential career paths and make valuable connections at our Healthcare Networking Night
Healthcare
Come meet members of Emory’s growing alumni network impacting the healthcare industry.
This business casual networking night brings together professionals and leaders in medicine, nursing, public health, healthcare administration, and more.
At this event, alumni will share their unique career stories with current students who will be able to meet like-minded alumni working in the healthcare industry.
Students will also learn about part-time, internship, and full-time opportunities that may be available.
Attendees will:
- Discover potential career pathways
- Gain invaluable career advice
- Foster new connections
Represented Companies
Discover how you can impact healthcare today.
Meet Your Alumni Co-Chairs
Clay Copher 89M
General Surgeon at Chattahoochee Surgical Group
Born locally in Decatur Georgia with degrees from Georgia Tech and Georgia State. Graduated Emory School of Medicine 1989 and currently practicing General Surgery in Forsyth County at Northside Forsyth. Board certified in General Surgery and Diplomate of American Board of Surgery.
Amy Kuhmichel 11M
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at Peachtree Dunwoody Oral and Facial Surgery
@amykuhmichelDr. Amy Kuhmichel grew up in Houston, Texas. She did her undergraduate studies at Carnegie Mellon University and graduated with honors. Dr. Amy Kuhmichel then received her dental degree from the University of Pennsylvania. After dental school, Dr. Amy Kuhmichel completed a four-year residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Emory University.
KaeAnne Parris 10C 12MPH
Health Scientist AT Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
@kaeanneparrisKaeAnne recently returned from Nairobi, Kenya where she was the senior advisor for health systems strengthening. Prior to Kenya, she was with the Maternal and Child Health Branch for over five years, where she provided technical assistance to PEPFAR programs supporting care and treatment for children and adolescents living with HIV. KaeAnne led division efforts on continuity of care and treatment for children and adolescents and is the former co-lead for the pediatric data technical unit.
Alumni Host Committee
Kunal Patel 22MBA
Pharmacy Operations Manager, Emory Healthcare
Kunal Patel, Pharm.D., MBA, BCPS is currently a Pharmacy Operations Manager at Emory University Hospital. In his current role, he is responsible for maintaining sterile/non-sterile compounding operations, regulatory compliance, staffing model optimization, process improvement initiatives, electronic health record optimization, supply chain management and personnel management.
He serves on several multi-disciplinary and system-wide pharmacy leadership committees. Previously, he was a Pharmacy Operations Supervisor at Northside Hospital- Cherokee and Emergency Medicine Clinical Specialist at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
After receiving his Doctor of Pharmacy from The University of Texas at Austin in 2009, he went on to complete two years of postgraduate residency training. He completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Baylor University Medical Center in 2010 and PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency at Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System/Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in 2011. He recently completed his Executive MBA at Emory University Goizueta Business School in 2022. He is also a Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist. Kunal has been an active member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), American Society of Heath-System Pharmacists (ASHP), Georgia Society of Health-System Pharmacists (GSHP) and Emory University Goizueta Business School GOLD Alumni Steering Committee.
Kunal lives in Cumming, Georgia. He enjoys traveling, reading, hiking, kickboxing, college football and spending time with his family and friends.
Wendy Rodriguez 17C
Post Market Clinical Follow-Up Specialist, Becton Dickinson and Company
Wendy Rodriguez is a Post Market Clinical Follow Up Specialist in medical affairs. She has been with Becton Dickinson for four years, working on the European Union Medical Device Regulation (EUMDR) project team efforts, which include ensuring that our products have sufficient clinical data to be compliantly sold in the European Union. Additionally, Wendy has started working on clinical evaluation plans for select products, as they must be updated periodically to ensure continued safety using the device.
While at Emory, Wendy studied Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology (2017) and later pursued a Master of Law from Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law (2021).
In her free time, Wendy runs a photography business (W Rodriguez Photography LLC) and enjoys spending time with her golden retriever, Sebastian. Some other hobbies include learning the violin, playing the trumpet in the Newton County Community Band, Zumba, volunteering/mentoring, and listening to podcasts about emergency medicine/law/celebrity interviews.
Felicia Warren 99Ox 01C 08MPH
Team Lead, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Felicia Warren is a skilled public health practitioner with 20 years of proven leadership and management expertise in clinical, community, faith-based, and academic settings. She is a first-generation college graduate and the daughter of two U.S. Army veterans. Her passion for serving vulnerable, underserved populations has taken her to sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia to strengthen health systems and address complex public health challenges, including HIV/AIDS, Ebola, COVID-19, and other infectious diseases.
Ms. Warren is a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and currently serves as the Team Lead for the Operational Policy and Training Team in the Global Health Center at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. In this role, she directs and oversees operational policy development, capacity building, and workforce development for CDC’s global workforce.
Ms. Warren earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Public Health from Emory University. She is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES®) and serves as a site visitor with the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) where she advises on national and international public health accreditation standards.
