Example of the June 2023 Schedule

Day One

12:00 PM — Doors Open. Find Your Seat and Meet Your Fellow Congress Delegates!

6:00 PM — Program Begins

• Joint Color Guard Presentation of the Colors
• National Anthem sung by a Congress Delegate
• Greetings and Welcome by Emcee and Academy Executive Director Richard Rossi
• Icebreaker Group Activity
• Delegates Mentored by 2020 TIME Top Young Innovator and Congress Alumnus Gitanjali Rao 
• Delegates Mentored by the National Academy of Future Scientists and Medical Scientists, Scientific Director Dr. Mario Capecchi, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Questions for Dr. Capecchi from Congress Delegates
• Delegates Mentored by MIT undergraduate student and 2019 Gordon Moore Award Winner, International Science & Engineering Fair, Krithik Ramesh
• Delegates Mentored by Congress Alumnus and CEO & Founder, Rebokeh, Rebecca Rosenberg
• Inspiring Group Activity
• Delegates Mentored by Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos, Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University and Community Healthcare Hero
• Questions for Dr. Galiatsatos from Congress Delegates
• Delegates Mentored by Master of Success & Happiness, Todd Herman - Inc.’s 500 Fastest Growing Companies Award Recipient
• Wrap-up Activity and Remarks by Richard Rossi

10:30 PM — Adjourn

Day Two

8:30 AM — Doors Open

10:00 AM  — Program Begins

• Introduction of the day’s activities by Richard Rossi
• Inspiring Group Activity
• Delegates Mentored by Mental Health Advocate, Harvard Professor, and Founder of the Hallowell ADHD Centers, Dr. Ned Hallowell
• Questions for Dr. Hallowell from Congress Delegates
• Inspiring Collaborative Group Activity
• Delegates Mentored by Congress Grand Master Dr. Wiley “Chip” Souba,  Dean of Ohio State University School of Medicine (2006-2010) and Dean of Dartmouth University’s Geisel School of Medicine (2010-2014)
• Questions for Dr. Souba from Congress Delegates
• Delegates Mentored by Dr. Deborah Bedor, Nationally Recognized College Admissions Expert and CEO of College Admission Central

12:30-3:00 PM — Lunch, Break, and Meet & Greet

• Delegates Mentored by Sajeev Kohli, Harvard Student and 2018 Grand Prize, Global Healthcare at International BioGENEius Challenge

• Delegates Mentored by Congress Grand Master Sir Richard Roberts, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

• Questions for Dr. Roberts from Congress Delegates
• Delegates Mentored by Dr. Gary Richter, Owner and Medical Director of Holistic Veterinary Care and Voted America’s Favorite Veterinarian
• Delegates Mentored by Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Dr. Diana Lim 
• Delegates Mentored by Dr. Stephen Ray Mitchell, Dean, Georgetown Medical School (2000-2020)
• Questions for Dr. Mitchell from the Congress Scholars

6:00-8:00 PM — Dinner Break

• Delegates Mentored by Dr. Rick Sacra, Ebola Survivor, on Global Health and Doctors in Service
• Questions for Dr. Sacra from the Congress Delegates
• Unforgettable Patient Story by Carmen Blandin Tarleton, Recipient of the Nation’s Fifth Full Face Transplant AND the second in the world to receive a second face transplant
• Delegates mentored by the world-renowned body language expert, Linda Clemons, Founder of Sisterpreneur®
• Wrap-up Activity and Remarks by Richard Rossi

10:00 PM — Adjourn

Day Three

8:30 am — Doors Open

10:00 AM — Program Begins

• Introduction of the Day’s Activities by Richard Rossi
• Collaborative Small Group Activity
• Live Surgery! Dr. Anthony Romeo, Orthopedic Surgeon and Shoulder & Elbow Specialist performs surgery and takes questions from Delegates
• Collaborative Small-Group Breakout Exercise
• Induction of Congress Delegates into the Society of Torch and Laurel Honor Society by Executive Director Steven Loflin
• Inspiring Group Activity

12:00-3:00 PM — Lunch, Break, and Meet & Greet

• Delegates Mentored by Congress Grand Master by Dr. Jennifer Doudna, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

• Questions for Dr. Doudna from Congress Delegates
• Delegates Mentored by Dr. Robert L. Satcher, NASA Astronaut and Surgical Oncologist at M.D. Anderson
• Questions for Dr. Satcher from Congress Delegates
• Grand Master Presentation by Dr. Sameer Nagda, Sports Medicine & Shoulder Specialist, Anderson Orthopaedic Clinic and U.S. Women's Soccer team physician at the 2016 Olympics.
• Questions for Dr. Nagda from Congress Delegates
• Inspiring Patient Story by Nicole Hall, Maternal Mortality Survivor

• Delegates Mentored by Bo Eason, Former NFL All-Pro, Speaker, Performer, and National Bestselling Author on Tapping Inner Power

6:00-8:00 PM  Dinner Break

• Address to the Convocation by Dr. Stephen “Ray” Mitchell, Dean, Georgetown Medical School (2000-2020)
• Candlelit Awards Ceremony
• Dance!

10:00 PM — Adjourn

Past Speakers

Learn about the distinguished physicians and medical scientists who have mentored Delegates in the past.