Show Me CKDIntercept Conference
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 - 8:15am to 12:30pm
Program Partner
Program Partner
Thank you to our program partner:
A special thank you to Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services for their leadership, partnership and vision to prevent chronic kidney disease
Conference Chairs
Conference Chairs
Thank you to the Show Me CKDIntercept conference chairs:
Leslie Porth, PhD
Senior Vice President of Strategic Quality Initiatives
Missouri Hospital Association
Leslie Porth is senior vice president of quality, safety and research for the Missouri Hospital Association. She is trained as a registered nurse and also holds a master’s in public health and a doctorate in philosophy in public health policy. Prior to joining MHA in 1999, she was a nurse in critical care and also served in an administrative position in a mid-Missouri hospital. Today at MHA, she is responsible for a wide range of population- and hospital-based strategies to improve the quality of care provided in Missouri hospitals as well as the health and safety of Missourians.
Missouri Hospital Association
Leslie Porth is senior vice president of quality, safety and research for the Missouri Hospital Association. She is trained as a registered nurse and also holds a master’s in public health and a doctorate in philosophy in public health policy. Prior to joining MHA in 1999, she was a nurse in critical care and also served in an administrative position in a mid-Missouri hospital. Today at MHA, she is responsible for a wide range of population- and hospital-based strategies to improve the quality of care provided in Missouri hospitals as well as the health and safety of Missourians.
Betty Drees, MD
University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, Truman Medical Centers
Professor, Dean Emerita
Dr. Drees is a board-certified endocrinologist with 30 years of practice experience. She is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians and in the American College of Endocrinology. She is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. She is the past Dean of the School and continues to teach medical students, residents and fellows in endocrinology. Dr. Drees has been recognized by Ingram’s Magazine as one of Kansas City’s Most Accomplished and Successful Women (2008) and as an Icon of Education (2019). She was listed among MidwestCEO’s Influential Women (2009) and was on the Best Doctor List for the Kansas City Business Journal (2104) and Kansas City’s 435 Magazine (2014). She has an interest in community wellness outreach and diabetes prevention. She served as the president of the Kansas City Community Leadership Board for the American Diabetes Association from 2014 to 2019 and was the 2020 President of the Kansas City Medical Society. Dr. Drees is funded by the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund for research on using lifestyle to reverse metabolic syndrome Enhanced Lifestyles for Metabolic Syndrome), and by the Health Forward Foundation on community diabetes prevention.
Professor, Dean Emerita
Dr. Drees is a board-certified endocrinologist with 30 years of practice experience. She is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians and in the American College of Endocrinology. She is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. She is the past Dean of the School and continues to teach medical students, residents and fellows in endocrinology. Dr. Drees has been recognized by Ingram’s Magazine as one of Kansas City’s Most Accomplished and Successful Women (2008) and as an Icon of Education (2019). She was listed among MidwestCEO’s Influential Women (2009) and was on the Best Doctor List for the Kansas City Business Journal (2104) and Kansas City’s 435 Magazine (2014). She has an interest in community wellness outreach and diabetes prevention. She served as the president of the Kansas City Community Leadership Board for the American Diabetes Association from 2014 to 2019 and was the 2020 President of the Kansas City Medical Society. Dr. Drees is funded by the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund for research on using lifestyle to reverse metabolic syndrome Enhanced Lifestyles for Metabolic Syndrome), and by the Health Forward Foundation on community diabetes prevention.