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Speakers Bureau

Welcome to the ConnectiCare Speakers Bureau

Our public relations department is dedicated to linking reporters and interested groups across the state of Connecticut and the region quickly and conveniently with our expert sources on a variety of critical health care issues including disease management, preventative care and health care reform.

If you are looking for a health care professional to speak to your organization, or to give an interview to the media, please contact us today.

To contact one of ConnectiCare’s Speakers please email publicrelations@connecticare.com or call our public relations department at (860) 674-2255.

Teresa Athas, R.D., CD-N, Worksite Wellness Coordinator, ConnectiCare
Background
Teresa Athas is coordinator of wellness programs at ConnectiCare and a registered dietitian with over 30 years of experience in the field of nutrition and health, she specializes in worksite wellness initiatives and child nutrition.

Paul A. Bluestein, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, ConnectiCare
Background
Dr. Bluestein is a physician who has spent the past two decades in the business of managed care and medical quality.

Jeffrey Casberg, Director of Pharmacy Services, ConnectiCare
Background
Jeffrey Casberg, Director of Pharmacy Services for ConnectiCare, has extensive background in most areas of the pharmaceutical industry; 12 years HMO managed care pharmacy director , PBM experience, employer pharmacy cost savings programs and working with the pharmaceutical manufacturers.

Dick Rogers, Senior Vice-President, Human Resources, ConnectiCare
Background
Experienced Senior Human Resource Executive with the proven ability to create an employee organization capable of winning in the market place.

Pam Spinazola, VP Health Promotion and Wellness, ConnectiCare
Background
Fourteen years in the managed care industry has provided Pam Spinazola with a background that is rich with experience and knowledge of The HealthCare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) and National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) compliance and the associated quality improvement skills needed to be “Best in Class”.