Keynote Speaker: Connie Mariano, MD, FACP
Dr. Connie Mariano is used to breaking barriers and shattering the glass ceiling. Her father was a Navy Steward and her mother was a dentist in the Philippines. Dr. Mariano was raised in an active military family. Her life has been filled with many achievements: high school valedictorian, graduate with honors at the University of California at San Diego, medical degree from the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, and a distinguished 24-year career in the U.S. Navy.
Dr. Mariano has also been the first in the following achievements:
The first military woman to become the White House Physician to the President
The first woman Director of the White House Medical Unit
The first Filipino American in U.S. history to become a Navy Rear Admiral
After leaving the White House in 2001 following nine years and service to three sitting American presidents, Dr. Mariano became a consultant in the Executive Health Program at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale from July 2001 to October 2005. In November 2005, Dr. Mariano founded the Center for Executive Medicine, a medical concierge practice which provides presidential-quality medical care to CEOs and their families. An expert in presidential health care including the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, Dr. Mariano is a frequent guest speaker on television and print media on the topics of care to VIPs, presidential disability, travel medicine, and optimizing quality of care. Dr. Mariano is also a former external advisory board member to the committee advising the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the overhaul of the VA system. She is the author of the book, The White House Doctor: My Patients were Presidents, A Memoir, published in 2010 by St. Martin's Press. Dr. Mariano also hosts her own talk show on the VoiceAmerica network, "House Calls with Dr. Connie," now in its ninth season and a newly launched second podcast, "The Widow's Walk," dedicated to the widow's journey.
