CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
The 4th AmCham Healthcare Conference will convene leading policymakers, healthcare professionals, industry experts, and patient representatives under the theme “The Power of Timely Action: A Healthcare System that Delivers.” This year’s program will address how timely and coordinated responses can transform healthcare systems into resilient, patient-centered, and innovation-driven structures. Through keynote insights, expert panels, and practical discussions, participants will explore challenges and solutions for improving access, strengthening data interoperability, and recognizing healthcare as a critical investment in national development.
From examining global trends shaping the next decade of healthcare innovation to identifying actionable recommendations for system improvement, the conference aims to turn shared challenges into opportunities for impactful change. Participants will engage in sessions on improving access to medicines, leveraging digitalization, and advancing value-based healthcare, culminating in a collaborative closing panel shaped by the outcomes of a preparatory workshop.
DR. PRAKASH JAYAKUMAR
Director of Value-Based Health Care
@
the University of Texas at Austin, USADr. Prakash Jayakumar is an internationally recognized leader in Value-Based Health Care (VBHC) and outcome measurement. A practicing orthopedic surgeon and researcher, he bridges the gap between clinical excellence and system innovation. At Dell Medical School, he leads initiatives that integrate outcome data, patient experience, and cost transparency into everyday care delivery-shaping the next generation of value-based systems.
Mr. SLAVEYKO DJAMBAZOV
Founder & Managing Partner
@ HTA Ltd.
Over the past decade, Dr. Djambazov has designed and implemented VBHC and outcome measurement frameworks in clinics across Europe, transforming patient care and organizational performance. His teaching activities span postgraduate programs and executive courses across Europe, where he mentors health leaders in applying evidence and value principles to real-world challenges.
Author of more than 25 books and 150 scientific papers on related topics, Dr. Djambazov brings deep academic grounding, real-world experience, and global perspective into every session—translating complex strategy into practical, measurable impact. As a consultant, educator, and speaker, he brings real-world
experience and global perspective into every session—translating complex strategy into practical, measurable impact.
Ms. ALEKSANDRA GROZDANOVA
Professor at Faculty of Pharmacy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Prof. Aleksandra Grozdanova is among North Macedonia’s leading experts in pharmaceutical sciences, biological medicines, and national immunization policies. She has played a central role in shaping the country’s public health and regulatory landscape. Her current focus is on aligning local health policies with
international standards and building systems that reward quality, outcomes, and innovation.
PANELISTS
MR. SASHO KLEKOVSKI
Director @
Health Insurance Fund of the
Republic of North Macedonia
MR. AZIR ALIU
Minister @ Ministry of Health
MS. ALEKSANDRA IVANOVSKA
General Manager North Macedonia & Kosovo @ Roche
MS. ANA MARJANOVIC
HEMA-ONKO, Patient Organization
MS. JELENA ARSOVSKA
Executive Director
@ AmCham North Macedonia
MS. MILENA ORGANDJIEVA KOSTOVA
Managing Director Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Kosovo & Albania @ MSD
MS. ROVENA DHORSO
CEO @ Novartis Albania, Kosovo & North Macedonia
MS. MARIJA DARKOVSKA - SERAFIMOVSKA
President @ Expert Commission for the Positive List of Medicines
MR. IGOR STOJKOVSKI
Director @ University Clinic of Radiotherapy and Oncology in Skopje
MS. LJUPKA NOVESKA ANDONOVA
AmCham Healthcare Committee
MS. MAJA KOVACEVA
Deputy Director @ Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices (MALMED)
MR. FIKRET SHABANI
Director @ E-health Directorate
MS. DANIELA HRISTOVA KIPRIJANOVSKA
CEO @ Medicopharmacia,
North Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo
MS. VASILKA SALEVSKA-TRAJKOVA
AmCham Public Policymaking Task Force
MS. ELENA MLADENOVSKA JELENKOVIKJ
CEO @ M6
MR. DALIBOR FRTUNIK
CEO @ Sorsix
MR. MARGARITA SPASENOVSKA
National Professional Officer @ WHO North Macedonia
MS. MONIKA SIMJANOSKA MISHEVA
Associate Professor @ Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering
MS. VESNA VELIKJ STEFANOVSKA
Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
MS. MAJA KAMBOVSKA
AmCham Healthcare Committee
TOPICS
The goal of this panel discussion is to examine the broader human, economic, and social costs that arise when healthcare system struggles in responding effectively. Rather than focusing on shortcomings, the discussion will highlight critical barriers that limit efficiency and resilience and explore how overcoming them can help shift from a reactive to a proactive model of healthcare delivery.
The goal of this panel discussion is to present models for expanding access to healthcare services, with a particular focus on medicines, as well as sharing good practices in that regard such as decentralization, the role of public-private partnerships, but also topics on regulatory and logistical challenges would be touched on.
The goal is to emphasize the implications of failing to advance interoperability within the healthcare sector, not establishing patient registries, or ignoring the existence of isolated data sets within the system, which even the institutions that possess this data cannot use. This has a negative consequence both on diagnostics and on decision-making and creating public policies. These are challenges that can be overcome by digitalization and using technologies.
This session is all about how healthcare is more than just a budget item. The focus here is value-based healthcare as a tool for measurement and avoiding the silent and accumulating price of inaction, which is greatly represented by the non-recognition that it is an investment. The inaction addressed here is the fact that healthcare is still not recognized as an investment, and promoting value-based healthcare as an approach can contribute to shifting the mindset.
The discussion will focus on the introduction of the Healthcare Media Academy and the crucial role of journalists in strengthening and advancing the healthcare system emphasizing.
The closing panel is designed to foster concrete commitments from all stakeholders. To support this goal, a preparatory workshop will be organized ahead of the conference where participants will be divided into groups to identify the next steps actionable. The outcomes of this workshop will be presented and discussed during the panel.
