Rural Health Symposium
Lake Front Hotel Geneva, NY
September 17-18, 2025
The New York State Association for Rural Health’s Annual Symposium is recognized as one of the state’s premier gatherings for healthcare, public health, health and human service agencies, mental health, workforce development, mobility, governmental representatives, community-based organizations, rural health networks, and all key stakeholders interested in emerging innovations in rural health.
Join us on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, through Thursday, September 18, 2025, in beautiful Geneva, New York, on the banks of Seneca Lake for the 2025 New York State Rural Health Symposium. With the inclusion of the 2025 NYSARH Annual Meeting, renowned speakers, and ample networking time, we anticipate another symposium with great energy and excitement.
Mantosh Dewan MD
Keynote Speaker
Kaushal B. Nanavati MD
Plenary Speaker
Members: $125 Non-Members: $150 Wednesday or Thursday Only: $75
Preliminary Agenda
10AM – 12PM Registration – Lobby/Promenade
11:30 – 1PM Lunch
1 – 1:15 Welcome
- Karin Pantel
- Michele Foster
- Doug Wildermuth
1:15 – 2:00 Plenary Speaker – Ballroom
- Plenary Address- Kushal Nanavati
- Mental Health: Celebrating a thousand births: When it comes to mental health for the elderly, for our friends and family, our co-workers, and ourselves, there are some fundamental hacks rooted in deep philosophy and practical science that can help us to celebrate and offer closure to the thousand lives we’ve all lived. Want to know more? Come join me for this keynote filled with stories, song, and guidance to help you and your loved ones heal from within.
2:00 – 2:15 PM Break
2:15 – 3:15 PM Policy Panel
3:15- .3:45 PM Exhibitor Break & Strategic Planning
3:45 – 4:45 PM Breakout Sessions
- Breakout A: Workforce Organizational Culture
- Shari Weiss & Renae Rockicki
- Breakout B: Seneca Aging Rural Summit on Aging Paul Fahey & Melissa Wendland NY Master Plan for Aging Ann Marie Cook
- Breakout C: Geneva Mental Health Harm Reduction Miesha Marzell Susan Glodstein B. OARS Amanda Horner
4:45 – 5:00 PM Break
5:00 – 6:30 PM Poster Session & Networking Reception including Raffle
6:00 on Dinner on your own
7:00AM – Meet for Group Walk in the adjacent Park
7:30 – 8:30AM Breakfast
8:30 -9:30 AM Breakout Sessions
- Breakout D: Mental Health Statewide Aggregated Rural Health Needs Analysis (SARHNA) & Collaborative Impact Project Joshua Grove & Amanda Horner
- Breakout E: Seneca
Climate Safety for Rural Workers Augusta Williams Climate Action Susan Harris - Breakout F: Geneva Health Equity Health & Resource Network Alex Moore Diversity Dashboard Project AFAR: Lucas Sienk
9:30– 10:00 AM Exhibitor Break
10:00 – 10:15 AM Sponsor Recognition & Announcements
10:15 – 11:00AM Keynote Speaker: Mantosh Dewan MD
- How To Make Rural Health Healthy: The rural health system is not broken; it was designed with incomplete and irrational parts. Diagnosing the fundamental pathology enables a more rational- if still difficult- discussion on making it healthy.
11:00 – 12:00 PM Annual Meeting including Board elections, Committee Reports & RaP graduation
12:00 – 12:30PM Wrap-Up
Social Time
12:30 – 12:45 Board Photo
12:45 – 1:15 PM Board Lunch
1:15 – 1:30 Break
1:30 – 3:30 Board Meeting
4 PM E
Travel Information
Lake Front Hotel Hotel Rate: $110 Special Rate Ends August 24, 2025
For hotel reservation please use below steps
1. Please use this link https://41lakefront.com/
2. Click Book Now
3. Put September 17th, 2025 as Check-In Date and September 18th, 2025 as Check-Out Date
4. Click Special Rates then click Group Code
5. Type in 091725NYS then click close
6. Click Update
or call the front desk at 315-789-0400 and ask for room block NYSARH
Parking is free at hotel.