Dr. Ali Tinazli, PhD, is a transatlantic business leader and biophysicist with more than 15 years of C-suite and board-level experience driving commercial strategy across Health AI, MedTech, and advanced diagnostics. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer of lifespin GmbH, a digital health company specializing in the digitization of the human metabolome. Under his leadership, lifespin has built a large-scale reference dataset and AI analytics engine to enable real-time, blood-based diagnostics for early-stage disease detection and population-scale preventive care, recently launching a home self-collection kit and a General Health Assessment platform. A dual US-German citizen fluent in four languages, Dr. Tinazli’s career features high-impact roles at Fortune 100 giants, including serving as the Global Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences Strategy within the CTO Office at HP Inc. and establishing the Americas life sciences and in vitro diagnostics (IVD) business unit for Sony. Prior to lifespin, he was the Chief Commercial Officer for Fluxergy, where he launched point-of-care diagnostic tools into global markets. He holds a PhD in biochemistry and biophysics from Goethe University Frankfurt, completed executive corporate strategy programs at MIT Sloan and UC Berkeley Haas, and serves as a prominent corporate board advisor and international keynote speaker on precision medicine and multi-omics.

Angus Douglas is an established healthcare technology strategist and commercial leader who specializes in patient monitoring, clinical workflow design, and digital health innovation. He serves as the Chief Solutions Architect for GE HealthCare's Patient Monitoring Division, where he focuses on transforming patient care through centralized clinical surveillance and virtual care solutions. Throughout his career, Douglas has championed smart design principles to optimize data interoperability, blending medical device telemetry with Electronic Health Record (EHR) data to create advanced clinical decision support. His work heavily targets reducing nursing alarm fatigue, scaling digital Centralized Monitoring Units (CMUs), and developing technical ecosystems that pave the way for virtual nursing and hospital-at-home models to alleviate severe healthcare staffing shortages.

Dr. Camille Bradley, MD, is a board-certified family medicine physician and digital health leader who has been with Baylor Scott & White Health in Dallas, Texas since 2016. Balancing clinical practice with technical innovation, she divides her time between providing full-spectrum primary care at Baylor Scott & White Family Medicine - Lakewood and developing virtual care solutions across the broader health system network. Her focus on clinical technology integration and modern healthcare delivery models is further supported by her active professional involvement with both the American Telemedicine Association and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Dr. Bradley earned her medical degree from the Texas Tech University Health Science Center in 2012, where she subsequently completed her family medicine internship and residency training.

Dr. David Wong, MD, is a physician executive and digital health entrepreneur with nearly 25 years of experience leading clinical operations, venture due diligence, and virtual care delivery at scale. He currently serves as the Director of Virtual Health Product Management and a Physician Advisor for Utilization Management at Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston, Texas, where he orchestrates virtual health and remote patient monitoring strategies across acute and ambulatory care settings. Dr. Wong’s extensive tenure at Memorial Hermann includes serving as Associate Vice President of Strategic Investments & Innovation, where he spearheaded venture diligence and pilot execution for high-impact technologies including AI ambient scribes, food-as-medicine programs, and virtual intensivist models. Previously, as Emergency Department Medical Director at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land, he engineered initiatives that achieved a 50% reduction in opioid use within months and piloted natural-language AI patient navigation systems. An experienced crisis leader, Dr. Wong managed frontline emergency care through major national crises—including 9/11, the DC anthrax exposure, and Hurricane Harvey—and brings outside-the-hospital expertise from his prior service as a U.S. Department of Defense emergency physician and disaster team commander, as well as six years as the Founder and Chief Medical Officer of the digital health startup SnapHealth.

Eric Thorsen is an executive coach, tech entrepreneur, and software architect with over 30 years of experience building high-availability systems and scaling businesses. Based in Armonk, New York, he operates Eric Thorsen Coaching, utilizing his proprietary "Vision Execution Method" to help CEOs and tech founders solve complex operational bottlenecks, navigate growth, and implement AI. He backs his coaching practice with 24 years of hands-on founder experience as the CEO of ThorTech Solutions, a software consulting firm he launched in 2001 to design resilient, business-aligned IT infrastructure. Thorsen’s diverse career spans serving as Co-founder and CTO of Neurofeed.com—where he architected real-time neurofeedback software to treat ADD—working as a Senior Developer Architect for Ameritrade’s OnMoney.com, and teaching advanced C++ at New York University. Today, he leverages this deep technical and entrepreneurial track record—which includes advising a healthcare startup through a successful corporate exit—to serve as an active board member, SaaS technical advisor, and growth mentor to early-stage companies.

Gunter Geiger is an executive leader and entrepreneur at the intersection of healthcare technology and construction, best known as the CEO of EIR Healthcare. At EIR, he has championed MedModular, an award-winning "patient room in a box" concept that utilizes lean manufacturing, modular construction, and smart technology to accelerate hospital building timelines while improving patient experiences and outcomes. Prior to founding EIR Healthcare, Geiger spent over seven years at Siemens Healthineers in various leadership capacities—including serving as Senior Manager in Cloud PMO and Diagnostic Automation & IT Global Marketing, as well as the President of the Siemens Next initiative. Alongside his current role at EIR, he serves as Managing Partner at Geiger Family Fiduciaries and Non-Executive Chairman at ADMARES. Geiger earned his Bachelor of Science in Marketing and International Business from Drexel University and furthered his expertise by completing a Master of Engineering in Healthcare Systems Engineering from Lehigh University.

Jane Sarasohn-Kahn is a distinguished health economist, strategic advisor, and global educator with nearly 40 years of experience working at the intersection of health, technology, public policy, and consumer economics. Operating between Philadelphia and Brussels, she is the founder of the strategic consultancy THINK-Health LLC (established in 1990) and the author of the widely read Health Populi blog, which she launched in 2007. Recognized globally as a top digital health and pharma influencer, she advises tech companies, life sciences firms, healthcare providers, and public sector organizations on leveraging digital tools to achieve the Quadruple Aim: improving population health, enhancing patient and provider experiences, and lowering costs. Her career includes early foundational roles building healthcare consulting practices in the US and Europe—including driving market-driven strategic initiatives for the National Health Service (NHS) under Deloitte UK/Touche Ross in London—and she currently serves as a member of the Global Educator faculty at Duke Corporate Education.

Dr. Jing Wang, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, is a national leader in nursing education, digital health, and healthcare artificial intelligence, currently serving as the Dean and Professor at the Florida State University (FSU) College of Nursing. Under her forward-thinking leadership, FSU launched the nation's first Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program focused on AI in Healthcare Applications, and she serves as the co-director of the Nursing and AI Innovation Consortium. Dr. Wang's interdisciplinary research centers on utilizing mobile, connected health, and smart home technologies to improve patient-centered outcomes for aging and chronically ill individuals, particularly across underserved and rural populations. An elected Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and a National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leader, she serves on the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research at the NIH, sits on the Board of Trustees for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and has previously served as a senior scientific and policy advisor to federal agencies including the AHRQ, CMS, and ONC.

Kaitlyn M. Torrence is an accomplished digital health executive and strategist who currently serves as the Executive Director of Innovation at WellSpan Health. In this leadership role, she spearheads the health system's advanced technology portfolio, focusing on the deployment of generative and agentic AI applications—including ambient clinical documentation tools and conversational AI assistants—to reduce provider administrative burden and design consumer-centric patient experiences. Prior to joining WellSpan, Torrence was the Executive Director for MUSC Health Solutions, where she directed strategic innovation, health technology commercialization, and the incubation of new healthcare ventures. She also built a distinguished earlier career at Providence, developing digital strategies and strategic partnerships to accelerate clinical care delivery models. Recognized by Becker's Healthcare as a Rising Star, she is a frequent industry speaker on healthcare platform playbooks, healthcare transformation, and balancing rapid technological innovation with rigorous governance.

Kristin Baird, MHA, BSN, is a nationally recognized healthcare culture catalyst, author, and executive consultant with over three decades of experience driving employee engagement, nursing retention, and positive patient experiences. As the founder and President of the Baird Group (established in 1994), she utilizes her specialized "Baird Model" for culture transformation to guide healthcare organizations through culture assessments, leadership development, customer service training, and proprietary medical mystery shopping. A registered nurse and former healthcare executive, Baird’s clinical and operational background includes serving as Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at Watertown Area Health Services and pioneering a high-volume, 24/7 nurse triage system as an Ask-A-Nurse Product Manager for Mercy Health System. Her systemic impact on national healthcare policy includes a 2009 appointment by the U.S. Secretary of Health to serve as an advisor for the National Health Service Corps. A prolific industry voice, she has authored five books—including her signature leadership coaching course, Be the Leader Nobody Wants to Leave—and published over 200 articles on healthcare leadership and clinical workplace culture.

Dr. Michael E. Brown, MD, MS, MHCM, is a veteran physician executive, clinical informaticist, and ICF-certified executive coach who brings over 20 years of experience to the intersection of health system administration, technology deployment, and strategic governance. He spent more than 16 years as the Chief Information Officer and inaugural Chief Information Security Officer for Harvard University Health Services, where he successfully spearheaded the enterprise roll-out of clinical information systems, drove down annual IT budgets by 25%, and personally led the development of a custom ambulatory EMR that was later commercialized across 300 university health centers. Alongside his institutional leadership—which includes a multi-decade tenure at healthcare quality management platform Acesis, Inc. as Chief Medical Officer and a prior eight-year role as an informatics instructor at the Harvard School of Public Health—Dr. Brown currently operates as a strategic advisor. In this capacity, he coaches healthcare executives on change management, technology transitions, and organizational dynamics, with a modern, pragmatic focus on helping healthcare leaders safely and effectively integrate AI tools into their clinical workflows.

Myron Wallace is a technology executive and consultant with more than two decades of experience spearheading innovation across healthcare SaaS, telehealth, clinical mobility, and Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS). He serves as the President of ProMobix, Inc., a healthcare technology consulting company that specializes in clinical workflow optimization, nurse call system integration, and application rollouts. He is also the host of the podcast Healthcare on the Move, which explores mobile technology breakthroughs in care delivery.

Paul Zieske is a technology executive, entrepreneur, and author with over 35 years of experience leveraging IoT, indoor positioning, and agentic AI to optimize enterprise healthcare operations. He is the CEO and Founder of Precursor Agentic, Inc., a company that builds machine-readable "Digital Shadow" models to provide crucial operational context for AI workforces within health systems. A pioneer of the "Care Traffic Control" concept, Zieske is also the Principal of the advisory consultancy Why Where Matters and the author of Where Matters: Healthcare's Playbook for Location-based Services 2.0 and AI. His extensive background includes co-founding Navv Systems, where he served as President and Chief of Product, managing real-time location systems (RTLS) and mobile solutions architecture for over 13 years at Henry Ford Health System, and contributing to the Digital Twin Consortium. He began his career as an electrical engineer, developing and integrating high-reliability radar and sensor systems for Westinghouse and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Ron Remy is a veteran technology executive with over 20 years of leadership and management experience spanning enterprise software, telecommunications, and healthcare IT. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Mobile Heartbeat, a leading clinical communication and collaboration (CC&C) software company that unifies care-team communication to minimize administrative friction and reduce clinical errors in large health systems. Remy has built a strong reputation for scaling technology firms and executing successful corporate outcomes; he previously served as President and CEO of Auspice Corporation (a broadband cable software developer acquired by Arris) and held executive roles as Chief Operating Officer for Modiv Media and BioMed 20/20 Technologies. He began his career as a systems engineer for Sun Microsystems, holds a BS in electrical engineering from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for BostonSight to help advance tech-driven innovation in patient care.

Dr. Sarah Rush, MD, is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist and physician executive serving as the Vice President of Informatics and Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) at Akron Children’s Hospital. In her leadership capacity, she oversees clinical information systems, guides the hospital's electronic medical record (EMR) strategy, and serves as the Marci M. Matthews Endowed Chair in Telehealth. Dr. Rush joined Akron Children’s in 2013 to develop the hospital's Neuro-oncology and Targeted Therapies program, leveraging her specialized clinical training from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Children’s Hospital Colorado. While she continues to see patients in a clinical role, her executive focus involves close collaboration with administration and IT departments to support clinicians in the delivery of patient care. She earned her medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at Akron Children’s.

Dr. Shivam Vedak, MD, MBA, is a clinical informaticist, hospital medicine physician, and digital health leader who serves as the Medical Director for AI and Digital Health at Stanford Health Care and the Associate Director for AI in Medical Education at the Stanford University School of Medicine. In these joint administrative roles, he directs the operational integration, safe monitoring, and deployment of generative artificial intelligence across clinical workflows, alongside spearheading institutional education on large language models and evidence-based prompting. Clinically, Dr. Vedak practices as a surgical co-management hospitalist at Stanford Health Care. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago—where he was honored as the American College of Physicians Outstanding Resident of the Year—and subsequently graduated from Stanford's clinical informatics fellowship program. Board-certified in both internal medicine and clinical informatics, Dr. Vedak holds a dual MD/MBA from UIC and a Bachelor of Science in Biology-Neuroscience from Penn State University.

Tim Jones is an Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, and media executive who serves as the CEO of Health Nuts Media, a company dedicated to improving health literacy through narrative storytelling and animation. Originally rooted in traditional entertainment, Jones's early career features a rich animation background, including roles as an animation supervisor at Klasky-Csupo, an assistant production manager at Warner Bros. Feature Animation, and creative contributions to iconic brands like Disney, Sesame Street, and ESPN. In 2010, he pivoted his entertainment expertise toward healthcare communication, founding Health Nuts Media to translate complex medical jargon into compassionate, engaging patient education. Over the last 16 years, he has led the production of more than 500 animated videos for major healthcare systems—including the Veterans Administration, Boston Children's Hospital, and Rady Children's Hospital—while also serving a tenure as the President of the HIMSS Southern California Chapter to bridge the gap between creative media and clinical outcomes.

Dr. Veena Goel Jones, MD, is a pediatric hospitalist and clinical informaticist who serves in leadership roles focused on digital health and patient experience at Sutter Health and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. A specialist in the intersection of clinical practice and health technology, her work centers on optimizing physician workflows, reducing cognitive load, and integrating artificial intelligence into clinical decision support to improve patient safety and care quality. She is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Stanford University School of Medicine and completed her fellowship training at Stanford, where she was the university's inaugural fellow in Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Dr. Goel Jones is also a recognized subject matter expert in digital patient experience and pediatric health, having contributed to national discourse on clinical innovations and emerging pediatric conditions.

Ali Y. (Alik Youssef) is an elite healthcare cybersecurity executive, author, and HIMSS Fellow with over 22 years of experience protecting patient safety at the intersection of clinical technology and enterprise risk. He currently serves as the Director of Emerging Technology Security at Henry Ford Health, one of the nation's largest health systems, where he leads the governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance strategies for medical devices, IoT infrastructure, and AI-powered clinical systems. Having transitioned from an early-career biomedical and systems engineer into a specialized technical architect, he spent over a decade leading Henry Ford Health's mobility and digital health architecture before building their acclaimed, model medical device and IoT security programs from the ground up. He holds elite security and healthcare credentials—including CISSP, CISM, HCISPP, and CPHIMS—and is a recognized national authority who serves on AAMI's Healthcare Technology Leadership Committee and Editorial Board. A regular industry speaker and recipient of the 2023 AAMI Best Article Award, his literary contributions to the field include Wi-Fi Enabled Healthcare (2014) and his recent book, Where Matters: Healthcare’s Playbook for Location-Based Services 2.0 and AI (CRC Press, 2025), which introduced the Care Traffic Control operational framework.

Dr. Athena Fernandes, DNP, MSN, RN-BC, NI-BC, NEA-BC, FACHE, is a nurse leader and clinical informaticist at Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital. A specialist in nursing informatics and healthcare administration, her professional focus centers on optimizing electronic health record (EHR) workflows, improving clinician efficiency, and addressing the impact of technology on the therapeutic patient care experience. She has contributed extensively to the American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) as a speaker and subject matter expert, focusing on strategies for high-reliability rounding and uncovering barriers to EHR efficiency. Her leadership expertise also spans multidisciplinary clinical initiatives, project management, and serving as a provider advocate to bridge the gap between clinical practice and digital health systems.

Chris Talbot is a senior sales and marketing executive with more than 25 years of experience building high-performing revenue engines, strategic partnerships, and go-to-market (GTM) strategies across the telecommunications and healthcare technology sectors. He currently serves as the Director of Sales for Healthcare & Enterprise at Spectralink Corporation in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he leads commercial expansion and channel sales for enterprise wireless communication solutions. Prior to joining Spectralink, Talbot spent nearly eight years in escalating executive leadership roles at Ascom North America, ultimately serving as Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing and Global Head of Segment Management across 18 countries. During his tenure at Ascom, he scaled marketing organizations, drove 70% year-over-year lead generation growth, and catalyzed $59 million in new revenue by aligning clinical workflow fluency with strict commercial sales frameworks like MEDDPICC. His deep domain expertise in navigating enterprise electronic health record (EHR) ecosystems and value-based care purchasing models is backed by a foundational corporate marketing career that includes director-level roles at EarthLink, Windstream Communications, and PAETEC.

Dr. Deepti Pandita, MD, FACP, FAMIA, is a prominent clinical informaticist, healthcare executive, and academic who serves as the Vice President of Clinical Informatics, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, and Chief AI Officer at UCI Health, the academic medical center for the University of California, Irvine. In these concurrent roles, she spearheads artificial intelligence (AI) governance, digital transformation, and clinician efficiency frameworks, focusing on deploying ambient documentation and AI-driven workflow solutions to mitigate cognitive burnout among medical staff. An Associate Professor of Medicine and faculty member for UCI's Clinical Informatics Fellowship program, she previously served as the Chief Health Information Officer (CHIO) and fellowship program director at Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis. Dr. Pandita is a leading national advocate for health equity and bridging digital health disparities among underserved populations. Her national leadership includes serving as a Board Member of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), Chair of the Medical Informatics Committee for the American College of Physicians (ACP), and co-authoring the ACP's national policy position paper on AI in healthcare provision. Board-certified in both internal medicine and clinical informatics, she earned her medical degree from Christian Medical College in Vellore, India, and completed her residency training at the University of North Dakota.

Evan Pankey is a product executive, lean startup intrapreneur, and healthcare informatics specialist with more than 15 years of experience leading product strategy from initial ideation through user validation and deployment in competitive EHR environments. He is a prominent expert in the "Hospital-at-Home" vertical, having spent over four years at Medically Home in high-level roles—including Director of Software Product Management and Vice President of Product for Hospital at Home—where he led cross-functional teams in evolving platforms that enable acute, inpatient-level care to be delivered directly in a patient's home. Recognized in the industry as a MedTech "40 Under 40" Innovator for his work on the InLight EHR platform at Pri-Med, Pankey's extensive background spans early foundational health IT research at Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital, as well as agile product management at Wellframe and eClinicalWorks. Currently, he channels his deep care-at-home product expertise into multiple advisory roles, serving as a principal consultant for GrowthAXL, an early-stage healthtech investor with The Healthcare Syndicate, and a strategic advisor helping top hospital systems implement and scale their decentralized care programs through Tripp Hollander Advisors.

Dr. Harm Scherpbier, MD, MS, is a physician leader, health IT strategist, and author specializing in clinical system implementation, interoperability, and population health solutions. Originally trained in medicine at the University of Groningen and holding a master's degree in medical informatics from Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Dr. Scherpbier has spent decades bridging the gap between healthcare and technology. He serves as the Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) for HealthShare Exchange (HSX)—the Philadelphia regional Health Information Exchange—and acts as a digital health strategy advisor for various healthcare providers and IT firms. His extensive background includes a prior tenure as CMIO at Main Line Health, engineering and product management roles at major health tech corporations like Siemens Health Services, eClinicalWorks, and Philips Wellcentive, as well as serving as an adjunct faculty member teaching health informatics at Thomas Jefferson University. A fellow of both HIMSS and AMIA, he is also the author of Unvendor: Innovative Healthcare with a Diverse IT Stack, where he advocates for modular, agile, and diverse healthcare IT ecosystems over single-vendor reliance.

Dr. Jessica Schlicher, MD, MBA, is a practicing family physician, author, and prominent digital health executive with over 14 years of experience leading clinical and operational teams. She serves as the Chief Medical Officer for Virtual Care and Digital Health at Providence, where she directs enterprise virtual services across 90 hospitals and leads a team of over 130 physicians. A graduate of the University of Washington School of Medicine, Dr. Schlicher has built a reputation as a pioneer in decentralized care systems; she co-founded CommonSpirit’s national patient-centered virtual care initiative and spearheaded the development of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health’s multispecialty virtual hospital and AI-driven mission control center. In addition to her executive duties at Providence, she advises health-tech companies like EcoMed 360, focusing on the seamless integration of ambient AI/ML tools, clinical knowledge automation, and proactive decision-support systems to reduce cognitive burden for frontline clinicians and lower patient risk across the continuum of care.

John Elms is an accomplished high-tech and healthcare IT executive with over 25 years of C-level leadership spanning public companies, venture-backed startups, and private equity-invested enterprises. He currently leads JH Elms & Company, a specialized consulting firm he founded in 2007 to help international healthcare IT companies navigate market entry and business development within the United States. Throughout his career, Elms has built a strong reputation for transforming technology firms and executing successful corporate exits; notably, he served as the CEO of Critical Alert, pivoting the company from traditional nurse-call hardware to enterprise care-team collaboration software prior to its acquisition by TigerConnect, where he subsequently stepped in as Chief Product Officer. His extensive track record also includes serving as CEO of Azalea Networks (acquired by Aruba Networks), establishing Connexall USA and growing it to a dominant, top-KLAS-rated market share position, and serving as CEO of SpectraLink, where he doubled corporate revenues.

Kathleen Snyder is a global healthcare technology executive and marketing leader with more than 25 years of experience driving go-to-market (GTM) strategy, product lifecycle management, and digital transformation across the acute care and healthcare IT markets. She serves as the Managing Director of Clinical for Visible Efficiency, LLC, a Nashville-based consulting firm she co-founded to help healthcare systems optimize clinical workflows and corporate clients execute successful GTM strategies. Prior to this, Snyder spent seven years in corporate leadership at Ascom, where she was the Senior Global Segment Manager for Acute Care, owning a global hardware, software, and SaaS portfolio (comprising nurse call, mobility, and alarm management systems) that generated 70% of corporate revenues. Her background blends deep clinical fluency with commercial scale, having previously served as Vice President of Downstream Marketing for CareFusion's $750M infusion business, Vice President of Clinical Solutions Management for Allscripts' flagship EHR (Sunrise Clinical Manager™), and Director of Executive Clinical Consulting at McKesson. Throughout her career—which spans Fortune 10 giants and entrepreneurial startups—she has specialized in reducing nursing alarm fatigue, leveraging healthcare IoT and wearables, and building cross-functional alignment between engineering, clinical informatics, and hospital C-suites.

Dr. Mark Pierce, MD, FAAP, is a veteran physician executive and triple-board-certified clinical informaticist with over 25 years of leadership at the intersection of medicine and advanced technology. He currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer at **Artisight**, where he directs the clinical strategy for an AI and computer vision platform designed to optimize OR coordination, virtual nursing, and bed capacity intelligence across health systems. Prior to his executive role in clinical AI, Dr. Pierce spent over 23 years at **Parkview Health** in Indiana, where he served concurrently as an Internal Medicine-Pediatrics physician and a pioneering technology leader. As Parkview’s Physician Chief Information Officer and long-standing Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO), he spearheaded the enterprise-wide Epic EHR implementation, built advanced business intelligence and predictive modeling teams, and established the health system's first formal AI governance program. Dr. Pierce's diverse background also includes early-career pharmaceutical discovery as an Associate Research Scientist at Eli Lilly and founding Interventional Informatics LLC, a specialized clinical health IT consulting practice.

Dr. Michael J. Rice, PhD, RN, FAAN, is an internationally recognized expert in psychiatric-mental health nursing education, healthcare policy, and clinical service delivery, currently serving as Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Over a distinguished multi-decade career, Dr. Rice has secured more than $16.5 million in research and educational funding from agencies like the NIH, HRSA, and PCORI, with a particular focus on addressing psychiatric workforce shortages, leveraging distance-education technology for rural healthcare, and preventing suicide among non-VA-connected veterans. A prolific scholar whose peer-reviewed work has been cited over 1,200 times, his leadership extends to high-level advisory and policy roles, including co-founding the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN), serving on the Board of Directors for the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA), and co-chairing the Psychiatric Expert Panel for the American Academy of Nursing. His trailblazing contributions—which span direct-care clinical roles to international consultancies for ministries of health—have earned him prestigious accolades, most notably the American Nurses Association’s Hildegard Peplau Award in 2018 for his lifelong scholarly and clinical impact on the psychosocial aspects of psychiatric care.

Dr. Natalie Pageler, MD, MEd, FAMIA, is a prominent physician executive and pediatric critical care specialist serving as the Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) at Stanford Medicine Children's Health. A recognized pioneer in the field of clinical informatics, she leverages her dual expertise in medicine and education to drive digital health initiatives, optimize electronic medical records, and implement clinical decision support systems that enhance pediatric patient care. In addition to her executive role, Dr. Pageler is a Clinical Professor of Pediatric Critical Care and Clinical Informatics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She also serves as the Program Director for Stanford's Clinical Informatics Fellowship, where she is deeply involved in training the next generation of physician informaticists. She earned her medical degree and completed her residency and fellowship training at Stanford University, alongside a Master's degree in Medical Education that heavily informs her approach to healthcare technology adoption, change management, and provider training.

Dr. Renu Agnihotri, MD, is an academic executive, medical educator, and researcher who serves as the President and Chief Academic Officer of the American University of Integrative Sciences (AUIS) School of Medicine. In this leadership capacity—linked to her oversight of International Educational Management Resources (iEMR)—she directs the university's academic strategy, curriculum development, and institutional governance, emphasizing an integrative approach to medical education that prepares international students for residency placements across the United States and Canada. Alongside her executive tenure at AUIS, Dr. Agnihotri serves as an Associate Professor of Biochemistry at A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM). With a comprehensive background as a professor of molecular medicine and biochemistry, her work focuses on medical pedagogy, international medical school administration, and advancing modern course design frameworks within the health professions.

Dr. Roy Esaki, MD, MS, FASA, is a board-certified anesthesiologist, pain management specialist, and clinical informaticist who serves as the Chief Health Information Officer (CHIO) at The Queen's Health Systems, the largest healthcare system in Hawaii. In this executive capacity, he collaborates with senior leadership to direct enterprise digital strategy, optimize electronic health record systems, and champion clinical technology innovations aimed at enhancing patient safety and alleviating clinician administrative burden. Dr. Esaki holds a mechanical engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earned both his medical degree and a Master’s in Clinical Research from the University of Michigan, and completed his anesthesiology residency and pain medicine fellowship at Stanford University. Alongside his executive duties, he maintains an active clinical practice as the Assistant Chief of the Anesthesia Department at the Queen's Medical Center, serves on the board of directors for the Hawaii Health Information Exchange, and acts as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine.

Dr. Saroj Misra, DO, FAAFP, FACOFP dist., is a highly experienced board-certified osteopathic family medicine physician and prominent medical educator based in Warren, Michigan. With over 25 years in practice, he serves as the Chief of the Department of Family Medicine and core faculty for the family medicine residency program at Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital (now part of Henry Ford Health). In addition to his clinical roles, Dr. Misra holds significant academic leadership positions, most notably serving as the Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs for the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCOM) at A.T. Still University, where he oversees clinical education across multiple regional sites. He also holds a faculty appointment as an associate professor of family and community medicine at the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. A passionate advocate for innovative medical education, he serves on the Board of Governors for the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) and has received numerous accolades throughout his career, including being named the 2018 ACOFP Family Physician of the Year and being inducted into the AOA Osteopathic Mentor Hall of Fame twice.

Stephanie Driscoll, MS, is a digital health executive who serves as the Vice President of Digital Implementation (and Vice President of Clinical Applications) at Sutter Health. A specialist in large-scale technology transformation and change management, her work centers on optimizing clinical workflows and moving digital health tools from small-scale pilots to enterprise-wide adoption. Collaborating closely with clinical informatics leadership, Driscoll has spearheaded Sutter Health's massive deployment of ambient artificial intelligence listening platforms, successfully onboarding thousands of clinicians to reduce administrative documentation burden and combat provider burnout. Her strategic focus encompasses clinical IT governance, Epic EHR integration, and training design, and she has co-authored published research evaluating the quantifiable impacts of generative AI tools on healthcare workforce well-being.

Todd Frantz is a veteran healthcare information technology leader and solutions integrator who serves as a Technology Strategist at AdventHealth. With a career spanning over 35 years within the health system and its predecessor, Florida Hospital—where he previously served as Associate Chief Technology Officer and MIS Manager—Frantz specializes in technology evaluation, vendor management, and enterprise IT strategy. He functions as a critical translator at the intersection of medicine and technology, helping healthcare executives understand emerging technical frameworks while educating engineers on the complex operational realities of modern healthcare delivery. Known for his deep generalist background and a hands-on approach to piloting novel vendor solutions, Frantz focuses on exploring new tech pipelines and driving strategic IT consulting to solve large-scale health system challenges.

Dr. William Scott Erdley, PhD, RN, CHSE, ACUE, is an expert in nursing informatics, healthcare simulation, and nursing education who serves as the Simulation Center Coordinator and a Faculty Fellow at Niagara University's Department of Nursing. Previously a long-standing faculty researcher at the University at Buffalo School of Nursing, Dr. Erdley has spent decades investigating the intersection of clinical practice and educational technology. His published work focuses heavily on the evolution of healthcare informatics, 3D virtual learning environments, educational gaming, and clinical workflow safety frameworks. Holding credentials as a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) and from the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), he specializes in designing high-fidelity simulation curricula and leveraging interactive digital tools to enhance clinical competency and nursing workforce development.

Dr. Amy Sitapati, MD, is a prominent clinical informaticist, executive, and educator who serves as the Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) for Population Health at UC San Diego Health and the Interim Department Chair of Biomedical Informatics at UC San Diego. Board certified in both Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics, Dr. Sitapati focuses on harmonizing academic and healthcare delivery systems using advanced electronic health records (EHR) and digital health tools to reduce health disparities and establish high-reliability care models. She has managed extensive incentive quality portfolios valued at approximately $30 million and oversaw an active population health platform covering more than 500,000 lives across various chronic disease registries. On a broader scale, Dr. Sitapati drives significant state and national health initiatives, serving as the Co-Principal Investigator for the State of California's Integrated Vital Records System (CalIVRS) and the Site Principal Investigator for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) "All of Us" Precision Medicine Research Program. Certified as an Epic Physician Builder and Lean Expert, her comprehensive leadership spans from directing medical centers and primary care clinics to leading enterprise health equity work streams, actively integrating research-driven data infrastructure with compassionate, patient-centered care delivery.

Dr. Brenda Hage, PhD, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FNP, CDP, is an accomplished nurse executive, gerontologist, and advanced practice clinician with three decades of experience spanning nursing education leadership, curriculum design, and clinical practice. She currently serves as the Director of the School of Nursing, Professor, and Southwest Florida Endowed Chair at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU). Dr. Hage's extensive career in academic administration includes her previous tenure at Misericordia University, where she served as Assistant Dean of the College of Health Sciences and Education, Chief Nurse Administrator, and the Founding Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs. Nationally board-certified across multiple specialties—including Family (FNP), Adult-Gerontological Primary Care (AGPCNP), Psychiatric Mental Health (PMHNP), Nursing Informatics, and Case Management—she has spent more than 16 years providing direct clinical care to adult and geriatric rehab populations. Her systemic impact on healthcare extends to multi-decade advisory roles, including serving on the Bioethics Board for Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center and holding an 18-year seat on the National Advisory Board for the Spyglass Consulting Group, where she advises on clinical technology and digital health trends.

Dr. Christian Dameff, MD, is an emergency medicine physician and a leading researcher in the field of cybersecurity and healthcare. Currently serving as the Medical Director of Cybersecurity at UC San Diego Health, he focuses on the intersection of clinical practice and digital infrastructure, specifically investigating the vulnerabilities of medical devices and electronic health records to cyberattacks. A prominent voice in medical cybersecurity, he frequently speaks and publishes on the impact of ransomware, hacking, and technological failures on patient safety and healthcare system resilience. His academic and clinical work aims to bridge the gap between information technology security and clinical operations, helping hospitals prepare for and respond to emerging digital threats while maintaining high-quality patient care.

Elizabeth Jeanes, MBA, BSN, RN, NPD-BC, is a veteran healthcare leader, workforce strategist, and organizational development expert who serves as the founder of Jeanes Strategic Consulting. With more than 20 years of experience spanning nursing, clinical education, and healthcare operations, her professional focus centers on workforce sustainability, culture transformation, and leadership development. Jeanes challenges traditional assumptions surrounding healthcare staffing shortages, advocating instead for systematic workforce redesign that optimizes internal talent, modernizes preceptor programs, and addresses generational dynamics at the bedside. Board-certified in nursing professional development and trained in Lean Six Sigma and evidence-based practice methodologies, she advises healthcare organizations on mitigating leadership burnout, cultivating psychological safety, and building resilient clinical cultures where caregivers thrive.

Dr. Eve Cunningham, MD, MBA, is a prominent physician executive, entrepreneur, and digital health innovator with over two decades of experience designing and scaling advanced clinical operating models. She currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer (CMIO) at Cadence, a remote patient care delivery organization where she spearheads the continuous care infrastructure for national chronic disease management. Dr. Cunningham is also the founder of MedPearl, an AI-assisted and EMR-integrated clinical decision support platform that she incubated while serving as the Group Vice President and Chief of Virtual Care and Digital Health at Providence. At Providence, she led nine enterprise virtual care service lines—including hospital-at-home and virtual nursing initiatives—and successfully grew MedPearl until its acquisition in January 2026. A board-certified OB/GYN, she maintains her clinical practice on a contract basis with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, where she previously held multiple leadership roles, including Division Chief of Women’s, Children’s, Virtual, and Prompt Care Services. Dr. Cunningham also contributes widely to industry discourse as a contracted healthcare writer for Forbes, covering women's health and clinical technology transformation.

Dr. Howard Landa is a seasoned executive and leader in the field of medical informatics, currently serving as the Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO) at Adventist Health. He began his medical career in 1990 as a pediatric urologist at Loma Linda University before transitioning to healthcare information technology in 1996, driven by a philosophy that technology should be leveraged to enhance patient care, operational efficiency, and clinician satisfaction. Over his distinguished career, Dr. Landa has held several high-level administrative roles, including Vice President of Clinical Informatics and EHR at Sutter Health, CMIO at Alameda Health System, and CMIO for Kaiser Permanente’s Hawaii Region. An active figure in the broader health IT community, he has spent over two years as the Chairman of the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS), has been heavily involved with HIMSS, and earned his Doctor of Medicine from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School followed by training at the Baylor College of Medicine.

Dr. Jessica Yang, DNP, is a doctorate-prepared healthcare operator, product executive, and strategic advisor with over two decades of clinical and operational experience specializing in decentralized care delivery models. As a pioneering early member of the Medically Home team, she served in several high-level leadership roles, including Senior Director of Product Management and Senior Director of the Hospital at Home Service Line, where she helped scale the platform across 20+ health systems serving more than 45,000 patients prior to its 2025 acquisition by DispatchHealth. Her extensive clinical foundation includes a 12-year tenure at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she practiced as a registered nurse and clinical nurse specialist, directly informing her current focus on translating clinical realities into virtual command centers and proprietary software workflows. Today, Dr. Yang serves as a fractional Chief Product Officer and strategic advisor, consulting for firms like Tripp Hollander Advisors and GrowthAXL to guide healthcare technology startups and major health systems through the design, technology integration, and AI-driven automation of acute care-at-home programs.

Dr. John Lee is a practicing emergency medicine physician, health IT executive, and specialized consultant known as the "Epic Whisperer," who bridges the gap between high-level clinical strategy and hands-on technical execution within Epic EHR ecosystems. As the Founder of HIT Peak Advisors, he leverages his unique dual background as a frontline clinician and an Epic architect to help health tech startups navigate complex integrations and assist healthcare organizations with workflow and analytics optimization. Dr. Lee's distinguished career includes nearly three decades of clinical practice at Edward Hospital, alongside extensive administrative leadership roles as the Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) for Edward-Elmhurst Health and Senior Vice President and CMIO for the Allegheny Health Network. Currently balancing his clinical duties at Edward-Elmhurst with a role as a Clinical Informatics Specialist for The MetroHealth System, he specializes in translating complex data structures like SmartData and SQL into practical, high-yield solutions that align with actual clinical realities.

Kevon Kothari is an experienced healthcare technology executive and investor who serves as the President and CEO of CERTIFY Health, a platform dedicated to modernizing the ambulatory patient journey and streamlining front-office revenue cycle workflows. With over two decades of experience navigating the intersection of technology, investment, and healthcare innovation, Kothari's background includes a prior tenure as the Vice President of Corporate Development & Innovation at ICON plc (formerly PRA Health Sciences), alongside early professional experience in the defense, banking, and high-tech manufacturing sectors. He is also a member of the Advisory Board for New Enterprise Ventures and provides strategic counsel to emerging companies on product-market fit, patient relationship management (PRM) platforms, and Software as a Medical Device (SaMD). Kothari earned both his bachelor's degree and his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Dr. May Lin is a primary care physician, medical educator, and digital health strategist specializing in the integration of human-centered technology and artificial intelligence within medical education. She currently serves as the Assistant Dean of Graduate Medical Education, Technology and Program Development at Touro University California, where she drives strategic partnerships and faculty development across residency programs. Concurrently, Dr. Lin is the Director of Academic Development and an Academic Advisor for One Medical, overseeing the National Medical Learners Program to bridge academia and technology-forward industry settings. She also serves as a national Advisor and Strategist for the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), leading initiatives like AACOM's National AI Hub to shape AI literacy, policy, and governance in clinical training. Her extensive leadership background includes a prior seven-year tenure as Medical Director and clinical leadership program lead at One Medical, as well as completing AACOM fellowships in both health policy and senior leadership development.

Michelle Lingner, FNP-C, RN-BSN, RNFA, is an advanced practice nurse and trauma nurse practitioner at ECU Health, working within a 1,000-bed Level 1 trauma center. With an extensive clinical background as a registered nurse and a registered nurse first assistant (RNFA), she has become a recognized voice in healthcare for clinical workplace culture and peer-to-peer influence. Known for her focus on leading without formal authority, she champions practical strategies to address clinician burnout, optimize communication loops, and streamline emergency department throughput. Lingner frequently shares her insights on self-management, clinical handoff efficiency, and building high-performance care cultures across healthcare operations, recently appearing as a featured expert on the Baird Group's industry platforms to discuss healthcare team dynamics.

Patrick Baker is a healthcare executive, entrepreneur, and retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who brings over 30 years of clinical and administrative leadership to the field of patient safety. He is the Founder and CEO of Palarum, LLC, a healthcare technology firm dedicated to optimizing patient mobility, preventing hospital falls, and delivering measurable cost savings to healthcare providers through advanced wearable technology and analytic solutions. Prior to launching Palarum in 2017, Baker built a distinguished executive career in hospital administration, notably serving as the Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer at UC Health's West Chester Hospital, where he was named the national Healthcare Executive of the Year in 2011. His civilian leadership is deeply informed by a 25-year military tenure as a Medical Service Corps (MSC) Executive Officer in the U.S. Air Force and Ohio Air National Guard, which included a six-month deployment to Joint Base Balad in Iraq.

Rick Evans is a veteran healthcare executive and patient experience pioneer with over two decades of experience driving patient-centered care and service excellence across major academic medical centers. He currently serves as a Strategic Advisor to the senior leadership and Board of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, where he previously spent over ten years as the Senior Vice President and Chief Experience Officer (CXO) shaping the network's consumer experience and health equity strategies. Prior to his current executive tenure in New York, Evans was the Chief Experience Officer for Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and spent seven years as NewYork-Presbyterian's Vice President of Support Services and Patient-Centered Care. A dedicated advocate for diversity, inclusion, belonging, and allyship within clinical environments, he also lends his industry expertise to academia, serving as a Visiting Lecturer at Cornell University's Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy.

Saamer Siddiqi, MD, is a physician, healthcare technology entrepreneur, and clinical AI advocate who serves as the Founder and CEO of LIVEMED Telehealth. At LIVEMED, he focuses on streamlining virtual healthcare delivery by providing an end-to-end platform that integrates telemedicine technology, hardware, and specialist services into clinical workflows, aiming to reduce costs and prevent unnecessary patient transfers, particularly for smaller hospitals. Alongside his entrepreneurial ventures, Dr. Siddiqi maintains an active clinical practice as an internal medicine hospitalist at Endeavor Health in Elmhurst, Illinois. With over 15 years of clinical experience, he acts as a startup mentor at MATTER—Chicago's healthcare technology incubator—and serves as a medical advisor for health tech startups like Sama Therapeutics. A frequent speaker on clinical AI and workflow redesign, Dr. Siddiqi combines his medical background from Ross University School of Medicine with his business acumen to champion patient-centered innovation and health equity.

Dr. Sean Kelly, MD, is a veteran digital health executive and practicing emergency physician who serves as the Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Customer Strategy, Healthcare at Imprivata. In this executive capacity, he shapes the company's go-to-market strategy, product roadmap, and customer experience initiatives, specializing in digital identity and security technologies that enhance clinician productivity and workflow efficiency. Dr. Kelly has balanced his corporate leadership with a 25-year tenure as an emergency physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, where he previously served as the Director of Graduate Medical Education. He is also a part-time Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School, an accomplished medical author, and the co-founder of Lifeguard Medical Group, an innovative mobile concierge emergency practice. Dr. Kelly completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard College, earned his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and completed his emergency medicine residency and Chief Residency at Vanderbilt University.

Steven Ramirez, MHA, MSc, CISM, is a veteran healthcare technology and cybersecurity executive who serves as the Vice President and Chief Information Security and Technology Officer at Renown Health. In this expanded dual leadership capacity, he directs the organization's overarching enterprise technology strategy, system infrastructure, and data protection frameworks to ensure clinical operations are resilient and secure. With more than fifteen years of IT leadership experience, Ramirez has managed complex cybersecurity portfolios across the healthcare, financial, and government sectors. His extensive career background includes serving as the Assistant Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at UofL Health, an IT Security and Privacy Officer at IBM, and a part-time member of the teaching staff for Harvard University's cybersecurity risk management program. Holding two master's degrees alongside his Certified Information Security Manager credential, he specializes in building next-generation cyber defense strategies, navigating complex federal regulatory frameworks, and aligning digital infrastructure directly with corporate health system goals.

M. Troy Seagondollar, MSN, RN, NI-BC, is an accomplished nursing informatics leader, educator, and healthcare IT strategist who specializes in aligning electronic health record (EHR) workflows with the practical realities of bedside clinical practice. He serves as the Regional Nurse Technology Liaison and Nurse Educator at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, California, and acts as an advisor for the Spyglass Consulting Group. Throughout his extensive clinical career—which includes serving as a registered nurse and emergency department subject matter expert at Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center—Seagondollar has championed giving frontline clinicians a direct voice in technology design, notably optimizing Kaiser's KP HealthConnect system through unique labor-management partnership assignments. A prominent voice within the American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA), he regularly presents on the national scope, standards, and core competencies of informatics nursing, and actively contributes to industry panels addressing modern challenges like the rollout of AI-driven clinical decision support tools and the mitigation of nurse alert fatigue.

Dr. Yaa Kumah-Crystal, MD, MPH, MS, is an associate professor of biomedical informatics and pediatric endocrinology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), where she bridges clinical practice with groundbreaking research in medical AI and health technology. Serving as a clinical director and core design advisor within Vanderbilt HealthIT, she spearheads the innovations portfolio with a primary focus on voice assistant technology, conversational user interfaces, and generative AI integrations to streamline the electronic health record (EHR) provider workflow. Notably, she is the project lead for the Vanderbilt EHR Voice Assistant (VEVA) initiative, which uses natural language communication to improve data summarization, visualization, and accessibility for both clinicians and patients. In addition to her extensive informatics leadership, she remains an active, practicing physician, supervising pediatric endocrine fellows and treating clinic patients at VUMC.