Dr. Robert Pearl is the former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser Permanente).He led over 12,000 physicians and was responsible for the medical care of 12 million Kaiser Permanente members. He serves as a professor at the Stanford University Schools of Business and Medicine. He hosts the weekly podcast Fixing Healthcare, published Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors & Patients and wrote Mistreated: Why We Think We're Getting Good Healthcare and Usually Wrong.

Elsie Koh, MD EMHL FSIR is a practicing interventional radiologist and the Chief Medical Officer of American Endovascular & Amputation Prevention.  She is the Founder and CEO of the LEAD Physician leadership program for physicians.  LEAD Physician helps physicians, who are ready for growth, rediscover their purpose, rekindle their passion, and create real potential for their short and long-term future in academic or private practices, side businesses, or as a consultant in medicine.

AI Doctor: Healing with Data, One Byte at a Time" encapsulates my journey from NYC's streets to the forefront of AI in healthcare. As a seasoned physician and former healthcare CEO, I now advise on AI's integration into healthcare, ensuring it meets clinical needs while fostering innovation. My work spans orchestrating AI adoption, bridging tech-healthcare gaps, and enhancing healthcare management. I share my insights to drive AI's transformative potential in healthcare.

Dr. Brittany Busse is the co-founder, president, and Chief Medical Officer of ViTelHealth. She has over six years of experience in Executive Physician Leadership and in developing processes and technology specific for Telemedicine. As the president and CMO of ViTelHealth, she is dedicated to improving healthcare delivery and organizing digital health tools that augment the patient-physician connection and improve outcomes so that everyone can thrive.

Matt Sakumoto is a virtualist primary care physician in San Francisco. He is also fellowship-trained in clinical informatics at UCSF, with a focus on virtual care and clinician efficiency tools for the EHR. Through personal experience at multiple health systems and telehealth startups, he has developed an approach to Digital Empathy and Web-side Manner to better connect with patients.

Amanda is finishing up a multi-role tour at Amazon, having led both Alexa for Health and AWS Healthcare initiatives, and is looking for her next role in digital transformation/change management at a large healthcare organization.  Amanda currently leads Healthcare Startups for AWS, building out products at scale using AWS to solve enterprise challenges including patient navigation and engagement, workforce burnout and deployment, clinical workflow efficiency, and social determinants of health an

Dr. Behrooz Behbod, The Entrepreneur's Doctor, is a transformative coach dedicated to helping fellow conscious entrepreneurial leaders (e.g., coaches, consultants, and CEOs) navigate the complex landscape of making a meaningful impact at scale in any sector.

Backed by Harvard and Oxford training, Dr. Behbod offers coaching, consulting, and training services to unearth 'aha' moments that bring insightful clarity and creativity into world-changing endeavours.

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As founder and CEO of Apricity Health, a precision oncology company at the intersection of digital health, AI and biotechnology, Dr. Chin is passionate about harnessing patient data and human expertise to transform cancer care and drug discovery. Prior to Apricity, Dr. Chin conducted research at DFCI-Harvard and the Broad Institute, served leadership roles in TCGA and founded Dept of Genomic Medicine at MD Anderson. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.

Dr Sandeep Reddy is the founder and Chairman of the ‘Centre for Advancement of Translational AI in Medicine (CATAIM)’, a not-for-profit institute set up to enable adoption of AI in healthcare and Healea, an AI enabled health technology platform. Dr Sandeep Reddy has a medical and healthcare management background in addition to being a certified health informatician and a World Health Organisation recognised Digital Health Expert. Also, he has authored several articles and books about the use o

Dr. Navani is Medical Director to Le Reve Regenerative Wellness, the center for cutting edge spine and musculoskeletal regenerative solutions and an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at Stanford University.

Dr. Navani is board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and serves on the board of several international and national pain societies. She is the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Awards from several societies and is considered a KOL in her field.

Joshua Tamayo-Sarver, MD, PhD, is VP of Innovation at Inflect Health and Vituity, overseeing strategic healthtech partnerships and health tech. He is an emergency physician, and has led product development, testing, deployment, and scaling of multiple technology solutions in the healthcare ecosystem. He has over 20 peer-reviewed publications and holds five US patents. He speaks and writes frequently on healthcare technology and AI. He lives in Los Gatos, CA.

Paula Muto, M.D., F.A.C.S., is the founder and CEO of UBERDOC.  A graduate of Amherst College and New York Medical College, Dr. Muto  is a practicing vascular and general surgeon in solo practice for over 20 years and the owner of a successful Vein Center. She is an outspoken advocate for patient care and is passionate about women's health. She has emerged as a powerful voice for price transparency and protecting the doctor-patient relationship.

Jon work's with CEOs and Boards for multinational, national, and early-stage or startup organizations in health/healthcare when they need an outside perspective to help assess whether a major decision is the best possible one to make going forward. This ranges from professional advice over a few hours to multi-year retained support. 

Specialties: His career has included senior roles on Boards (both for-profit & nonprofit) and in strategy, marketing, business development, ops, logistics, &finance."

Ana Alves, a San Francisco-based business consultant, brings 15+ years of expertise in banking, finance, leadership, and venture capitalism. Specializing in healthcare startups, she excels in business intelligence, fundraising, and crafting compelling investor pitches, and as the former CEO and co-founder of CortexXus Inc., securing patents and forging key partnerships. Ana remains a driving force in healthcare startup consultancy.

Naidu Annamaneni, the visionary founder of ColigoMed. Naidu is a serial entrepreneur and  technology executive who has several patents in his name and has pioneered AI innovations in several industries. His technology expertise in connecting large data systems together and own personal battles led him to the ColigoMed vision. His vision has already been backed by several high profile physicians, healthcare executives and silicon valley technology executives with a pre-seed funding of over $3M

Dumeetha is the founder of Take-Pause. A former award-winning BBC war correspondent, she is now the founder of health tech company Take-Pause, which has designed a system to reduce pediatric patient anxiety. Take-Pause has been clinically shown to reduce anxiety. It was tested in an IRB approved trial in the pediatric emergency room at Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn. The data showed it reduced anxiety levels by 24% in 5 minutes.

Tim Cooley is the author of the #1 best-selling book on raising capital, The Pitch Deck Book: How To Present Your Business And Secure Investors, creator of the PitchUs.io podcast, and consultant at PointB. He is the former Executive Director for Park City Angels. He has worked with Fortune 5 companies as well as 100s of early-stage companies in marketing, sales, product development, fundraising, and operations.

Dr. Aditi U. Joshi is a best selling author, digital health consultant and a telehealth expert with over 10 years of experience in improving healthcare and equity through technology. Dr. Joshi is the co-author of the bestselling book: 'Telehealth Success: How to Thrive in the New Age of Remote Care' published by Forbes. She currently offers consulting services to health systems, digital health startups, and individuals, specializing in digital health strategy, integration and operations.

Prof. Shahram Yousefi (PhD:UWaterloo) is an academic entrepreneur and global algorithm expert with more than 130 publications and patents. He has held positions at the University of Toronto, Canada, Ecole Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne, Switzerland, Jilin University, China, University of California, Santa Cruz, and Queen's University, Canada, where he is currently a full professor. Shahram has co-founded 3 healthcare startups since 2014 and is currently the CEO of MESH Scheduling Inc.:MeshAI.

Omar is a medical doctor with 10 years of data analytics. Named on of HIMSS Future 50 and published author at HL7 and AHIMA conferences. Omar is the founder of HumanDash, a startup that brings next-generation mental health techniques into the hands of busy top performers in Silicon Valley.

Diana M. Girnita, MD, PhD is the CEO& Founder of Rheumatologist OnCall , a telemedicine company that provides specialized rheumatology services to patients in multiple US states.Dr. Girnita is also the founder of Direct Specialty Care Alliance, an organization that was started in 2021.  Direct Specialty Care Alliance leads the movement of specialist physicians in becoming independent and provide direct care services to patients through physician-led education, mentorship, and advocacy.

Miguel Villagra is a dedicated internal medicine physician excelling in hospital medicine. He pair's his clinical expertise with a profound commitment to physician wellness and mental health. Beyond the hospital, he venture's into Telemedicine, Real Estate, and offer a tailored Coaching Program, showcasing his diverse passions and entrepreneurial spirit.

Dr. D founded Green Imaging in 2011 to provide affordable, high-quality medical imaging for uninsured and high-deductible patients in Houston and rapidly expanded the company to provide services throughout most of the US and to employer-sponsored health plans. She loves being able to provide quality services to patients who otherwise couldn’t afford them and delivering significant imaging cost savings to patients with healthcare coverage and their employers without compromising quality.

Dr. Amaro is a United States Navy Veteran, Physician, and Native Houstonian. He’s passionate about direct healthcare access and the economic value it brings to local communities. Dr. Amaro is the founder and CEO of Ease Practice, which uses AI to help doctors start, run, and grow their practices.   The Ease Practice team has built over 450 practices so far.

Chris works collaboratively with clients worldwide, guiding them and their businesses to the next level by expanding their capabilities and clarity -- while getting everyone on the same page. With a background in tech and investment, her career achievements include leading multidisciplinary teams through complex development projects, co-founding a successful SaaS marketing company, securing investments exceeding $100 million, and playing a key role in structuring two SDG-focused funds.

Benjamin Schwartz, MD, MBA is a fellowship trained Orthopedic Surgeon who has served numerous healthcare leadership roles on both a local and national level with a focus on developing and implementing evidence-based, high quality MSK care delivery pathways.

Dr. Jennifer Miles-Thomas, a renowned urologist and CEO of Urology of Virginia, is a graduate of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. She completed her general surgery internship, urology residency, and fellowships at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Miles-Thomas serves on executive, startup, and international boards, showcasing her extensive expertise in clinical medicine, innovation, and business strategy.

As an experienced emergency medicine and lifestyle medicine physician with over 2 decades in clinical medicine, Alex has found passion and purpose working with employer health plans building award winning programs around primary care.  He's grown an Advanced Primary Care practice in several states that employers, patients and providers love. He has recently added an embedded integrative mental health practice and a lifestyle medicine practice aimed at treating, preventing and reversing disease.

Dr. Dayton was the first Medical Design and Innovation Fellow with Stanford's Department of Emergency Medicine. In addition to practicing medicine at both Stanford and Intermountain, he advises health-tech startups, co-founded Utah's Society of Physician Entrepreneurs, and served in both local and national leadership positions with the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Dr. Carolyn McClain is an experienced emergency physician with extensive experience leading free standing emergency departments.  She is currently leading Sollis Health's expansion into Northern California.  Sollis Health is a rapidly growing venture funded concierge emergency department and urgent care that is staffed with emergency physicians, APC's and nurses.  Sollis offers in clinic visits, telemedicine and care coordination.

Andrew has practiced academic clinical emergency medicine for 16 years. During that time he held several administrative roles that have broadened his experience. His passion is innovation and entrepreneurship. He created a Center for Innovation and Translation at HealthPartners, and then moved on to the University of Minnesota to develop more innovative ways to develop healthcare. He also founded Accelerance Healthcare Advising to help startup healthcare companies to grow their business.

Dr. Faranak Kamangar is a Silicon Valley-based board-certified dermatologist, engineer, and thought leader in the telehealth field. In her Palo Alto practice, she is dedicated to removing barriers for patients and physicians alike. 

In August 2023, Dr. Kamangar founded DermGPT, an innovative, first-of-its-kind AI tool that curates answers from more than 2,000 peer reviewed journals to help dermatologists improve clinical efficiency through practical colleague-like answers.

Mike Russell has over 30+ years of experience in the medical device industry where he has been successful in serving in various executive management roles including, CEO, President, VP Sales and Marketing, Director and Board of Directors working with multiple early stage and start-up medical device, product and service companies. Over the past 5 years he has developed Alpine Medical Technologies as its senior industry consultant.

Jim Kean is a senior technology executive with an innovative career focused on making healthcare easier. Kean has had multiple exits with health technology companies, and has also spent time as a senior executive at Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Jim Kean founded Sapient Health Network that later merged to form the consumer-facing side of WebMD. He exited the company turning a $5m investment into $187m in 3.5 years. In 2010, he launched WellnessFX which he sold to Thorne (THRN) in 2013 for $25m.

"Dr. Lisa Whitty Bradley is the CEO & Founder of Loop Plastic Surgery, S.C. and Chicks with MDs, LLC. Both entities focus on the education & empowerment of patients, physicians, and the community at large.

She is a board-certified Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon with extensive coaching expertise including, but not limited to the following: private practice building & restructuring, crafting social media strategies for physicians, contract NEGOTIATION, MEDICAL COPYWRITING & MED TECH CONSULTATION"

Mr. Moreau is the CEO of Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc. and a member of the company's board of directors. With over 30 years of executive management experience, including 15 years in CEO roles, he has proven achievements in operations management, acquisitions, licensing, and integration. Mr. Moreau also has significant experience managing biotechnology research programs, and a deep expertise in business development and capital markets, having raised more than $50 million in equity financings. He

Dr. Julia Fung has been a Pediatric Urgent Care Physician with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation for 7 years. She leads a collaborative team to implement a virtual reality mindfulness program aimed at easing patient anxiety and improving satisfaction.

Julia wears a few other hats. As a regional medical director, Julia strives to nurture a culture of gratitude and diligence among a large and diverse group. With an earnest desire to counteract climate change, she coordinates efforts to implement compost and recycling on her campus. She is also department lead of the Pediatric Urgent Care Clinic in Fremont, California. In her free time, Julia enjoys birdwatching, Orangetheory fitness, self-help books and podcasts, trains, and driving her kids around.

"MD with a Surgical Background. Graduated in 2017. Graduated with an MRCS Degree by Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland.

Master in Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship from the University of Malta. 

Founded the Med-Tech World Summit. 

Venture Partner at IKIGAI Ventures & Lifeblood Capital + Talent."

Dr. Logan Schneider is the Clinical Lead for Sleep Health at Alphabet, Consultant Neurologist at the Stanford/VA Alzheimer’s Research Center, and Clinical Assistant Professor (affiliated) of Sleep Medicine at the Stanford Sleep Center. Following postdoctoral training in sleep, genetics, and big data with Dr. Emmanuel Mignot, Dr. Schneider advised multiple startups before being hired by Alphabet to lead the sleep health programs and product development.

Andra Bria is a Marketing Manager at Medicai and a growth and product leader with over 10 years of experience in the impact-tech and health-tech sector. 

Andra's professional journey reflects her commitment to advancing equity, responsible technology practices, and championing value-driven care pathways. Her approach is rooted in the belief that interoperability and collaboration are essential elements for forging a more connected and efficient healthcare industry.

The son of two physicians, Laurence grew up with medicine at the dinner table. While starting his career in finance and technology investing, he experienced firsthand the grave consequences of missed clinical diagnoses. Laurence would go on to Columbia Business School to marry technology with healthcare, eventually meeting his AvoMD cofounders who were at the Informatics Department at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

Dr. Moira Schieke is CEO, CMO & Founder of Cubismi, a cancer imaging and MRI expert, board-certified clinical radiologist, and chief inventor and designer of DecisionFlow-3D™. She is a passionate advocate for patient rights and for breaking down legacy barriers to improved care. As a practicing radiologist, she has powerful insights into how a revolutionary new medical imaging paradigm can empower physicians’ decision making and lead to improved patient outcomes.

Dr. Faisal Mirza is a practicing Orthopedic Surgeon, Entrepreneur in the Bay area who trained at University of Western Ontario and McMaster University. He was prior Stanford Faculty, FDA Medical Officer and Amgen Global Medical Director and now in clinical practice while building a wearable intelligence company. Dr. Mirza is an artist, author and loving father who enjoys tennis, cycling, swimming and hiking.

Jeffrey Hogan is the President of Upside Health Advisors a national consultancy providing advisory services to payers, providers, health systems, employers and health-tech point solutions. Jeff is focused on health care payment reform, health policy, care transformation, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, value-based health care, health care quality and precision medicine.

Ashish Atreja, MD, MPH., oversees UC Davis Health’s expansion of its digital relationships with patients and with other hospitals, bridging the gap between IT, academia, research, and innovation as “Digital Davis” becomes a global hub for digital health. Prior to his UC Davis Health appointment, Atreja, a gastroenterologist, served as the chief innovation officer, Medicine at Mount Sinai. He coined the term "Evidence-based Digital Medicine" and was awarded HIMSS Future 50 Leaders in 2021.

From the Boston, Massachusetts area, Ellen’s background spans finance, investment, marketing and sales. Driven by her passion for women’s health and health technology, Ellen founded Bellybaloo, a platform for expecting families to receive and share their ultrasound images and videos with family and friends.

Scotch is an engineer with over 20 years of experience as a CEO. He is a multi-patent inventor including anti-viral applications of Maxwell’s platform. His background includes leading teams, as well as military intelligence and commercial applications. He is a pioneer in the field of plasma proteomics & biomimetics. He has wide ranging interests in physics, information theory & nanobiology. He is a graduate of the USAF Academy, with a B.S. in Management and has an MBA from U of Massachusetts.

Dr. Gold, frustrated with insurance-based medicine, founded Gold Direct Care PC in 2014, the first independent Direct Primary Care (DPC) practice in Massachusetts. With 700 patients, an Internal Medicine partner, and a Family NP, he aims to prioritize patient care. Dr. Gold established the Starseed Group LLC, facilitating collaboration among DPC doctors, benefits advisers, TPAs, and employers to create employer-sponsored plans centered around DPC. This approach enables doctors to practice medicine with less risk. Actively involved in promoting DPC, Dr. Gold co-founded the New England DPC Alliance, National DPC Alliance, and is a member of the Direct Primary Coalition. His efforts have contributed to approximately 15 independent DPC physicians in Massachusetts.

Healthcare innovator who mentored hundreds of inspiring health tech teams through innovation sprints, hackathons and accelerators (MIT hackathons, Mayo Clinic, #NurseHack4Health, Women in AI, NASDAQ Center for Entrepreneurship, Founder Institute Health Tech) Judged pitching competitions (InnovatorMD) I can help you with improving your deck, strategy, next steps and more! My diverse background and experiences include: - Mentoring 100s of health tech teams - Building relationships with investors and healthcare professionals - Utilizing background in STEM (Physics, Mathematics, Economics) - Building upon hands-on data experience - Translating experience from small to large companies, academia and business - Advising on commercialization on Earth and to Space

Russell's career is serving at the intersection of technology and healthcare innovation. He is a founder and Board member for VendRx, leading the transition from POC to catalyzing industry transformation. Previously leading NIC and BIC in Pharma; HealthCare Data; Capital Equipment and Med Device.  He’s founded businesses for Medical Product Distribution and Retail Data Systems.  BS in Biology from the University of Utah, and dual MBAs from UCLA Anderson and the National University of Singapore.

Dr. Starks has dedicated his life to helping education and child welfare professionals better understand the experiences of traumatized youth to deliver better life outcomes. He is a prolific author and motivational speaker on topics ranging from foster care, youth homelessness, and trauma-informed care.  Driven by his own experience and passion as a foster child who “broke the cycle”,  Dr. Starks founded MNDYRR Technologies, Inc. (Mentoring Nurturement for Dynamic Youth Resilience and Restoration), a platform designed to help child welfare and education professionals assist at-promise youth by intersecting teletherapy and community services to deliver better life and learning outcomes.

Viji Natarajan is a Physical Therapist and Health Care Executive with 25 years experience across different health care settings in progressive leadership positions. She is keen on streamlining and finding innovative solutions in post acute environment to enhance quality and accessibility of care for all the stakeholders. LaPortaCare was founded to just to solve the current conundrum of care in post acute environment. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijinatarajan-laportacare/

Ajay has a background in biophysics and experience leading data science for fintech startups. After recently launching a food-as-medicine population health platform, he co-founded Rx Studio with the aim of improving outcome equity for those taking prescription medication. Rx Studio assists prescribers and pharmacists in creating personalized medication plans for optimal therapeutic effects while also offering  patients more agency in their own care. Ajay's favorite escape is to natural landscapes around the SF bay area, where both dogs and humans can roam freely.

Christian support startups with general Intellectual Property Q&A on US Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights. Although he is not an attorney and do not provide legal advice, our firm, Cognition IP is renowned for IP advising, strategy, filing, portfolio management and the results expected from a top firm.

Vince Kohli, An Empathy Scholar, is a Silicon Valley Early-stage Venture Capital Investor, 7X Tech Entrepreneur, Serial Business Builder, Product Visionary, Inventor, Problem Thinking Doer, Public Speaker, and Author.  Vince is a Global Impact Capitalist Maker, Exponential Impact Super Angel Investor focused on Web3, Metaverse, DeFi apps, Hyperautomation, Enterprise Deep Tech, AI and ML impacting Enterprise and Social Enterprise Industries. Vince is a special invited member of MIT Technology review Global Panel and business advisor at Meta.  Vince serves as a StartpUp Judge at MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Google, Samsung, IBM, DraperU, Founder Institute, Founders Space, California State University, StartX, and NASA.

Shelley is a seasoned executive driving digital transformation in healthcare and pharmaceuticals. With expertise in AI startups, she fuels revenue growth and assembles high-performing cross-functional teams. Shelley also serves on the boards of two nonprofits and an AI data science company, bridging tech, science, and healthcare seamlessly.