Speaker Biographies

Gil Addo, SVP, Specialty Care Solutions | CVS Health and Co-founder of RubiconMD, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CVS Health. RubiconMD’s digital health platform empowers primary care clinicians with access to virtual specialist support to improve patient care. Founded in 2013, RubiconMD serves primary care clinicians across 37 states. The Huffington Post named RubiconMD one of the “Five Companies Defining the Future of Healthcare” and, in 2020, AllianceBernstein ranked RubiconMD number 12 on its list of the top 25 private companies disrupting healthcare. The company raised over $40 million in capital from top tier investment firms and in 2021 was acquired by Oak Street Health for $190 million. Prior to founding RubiconMD, Gil was a Consultant at Putnam Associates, a pharma strategy consultancy, where he designed payer and market access strategies for fortune 500 clients. He previously held strategy and business development roles at Xerox, Cubist (acquired by Merck), and two early stage healthcare ventures. Gil has appeared in Inc, Forbes, CNBC, Fortune and Entrepreneur Magazine. He’s been named one of Forbes’ “30 Under 30” in healthcare, Crains New York Business 40 Under 40 and Business Insider’s 30 under 40 in healthcare. In 2020, Crains New York named Gil to its list of the Most Notable in Health Care and in 2017 he received their Heritage Healthcare Innovator of the Year award. He holds a BS in Economics and Biomedical Engineering from Yale and an MBA from Harvard.

Anish Agarwal serves as the deputy director of the Center for Insights to Outcomes, an assistant professor at the Perelman School of Medicine, and chief wellness officer in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Penn Medicine. Anish’s research focuses on the intersection of digital health, mobile health, and acute care delivery. He is interested in developing and evaluating novel approaches to help health systems better engage patients, support providers, and drive clinical change. His work is supported through various funding mechanisms and has been published in journals such as JAMA, NEJM Catalyst, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Resuscitation, the Journal of General Internal Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. Eric Alper is SVP, Chief Quality Officer and Chief Clinical Informatics Officer at UMass Memorial Health Care and Professor of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School. Dr. Alper received his medical degree at UMass Medical School, is board certified in Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics. In addition to his clinical work in Hospital Medicine for the last 25 years, Dr. Alper is a seasoned physician executive, having served as the primary physician champion for 2 large Epic implementations He has led many clinical and operational improvements. He has served as executive sponsor for UMass Memorial’s digital health strategy, Hospital at Home and other care at home strategies and artificial intelligence strategy.

As Chief Physician Executive, Dr. Anderson is the physician leader responsible for Advocate Health’s Medical Group in the North Carolina/Georgia Division which includes over 6,000 physician and APP FTEs delivering care across four states. He is also responsible for Clinical Transformation for Advocate Health at the enterprise level, leading Advocate Health’s design, implementation, and scale of innovative care models across its footprint including those related to virtual health, home-based care delivery, and others spanning the care continuum. An internal medicine physician by training, Dr. Anderson joined Advocate Health in 2021 and previously led Primary Care operations in its North Carolina-Georgia division. Under his leadership, Advocate Health has seen continued growth in its transformative care delivery portfolio, reaching nearly 2 million virtual visits per year and growing the nation's largest Hospital at Home program to an average daily census of over 125 patients per day in two unique care models and three locations. In his tenure, Advocate has incorporated virtual integrated behavioral health services into every Primary Care practice, launched a Virtual Primary Care model that is on pace to serve an annualized volume of 100,000 visits by the end of 2025, and been the first health system in the nation to implement a new generative AI scribe technology to improve clinician wellbeing. Matt is the co-leader of Advocate’s enterprise rural health strategy and a passionate supporter of Advocate Health's "For All" mission, committed to continuing to develop new care models that improve access to care how, when, and where people want and are able to receive it.

Beth Careyva, MD, MHSA, FAAFP serves as the Associate Medical Director of Value-Based Care Delivery & Quality Improvement for Lehigh Valley Physicians Group and the Associate Chief Medical Executive for Value in Primary Care at Lehigh Valley Health Network/Jefferson Health. Dr. Careyva earned her medical degree from the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She completed her residency training at Thomas Jefferson University and her undergraduate studies at Lehigh University. An expert in value-based care and quality improvement, Dr. Careyva is committed to advancing patient-centered, efficient care. Her work emphasizes leveraging advanced analytics to improve outcomes for patients at rising risk, driving innovation across primary care and healthcare delivery systems.

As the Chief Medical Officer of Government Products, UPMC Health Plan, Jatin provides strategic, clinical, and policy leadership and oversight of healthcare services for Government Products at UPMC Health Plan. He is also practices as a consultant for the palliative care team at Tufts Medical Center and is an assistant clinical professor of medicine with Tufts University School of Medicine Jatin is an Associate Professor at U Mass Chan Medical School in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Science and is board certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care and Clinical Informatics. Before that Jatin worked as the chief medical officer for MassHealth, Medicaid program for Massachusetts and before that he was at New England Quality Care Alliance where he served as a chief medical officer, a member of the executive leadership team, quality committees, and the board of trustees. Prior to that, he served as medical director of geriatrics and Senior Care Options at Tufts Health Plan. Previously, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Jatin served as both a primary care physician and consultant geriatrician, as well as director of education. While there, he received the Geriatric Academic Career Award and the Clinical Innovation Award. After his training in internal medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Jatin completed a general internal medicine fellowship at New York University. Jatin then completed a fellowship in geriatric medicine at Harvard University. He also received a master’s degree in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health and earned a bachelor's degree in medicine and in surgery at Gujarat University in Gujarat, India.

Mira Desai is the Medical Director of Telehealth at Oak Street Health, a leader in value-based care for older adults. With over a decade of experience in geriatric primary care, she has led the development and scale of virtual care models that improve access, care coordination, and outcomes across 21+ states. She oversees a virtual care team and has implemented programs for acute care escalation, post-hospitalization follow-ups, and chronic disease management. Mira holds a Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University and completed executive leadership training through Harvard Medical School. She is licensed in 25 states and plays a key role in expanding care delivery while ensuring clinical and regulatory standards. Passionate about health equity, Mira focuses on using technology to close gaps in care and deliver human-centered, high-quality services to underserved populations.

Stephen Dorner, MD, MPH, MSc, is the Chief of Clinical Operations & Medical Affairs at Mass General Brigham Healthcare at Home and a practicing emergency physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. In his Healthcare at Home role, Dr. Dorner leads the design, implementation, and ongoing process improvement of key service lines and capabilities, shifting the site of care from the hospital setting into the home. His primary responsibility is the growth of Mass General Brigham's Home Hospital, which provides acute inpatient care episodes within the comfort of patients' home environments as an alternative to traditional hospital-based care. Since launching in 2017 as pilot programs at our two main academic medical centers, Mass General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, the Mass General Brigham Home Hospital has grown into one of the largest full-length-of-stay Home Hospital offerings in the country, delivering acute episodic care, while expanding access, generating facility-based capacity, improving quality, and delivering a more patient- and caregiver-centered experience. In his role as an emergency physician, Dr. Dorner's clinical expertise and operational insights drive his work to address the gaps, inequities, and deficiencies in the healthcare system. He earned his MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, MPH from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and MSc in Global Health from Trinity College, Dublin.

Dr. Estrada is the Urologist-in-Chief and Chair of the Physicians Organization Board at Boston Children’s Hospital and the Alan B. Retik Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. His clinical expertise is neurogenic bladder dysfunction and reconstructive surgery. His basic research has focused on tissue engineering, and his clinical research on urodynamics, advanced analytics, and telemedicine. Dr. Estrada’s research has been funded by the NIH since 2011. He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed articles, numerous book chapters and reviews, and has given national and international lectures on clinical topics, management and innovation, and his research. Dr. Estrada is a member of the American Telemedicine Association, Societies for Pediatric Urology, the American Urological Association, the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons. He is a permanent member of the NIH Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Study Section and serves on multiple executive committees at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Manny Fanarjian is a palliative care physician and the Director of Clinical Informatics at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania before moving to Boston for a joint fellowship across MGH and Brigham/Dana-Farber. Prior to a career in medicine, he studied biomedical engineering, and has deep industry experience in medical devices and digital health applications. His core interest involves adapting systems of care delivery to improve the experience of patients and families, as well as the clinicians and staff who serve them.

Dr. Alexander Fortenko is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. He currently serves as Director of Clinical Innovation and Director of Telemedicine within the Department of Emergency Medicine. He is also the Medical Director for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital at Home. In addition, Dr. Fortenko leads the Innovation Core at the Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Virtual Care. He received his medical and public health degrees from the George Washington University School of Medicine and completed residency training at the NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia/Cornell.

David W. Guidry is the Medical Director for Telehealth Acute and Specialty Services for Intermountain Health. He splits his clinical time between providing TeleCritical Care and bedside care in the Coronary ICU at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah. Dr. Guidry earned his MD at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, followed by internship and residency at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He went on to complete a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Guidry helps to lead programs focusing on improving access to specialty care across the Intermountain West, particularly in rural and underserved areas. He makes the most of living in Salt Lake City spending as much time as possible in the mountains skiing and biking as well as his wife and daughter.

Shwen is a recognized pioneer in digital health and corporate innovation, as well as a respected biopharma industry thought leader who was named a Top 40 “Healthcare Transformer” by MM&M, a PR Week "Health Influencer 50", listed on the Constellation Research "Business Transformation 150" and has been recognized in Medika's list of "Fifty of the Most Influential Voices in Healthcare". Over the last 20 years, he has held leading roles in digital strategy and innovation within the biopharma industry. Most recently, he was the VP/Head of Global Digital Strategy at BMS, where he led innovation across the enterprise. Prior to that, he was the Co-Founder and Global Head of Open Innovation for the Novartis BIOME—a global network of innovation hubs. Currently, he is an independent consultant, investor, advisor, and mentor to various digital health start-ups.

Dr. Naga Sasidhar Kanaparthy is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician, trained at the University of Connecticut, and currently serves as the Medical Director of Cardiology Informatics at Geisinger Medical Center. With over 11 years of clinical experience, he combines hands-on patient care with expertise in clinical informatics. He completed a Clinical Informatics Fellowship and a Master’s in Health Science at Yale, where he focused on applying data science and machine learning to real-world clinical workflows. His work centers on building pragmatic, scalable systems that improve care delivery across large health systems. Outside of medicine, he enjoys landscape photography and exploring national parks with his family.

Helena Kowalewski serves as the Vice President of patient experience for MaineHealth in Maine. Since January 2016, Helena has collaborated with system leaders to implement strategies aimed at improving patient and family experience. She works to advance MaineHealth's patient-related objectives by encouraging a culture focused on caring and empathy, with the goal of supporting positive health outcomes. Helena holds a master's degree in public policy and management and is a certified patient experience professional. She lives in Wells, Maine, with her husband, son, and three rescue dogs.

Christopher LaCoe is a seasoned healthcare leader with a deep and diverse breadth of experience in clinical, operational and service line administration. Christopher is Vice President, Virtual Health at Penn State Health a multi-hospital health system serving consumers, patients and communities across 29 counties in central Pennsylvania. In his current role he has led the development and execution of virtual care strategy for Penn State Health to achieve organizational goals to increase access, improve patient outcomes, and reduce cost of care. He is also Assistant Professor of Surgery and Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, the Pennsylvania State University in Hershey, Pennsylvania and an Adjunct Instructor in Health Policy and Administration, College of Health and Human Development, the Pennsylvania State University World Campus, University Park, PA Dr. LaCoe earned his Doctor of Business Administration in Health Services from Nova Southeastern University H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship. He holds a Master of Health Administration from St Joseph’s University, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of Scranton. Additionally, Dr. LaCoe is a Fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives (FACHE). Serves on several boards including the Editorial Board of Frontiers of Health Services Management, American College of Health Care Executives - Central Pennsylvania and Hershey Soccer Club.

Dr. Kristin MacGregor is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in integrated behavioral health and women's mental health. She earned her PhD from Syracuse University and has more than 15 years of experience working across a range of IBH settings, including in primary care, OB/GYN and diabetes clinics. As the National Clinical Director of Integrated Behavioral Health at LifeStance Health, one of the nation’s largest providers of outpatient mental health care, Dr. MacGregor oversees IBH partnerships with more than 300 primary care providers and advises large health systems and medical groups on designing and scaling IBH programs. Her work focuses on increasing access to high-quality behavioral health care and improving patient outcomes through thoughtfully integrated care models.

Michael J. Maniaci, MD, is the Enterprise Physician Lead for the Advanced Care at Home program, the Medical Director of Consumer Digital Product in the Center for Digital Health, and the current Medical Director of Mayo Clinic Hospital in Florida. His previous leadership positions include the Chair of the Division of Hospital Internal Medicine and the Associate Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Multidisciplinary Simulation Center in Florida. He received his M.D. from Saint Louis University Medical School in 2003. He completed his residency training at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in 2006 and then completed a one-year Chief Residency program at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in 2007. He currently holds the academic rank of Professor of Medicine in Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. He leads Mayo Clinic’s efforts in Hospital-at-Home care, known as Advanced Care at Home, and is seen as an expert on high-acuity virtual care delivery throughout the United States and Europe. He has helped lead hospital-at-home advocacy efforts on a national scale, speaking to multiple Congressional Senators and Representatives in Washington DC on the subject. His advocacy and educational efforts have been displayed on multiple media platforms, including Becker’s, CNN, NPR, and the Today Show.

Molly has strategic and operational responsibility for Virtual Health and Clinical Transformation at Advocate Health. Molly has over 15 years of health care experience leading large-scale strategy and execution. She has developed, launched and successfully unified our Virtual Health strategy in collaboration with operational and functional teams. Under her leadership innovative tools, structure and processes have been deployed, resulting in best-in-class infrastructure for virtual services, and has skillfully advanced the Advocate Health virtual platform to be one of the most comprehensive and effective in the country. Molly received her ungraduated business degree and MBA in Healthcare and Finance from the University of Connecticut.

Andy Molnar is an accomplished healthcare and digital health leader with extensive experience in complex product launches, global policy, and strategic partnerships. Andy is the former CEO of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA), leading the alliance into a merger with ATA Action, the advocacy arm of the American Telemedicine Association, integrating teams, initiatives, and boards to create a unique powerhouse in healthcare advocacy. Andy currently serves as Head of Digital Health at ATA Action, where he continues to spearhead global efforts to remove barriers to digital health adoption, influence regulatory and reimbursement pathways, secure CMS coding for digital mental health treatment devices, and introduce favorable U.S. legislation. Andy was appointed to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Digital Health Advisory Committee in 2024 as the only “industry representative” from an association. Previously, he established strong expertise in commercialization, market access, and reimbursement. At Cognoa, he developed go-to-market strategies, formed high-profile partnerships, and prepared the organization for its commercial launch. At Pear Therapeutics, he built policy frameworks and reimbursement pathways that influenced the industry’s approach to digital therapeutics. Earlier in his career, Andy managed strategic pricing, contracting, rebate operations, and system implementations for top-tier pharmaceutical companies.

Lizzy Mulcahy is the Senior Director of Telehealth for MaineHealth, a nine-hospital system in Maine. She has worked in direct patient care for the last 15 years and in Digital Health for the last 5 years. First an emergency room nurse, Lizzy began working as a primary care nurse practitioner in 2015. Interested in learning about new ways to deliver and improve care, Lizzy entered the world of digital health in 2019. She started off her work in Digital Health with innovationOchsner, an innovation lab at Ochsner Health in Louisiana, and transitioned to MaineHealth in 2022, where she is responsible for building and implementing the telehealth and virtual care strategy for the system. Lizzy completed a Bachelor of Arts in Social Anthropology and Health Policy at Harvard College, a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Nursing from University of Pennsylvania, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from UMass Boston.

With almost three decades of career dedication, Christina (Christie) Musser is known among her colleagues for her passion and leadership in healthcare. Through various roles spanning revenue cycle, compliance, operations, leadership, and consulting she has developed a deep understanding of industry intricacies and has successfully led herself and others through many landscape changes. She uses design thinking to tackle and create meaningful change amidst the ambiguity of our health care system. Her recent focus has been building and building strategy and framework for digital health and digital patient engagement, co-leading Patient Experience, and championing care transformation at St. Luke’s University Health Network. She has a Bachelor’s in Health Care Management and more recently completed her Master’s in Health Care Administration. Outside of work she spends time with her family, rescue pups, and 1st grandchild born this year!

Hiyam M. Nadel, MBA, RN, is the Center for Innovations in Care Delivery Director at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). She has over 26 years of progressive clinical and leadership experience in healthcare, innovation, and operational transformation. Expertise in strategic planning, clinical process improvement, and fostering innovation in patient-care delivery. Proven record of spearheading cutting-edge initiatives and cross-disciplinary collaborations that drive growth, efficiency, and excellence. Skilled in innovation management, including ideation, R&D oversight, and rapid prototyping, strongly focusing on aligning corporate strategy with organizational transformation. Experienced in leveraging emerging technologies, leading digital transformation, and driving data-driven decision-making. Exceptional communicator with a history of engaging stakeholders, leading cross-functional teams, and delivering thought leadership to advance healthcare innovation. She is a 2025 Inaugural Francesco Pompei, PhD, and Marybeth Pompei, DNS, RN Endowed Chair in Nursing Innovation, believed to be the first specifically in nurse innovation, inaugural Johnson and Johnson Innovation Fellow. Selected as an Innovation Learning Network Changemaker, a distinction recognizing leaders who are trying to bring impactful change to their organization. The 2020 Extraordinary Women Advancing Healthcare Award from the Commonwealth Institute. This award recognizes ten remarkable women in Massachusetts who are emerging and inspiring leaders pioneering advances across health care and who demonstrate collaboration, mentor others, and encourage diversity. Hiyam has co-authored The Rebel Nurse Handbook: Inspirational Stories by Shift Disrupters and has spoken on several podcasts, written two chapters on innovation and technology within health systems, and published multiple articles on Open Innovation. She earned a nursing degree from Northeastern University, a clinical genetics certificate from Brandeis University, and an MBA from Babson College focused on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. She is a founder and Immediate Past President of the Society of Nurse Scientists, Innovators, Entrepreneurs, and Leaders (SONSIEL).

Jennifer Ngure, RN-BC, MSHI, PMP, is the Director of Clinical Informatics at Sturdy Health, where she leads enterprise strategy at the intersection of clinical workflows, digital transformation, and emerging technologies. With nearly two decades of experience spanning bedside nursing, informatics leadership, and large-scale EHR modernization, she has guided complex implementations while ensuring clinicians remain central to adoption and design. At Sturdy, Jennifer is spearheading the integration of embedded clinical AI into daily practice—streamlining documentation, improving provider satisfaction, and advancing equitable, safe adoption. Her strategic approach demonstrates how AI can deliver measurable outcomes while enhancing rather than complicating clinical workflows. Board-certified in Nursing Informatics and MIT-certified in Healthcare AI, with PMP credentials, Jennifer uniquely bridges clinical expertise with technical and operational leadership. Her focus on scaling innovation in community-based health systems provides practical insights into demonstrating AI's sustainable value, enhancing clinician well-being, and strengthening care delivery for patients and communities.

Kris is an Internist and Pediatrician and serves as Vice President of Design Impact at Mass General Brigham Health where he leads the Springboard Studio—with its aim to make healthcare more user-friendly. He is a founding member of the Core Educator Faculty at the Massachusetts General Hospital’s Department of Medicine. He founded and is the Director of the Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech) through the MGH Center for Global Health and is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. He has worked extensively in low-and-middle-income countries as well as the US to develop innovative solutions to healthcare challenges utilizing design-thinking. He champions humility, empathy, and creative confidence amongst would-be innovators. Kris is a serial innovator, has several patents and has started both non-profit and for-profit ventures to accelerate ideas to implementation. He was named a Tallberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership laureate in 2024. Originally from rural Canada, he completed a degree in biology at the University of British Columbia, medical school at Vanderbilt University and his residency training in the Harvard Combined Medicine and Pediatrics Program. He obtained a Masters of Public Health at the University of Sydney while a US Fulbright Scholar and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Dr. Psaila started his career in New Jersey as an Internist in South Jersey. He spent 6 years in a large multispecialty group before moving to the Bethlehem area to join St. Luke's University Health Network as a hospitalist. Since joining St. Luke's Dr. Psaila has had progressive leadership responsibilities from lead Hospitalist to Section Chief of Hospital Medicine, to his current roles as Network Chair of Medicine and Vice President of Medical Affairs for the Anderson Campus. He has been a part of several change and growth initiatives at St. Luke's including bundled payments, alternative care delivery models and expansion of the Network from 4 to 12 hospitals. Currently Dr. Psaila is assisting in the incorporation of Grand View Hospital into the Network and overseeing several medical subspecialty departments, while still continuing to practice as a hospitalist.

Tejal A. Raichura, MHA is the Director of Telemedicine at Children’s National Hospital and is an accomplished leader in digital health initiatives across adult, pediatrics, and payor disciplines. In her current role, Tejal leads the growth and development of the virtual care enterprise while setting its strategic direction. She leverages her diverse background in healthcare innovations, operations management, and patient experience design to drive advancements in digital health while keeping technological equity, or “techquity,” at the core of her vision. She spearheads telehealth initiatives spanning hospitals, outreach clinics, primary care centers, schools, and the homes of CNH patients in the District of Columbia (DC), Maryland, Virginia, and globally. Before venturing into virtual care, she provided leadership in operations and long-term planning for research and innovation initiatives within a Neurosciences Institute, with a specific focus on the Tele-Stroke program. Tejal's creative drive led her to co-found a patient experience QR Code-based application used for service recovery and real-time feedback.

As a Partner and Executive Director at CVS Health Ventures, I lead the early and mid-stage investment program in digital health start-ups. I aim to make an impact through bridging the gap between CVS Health and the start-up ecosystem, and driving meaningful partnerships that bring new digital experiences to users in healthcare. I have led investments and partnership execution in areas spanning virtual specialty care, women's health, behavioral health, digital therapeutics, and more. I am passionate about digital innovation in healthcare and its potential to improve lives and outcomes.

Dr. Sarah Schenck currently serves as the Executive Director of the ChristianaCare Center for Virtual Health. As a seasoned primary care physician leader, she has a track record of driving successful clinical care transformations. Dr. Schenck's expertise lies in the delivery of comprehensive, patient-centered care in a collaborative team-based environment. Under her leadership, ChristianaCare achieved the distinction of becoming the first health system in Delaware to earn accreditation as a multi-site, Patient-Centered Medical Home and one of the first health systems in the country to achieve accreditation for virtual primary care by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Dr Schenck leads ChristianaCare’s Hospital Care at Home program which won Program of the Year in 2023 by the Hospital at Home Users Group. Furthermore, Dr. Schenck was instrumental during the challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic, serving as Medical Director of the health system’s Virtual COVID Clinic. In addition, she developed and runs Delaware’s only Long COVID clinic, ChristianaCare’s Virtual COVID Recovery Clinic. Dr. Schenck graduated from the University of Virginia as an Echols Scholar. She earned her M.D. at Jefferson Medical College and completed her internship and residency training at Medical College of Virginia in Women’s Health/Internal Medicine. She started her career in medicine as Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School and today is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Sidney Kimmel Medical College. Sarah lives in Wilmington, Delaware with her husband, Vinay, and their four boys.

Dr. Mahek Shah heads up WTM Global, an investment and consulting firm serving clients around the world at the intersection of AI and health. Dr. Shah advises and has advised Fortune 200 companies such as Google, Medtronic, Siemens Healthineers, the World Economic Forum, BCG, Mayo Clinic, Mass General Brigham, Boston Children's Hospital, Kaiser Permanente, Partners in Health, the US Veterans Administration, the Ministry of Health in the Netherlands, and health systems in the Middle East and Asia. He brings over 20 years of experience at the intersection of clinical medicine, technology, business strategy, and policy transformation. A sought-after thought leader and keynote speaker, Dr. Shah’s work has been published by the Harvard Business School, New England Journal of Medicine, the World Health Organization, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Health Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, the Wall Street Journal, and Forbes. Prior to medicine, Dr. Shah was an investment banker at Citigroup. Dr. Shah is a proud Harvard, Cornell, Baylor College of Medicine, and Rice University alumnus. At Rice University, he studied Economics and Religious Studies Cum Laude. He is a competitive tennis player, foodie, race car driver, and originally from Texas. For more, go to DrMahek.com

As the CEO of Digital Medicine at Ochsner Health System, Dan is responsible for system’s adoption as well as the national expansion of Ochsner Health’s Connected Health suite of solutions across progressive health systems, payers, and large employers. Ochsner’s goal is to provide patients with access to center of excellence level care for chronic needs anywhere in the country Dan has over 25 years of experience in leadership, sales, account management, and product management across the care continuum including preventive care, chronic condition care, and mental health.

Dr. Andres Solorza is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at UMass Chan–Lahey, part of UMass Chan Medical School. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine with over two decades of experience in inpatient care. Dr. Solorza actively practices at Lahey Clinic, where he also teaches medical students and residents, and serves as the Medical Director of the Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) Hospital at Home program. Throughout his career, Dr. Solorza has held multiple leadership roles, including Chair of the Division of Hospital Medicine. He has consistently focused on designing and implementing systems to enhance efficiency, improve quality, and deliver patient-centered care. These experiences converge in his current role, where he leads the expansion and clinical direction of the Hospital at Home model within BILH. Dr. Solorza is a strong advocate for value-based care. He sees the Hospital at Home model as a transformative, patient-centric approach that prioritizes quality outcomes and cost-effectiveness without compromising the standard of care.

Amy Wright, MSN, RN, is the Director of Urgent Care, Telehealth & Access at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia. In addition to overseeing the health system’s urgent care locations, Amy is responsible for supporting both telehealth and patient access initiative design and implementation through a robust clinical and process improvement lens. With a strong passion for ensuring that patients can access care when and how they want it, Amy brings a unique perspective shaped by her background in emergency medicine, acute care operations, process improvement and patient experience.