2024 Speakers


Scott Anders, MD, CMO, Value-Based Care, Providence Clinical Network
Chief Medical Officer - Value Based Care
Providence Health & Services - Renton, WA UNITED STATES - Renton, WA
Dr. Anders is a physician executive with over 20 years of leadership experience in large, complex healthcare organizations with a passion for Value-Based Care, strategy development, operational execution, system excellence, process improvement, patient and employee engagement, technology integration and physician leadership growth. He currently leads Value-Based programs for Providence. In his prior role he served as the national Chief Medical Officer for all employed physician at Tenet Healthcare Corporation based out of Dallas. Dr. Anders maintains board certification in Family Medicine. He has an executive MBA from the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business and received certification as a physician executive from the American College of Physician Executives. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics before enrolling in medical school.
Rajaie Batniji, MD, PhD, Co-Founder & CEO, Waymark
Co-Founder, CEO
Waymark
Rajaie Batniji, MD, PhD, is a physician and entrepreneur passionate about improving care delivery. As co-founder and CEO at Waymark, he leads a team that is catalyzing improvement in access and outcomes for people with Medicaid benefits through technology-enabled community care. Waymark partners with leading Medicaid health plans, major health systems, and federally qualified health centers to extend care beyond the clinic with a new local care delivery workforce powered by technology to deliver interventions proven to improve outcomes in a value-enabled care model. Prior to Waymark, Dr. Batniji was co-founder of Collective Health, where he was chief health officer for eight years, growing the company to serve hundreds of thousands of members. Batniji was previously a clinical assistant professor of medicine at Stanford University, where he trained in internal medicine. He holds BA and MA degrees from Stanford University, an MD from the University of California, San Francisco, and a doctorate in politics and international relations from Oxford University, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar. Batniji’s research has been published in top international medical journals, including The Lancet, Health Affairs, British Medical Journal, and the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. His work has been featured in major media, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Forbes, STAT, among others. Batniji lives in San Francisco with his wife and young children.
Sanjiv Baxi, MD, PhD, MPH, FIDSA, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Sanjiv is a Partner in McKinsey’s San Francisco office where he focuses on public health and healthcare finance, strategy, and operations, serving healthcare providers as well as technology and services companies. Sanjiv is passionate about bringing advanced analytics into the healthcare fold in order to improve financial performance, reduce friction, improve care delivery, and accelerate institutional digital transformation.
Milo Bissin, Southwest & Central US Market Manager, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Silicon Valley Bank
Southwest & Central US Market Manager
Silicon Valley Bank
Milo Bissin is Director of the Medical Device and Healthtech portfolio in the Southwest and Central region for Silicon Valley Bank’s Life Science and Healthcare group. Based in San Diego, he is responsible for providing his clients with valuable advice and insights about their relevant sector and delivering customized financial solutions leveraging SVB’s unique platform. In his 15 years with SVB, Milo has worked with private and public companies of all life stages across the technology and life science sectors and originated several hundred million dollars in new loans to support his clients and increase their probability of success. Milo holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Santa Clara University.
Christine Brocato, System Vice President, Strategic Innovation, CommonSpirit Health
System VP- Strategic Innovation
CommonSpirit
Christine Brocato is the System VP of Strategic Innovation at CommonSpirit Health, the parent company of Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives. In close partnership with operational leaders , Christine co-leads innovation projects related to care automation, behavioral health, transportation, population health, and ambulatory care transformation. Christine is passionate about helping vulnerable and Medicaid populations receive access to patient- centered care and access to social resources that prevent health disparities. She has more than 15 years of healthcare management experience, with leadership roles that shaped business strategy, corporate development initiatives and product roadmaps at Genentech, Abbott Vascular, and Kaiser Permanente. Christine has an MBA from Georgetown University and Bachelors of Science in Combined Sciences from Santa Clara University. Christine lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two daughters. In her free time, she advocates for closing the digital divide for Oakland’s youth as an active Board Member of TechExchange.
Stephen Buck, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Trial Library
Co-founder and Chief Product Officer
Trial Library
Stephen Buck is the Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Trial Library. He previously founded RxDividends which was sold to GoodRx where he joined the founding team. He also co-founded CancerSurvivalRates.com a website that has helped over 500,000 patients and physicians with prognostic information. Stephen previously served as Vice President at McKesson and led digital health product development at IQVIA.
Justin W. Butler, Partner, Eclipse
Partner
Eclipse
Justin is a Partner at Eclipse, where he collaborates with founders working at the intersection of multiple disciplines. He is particularly passionate about novel approaches to complex issues in infrastructure in healthcare and life sciences. Justin works with companies building technologies, products, and services that enable the development and, ultimately, the foundation upon which the next generation of healthcare and life sciences advancements can thrive. His focus is on building the infrastructure of these industries, closing the gap between scientific development and clinical deployment. Prior to joining Eclipse, Justin built and led the commercial operations at Misfit, a digital health company acquired by the Fossil Group for more than $250M. Before Misfit, Justin managed the commercialization efforts in the foods, fuels, and chemicals spaces at Synthetic Genomics (SGI), a leading synthetic biology company. Justin received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from UCSB and his MBA from MIT Sloan. He sits on the Industry Alliance Board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and the Commercial Advisory Board of the National Science Foundation Center for Cell Manufacturing Technology (CMat). Justin enjoys skiing, mountain biking, and sailing and leads the Kathryn Butler Foundation in honor of his late wife, where he is working to support the needs of those battling cancer and bereaved children.
Connie Chen, MD, COO, Lyra Health
Chief Operating Officer
Lyra Health
Dr. Connie Chen is the chief operating officer and chief medical officer at Lyra Health, where she is responsible for our operational, clinical and product teams. She was the co-founder and former chief medical officer at Vida Health. Dr. Chen currently serves on the Board of Overseers at the University of California, San Francisco. She has published extensively on open frameworks for mobile health as well as use of comparative effectiveness research design in leading medical journals such as the Journal of the American Medical Association, Archives of Internal Medicine, and the Journal of Medical Internet Research. She earned a bachelor’s degree in economics at Harvard and a medical doctorate from UCSF, and completed her internal medicine training at Stanford.
Ashok Chennuru, Global Chief Data & Insights Officer, Elevance Health
Global Chief Data & Insights Officer
Elevance Health
As the Global Chief Data & Insights Officer, Ashok oversees the responsibility of carrying out the vision of Carelon Digital Platforms and bringing to life digital solutions that enhance healthcare outcomes and accelerates the company growth by reimagining care delivery, operations, and customer experiences. He is particularly passionate about using data analytics to drive a digital-first approach across the company's artificial intelligence (AI), exponential technology, service experience, and innovation portfolios as well as the commercialization efforts of the organization's digital capabilities for consumers, care providers, and the health ecosystem.
Julia Colpitts, Vice President, Product Management, EBSCO Clinical Decisions
Vice President
EBSCO Clinical Decisions

Julia Colpitts is the Vice President of Product Management for EBSCO Clinical Decisions’ DynaMed product family. She  has held a variety of roles on the DynaMed team including editorial, project, and operations management leading her to her current role as the VP. She is responsible for leading the planning and development of enhancements to EBSCO Clinical Decisions products designed for physicians, advanced practice providers, and pharmacists. 

Edward Cox, Head & General Manager, Digital Health & Medicines (DHM), Pfizer Inc.
Head & General Manager of Digital Health & Medicines (DHM)
Pfizer Inc.
Edward Cox is an innovative, inspiring, and relentless life science and digital health executive. With a background in executive leadership, pharma, tech, investment banking and public markets, he is uniquely positioned to lead digital health through fundraising, strategic partnering, FDA approval and exit.
Christiana DelloRusso, PhD, Partner, LRVHealth
Partner
LRV Health
Christiana DelloRusso is a Partner at LRVHealth, having joined the firm as a Venture Partner in 2021. Her experience as an “insider” strategic healthcare investor includes her role as one of three initial partners that in 2014 launched Providence Ventures—the strategic venture capital arm of the Providence health system. There, Christiana led the firm’s investments in Omada Health, Lyra Health, and N-of-One (acquired by Qiagen). Prior to Providence, she was Vice President of Commercialization at state trade association Life Science Washington; and Managing Director of WINGS, a medical technology angel investor network. Prior roles include consulting at venture-funded startup companies, Program Manager of the Boston-based nonprofit Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology, and owner/operator of a women’s health business. Christiana received her PhD in Physiology from the University of Michigan and completed post-doctoral studies at the University of Washington and Children’s Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School.
Andrew Donlan, Editor, Home Health Care News
Editor
Home Health Care News
Andrew Donlan is the editor of the B2B trade publication Home Health Care News, which covers all things related to home-based health care.
Katherine Eisenberg, MD, PhD, FAAFP, Senior Medical Director, DynaMed Decisions, Product Management, EBSCO Clinical Decisions
Senior Medical Director, DynaMed Decisions
EBSCO Clinical Decisions

Katherine Eisenberg, MD, PhD, FAAFP is Senior Medical Director of the DynaMed decisions team. She completed her medical degree, PhD in epidemiology, and family medicine residency training at the University of Rochester. During her training she was recognized with awards in research and teaching in addition to a certification in Political Advocacy and Leadership. She founded a primary care practice at the University of Rochester, serving families of all ages.  

Matt Emery, General Partner, JMI Equity
General Partner
JMI Equity
Matt leads JMI Equity's healthcare technology investment team. He currently oversees the investments or serves on the boards of CipherHealth, Clio, Jane Software, PointClickCare, TimelyCare, and has previously led investments in Capsule Tech, Healthx, and Navicure (Waystar).
Daniel G. Gebremedhin, MD, Partner, Flare Capital Partners
Partner
Flare Capital Partners
Dan Gebremedhin, MD, is a Partner at Flare Capital Partners and serves on the Board of Flare portfolio companies Somatus, Eden Health, Positive Development, Vita Health, Oui Therapeutics, and Elektra Health. Prior to joining Flare Capital, Dan served as a Medical Director at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan. Dan spent over 8 years as a practicing Internal Medicine Physician on the Faculty of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, after completing Internal Medicine Residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 2010. Dan served on Former Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s Board of Nursing Home Administrators from 2016 to 2020. He has served as a Senior Health Policy Advisor for the Campaigns of Former Governor Charlie Baker, Former Congressman Joseph Kennedy III, and Congressman Jake Auchincloss. Dan earned a BS from the University of California, San Diego, an MD from the Morehouse School of Medicine, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Anna Haghgooie, Managing Director, Valtruis; Operating Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS)
Managing Director
Valtruis
Anna Haghgooie is a Managing Director at Valtruis, a Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stow (WCAS) company and an Operating Partner at WCAS. Valtruis, is a unique platform that invests in and partners with disruptive leaders whose mission is to align and transform healthcare through value-based care. Valtruis is investing +$600M into companies and building portfolio support capabilities to help our companies take on and manage risk at scale. Previously, Anna was a Managing Director of the Blue Venture Fund and Sandbox Industries. The Blue Venture Fund is a unique collaboration between BCBS companies, BCBSA, and Sandbox, where she managed over $900M in capital across four funds. Anna currently serves on the boards of Wayspring, InStride Health, Oncology Care Partners, TailorCare, and Tuesday Health. She previously served on the boards of Contessa, PWN Health, ExactCare, naviHealth, Change Healthcare, Quilted Health, Somatus, ZeOmega, and SonarMD. Anna earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a MBA with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Anna is a Fellow in the Health Innovators Fellowship at the Aspen Institute and lives in Chicago, IL with her husband and two children.
Jenny Ismert, CEO, Community Plan of Kansas, UnitedHealthcare Community & State
CEO, Community Plan of Kansas
United Healthcare Community & State
I am a healthcare executive with over 20 years of experience. I am an expert in government healthcare programs for Medicaid and duals, a technologist with experience operating business and tech teams and end to end capital management and deep experience in healthcare innovation including value based care, complex care delivery models and consumerism. Proven ability create business opportunities, drive pragmatic innovation at scale in a complex organization and strategically position for current and future market dynamics that impact revenue & growth.
Nandini Kashyap, M.Pharm., Senior Director, Conferences and Social Media Strategy, Cambridge Innovation Institute
Senior Director, Conferences and Social Media Strategy
Cambridge Innovation Institute
Nandini is a seasoned professional who seamlessly transitioned from a successful career as a pharmaceutical scientist to becoming a conference and business networking expert with over 16 years of experience within the biopharmaceutical industry and the partnering ecosystem. As the Senior Director of Conferences and Social Media Strategy at Cambridge Healthtech Institute, she and her team play a pivotal role in fostering connections among key stakeholders in the biotech, MedTech, and digital health sectors. She holds a bachelor's in pharmacy and a master's in pharmacy in Pharmaceutics and is a published author and speaker in diabetes and insulin delivery space. Beyond her professional endeavors, she is a fitness enthusiast who passionately advocates for fitness and postpartum weight loss. She is an Indian American Pageant winner, and enjoys dancing, modeling, and being the human spinner in response to endless requests of "Mommy, spin me!".
Missy Krasner, Venture Chair, Redesign Health
Venture Chair
Redesign Health
Missy is a seasoned healthcare operator with 35+ years in the healthcare and digital health industry. She has worked at large technology companies (Amazon, Google, Box), startups, foundations, the U.S. government, and venture capital. She is currently a Venture Chair at Redesign Health, a mission-driven innovation platform that launches transformative healthcare companies. Prior to Redesign, she worked at Amazon spearheading the Alexa Health & Wellness team. Prior to Amazon, Missy served as Vice President and Managing Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at Box, a publicly traded cloud collaboration company. In that role, she led the company’s first healthcare corporate acquisition and launched the industries division in preparation for the company's IPO. Before Box, Missy was Vice President at Morgenthaler Ventures (now Canvas Ventures), a venture capital firm with $3B under management. At Morgenthaler, she helped lead Series A and B digital health investments, including: Practice Fusion, Doximity, HealthLoop, Viewics and Vida Health. Before venture capital, Missy served as one of the founding executives of Google Health, where she spearheaded Google’s first entry into the healthcare industry. While at Google, she held various positions in product management, marketing and business development. Prior to Google, Missy worked for the government in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under President George W. Bush. In D.C., Missy helped start the inaugural Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) where she worked on legislation that led to the HITECH Act. Earlier in her career, she worked in Product Marketing at CareScience, a digital health startup that went public and developed the first Health Information Exchange (HIE), led policy and communications at the Kaiser Family Foundation, a healthcare policy think tank, and worked at Aetna in provider marketing during two corporate mergers. Missy has served as a board member to several digital health companies, her active boards include: Wavely (a smart phone-based pediatric diagnostic which virtually diagnoses ear infections), Uplift (a behavioral health company), Motto (a virtual specialty company), Syntax (a Value-based Care workflow company). Missy has a M.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. from UCLA.
Benjamin Lakin, PhD, CEO, Cambridge Innovation Institute
CEO
Cambridge Innovation Institute
Ben leads the innovation and technology team at Cambridge Innovation Institute (CII) to usher in new products, strategies, software, and work-flow improvements. He has been with CII since 2018. Prior to joining CII, Ben worked as a Scientist at Smith & Nephew, where he helped launch several bioresorbable implants to repair knee, hip and shoulder pathologies, and he also led the development and characterization of new polymers/biocomposites and wearables for enhanced healing. Ben received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maine, worked as a Process Engineer for Procter & Gamble, and then earned his MS and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University. He has authored over 10 peer-reviewed publications and delivered over 20 conference presentations.
Tom X. Lee, MD, CEO, Galileo
CEO
Galileo
Tom is the CEO and visionary behind Galileo -- a next-generation health care delivery model designed for the future. Using innovative technology and human-centered design, Galileo improves clinical outcomes while reducing total cost of care across broad, complex and diverse populations.Prior to Galileo, Tom helped build One Medical into the leading, independent primary care system in the country. In addition, he was responsible for mobile and web products at Epocrates, serving as Chief Medical Officer and lead designer.Tom is a board-certified internist who completed training at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He received his BS from Yale University, MD from the University of Washington School of Medicine, and MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
Sarah McKinley, MD, Physician Consultant, DynaMedex, EBSCO Clinical Decisions
Physician Consultant
EBSCO Clinical Decisions

Dr. McKinley graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine.  She completed Internal Medicine residency and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellowship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.  She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. She has served in several leadership roles, as well as on staff at Kaiser Permanente. Prior to joining EBSCO, she served as a Medical Director at Cigna. 

Aabed Meer, MD, Partner, Questa Capital
Partner
Questa Capital
Aabed Meer, MD is a Partner at Questa Capital focused on growth-stage healthcare technology, healthcare services, and medical device investments. His investments include, Epic Systems, Altruista Health (acquired by Blackstone), HealthPlan Services (acquired by Wipro), Performance Health (acquired by Patterson Medical), AAI Pharma (acquired by CML/Alcami), and Breg. Previously, he was a Director and member of the founding team at Martis Capital, where he focused on private equity investments in the healthcare sector. Prior to that, he was with Capricorn Investment Group and New Enterprise Associates. Early in his career, he contributed to the Human Genome Project, an international research effort led by the National Institutes of Health. He also worked on health economics and policy matters at Kaiser Permanente and the U.K.’s National Health Service. He graduated from Harvard University with an AB in Biochemical Sciences, and from Stanford University with an MD and MBA. He completed his medical residency training at Stanford University and continues to serve as a Clinical Assistant Professor.
Tarun Mehra, Partner, Healthcare Strategy & Partnerships, Microsoft
Partner, Healthcare Strategy & Partnerships
Microsoft
Tarun Mehra is a Partner at Microsoft, where he leads Strategy & Partnerships for Healthcare Industry Segment and for Microsoft Dragon Copilot. In this role, he drives strategic growth initiatives, fosters innovation, and forges transformative partnerships across the healthcare ecosystem. Tarun is deeply committed to helping healthcare organizations address critical industry challenges through cutting edge technologies including Microsoft's Cloud, Data, Gen AI, and Dragon Copilot platforms. He also serves as a senior advisor to M12 (Microsoft’s venture fund) and 'Microsoft for Startups', supporting healthcare-related investments and innovation ecosystem growth. Tarun also represents the firm on the LPACs of select early-stage healthcare funds. Previously, he was VP of Strategy, M&A, and Partnerships at Nuance Communications (before Microsoft acquisition), where he helped expand its clinical documentation portfolio, including the Dragon and DAX Copilot platforms. Tarun also brings nearly two decades of experience in senior strategy consulting roles, advising Fortune 500 companies and private equity firms in the healthcare and technology sectors. He previously served as an Associate Partner at Monitor Group (now part of Deloitte), where he worked with large health systems and payers on growth strategy, M&A, and innovation. He also led the healthcare consulting practice at Fuld & Company, where he founded and ran a new business line as CEO before leading it through a strategic exit. He began his career in technology and product development before transitioning into strategy following his MBA. He holds a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi and an MBA from IIM Indore.
Fatima Paruk, MD, Senior Vice President & Chief Health Officer, Health & Life Sciences, Salesforce, Inc.
Sr VP & Chief Health Officer
Salesforce.com Inc
Dr. Paruk has recently joined Salesforce as Chief Health Officer & Senior Vice President Industry Advisory for HLS. She brings her experience as a practicing physician, CMO, and clinical technology strategy consultant to Salesforce’s HLS. Prior to her joining Salesforce, Fatima came from McKinsey Co., where she led McKinsey’s Clinical Center of Excellence. She has also served as Chief Medical Information Officer for Microsoft US Health & Life Sciences, and CMO of Analytics and Consumer Wellness at Allscripts, where she provided medical leadership to a world-class team of data scientists. Dr. Paruk successfully demonstrated the power of big data in improving health outcomes. Her team facilitated early identification of chronic diseases, successfully quantified impacts of social determinants of health, and worked to deliver such insights to the point-of-care, to clinicians within their workflows, and to consumers.
Dipa D Patolia, Senior Director of Population Health & Clinical Operations, Health Net
Senior Director, Population Health & Clinical Operations
Health Net
Dipa Patolia serves as the Senior Director of Population Health and Clinical Operations at Health Net, a subsidiary of Centene, as well as the Executive Sponsor of CA cPRIDE, Centene's LGBTQIA focused Employee Inclusion Group. In her role, Dipa is responsible for designing and implementing innovative and meaningful programs to meet the social, behavioral, and physical needs of Health Net’s members as well as to lead the clinical & non-clinical, telephonic & field-based population health outreach teams to improve member engagement and outcomes. Dipa, a clinical pharmacist by training, has several years of experience in the managed care, FQHC, and inpatient settings, including at safety net hospitals in Central CA, Los Angeles, and NYC. She has a special interest in Substance Use Disorder, Oncology, and Specialty Condition Management, and equitable program development focused on minority and LGBTQ+ Health.
Irem Rami, Principal, Healthcare, Norwest Venture Partners
Principal
Norwest Venture Partners
Irem brings over a decade of investing and operating experience across various stages of healthcare services and healthcare technology companies. At Norwest, she focuses on venture and growth equity opportunities across healthcare services, healthcare IT, pharma services, and digital health. Prior to Norwest, she worked at Summit Partners and McKesson Ventures. She also served in product and business development roles with healthcare startups Omada Health and Caremerge (acquired by VoiceFriend). Irem holds a BS in biomedical engineering and economics, magna cum laude, from Duke University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Michael B. Roaldi, Senior Vice President, Growth at UnitedHealthcare Community & State, UnitedHealthcare Community & State
Senior Vice President, Growth
UnitedHealthcare Community & State
Mike is the Senior Vice President, Growth, of Unitedhealthcare Community & State, and is responsible for business development and positioning, RFP development, performance & execution, DSNP product management, sales and retention, redeterminations, and overall growth operations. His team leads growth readiness across our health plans, driving performance improvements in our operating model prior to bid response as well as stand up local partnerships and programs to support our market growth strategy. Mike works closely with policymakers, member advocacy groups, and providers to position Unitedhealthcare appropriately in the marketplace. Mike’s prior roles include President of Government Programs for Optum Behavioral Health, and CEO of the UHC Ohio Health Plan. Mike is a member of the Colorado, Illinois, and Ohio bars. He also serves as a governing board member for the Tiny Lives Foundation, an organization which focuses on providing shelter and medical care to children affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Mokhotlong, Lesotho. He also serves on The Kennedy Forum Industry Council for Youth Mental Health, a group of industry leaders and policymakers focused on improving access to mental health services. Mike received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame. He also received his law degree from the University of Notre Dame Law School.
Kristina Saffran, Co-Founder & CEO, Equip
Co-Founder & CEO
Equip
Kristina Saffran is the cofounder and CEO of Equip, a virtual program that delivers modern eating disorder treatment through family-based care that promises lasting recovery at home. Prior to Equip, Kristina founded Project HEAL, a leading grassroots eating disorder non-profit dedicated to treatment access. Kristina is an Ashoka Fellow, a Forbes 30 under 30 social entrepreneur, and an honoree on both Inc’s Female Founders 100 and INSIDER’s 30 under 40 in Healthcare recognition lists. Kristina graduated from Harvard College with a bachelor's degree in psychology.
Josh Seidenfeld, Partner & Chair, Digital Health, Cooley
Partner & Chair
Cooley LLP
Josh Seidenfeld represents companies at all stages of their lifecycle, from startups to public companies with a focus on healthcare-related technology companies (both consumer and enterprise). He has represented issuers and underwriters in public offerings, has substantial experience representing both buyers and sellers in M&A and both issuers and investors in private company financings. Josh also regularly advises his clients on general corporate issues, securities matters and implications of proposed business transactions. Josh is a contributing editor of Cooley GO, an online resource with tools, forms, guidance and data for entrepreneurs and emerging companies. Over the past two years, Josh has advised his clients in 100+ private/public financings and 30 mergers, acquisitions, spinoffs or asset sale transactions. Prior to joining Cooley, Josh held several operating roles with early stage pre-revenue startups to multinational organizations. Most recently, he served as director of business development, strategic initiatives and corporate counsel for Practice Fusion, a venture-backed healthcare IT company. He holds a JD from Santa Clara University School of Law, an MBA from Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business and a BS, magna cum laude, from University of California, Riverside.
Munjal Shah, Co-Founder and CEO, Hippocratic AI
Co-Founder and CEO
Hippocratic AI
Munjal Shah is the co-founder and CEO of Hippocratic AI, a startup building the first safety-focused large language model (LLM) for healthcare. The company is on a mission to dramatically improve healthcare access, equity and outcomes through the use of generative AI. Munjal is a serial entrepreneur, startup advisor and investor. Prior to founding Hippocratic AI, Munjal served as co-founder and CEO of a healthcare startup leveraging AI to analyze health records to help seniors select the best Medicare Advantage plan. Munjal also served as co-founder and CEO of an AI computer vision and machine learning company that was acquired by Google and a marketplace management, research and analytics company that eventually sold to Alibaba. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Stanford University, with a focus on AI, and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from US San Diego where his senior thesis explored the use of AI in the design of new therapeutics.
Vinay M Shah, Partner and Founding Team Member, Transformation Capital
Partner and Founding Team Member
Transformation Capital
Vinay grew up around healthcare with physicians, pharmacists, and healthcare entrepreneurs in his immediate and extended family. His family members would routinely share with him that while working on behalf of patients was incredibly inspiring, working in the healthcare system was incredibly frustrating given the byzantine complexity of everyday tasks like recording patient notes. Inspired by the intuitive experience of using consumer-friendly products like the iPhone or Slack, Vinay is committed to bringing the same level of quality and convenience to providers, payors, pharma, patients, and other healthcare stakeholders. He feels privileged to have the opportunity to support entrepreneurs on their journey to create positive change and revolutionize the healthcare industry.
Lee Shapiro, Managing Partner, 7wire Ventures
Managing Partner
7wire Ventures
Lee Shapiro is Managing Partner at 7wireVentures. He also served as CFO of Livongo Health until November 2020. He was President of Allscripts from 2002-2012. During his tenure as CFO, Livongo also had a successful secondary offering, raised $550M in convertible debt, and entered into an agreement to merge at the highest valuation, $18.5B, of any healthcare technology company, based on revenue multiples. The price of $159 per share was over six times the price of Livongo’s shares at the time of its IPO, just 12 months earlier. Lee serves on the boards of The American Heart Association, where he serves on the executive committee and is 2023-2025 Chair Elect; Click Therapeutics; and serves on the board and committees of various 7wireVentures portfolio companies. He is also a co-founder and board member of The World Innovation Network and the advisory committee of the University of Chicago Innovation Fund.
Sanjay K. Shetty, President, CenterWell, Humana, Inc.
President, CenterWell
Humana Inc
Dr. Sanjay Shetty joined Humana in March 2023 as President, CenterWell. He is responsible for leading strategy, growth, and business operations across Pharmacy, Provider Services, and Home Solutions, in addition to scaling the company’s CenterWell capabilities to strengthen our payer-agnostic portfolio. Dr. Shetty is a member of the Humana Management Team and reports to President and Chief Executive Officer Bruce Broussard. Before joining Humana, Dr. Shetty was President of Steward Health Care Systems in Dallas, Texas, one of the nation’s largest and most successful accountable care organizations. In his nearly 13 years at Steward, he served in progressive roles overseeing day-to-day strategy and operations across all business lines, while leading the company’s value-based care approach. Prior to his time at Steward, Dr. Shetty worked at Bain & Company, supporting healthcare strategy, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and clinical innovation. He also served on the faculty of Tufts University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School. He is a board-certified diagnostic radiologist. Dr. Shetty is recognized throughout the healthcare industry as a thought leader, having published multiple scholarly articles, reviews, chapters, and books, in addition to frequently participating in speaking engagements, teaching, panels, and podcasts. He has served in multiple leadership roles for the American College of Radiology and the Massachusetts Radiological Society. Additionally, Dr. Shetty was most recently named to the Dallas 500 2023 by D CEO Magazine. Dr. Shetty earned an A.B. summa cum laude in Biochemical Sciences, an A.M. in Biology, and an M.D. from Harvard University. He also earned an MBA in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was named a Palmer Scholar.
Mandira Singh, Fractional Executive and Advisor
SVP, GM, Acute & Payer Markets
PointClickCare
Mandira Singh brings more than a decade of experience to building and scaling leading companies in healthcare technology. Mandira currently serves as a fractional product and operational executive at multiple venture and PE backed health tech companies. Most recently, Mandira served as SVP and General Manager for the Acute & Payer business at PointClickCare, where she was on the Executive Leadership Team and focused on driving growth and delivering results for over a thousand hospitals and every national health plan in the U.S. Mandira joined PointClickCare via the acquisition of Collective Medical in December 2020, where she served as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Collective, Mandira was Executive Director of Product, Platform at athenahealth, where she built athenahealth’s API-driven platform and created the industry’s leading developer experience. Previously, Mandira ran athenahealth’s More Disruption Please business unit including the athena Marketplace, which she grew from an initial business plan to a profitable business unit delivering more than 200 innovative apps to athena clients. Prior to joining athenahealth, Mandira was an investment professional at Essex Woodlands, a growth equity and venture capital firm focused on healthcare. Mandira started her career at J.P. Morgan, where she worked in the North America Healthcare Coverage Group and then the Private Equity Co-Investing group in New York. Mandira holds a BA in Economics from Vassar College and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Michelle Snyder, Partner, McKesson Ventures
Partner
Mckesson Ventures
Michelle Snyder brings over 25 years’ healthcare industry experience in marketing, business development, strategic planning, public policy, and general management. Prior to joining McKesson Ventures, she was Chief Marketing Officer at Welltok as well as an early executive at Epocrates, where she worked for over a decade to build the company into one of the most recognized brands among clinicians. Her MV investments include CancerIQ, Galileo, Inbound Health, Reimagine Care, and RxVantage. Michelle has also served as an Executive-in-Residence at InterWest Partners, investing in digital health companies and advising portfolio companies. In addition, she has held consulting and policy positions at The Wilkerson Group, the Lewin Group and the Georgetown Center for Health Policy Studies. Michelle earned her M.B.A. at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and her B.A. from Carleton College. Though she’s been in the Bay Area for over 20 years, she still dons green and gold and wears her Cheesehead proudly on Sundays.
Carly Stockdale, Investor & Board Member, Fertilitas
Investor & Board Member
Fertilitas
Carly Stockdale is a healthcare executive, entrepreneur, Board advisor and investor with 18 years of experience in building, turning-around and investing into venture-backed companies in digital health, longevity and women's health. Previously she was co-founder and CEO of BestLife (DBA Cenegenics), a healthy aging platform, as well as ChartRequest, a release of information company, and served as the second employee and executive at Prelude Fertility through it's growth into the largest fertility network in the US. Carly holds an MPH in Healthcare Management from Yale School of Public Health and a BA in Political Science (Health Politics) from Yale.
Micky Tripathi, PhD, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Natl Coordinator
Ofc of the Natl Coordinator for Health IT
Micky Tripathi is the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he leads the formulation of the federal health IT strategy and coordinates federal health IT policies, standards, programs, and investments. Dr. Tripathi has over 20 years of experience across the health IT landscape. He most recently served as Chief Alliance Officer for Arcadia, a health care data and software company focused on population health management and value-based care, the project manager of the Argonaut Project, an industry collaboration to accelerate the adoption of FHIR, and a board member of HL7, the Sequoia Project, the CommonWell Health Alliance, and the CARIN Alliance. Dr. Tripathi served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC), a non-profit health IT advisory and clinical data analytics company. He was also the founding President and CEO of the Indiana Health Information Exchange, a statewide HIE partnered with the Regenstrief Institute, an Executive Advisor to investment firm LRVHealth, and a Fellow at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. He holds a PhD in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University, and an AB in political science from Vassar College. Prior to receiving his PhD, he was a Presidential Management Fellow and a senior operations research analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in Washington, DC, for which he received the Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Medal.
Sara Vaezy, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Digital Officer, Providence
EVP, Chief Strategy and Digital Officer
Providence
Sara Vaezy is Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Digital Officer for Providence where she is responsible for system strategy and digital innovation for the integrated delivery network (IDN) which includes 52 hospitals and 1,085 clinics and serves over 5 million unique patients. Sara is the architect of the corporate strategy and digital Innovation model at Providence. The model has generated technology collaborations and the successful commercialization of three incubated technologies into new companies. She’s a thought leader for digital innovation, and her framework for building and maintaining deep organizational relationships with stakeholders across the industry has resulted in partnerships with over 150 health system digital and innovation teams, venture capital organizations, industry analysts and influencers, and digital health organizations. Sara is active in the broader healthcare industry serving as an NCQA Board Director, a Harvard Executive Education Faculty Member, a Health Evolution Forum Fellow, a Forbes Business Council Member, and a board observer for DexCare. She holds an MHA and an MPH in Health Policy from the University of Washington School of Public Health and BAs in Physics and Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley.
Julie Yoo, General Partner, a16z
General Partner
a16z
Julie Yoo is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where she leads investments in healthcare technology, with a focus on companies that are modernizing how we access, pay for, and experience the healthcare system. Prior to joining a16z, Julie was the co-founder, Chief Product Officer, and Board Director at Kyruus, a venture-backed healthtech company recognized as a market leader in patient access. Julie led product management, engineering, and sales and marketing for the company, and helped scale the business to reach 20M patients and over 225,000 healthcare providers across the U.S. Julie was previously VP of Product at Generation Health, and was with the company from its inception through acquisition by CVS Health. Julie was also a Product Manager at Knome, the world's first whole genome sequencing service for private individuals. Julie’s tech career began as an early member of the software engineering team at Endeca Technologies, which was acquired by Oracle. Julie studied computer science and pre-medicine as an undergrad at MIT and obtained an MS in genomics from Harvard-MIT HST and an MBA from MIT Sloan. Julie is a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum and has been recognized through numerous awards and honors from Becker’s Hospital Review, Health Data Management, MedTech Boston, and Rock Health. Julie serves on a number of portfolio company boards, including AKASA, Bayesian Health, Firefly Health, Ribbon Health, Tomorrow Health, and Zus Health.
Ashwini Zenooz, MD, Board Director, Commure
Board Director
Commure
Ashwini Zenooz, MD is the board director of Commure. A board-certified radiologist, Dr. Zenooz has more than 20 years of clinical experience and has held leadership roles across the public and private sectors. At Salesforce, she was Chief Medical Officer and GM of Global Healthcare and Life Sciences. She served as Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs overseeing the EHR modernization program. She has also held senior policy roles including serving as Brookings Legislative Health Policy Fellow with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, and U.S. Senate Committee Staff. Dr. Zenooz received her MD in the Medical Honors Program at the University of Florida, completed her radiology residency at Henry Ford Health System, and an Abdominal Imaging fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.