Step into the Emerge Experience
Seize the opportunity to be part of an elite gathering of visionaries and problem-solvers at Emerge. Here, you’ll forge powerful connections with industry leaders, elevate your brand through competitive innovation, and uncover insights to spark real-world transformation.
Debuting at the 2025 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, this new high-impact program unites innovators, investors, and executives in a uniquely curated space—connecting you with the boldest minds shaping the future of healthcare. Together, you’ll tackle urgent challenges, explore forward-thinking trends in AI and digital health, and access key investment opportunities.
Emerge Innovation Experience Cocktail & Networking Party
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Emerge Innovation Experience Agenda
Tuesday, March 4
Wednesday, March 5
Are You The One to Bring Healthcare Into Its Next Evolution?
The Emerge Innovation Experience Contest is where the future of healthcare takes shape. For the first time at the 2025 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, innovators, investors, and tech pioneers have a chance to pitch bold solutions to the industry’s biggest decision-makers.
This isn’t just another competition—it’s your shot to solve the problems keeping C-Suite executives awake at night. From hospital systems and payers to retail, these leaders are ready to back real-world solutions to challenges they’re prioritizing over the next 12–36 months.
Your Moment is Now.
This is your chance to step out of the shadows and into the room where it all happens. Win, and you’ll walk away with more than just bragging rights: exclusive meetings with executives, funding opportunities, and the momentum to bring your ideas to life.
Applications are now closed. Register to attend the Emerge Innovation Experience and see the winning pitches, network and more!
Three Winning Categories. Infinite Possibilities.
Winners will gain exclusive access to industry power players, unmatched visibility, and a platform to make real impact.Best in Show winners will receive...
- A 10-minute live, on-stage presentation at the Emerge Innovation Experience event.
- Highly coveted, pre-arranged 20-minute individual meetings with three C-Suite executives and three funders, held March 4 or 5, 2025, during the Emerge Innovation Experience event.
- Recognition during the Executive Summit on March 3, 2025, at the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, where the emcee will mention and congratulate each Best in Show winner. This exclusive program draws more than 400 C-Suite executives from across healthcare.
- Features within the extensive global marketing platform of the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition. The Emerge Innovation Experience will showcase all category winners, who will be highlighted in a dedicated, multi-channel post-conference marketing campaign. This includes targeted social media exposure across all official HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition communities, an official press release, and a feature in the exclusive post-conference e-newsletter distributed to all conference attendees. Winning entrants are positioned to receive significant visibility and connect with key stakeholders across the global healthcare industry.
- One complimentary, non-transferable registration, which includes access to the Emerge Innovation Experience, the HIMSS Global Health Conference general education program, and the HIMSS25 exhibition floor.
Winner's Circle applicants will receive...
- A pre-arranged, 20-minute meeting with one C-Suite executive, held March 4 or 5, 2025, during the Emerge Innovation Experience event.
- Three pre-arranged, 20-minute individual virtual meetings with funders, scheduled between March 17 and April 25, 2025.
- Recognition on event slides throughout the day at the Executive Summit on March 3, 2025, during the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition. This exclusive program attracts more than 400 C-Suite executives from across healthcare.
- A 10% discount on HIMSS25 registration, which includes access to the Emerge Innovation Experience, the HIMSS Global Health Conference general education program, and the HIMSS25 exhibition floor.
- Features within the extensive global marketing platform of the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition. The Emerge Innovation Experience will showcase all category winners, who will be highlighted in a dedicated, multi-channel post-conference marketing campaign. This includes targeted social media exposure across all official HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition communities, an official press release, and a feature in the exclusive post-conference e-newsletter distributed to all conference attendees. Winning entrants are positioned to receive significant visibility and connect with key stakeholders across the global healthcare industry.
Finalists applicants will receive...
- Recognition on event slides throughout the day at the Executive Summit on March 3, 2025, during the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition. This exclusive program draws more than 400 C-Suite executives from across healthcare.
- Inclusion in the global marketing efforts of the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, highlighting the Emerge Innovation Experience contest and all category winners. This includes a post-conference social media campaign, press release, e-newsletter to all attendees, and placement in HIMSS media channels.
- A 10% discount on HIMSS25 registration, which includes access to the Emerge Innovation Experience, the HIMSS Global Health Conference general education program, and the HIMSS25 exhibition floor.
Contest Categories and The Challenges at Hand
These aren’t hypothetical problems—they’re the urgent challenges shaping the future of care. Our C-Suite Executive Committee wants solutions that can deliver now.Hospital Systems
- Capacity Crisis: Optimize patient flow, integrate AI-powered triage tools, and rethink care delivery to tackle overcrowding and wait times.
- Workforce Shortages: Innovate tools to maximize staff efficiency, reduce burnout, and match resources to high-demand areas in real time.
- Supply Chain Strain: Develop predictive and automated solutions to streamline inventory, track resources, and prevent critical shortages.
Payers
- Engagement Revolution: Build platforms that drive preventive care, boost trust, and keep members connected without breaking privacy rules.
- Data Dominance: Push the limits of analytics to create smarter strategies, improve outcomes, and drive cost transparency.
- Cost Innovation: Guide patients to lower-cost, higher-impact care while reducing unnecessary expenses across the journey.
Retail
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- Optimize Pharmacy Operations: Tackle staffing shortages, fragmented workflows, and inefficiencies with scalable, tech-driven solutions.
- Enhance Customer Experience: Streamline prescription transfers, improve data access, and innovate in-store experiences for improved customer satisfaction.
- Ensure Financial Sustainability: Reduce inventory loss and improve profit visibility while balancing efficiency with customer needs.
Emerge Innovation Experience Advisory Board and Committees
Advisory Board
Payer C-Suite Committee
Hospital Systems C-Suite Committee
Retail C-Suite Committee
Lise Courtney is a healthcare venture investor at LRVHealth. Before joining LRVHealth, Lise Courtney was Senior Manager of Strategic Payer Partnerships at ChenMed where she focused on value-based contract negotiation, market expansion, quality improvement, and sales strategy. Lise Courtney began her career as an economic consultant with Charles River Associates' (CRA) antitrust practice. In her role at CRA, she helped to evaluate antitrust concerns for a major payor/provider healthcare merger to ultimately receive DOJ approval. Her previous experience also includes finance consulting for FTI Consulting. Lise Courtney earned her B.A. from Boston College with a double major in Mathematics and Economics. She earned her M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Sally Ann Frank leads the worldwide HLS strategy, programs and portfolio for Microsoft for Startups, an organization dedicated to accelerating the development of innovative, market-making companies.
Through business strategy planning, go-to-market development, and technical excellence, she enables startups to achieve their short-term revenue goals and long-term visions. Previously, she was part of Microsoft’s IoT Solutions team, helping healthcare and life sciences companies use IoT to improve patient outcomes and efficiency. With more than 25 years in the technology industry, she is focused on business outcomes, helping providers, payers, medical device, pharmaceutical and life sciences companies use IoT, Machine Learning, AI and a variety of other Microsoft technologies to meet the changing demands of the healthcare industry.
She earned an MBA from The George Washington University (Washington, DC), an MS in Systems Management from the University of Southern California and a BS in Marketing and Computer Science from Virginia Tech. Sally is the author of the newly published, The Startup Protocol: A Guide for Digital Health Startups to Bypass Pitfalls and Adopt Strategies that Work, from Routledge Press.
Dr. Greenspun leads Calibre One’s health and well-being practice group, focusing primarily on placing chief medical officers, board positions and similar executives across nearly every industry.
An experienced chief medical officer himself, Greenspun has held executive roles at Deloitte, Dell, Northrop Grumman, Korn Ferry, and Guidehouse. As a cardiac anesthesiologist, Greenspun has practiced in major academic medical centers, as well as community hospitals. He is unique among physician executives, having served every aspect of healthcare and related industries, including payer, provider, life sciences, government, technology, retail, employers & national security.
Co-author of “Reengineering Health Care: A Manifesto for Radically Rethinking Health Care Delivery,” Greenspun is recognized as a thought leader in the healthcare industry and has been named one of the “50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare.
Greenspun received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, his medical degree from the University of Maryland, and completed his residency and fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital in anesthesiology and critical care medicine, serving as chief resident. He has served on the advisory boards for the World Economic Forum, Anthem, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Tufts and George Mason universities.
A resident of the D.C. area, Greenspun lives with his wife and sons and enjoys cycling, guitar, and supporting local youth athletic and music programs.
James Hill has over 10 years of experience in venture capital investing in healthcare information technology, financial technology, and enterprise software.
Before joining Grand Ventures, he served as a Vice President of Venture Capital and Private Equity at First Trust Capital Partners. FTCP is the private investment arm of a $200B AUM asset manager with over 90 portfolio companies. During his time there, James led investments in a range of healthcare and fintech investments including Phynd (acquired by symplr), SteadyMD, TouchCare, ClinOne, Dina, ProofPilot, Circuit Clinical, Korio Clinical, and Flexwise.
Prior to First Trust, he was a Vice President at Edison Partners. Edison is a growth-stage venture firm that is on its tenth fund and was primarily focused on fintech, digital health, and enterprise software. While there, James managed the digital health and fintech investment pipelines and led the Edison Director Network. He sourced and helped close more than ten growth-stage investments and served as a board director for multiple healthcare portfolio companies. Some of his investments include Clinverse (acquired by BioClinica), Trialscope (acquired by Informa), Solovis (acquired by Nasdaq), BlueMedora (acquired by VMware), ItemMaster (acquired by Gladson), Predata (acquired by FiscalNote), PurpleLab, Signet Accel, and Virtual Health.
Before his investing career, he had experience working with IBM’s Watson Solutions applying natural language processing to healthcare, financial, and enterprise customer problems, and in law at Bryan Cave, LLP.
James received an MBA in finance and JD focused on corporate law from Michigan State University and holds a BS in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dr. Meyers is a professor emeritus of otolaryngology, dentistry, and engineering at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and President and CEO of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs at www.sopenet.org . He helps people get their biomedical ideas to patients by teaching, working with entrepreneurs and leading a global not for profit biomedical and clinical innovation and entrepreneurship network.
He has created several medical devices and digital health companies. Most of them failed. His primary research centers around biomedical and health innovation and entrepreneurship and life science technology commercialization.
He teaches at the University of Colorado-Denver, consult, and speak to companies, governments, colleges, and universities around the world who need his expertise and contacts in the areas of bio entrepreneurship, bioscience, healthcare, healthcare IT, medical tourism -- nationally and internationally, new product development, product design, and financing new ventures.
Dr. Meyers is a former Harvard-Macy fellow and in 2010, he completed a Fulbright Fellowship at Kings Business, the commercialization office of technology transfer at Kings College in London. Publications include "Building the Case for Biotechnology." "Optical Detection of Cancer", and " The Life Science Innovation Roadmap" and "Digital Health Entrepreneurship". He is the Editor-in-Chief of Medscape Reference: Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. and am a faculty member at the University of Colorado Denver Graduate School, School of Medicine, and Business School where he teaches entrepreneurship.
He has authored many books. blogs and articles and am the editor of the second edition of "Digital Health Entrepreneurship and on Substack at arlenmeyersmdmba.substack.com
Sumit is a serial entrepreneur focused on digital health innovation at scale. He has co-founded and grown five companies over the past three decades that have tackled progressively bolder challenges facing our healthcare economies. All his work features common themes — a big, bold vision that helps us imagine a better world; moonshot technology innovation that disrupts how things have been to create how they can be; complexity designed out of user experiences to blend into people’s daily lives so we can get on with ours; and business models that make such change practical — themes he has honed since the time Sumit worked with Steve Jobs and NeXT in the early 1990s.
Sumit is now Chair and CEO and the founder of Cherish. Cherish develops intelligent radar-based sensor platforms that revolutionize health and safety monitoring wherever people live, work, or play. The company’s patented spatial computing technology works ambiently (through the air) without changing how people live and by prioritizing their privacy. Cherish detects emergencies and health and safety risks to bring people timely help so they and their loved ones may live better with more independence, safety, and peace of mind.
Sumit also serves on the HIMSS board and is Chair of the HIMSS Nominating Committee. He is a lifelong learner and is sought after for his expertise and unstoppable energy as a visionary serial entrepreneur, bold strategist, innovative technologist, and courageous change agent.
Jim Parshall leads electrical and systems engineering R&D for Lilly’s delivery device business. Since joining the pharmaceutical firm in 1999, he has championed disruptive, high-value innovation in various technical and leadership positions across manufacturing, IT, and product development. Assuming his current role in 2022, Jim is currently focused on reducing device development time.
From 2018 to 2022, Jim worked in external innovation, where he identified and evaluated digital health and device partnership opportunities to support Lilly’s therapeutic areas. He also planned and produced the company’s first external innovation challenge and led Lilly to be the founding member of a novel accelerator that helps digital health startups engage with pharma. Prior to that, Jim recognized the healthcare digital disruption, then envisioned and created digital health capabilities at Lilly.
Nick Patel, MD's professional journey encompasses nearly two decades of cutting-edge work in the world of digital healthcare and internal medicine. Serving for 18 years at Prisma Health, Dr. Patel influence was pivotal in many roles, including the inaugural Chief Digital Officer (CDO), Vice Chair of Primary Care in the Department of Medicine in South Carolina.
His tenure as CDO witnessed the ushering in of a new era in healthcare delivery. With a keen eye on the future, Dr. Patel championed the implementation of groundbreaking digital health initiatives, from chatbots and enhanced video consultations to remote patient monitoring and automated campaigns. His visionary approach also saw the introduction of virtual reality and 3D printing in care delivery, underlining his commitment to leveraging technology for better patient outcomes.
While at Prisma, Dr. Patel's strategic insights contributed significantly to the deployment of Prisma’s CRM and the expansion of bedside diabetic retinopathy screening. As a forward-thinking leader, his contributions haven't just been confined to internal projects. He has shared his vast knowledge nationwide, presenting on diverse topics such as digital transformation, AI, telehealth, governance, and health equity.
Today, as the CEO and founder of Stealth Consulting, Dr. Patel is a strategic digital transformation advisor. In this role, he guides health systems, tech companies, and venture capitals towards a digital-first future. His vast experience and innovative thought process have landed him advisory roles in esteemed organizations, including HP Inc., University of South Carolina College of Engineering and Computer Science, and many cutting-edge health-tech firms.
Dr. Patel's commitment to education is evident in his faculty roles at the USC School of Medicine's department of internal medicine and USC School of Engineering and Computing. Notably, as the former Vice Chair of primary care, he spearheaded growth, enhanced provider contracts, and played an instrumental role in redesigning medical practices.
A testament to his expertise, Dr. Patel is one of the two distinguished physicians globally to receive Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional Award. He is a prolific contributor to Becker’s Hospital Review and is regularly invited to headline webinars. His achievements haven't gone unnoticed; he was honored as one of the Top 20 Chief Digital Officers in 2020 and 2022, and as one of Fierce Healthcare’s 2021 Most Influential Minority Executives. Additionally, Becker’s recognized him as one of the top 50 digital innovators in 2022.
Sara Vaezy is responsible for system strategy, clinical care transformation technologies, digital enablement and product incubation, marketing and consumer experience, platform company creation and commercialization, and enterprise experience.
A healthcare visionary, Vaezy is leading Providence’s approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI), has built a consumer technology stack that is revolutionizing Providence’s solution delivery capabilities, and leads the Providence Digital Innovation Group (DIG), a unique model that successfully incubates and spins out as venture-backed commercial organizations that enable health system transformation. She has established Providence as a leader and partner in the digital health ecosystem, collaborating with over 100 health systems, venture capitalists, industry analysts, health futurists and visionaries, and digital health organizations.
She serves as a Board Director of NCQA and Praia Health as well as a Board observer with DexCare, and is a faculty member of the Harvard Executive Education program, a Health Evolution Forum Fellow, a World 50 Digital 50 member, and a Forbes Business Development Council Member. She has received numerous awards and honors including the Rock Health Top 50 in Digital Health Luminary (2023) and the Business Insider 30 under 40 Transforming the Future of Healthcare (2019) awards. Her writing has been featured in many publications including Harvard Business Review and the New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst.
Mike Puchtler serves as the President of Curascend, a strategic partnership between Highmark Health and ChristianaCare Health System, aimed at transforming payer / provider relationships, creating sustainable health outcomes for the populations we serve, and advancing healthcare affordability. As President of Curascend, Mike is responsible for spearheading and delivering an innovation agenda that advances the goals, mission & vision of the partnership and each parent organization. Mike has nearly twenty-five years of client service and healthcare experience working with a variety of healthcare organizations in the Philadelphia and mid-Atlantic regions on initiatives spanning executive leadership, patient & employee engagement, organizational culture curation, large-scale change management, and strategic planning. Mike is dedicated to curating a culture of excellence and is known for developing strong business partnerships and creating work environments that enable people to thrive while completing the task at hand.
Prior to Curascend, Mike served as the Vice President of Strategic Realization at ChristianaCare for two years where he was responsible for creating the structures, processes and measurement frameworks needed to advance and execute Christiana’s multi-year strategic plan. Before that, Mike served as the Vice President of Patient Experience at ChristianaCare for four years where he was responsible for leading the organization in the development and execution of strategies to improve the patient experience across the continuum of care, including visitor & volunteer services, patient relations, patient experience improvement, and pastoral care.
Prior to joining Christiana, Mike worked as a management consultant at Accenture and later Vynamic. While working with Vynamic, Mike architected ChristianaCare’s Core Values engagement and adoption approach in partnership with many Christiana stakeholders. He also facilitated the Hospital and Health System of Pennsylvania’s strategic planning process working closely with hospital executives from across the state. Finally, Mike established and built Vynamic’s health system business, served as the relationship manager for multiple clients, and served as a leadership development coach and adviser for many Vynamic team members. Mike received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware and a Master of Science degree in Customer Experience Management from Michigan State University.
Dr. Mordechai Pavlovsky is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and serves as a Regional Vice President and Strategic Physician Executive supporting the West. In this role, Dr. Pavlovsky works directly with plan sponsors to identify and implement clinical programs to improve health outcomes for individuals and populations.
Prior to joining Anthem, Dr. Pavlovsky held several roles at CVS/Aetna where he first served as Chief Medical Officer for a local Northern California health plan and then as a designated medical director for several large national accounts. As medical director, he oversaw utilization management, case management, escalations, and provided clinical support for the account management teams.
Clinically, Dr. Pavlovsky continues to practice as a board-certified emergency medicine physician in Oakland and Berkeley, CA. He holds his Medical Degree from the State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine, Masters of Public Health from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business.
Keith is responsible for helping achieve our shared goals of advising our partner plans on managing their overall healthcare cost and providing great service to their members. Keith leads the development of our Client Engagement Model and drives our long-term strategy for the Health Plan division.
Keith joined CVS Health in March 2024 Keith comes to us with more than two decades of healthcare experience. He served in leadership roles with Optum, Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, and Prisma Health,
which is a fully integrated academic health system. Keith is currently located in Arlington, VA.
Andrew Bindman, MD, is executive vice president and chief medical officer for Kaiser Permanente. He is responsible for driving superior quality and equitable health outcomes through the integration of quality innovation, care delivery, data analytics, and research in collaboration with the Permanente Medical Groups. He is also Kaiser Permanente’s executive sponsor for the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine.
Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Bindman spent more than 30 years on the faculty at the University of California, San Francisco where he practiced and taught internal medicine while conducting research on health access and outcomes that resulted in more than 200 published scientific articles. He also served as the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in 2016-2017.
Dr. Bindman is a graduate of Harvard College and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. A board-certified general internist, he completed his residency in internal medicine at UCSF and was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at Stanford University. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the Association of American Physicians.
Shakeeb Akhter is a visionary leader in healthcare technology, serving as the Senior Vice President (SVP) and Chief Digital & Information Officer (CDIO) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). At CHOP, he oversees all aspects of digital and technology services. With over 20 years of cross-industry experience, Shakeeb leverages his deep understanding of healthcare, technology, analytics, and artificial intelligence to drive digital innovation. His passion for innovation and transformation is focused on enhancing patient care, boosting the operational performance of health systems, and elevating the experience for both patients and clinicians.
A certified healthcare CIO (CHCIO) and certified digital healthcare executive (CDH-E), Shakeeb's contributions to the industry have earned him significant recognitions, including being named a 40 Under 40 honoree by the Philadelphia Business Journal, a 2023 Philadelphia ORBIE Award winner (for healthcare), the 2023 Philadelphia CIO of the Year, and beginning in 2025, a member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Board of Trustees. As a thought leader in digital transformation and data strategy, Shakeeb frequently shares his insights at premier conferences such as Gartner, CHIME, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), and Becker’s Healthcare. He is also passionate about teaching and developing the next generation of healthcare technology leaders, serving on the Board of Visitors at the College of Public Health at Temple University and regularly guest lecturing in the Masters of Predictive Analytics Program at Northwestern University.
Shakeeb holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is pursuing his Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ray has served as the SVP/CIO for AltaMed Health Services in Los Angeles, California since 2018. AltaMed is a community-based provider offering quality health care and human services to Latino and multi-ethnic communities across Southern California serving over 400,000 low income and underserved patients.
He has over 25 years of healthcare experience and is a strong advocate of health equity and culturally competent care. He is viewed as a healthcare innovator implementing a mobile-first strategy that lead a holistic digital framework transformation, which included remote patient monitoring and care transitions focused on value-based care outcome.
Ray has been recognized as an awarding winning CIO: 2023 – HIMSS “Change Maker of the Year Award”; 2023 Healthcare Digital “Top 10 CIOs in Healthcare”; and 2020, 2019 - Becker’s Hospital Review as “One of the Top 100 Healthcare CIOS to know”. As well as Constellation Research” Business Transformation Leaders 150 (BT150)”.
Previously, he has served in leadership roles at Dignity Health, Providence Health and Services and Kaiser Permanente.
He is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a Masters in Engineering and BS in Electrical Engineering.
As Providence's Group VP and Chief of Virtual Care and Digital Health, Dr. Cunningham leads a care transformation portfolio of products and services that includes nine enterprise virtual care service lines, a hospital-at-home, remote patient monitoring, remote therapeutic monitoring, a virtual nursing team, and clinically focused digital products. Her team provides products and services to over 100+ hospitals across 8 states. She is also the co-chair of the Clinical AI governance team at Providence that is charged with identifying, vetting and prioritizing AI use cases for clinical care.
Dr. Cunningham is the founder of MedPearl, a patented clinical intelligence engine, designed to support next best actions and surface relevant patient data at the point of care. The platform is currently scaled at Providence and used regularly by thousands of clinicians.
As a national speaker, Dr. Cunningham is a thought leader and advocate for improvements in telehealth, clinician shortages and workforce burnout, clinical innovation and the application of AI in clinical care. She serves on the HIMSS Physician Executive Committee and was a recent recipient of the HIMSS-AMDIS Changemaker Award (2024) and Becker’s Health IT Up and Comers (2023).
Dr. Cunningham joined Providence St. Joseph Health in 2017, initially serving as the Chief Medical Officer of Providence Medical Group Southwest. She is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and has practiced since 2008 in the South Puget Sound community. Prior to joining Providence, Dr. Cunningham served as Women’s and Children’s Service Line Medical Director, Medical Director of Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology and Division Chief of Women’s, Children’s, Urgent Care and Virtual Care Services at CHI-Franciscan Health (currently, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health).
With over 20 years of clinical practice and 12 years of leading and managing clinical operations, Dr. Cunningham has the advantage of understanding the practical technologies, change management, workflow and care transformation strategies that are needed in clinical settings Dr. Cunningham received her medical degree at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and postgraduate residency training at Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center. She received her Master’s in Business Administration from University of Massachusetts- Amherst. She is passionate about restoring joy in the practice of medicine and addressing some of our greatest challenges in the industry related to workforce shortages, hospital capacity and care fragmentation.
Mr. Sethi is a seasoned leader and expert in healthcare data and analytics with a proven track record of enabling use of data and analytical techniques to drive distinctiveness and deliver transformative impact. He has focused his career on data, technology, and innovation for healthcare providers.
Starting his healthcare career in EMR implementations motivated Mr. Sethi to find ways to use digitized medical data to improve patient care, influence clinical workflow and provider network operations. He has since operated at the cross-section of healthcare and technology to improve quality, access and cost-of-care delivery.
Mr. Sethi previously worked at Mount Sinai Health System, Mckinsey, Bon Secours Mercy Health and now serves as chief data and analytics officer at Hackensack Meridian Health. His experiences in data and analytics roles across consulting and health systems gives him diverse perspectives on the challenges facing providers in data and insights enablement and technology adoption
Mr. Sethi and his team are currently focused on accelerating the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to deliver high quality, affordable, more accessible, and more efficient healthcare. Recently, Mr. Sethi was named by Becker’s Hospital Review among leading hospital and health system chief data and analytics officers making an impact.
Since 2022, she is responsible for driving and accelerating the Digital Transformation Strategy and overseeing the delivery of products, solutions, and services, delivering optimal value for the MUSC enterprise: healthcare systems and healthcare consumers, as well as University and Research areas.
Previously, Crystal served as the AVP for Digital Strategy & Transformation for NorthShore University Health system and Chief Technology & Innovation Officer for American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE).
Her time at NorthShore focused on the digital front door including a new mobile wrapper app and at AADE building an award-winning website, which was a one-stop shop for all diabetes devices and education. Crystal earned her bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University. Originally a native from Chicago, she now enjoys “low country living” in Charleston.
Dr. Landman is an expert in health information technology and digital health design, development, and implementation. In his current role, he is responsible for technology solution delivery and support across all Mass General Brigham hospitals and practices. He works collaboratively to design and implement the future digital strategy such that front line needs for new digital capabilities are met and emerging technologies are considered while support is delivered highly effectively and efficiently.
Landman is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard.
Medical School, and an attending emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He received his medical degree from Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and trained in Emergency Medicine at UCLA Medical Center. He was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at Yale University, where he also received his Masters of Health Sciences. He completed graduate degrees in Information Systems and Health Care Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University.
Sashi Moodley, MD, MBA, currently serves as chief medical officer for Walgreens. In this role, Sashi oversees clinical strategy and programs across Walgreens, including the office of clinical integrity, quality improvement solutions, virtual healthcare, value-based care enablement and other key initiatives. Through his work at Walgreens, he is driven by the opportunity to support a real shift in healthcare to better connect fragmented parts of the healthcare system and drive better patient outcomes at lower costs.
Before his role as chief medical officer, Sashi served as chief clinical officer for Walgreens U.S. Healthcare business segment beginning 2021. Prior to Walgreens, he held roles at CareMore, Aspire Health and Anthem, Inc., leading care model design, clinical innovation and population health initiatives.
Dr. Moodley earned a degree in biology from Columbia University, his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and an MBA from Harvard Business School. An internal medicine physician by training, he completed training at Brigham & Woman’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Tanvi Patel is a driving force behind Amazon Pharmacy's efforts to evolve the pharmacy experience. As the leader of the Partner Services team, she forges strategic alliances within the industry, including payers, PBMs, employers, manufacturers, prescribers, suppliers, and tech innovators. Tanvi’s team envisions and builds cutting-edge solutions that power these partnerships, enabling Amazon Pharmacy to scale its vision of making healthcare more accessible, affordable, and customer-centric.
A seasoned veteran with 13 years at Amazon, Tanvi has spearheaded groundbreaking initiatives at the nexus of consumer needs and digital disruption across retail, devices, grocery, and fashion verticals. Before Amazon, she spent a decade as a mobile and media strategy consultant, including time at MTV Networks, shaping consumer experiences.
Tanvi's multidisciplinary expertise spans finance, health administration, information technology, and business strategy. She holds BS degrees in Finance and Health Administration from University of Arizona, a MS in Information Technology from University of Maryland, and an MBA from New York University.