Akram Boutros, MD, FACHE, brings over 30 years of executive management experience to the role. A distinguished healthcare executive, Dr. Boutros previously served as the CEO of The MetroHealth System in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was recognized for transformative leadership and innovation. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from Downstate Health Sciences University and holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry from St. John’s University. Throughout his career, he has received numerous accolades, including being named one of Modern Healthcare’s Most Influential Clinical Leaders.

* Turned-around underperforming $500+ million urban hospital system using clinical transformation, streamlining operating units around a coherent market-focused strategy, affecting $24.3 million of annualized improvements in four months.

* Led evaluation of more than 100 innovative clinical management programs for the care of multiple chronic conditions (MCC) patients for the California HealthCare Foundation and participated on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services committee on Identifying and Stratifying Patients with Complex or Multiple Chronic Conditions.

* Revitalized heart hospital with eroding volume and profits, increasing operating revenues from $356 to $435 million, reducing cost-per-discharge by 5%, and improving operating margin from 5.7% to 12.9% and EBIDA from 12.3% to 19.6% in two years.

Bonny is a physician executive with over 20 years of experience in the healthcare field. She has previously held leadership positions including Chief Medical Officer and Chief Health Information Officer for AdventHealth and Ascension. Bonny has led system-wide clinical transformation through clinical integration, care standardization, lean transformation, and the implementation and optimization of health care technologies. Bonny currently serves as an International Surveyor and Team Leader for The Joint Commission, assisting hospitals around the world in improving processes, patient safety and quality of care. She has also served as a subject matter expert in the development of health information technology Joint Commission International accreditation standards. Bonny received her Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Medicine from the University of Michigan Inteflex 7 year integrated premedical-medical program. She completed her Transitional Residency at the University of Hawaii and her Emergency Medicine Residency at the Cook County Emergency Medicine program in Chicago, Illinois. She earned her Master of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Isenberg School of Management. Bonny holds board certifications in Clinical Informatics from the American Board of Preventive Medicine and Emergency Medicine from the American Board of Emergency Medicine.

As the inventor of tele-ICU and the co-founder of VISICU (eICU) Dr Rosenfeld has one of the longest and deepest views of video for acute patient care. Dr.Rosenfeld was a practicing intensivist and Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Medicine and Surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; where he directed two ICUs and maintained a laboratory focused on perioperative clinical issues. The first continuous tele-ICU Program was performed at Johns Hopkins Bayview and following the remarkable results obtained became the genesis for VISICU. Dr Rosenfeld was with VISICU from 1998 through 2017 during which he participated in their IPO in 2006 and then sale to Philips Electronics in 2008. Dr Rosenfeld has been honored by the ATA with two awards of excellence and he is on other health care boards. Dr Rosenfeld obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh with honors biology. He then received his MD from Temple University School of Medicine. Following graduation, he trained in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Anesthesia and Critical Care at Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He has first authored over 50 scientific publications and book chapters and he has over 20 US and international patents.

Dr. Rosenthal is currently Chief Medical Officer of Tesseract Health and Liminal Sciences, 4Catalyzer companies in Guilford, CT. He is a Primary Care Physician, an Adjunct Professor in the Section of General Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. From 2012-2020, he served as the Medical Director of the Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team for VA Connecticut, a medical home model of care with specialized access for Veterans experiencing homelessness located in the Errera Community Care Center. He has special areas of expertise in the development, testing, implementation, and scaling of innovative technology products and healthcare services for vulnerable populations. The VACT HPACT clinic was awarded VA/VISN 1 Quality Improvement Award for Best Population Health Program, the Best Clinical Innovation by Yale Department of Psychiatry, and was part of the CRRC team awarded large grant from Congress for large expansion to new clinical site in 2018. In August 2015, USICH officially recognized Connecticut as first state to functionally end chronic homelessness in Veterans, in January 2016, recognized as second state to functionally end homelessness in all Veterans. VA Connecticut Homeless PACT was frequently recognized as the #1 Top Performing H-PACT in Management of High-Utilizing Patients. For more information about the National Homeless PACT Program here featured on AHRQ website. He helped conceive, develop, and deploy the Buprenorphine Home Induction Mobile App on the iOS and Android platforms with grant funding from the VA Innovation Center and private startup accelerators, and helped incorporate mandatory Buprenorphine X-waiver training for all Yale Medical students in the Capstone Course. In 2020 he was the lead medical advisor for the City of New Haven COVID isolation respite shelter, helping to develop the strategic and operational respite document, and was awarded a Proclamation by New Haven mayor Justin Elicker for his commitment to the public health and well being of our community, and awarded a C.H.A.I. (COVID-19 Hero Award for Innovation) by the COVID in 20 show, hosted by National Program Director for VHA Emergency Medicine. His prior work experience spans roles in technology, education, and the arts — including helping to start a venture-backed health informatics startup Keas after medical school. Dr. Rosenthal has written on medicine, health information technology, and medical ethics in The New England Journal of Medicine, Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA), The Journal of Participatory Medicine, The Journal of Medical Internet Research, and in books addressing medical ethics in film. His documentary film entitled Witnessing Death: A grandson’s reflections on Alzheimer’s has been shown widely across the country and has been used in Certified Nursing Aide trainings. He has served previously as Tutor and Head Premedical Advisor at Pforzheimer House (Harvard), on various CT state Homelessness initiatives and workgroups including the Governor’s Taskforce for Rocky Hill Redesign, the CT Heroes and Reaching Home Workgroup, and on clinical advisory boards for health startups. He also currently serves as the Course Director of the Capstone Course (formerly ICM) and the Co-course Director for the Introduction to the Profession (iPro) course for all Yale Medical Students. He helps teach courses in Professionalism and Ethical Responsibility, Patient Centered Interviewing, Physical Diagnosis, Biopsychosocial care, Clinical Reasoning, and Creating Healthcare and Life Science Ventures. Dr. Rosenthal graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, received his M.D. from Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and completed his internship and primary care residency at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the Management and Leadership Track.

Denise is a seasoned public company director with more than 30 years of operational and financial experience having served most recently as COO of a $1.5b healthcare system; and previously as CFO of a public debt healthcare company and CFO of a public equity entertainment company.

She currently serves as an Independent Board Member, Audit Committee Chair and member of the Compensation Committee for Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD). In addition, she serves as an Independent Board Member, Compensation Committee Chair, Audit Committee Member and Innovation & Technology Committee Member for Computer Programs & Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPSI). Lastly, she is a member of the Advisory Board for LookDeep, a private equity startup in the healthcare technology arena. In her Board roles, she is experienced with the Special Committee process providing independence and evaluating/guiding potential M&A activity. In addition, she has Board experience in conducting internal investigations into potential misconduct; and navigating shareholder activism successfully. Denise retired from WakeMed Health & Hospitals in 2020 where she served as Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer. She was responsible for a $1.5bn P&L and provided leadership for and had oversight of all operating entities (5 Hospitals; 3 Healthplexes; numerous physician clinics, and joint ventures), as well as Information Technology, Construction & Design, Strategic Ventures and Clinical/Administrative Operations. She also advised on the operations of WakeMed’s ACO. Under her leadership, EBITDA grew from $36m to $153m. Prior to WakeMed, Denise spent 10 years as Senior/Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Capella Healthcare supervising the areas of Finance, HR, Corporate & Hospital Accounting, Tax, IR/PR, Internal Audit, Enterprise Risk Management, Reimbursement, Marketing, and Treasury. Denise completed numerous financial/acquisition/divestiture transactions including a $500m public High Yield offering; an acquisition of a portfolio of 9 hospitals; as well as the sale of multiple non-essential assets in both the healthcare and entertainment industries. Denise assisted in the sale of Capella Healthcare to Medical Properties Trust in a transaction valued at north of $1 billion.

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Eric has over thirty five years of experience as an industry leading Chief Information Officer (CIO). He currently advises companies, funds and organizations on all matters relating to health information technologies, digital and business strategies and their applications. Previously he was the Chief Information Officer and Associate Dean at Stanford Health Care and School of Medicine. Eric’s responsibilities included all information technology and digital systems, information security and biomedical engineering for the health system and school of medicine. Prior to Stanford Health Care, Eric served as the Vice President and Chief Information Officer of the University of Chicago Medicine since 2001. Eric was a member of the Senior Management Group and worked with management and the UCM Board of Trustees to execute the business strategies of the organization. He has also served at Northwestern Memorial, University of Nebraska, St. Raphael Health System and Beaumont Health in leadership roles. Eric has been honored to receive the John E. Gall CIO of the Year award from CHIME/HIMSS and the Executives Club of Chicago/SIM/AITP CIO of the Year award. He and his team have been recognized with numerous awards including multiple CIO100 awards, Most Wired, Information Week Elite 100, CHEF Innovation and SIM/AITP Most Effective Team recognition. He is a fellow in both CHIME and HIMSS and has had leadership roles in both organizations. Eric earned his MBA from the Advanced Management Program, Broad School of Management at Michigan State University and his BS in Business Studies at the State University of New York College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.

With over 40 years of healthcare leadership and health system operational experience, Holly is a recognized healthcare executive with vast knowledge and expertise. Holly is acclaimed for her innovative strategies, as well as her genuine, authentic voice – one that engages audiences at all levels of leadership through relevant personal accounts and actionable roadmaps to success. Her passion for leadership, engagement, resilience and well-being is obvious in her inspiring presentations. Most recently, Holly was the Chief Nursing Executive for UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) – a $24 Billion integrated delivery and finance system – with responsibility for establishing and leading the strategic vision for over 20,000 nurses. In this capacity, Holly was responsible for the executive oversight of a nursing practice operating in more than 40 academic, community, specialty and international hospitals. Her leadership impacted 800 outpatient sites, rehabilitation and long-term care facilities with over 90,000 associates, as well as six diploma schools of nursing, two of which she opened during her last two years of tenure. Additionally, Holly successfully implemented an internal nursing agency within the UPMC Health System, from design to go live in 90 days. During her time as a Chief Nursing Executive, she simultaneously served as the Associate Dean for Clinical Relations at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Nursing. Holly’s doctoral research was focused on the impact of mindfulness meditation on burnout, absenteeism, and patient satisfaction. Her work with mindfulness meditation has been guided by her mentor and friend, Dr. Barry Kerzin, personal physician to the 14th Dalai Lama. Holly’s breadth and depth of healthcare experiences offer relevant, inspiring and strategies for all leaders. Her expertise in leadership transformation, employee attraction and growing workforce pipelines, models of care, and patient experience, will provide actionable tactics to inspire change, drive high performing teams, and cultivate an employee-centric culture. Holly was named by Becker’s Hospital Reviews as one of the top 60 “CNOs of Hospitals and Health Systems to Know” in 2017, 2020 and 2022 and is a Wharton Fellow for Nurse Executives. Additional honors include being named to the 2015 University of Pittsburgh Nursing Honorary Alumni and receiving the Cameos of Caring Life Time Achievement Award for Western Pennsylvania. Recently retired from her role as Chief Nursing Executive, Holly is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she serves on many influential boards including Family House, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and Capella University. Holly is an independent national speaker and contractor speaker with Huron a global business and consulting firm.

I’m a physician-engineer and the VP for Clinical Solutions at LookDeep Health, where my focus is on partnerships, pilots, and aligning computer vision technologies with specific clinical use-cases. My first scientific love was physiology. That led me to study biomedical engineering and get a medical degree. My second scientific love was lasers. That led me to get a PhD focused on optical physics and laser imaging in medicine. Before joining industry, I was an associate professor at Yale Medical School, where I ran a lab that focused on using new cameras and laser sources to measure physiology in new ways, with a focus on heart and lung physiology. I also was an attending in the pediatric primary care clinic. At Yale, where I remain as an Adjunct, I became very interested in digital health and technology translation. I was involved in a few projects, including digital heart sounds, a smartphone app for pregnancy health, and wearables to track lung health.I also had a lot of experience with academic-industrial partnerships, including two with laser companies and one with an machine learning company in the Bay Area. I decided that I wanted to explore industry to learn how to scale ideas, and took a leave to work at Facebook as a scientist. I eventually caught the startup bug, met Narinder through a Yale colleague, and here I am today.

Sarah is an accomplished healthcare professional with a robust background in nursing and administration. Holding a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Coe College, Cedar Rapids IA, and dual master’s degrees in nursing and health administration from the University of Phoenix, Sarah’s educational foundation is complemented by over two decades of practical experience.

Her nursing journey began in 2005 at the prestigious Mayo Clinic, where she honed her skills in various clinical settings, including the Medical Cardiac Progressive Care Unit and Medical ICU. Demonstrating exceptional leadership, Sarah spearheaded Mayo Clinic’s pioneering eICU initiative in 2013, serving as Nurse Manager until 2020. During this time, she facilitated the establishment of Mayo Clinic’s first Virtual RN program, benefiting hundreds of patients across the organization.

Recognized for her contributions, Sarah earned certification as a Silver Mayo Quality Fellow and held the academic rank of Instructor of Nursing in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

In 2023, driven by her passion for digital health, Sarah transitioned to the vendor side, joining Biofourmis as Vice President of Product and Clinical Implementation. Sarah worked with a dynamic team of engineering professionals, overseeing the development and support of a cutting-edge platform aimed at optimizing transitions of care.

Today, Sarah serves as the Chief Clinical Officer for OutcomesAI.  She oversees the clinical operations and implementation of multi-modal AI specifically optimized for healthcare.  She is passionate about how AI can facilitate a better work environment for healthcare professionals and better care for patients.

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Ziad Obermeyer is the Blue Cross of California Distinguished Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, where he does research at the intersection of machine learning, medicine, and health policy. He previously was an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, where he received the Early Independence Award, the National Institutes of Health’s most prestigious award for exceptional junior scientists. He continues to practice emergency medicine in underserved parts of the US. Prior to his career in medicine, he worked as a consultant to pharmaceutical and global health clients at McKinsey & Co. in New Jersey, Geneva, and Tokyo.