NextMed Faculty

Our NextMed Health Faculty includes more than 60 leading thinkers, icons, and practitioners from around the globe. They provide examples and insight into the right-now landscape of converging technologies shaping the healthcare ecosystem and lessons on the ‘how-to’s to leverage new possibilities into meaningful scale and impact.

Mainstage programming is complemented by over 20 interactive breakout sessions and a hands-on Innovation Lab featuring over 60 transformational ventures. NextMed Health is fortunate to be guided by our amazing Vanguard, made up of leading innovators, clinicians, technologists, academics and beyond.

2025 Faculty

(More to be announced)

  • Daniel Kraft

    Daniel Kraft, MD

    Physician-Scientist. Founder & Chair, NextMed Health. Founder, Exponential Medicine

  • Shawna Butler

    Shawna Butler, RN MBA

    Nurse Economist, NextMed Health. Host, See You Now Podcast

  • Eric Topol, MD

    Founder and Director, Scripps Research Translational Institute

  • Michelle Williams, ScD

    Former Dean, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health

  • Dean Kamen

    Founder, DEKA, Founder of FIRST Robotics

  • Jennifer Garrison, PhD

    Professor, Buck Institute. Co-Founder & Director, ProductiveHealth.org

  • Larry Brilliant MD, DSc, FACPM

    CEO, PanDefense Advisors, Founder & CEO, Evity.AI

  • Rick Doblin, PhD

    Founder & President, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)

  • Catriona Jamieson, MD, Ph.D.

    Director, Sanford Stem Cell Institute, Professor of Medicine & Chief, Div of Regenerative Medicine, UCSD

  • Ed Boyden, PhD

    Professor, Co-Director, MIT Center for Neurobiological Engineering

  • Ken Dychtwald

    Ken Dychtwald

    Founder, AgeWave

  • Susan Kirsh, MD

    Deputy Undersecretary for Health, Veterans Administration

  • Ami Bhatt, MD FACC

    Chief Innovation Officer, American College of Cardiology (ACC)

  • Max Hodak

    CEO, Science Corp.

    Co-founder, Neuralink

  • Joseph Betancourt, MD MPH

    President, The Commonwealth Fund. Associate Professor Of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

  • Adam Gazzaley, MD PhD

    Professor in Neurology, Physiology & Psychiatry at UCSF, Director, Neuroscape Lab

  • Bayo Currey-Winchell, MD

    Founder, Beyond Clinical Walls. Urgent Care Medical Director, Saint Mary's Health Network

  • Amir Dan Rubin, MBA

    Prior CEO of One Medical. Founding Managing Partner, Healthier Capital

  • Christopher Longhurst

    Christopher Longhurst, MD, MS

    Chief Medical Officer, Chief Digital Officer & Associate Dean, UC San Diego School of Medicine

  • Jamie Justice, PhD

    EVP for Health, XPRIZE. Lead for Healthspan XPRIZE

  • John Brownstein, PhD

    Chief Innovation Officer, Boston Children’s Hospital. Professor, Harvard Medical School

  • Jane Metcalfe

    Founder, Proto.Life. Co-founder, WIRED

  • Patrick Hines, MD PhD

    Professor, Wayne State Univ. Critical Care Physician. Founder & CEO, Functional Fluidics

  • Chris Mason, PhD

    Professor, Weill-Cornell Medicine

  • Hugh Herr, PhD

    Professor, MIT Media Lab. Co-Founder, Dephy Inc

  • Darshak Sanghavi , MD

    Project Manager, ARPA-H

  • Maddy Dychtwald

    Co-founder, Age Wave. Author, Ageless Aging

  • Rene Caissie | Medeloop

    Rene Caissie, MD MBA

    Stanford University School of Medicine.

    Co-founder & CEO, Medeloop

  • Robert C. Green, MD MPH

    Professor of Medicine (Genetics), Harvard Medical School. Director Genomes2People (G2P) Research Program at Mass General Brigham.

  • William Li, MD PhD

    CEO and President

    CEO, The Angiogenesis Foundation

  • Eleanor Green, DVM

    Founding Dean, Lyon College School of Veterinary Medicine

  • Lucien Engelen

    Lucien Engelen

    CEO of Transform Health, LaurentiusMC, Fellow Deloitte, Fellow Vodafone.

  • Stephen Kotlar

    Executive Director at the Flow Research Collective | Leading Expert in Peak-Performance

  • Jared Conley, MD, PhD, MPH

    Professor at Harvard Medical School. Associate Director of the MGH Healthcare Transformation Lab

  • Moira Gunn, PhD

    Host, Biotech Nation. Professor, USF

  • Jamie Metzl

    Jamie Metzl

    Founder & Chair OneShared.World, Technology & Healthcare Futurist

  • Rafael Grossmann

    Rafael Grossmann, MD, FACS

    Surgeon, Educator, Healthcare Futurist

  • Parisa Vatanka

    Parisa Vatanka, PharmD

    CEO, Digital Health, Former Senior Director at American Pharmacists Association

  • Yan Fossat

    SVP, Digital Health R&D, Klick Health

  • Jennifer MacDonald, MD

    COO, Advanced Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI)

  • Hans Keirstead

    Hans Keirstead, PhD

    Stem cell pioneer, Founder & CEO, Immunis Biomedica

  • Jack Kreindler, MD

    Physician, Researcher, Entrepreneur. Founder & CEO, WellFounded, Research Fellow, Imperial College

  • Meredith Perry

    Co-Founder & CEO at Elemind

  • Anthony Chang, MD MBA

    Founder, AIMed. Chief Intelligence & Innovation Office, Children's Hospital of Orange County

  • Paul Grand

    Paul Grand

    Founder & CEO, MedTech Innovator

  • David Bray, PhD

    Distinguished Fellow, Simson Center. Forme CIO of the FCC

  • Lee Sanders, MD MPH

    Chair of General Pediatrics, Stanford Medical School

  • Michael Gillam, MD FACEP

    CEO of HealthLab

  • Scott Summit

    Designer, Founder at Ethereal Matter Inc and Bespoke Innovations

  • Leanne Pedante

    Head of Fitness, Supernatural

  • Aronoff-Spencer, MD PhD

    Director, Center for Health and Strategic Health Initiatives, UC San Diego Design Lab

  • Anna Yusim, MD

    Psychiatrist, Clinical Assistant Professor, Yale Medical School

  • Sam Glassenberg

    Founder & CEO, Level Ex

  • Yomi Jaye, MBBS, MBA

    Special Advisor, Health Governor, Enugu State, Nigeria. CEO, Cecy Health

  • Ricky Mehra

    Founder & Managing Partner, Continuum Health Ventures

  • Danica Vallone

    CEO, Making Space. Designer In Residence, Bionics & Human Resilience, UCSD Design Lab

  • Brandon Staglin

    Co-founder & President, One Mind

  • Ryan Kerstein, FRCS MBBS

    Royal College of Surgeons of England. Lead for Future of Surgery Hub.

  • Mohan Nair

    CEO, Emerge Inc. Edmund Hillary Fellow

  • Robert Strong

    Robert Strong

    Magician

  • Swami Ananda

    Swami Ananda

    Meditation Teacher

  • Asa Mathat

    Photographer, AsaMathat.com

  • More faculty to be announced

    Watch this space

2023 Faculty

  • Daniel Kraft

    Daniel Kraft MD

    Physician-Scientist. Founder & Chair, NextMed Health. Founder, Exponential Medicine

    Bio
  • Shawna Butler

    Shawna Butler, RN MBA

    Nurse Economist, NextMed Health. Host, See You Now Podcast

    Bio
  • Michael Snyder

    Michael Snyder, PHD

    Professor & Chair of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine. Director Stanford Innovation Lab

    Bio
  • Nicola Blackwood

    Baroness Nicola Blackwood

    Chair, Genomics England. Member of The House of Lords

    Bio
  • Aloe Blacc

    Aloe Blacc

    Singer, songwriter and producer

    Bio
  • Lee Hood

    Leroy (Lee) Hood, MD PhD

    Co-founder, Professor, & Chief Strategy Officer, Institute for Systems Biology. CEO, Phenome Health

    Bio
  • Lucien Engelen

    Lucien Engelen

    CEO of Transform Health, LaurentiusMC, Fellow Deloitte, Fellow Vodafone.

    Bio
  • Catherine Mohr

    Catherine Mohr, MD

    President, Intuitive Surgical Foundation

    Bio
  • Paul Stamets

    Paul Stamets

    Mycologist, Founder, Fantastic Fungi & MycoMedica

    Bio
  • Ran Balicer

    Ran Balicer MD

    Chief Innovation Officer at Clalit Health Services & Founding Director, Clalit Research Institute.

    Bio
  • Jennier Goldsack

    Jennier Goldsack MA, MBA, OLY

    CEO, Digital Medicine Society (DiMe)

    Bio
  • David Eagleman

    David Eagleman, PhD

    Neuroscientist, Author, Technologist, Entrepreneur. Founder & CEO, Neosensory

    Bio
  • Sangita Reddy

    Sangita Reddy

    Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group, Asia's largest healthcare group.

    Bio
  • Alister Martin

    Alister Martin, MD

    CEO, A Healthier Democracy

    Bio
  • Rajeev Ronaki

    Rajeev Ronanki

    Senior Vice President, Elevance Health & President, Carelon Digital Platforms

    Bio
  • Ken Dychtwald

    Ken Dychtwald

    Founder, AgeWave

    Bio
  • Daisy Robinton

    Daisy Robinton, PhD

    Co-founder & CEO, Oviva Therapeutics

    Bio
  • Rasu Shrestha

    Rasu Shrestha, MD MBA

    Chief Innovation & Commercialization Officer, Executive Vice President at Advocate Health

    Bio
  • Esther Dyson

    Esther Dyson

    Executive Founder, Wellville Chairman, EDVenture Holdings

    Bio
  • Thomas Goetz

    Thomas Goetz, MPH

    Co-founder, Building H, Chief of Research, GoodRx

    Bio
  • Alex Zhavoronkov

    Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD

    Founder & CEO, Insilico Medicine

    Bio
  • Nichol Bradford

    Nichol Bradford, MBA

    Co-founder, Executive Director. The Transformative Technology Lab

    Bio
  • Tony Young

    Tony Young, OBE

    National Clinical Director for Innovation NHS England & Founder, NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme

    Bio
  • Christopher Longhurst

    Christopher Longhurst, MD, MS

    Chief Medical Officer, Chief Digital Officer & Associate Dean, UC San Diego School of Medicine

    Bio
  • Mary Lou Jepsen

    Mary Lou Jepsen, PhD

    Founder & CEO OpenWater

    Bio
  • Shafi Ahmed

    Shafi Ahmed PhD FRCS

    Surgeon, Futurist. Barts Health NHS, Founder, Medical Realities

    Bio
  • Anousheh Ansari

    Anousheh Ansari

    CEO, XPRIZE Foundation. Astronaut.

    Bio
  • Stacey Chang

    Stacey Chang

    Designer / Advisor of Complex Health Systems

    Bio
  • Jane Metcalfe

    Jane Metcalfe

    Founder, Neo.Life. Co-founder, WIRED. Board Chair, The Human Immunome Project

    Bio
  • David Fajgenbaum

    David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA

    Professor, Associate Director,University of Pennsylvania's Orphan Disease Center

    Bio
  • Salim Ismail

    Salim Ismail

    Founder, ExO Works. Author, Exponential Organizations

    Bio
  • Divya Chander

    Divya Chander MD, PhD

    Anesthesiologist, Neuroscientist, Consciousness Researcher

    Bio
  • Kevin Sneed

    Kevin Sneed, Pharm D

    Senior Associate VP, USF Health Dean, USF College of Pharmacy

    Bio
  • Seema Kumar

    Seema Kumar

    CEO, Cure

    Bio
  • Alex Jadad

    Alex Jadad, MD

    Physician, innovator, entrepreneur, and philosopher. Professor & Founder, Centre for Digital Therapeutics, University of Toronto

    Bio
  • Leerom Segal

    Leerom Segal

    Co-founder and Chairman Klick Health

    Bio
  • Brennan Spiegel

    Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS

    Professor of Medicine & Director of Cedars-Sinai's Health Services Research. Pioneer in Medical Virtual Reality

    Bio
  • Dave Albert

    Dave Albert MD

    Founder, AliveCor. Physician, Scientist, Inventor, Entrepreneur.

    Bio
  • Nora LaTorre

    Nora LaTorre

    CEO, Eat REAL

    Bio
  • Robert Masson

    Robert Masson, MD

    CEO & Founder, eXpanded eXistence | Sports Spine Microneurosurgeon, Masson Spine Institute

    Bio
  • Jamie Metzl

    Jamie Metzl

    Founder & Chair OneShared.World, Technology & Healthcare Futurist

    Bio
  • Mariya Filipova

    Mariya Filipova, MBA

    Chief Innovation Officer, CareQuest Innovation Partners

    Bio
  • Jordan Shlain

    Jordan Shlain, MD

    Founder, Private Medical

    Bio
  • Andrew Hessel

    Andrew Hessel

    Chairman & Co-founder, Genome Project-write (GP-write), Author, “The Genesis Machine”

    Bio
  • Hans Keirstead

    Hans Keirstead, PhD

    Stem cell pioneer, Founder & CEO, Immunis Biomedica

    Bio
  • Parisa Vatanka

    Parisa Vatanka, PharmD

    CEO, Digital Health, Former Senior Director at American Pharmacists Champion for Digital Health Integration

    Bio
  • Jack Kreindler, MD

    Jack Kreindler, MD

    Physician, Researcher, Entrepreneur. Co-Founder at Certific.co; Honorary Research Fellow, Imperial College

    Bio
  • Ramesh Raskar

    Ramesh Raskar, PhD

    Professor, MIT Media Lab. Founder, & Chairman, PathCheck Foundation

    Bio
  • Stefano Bini

    Stefano Bini MD

    Professor of Orthopedics, UCSF. Founder, Digital Orthopedics Conference (DOCSF)

    Bio
  • Paul Grand

    Paul Grand

    Founder & CEO, MedTech Innovator

    Bio
  • Annamarie Saarinen

    Annamarie Saarinen

    Co-founder | CEO | 3x Mom. Bloom Standard | Newborn Foundation

    Bio
  • John Mattison, MD

    John Mattison, MD

    Former CMIO & Asst Medical Director, Kaiser Permanente, Arsenal Capital

    Bio
  • Ralph Simon

    Ralph Simon, FRSA

    Founder & Chief Executive, Mobilium Global

    Bio
  • Rafael Grossmann

    Rafael Grossmann, MD, FACS

    Surgeon, Educator, Healthcare Futurist

    Bio
  • Suraj Kapa

    Suraj Kapa, MD

    Mayo Clinic, AI & Electrophysiology. Chief Medical Officer, TripleBlind

    Bio
  • Robert Strong

    Robert Strong

    Magician

    Bio
  • Niamh O'Hara

    Niamh O'Hara PhD

    Co-founder & CEO, Biotia

    Bio
  • Raj Attariwala

    Raj Attariwala MD PhD

    Radiologist. Co-Founder, Prenuvo

    Bio
  • Belen Fraile

    Belen Fraile, MD MSc

    Global Head Digital Medicine, Data & Digital Officer, Moderna

    Bio
  • Geoff Rutledge

    Geoff Rutledge, MD PhD

    Chief Medical Officer & Co-founder, HealthTap

    Bio
  • Dave Zaboski

    Dave Zaboski

    Artist extraordinaire. Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer of Laetro.com. Former Senior Animator at Disney

    Bio
  • David Bolinsky

    David Bolinsky

    Pioneering Medical Animator, CEO & Creative Director at E.mersion Studios

    Bio
  • Ali Hashemi

    Ali Hashemi, MD

    Co-founder and Chairman, GluCare Health

    Bio
  • Gautam Gulati

    Gautam Gulati MD

    Founder, WellPlayed Health and The Well Home

    Bio
  • Andrea Kates

    Andrea Kates

    Partner, SUMA Ventures

    Bio
  • Ryan Douglas

    Ryan Douglas

    Co-founder and CEO. DeepWell DTx

    Bio
  • Chris Wigley

    Chris Wigley

    CEO of Genomics England

    Bio
  • Ardy Arianpour

    Ardy Arianpour

    Founder & CEO, Seqster

    Bio
  • Tamen Jadad-Garcia

    Tamen Jadad-Garcia

    Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Vivenxia

    Bio
  • Robert Gabbey

    Robert Gabbey, MD

    Chief Medical Officer, American Diabetes Association

    Bio
  • Frank Fitzpatrick

    Frank Fitzpatrick

    Amplified Future, Head of Health & Happiness; Author, Grammy-Nominated Writer/Producer

    Bio
  • Joyce de Ruiter

    Joyce de Ruiter

    Rare Disease Patient. Agility and resilience agent

    Bio
  • Guido Giunti

    Guido Giunti MD PhD

    Director, Centre for Health & Technology, Oulu. Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow, Trinity College Dublin

    Bio
  • Boris Kheyn-Kheyfets

    Boris Kheyn-Kheyfets

    Digital Health Strategist, Deloitte

    Bio
  • Alfred Whitehead

    EVP Applied Sciences at Klick Consulting and Klick Labs

    Bio
  • Herko Coomans

    Digital health enthusiast, global interoperability advocate, HIMSS #Future50 Govt Leader. NL Rep. in EU eHealth Network, SNOMED GA, GDHP. Working hard to bring health data to your fingertips

    Bio
  • Emilian Popa

    Co-Founder & CEO, ILARA Health (KENYA)

    Bio
  • Lee Sanders

    Chair of general pediatrics, Stanford Medical School

    Bio
  • Lydia Alexander

    Chief Medical Officer, ENARA HEALTH

    Bio
  • Swami Ananda

    Swami Ananda

    Meditation Teacher

    Bio
  • David Ewing Duncan

    Journalist, Broadcaster, Author, Researcher, and Advisor

    Bio
  • Cori Lathan, PhD

    Cori Lathan, PhD

    Neuroscientist, technology pioneer, and social advocate. Co-founder, AnthroTronix

    Bio
  • Jim Harris

    Jim Harris

    International Bestselling Author on Disruption & Digital Evangelist

    Bio
  • Ahmer Inam

    Chief Data & AI Officer, Relanto.ai

    Bio
  • James Duez

    CEO, Rainbird Technologies Official Member, Forbes Technology Council

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