Forum Past Presenters

Edward Abrahams, Ph.D.

President

Personalized Medicine Coalition

Anna Abram

Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Planning, Legislation and Analysis

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Samuel Achilefu, Ph.D.

Michel M. Ter-Pogossian Professor of Radiology

Washington University, St. Louis

Lisa Alderson

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Genome Medical

Rick Altinger

Chief Executive Officer

Glooko

Lauren Ambrogio

Chief Operating Officer

AOBiome

Bonnie H. Anderson

President and Chief Executive Officer

Veracyte

Katherin Baicker

Professor, Health Economics and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management

Harvard School of Public Health

Dawn Barry

President and Co-Founder

Luna DNA

Nir Barzilai, M.D.

Director, Institute for Aging Research

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Jean-François Beaulé

Executive Vice President, Health Plan Design and Innovation

United Health Group

David Beier, J.D.

Managing Director

Bay City Capital

Morris Birnbaum, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

Optum Labs

Paul A. Bleicher, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

Optum Labs

Stephen Bloch, M.D.

General Partner

Canaan

Ken Blount, Ph.D.

Head of External Research

Rebiotix

Mark Blumenkranz, M.D., MMS

H.J. Smead Professor Emeritus, Department of Ophthalmology

Stanford University

William Bonfield, M.D., M.P.H.

Chief Medical Officer

Optum Behavioral Solutions

Ronald Borod

Founder and Principal

Ram Island Strategies LLC

David Botstein, Ph.D.

Chief Scientific Officer

Calico

Peter Bowers, M.D.

Senior Clinical Officer, Regional Vice President

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut

Andrea Branch, Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Simon Budman, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

Inflexxion

Siobhan Bulfin, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

Melon Health

Randy Burkholder

Vice President of Policy and Research

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

Robert Califf, M.D., MACC

Commissioner of Food and Drugs

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Lynda Chin, M.D.

Associate Vice Chancellor for Healthcare Transformation

The University of Texas System

Mun Y. Choi, Ph.D.

Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

University of Connecticut

Christopher Coburn

Chief Innovation Officer

Partner HealthCare System

Nancy Cox, Ph.D.

Professor and Director

Vanderbilt Genetics Institute and Division of Genetic Medicine

William Crown, Ph.D.

Chief Scientific Officer

Optum Labs

Donna Cryer, J.D.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Global Liver Institute

Ora Dar, Ph.D.

Leader, National Infrastructure Platforms for Biotech R&D

Israel Innovation Authority

Tom Daschle

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

The Daschle Group

Tim Davenport

Chief Executive Officer

Consumable Science

Peter DeVault

Vice President, Interoperability

Epic

Nick Dougherty

Managing Director

MassChallenge HealthTech

Geoffrey Duyk, M.D., Ph.D.

Partner and Managing Director

TPG Biotechnology & TPG ART

Anthony Elias, M.D.

Professor, Division of Medical Oncology

University of Colorado, Denver

Anthony Evnin

Partner

Venrock

Sandra Fenwick

President and Chief Executive Officer

Boston Children’s Hospital

Seth Feuerstein, M.D., J.D.

Chief Medical Officer and Chief Innovation Officer

Magellan Healthcare

Jeffrey A. Flaks

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Hartford HealthCare

Patricia Forts

Deputy Chief of Innovation and Strategy

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Richard Foster, Ph.D.

Special Advisor to the President for Healthcare Innovation

Yale University

Marcia Fournier, Ph.D.

Founder and CEO

Bioarray Therapeutics

Mark Friedlander, M.D., MBA

Chief Medical Officer

Aetna Behavioral Health

Matthew Gevaert, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

KIYATEC, Inc.

Jack Gilbert, Ph.D.

Director, Microbiome Center/Professor of Surgery

University of Chicago

C. Alex Goddard, Ph.D.

Vice President, Research and Development

AOBiome

Kate Goodrich, M.D., M.H.S.

Director and CMS Chief Medical Officer

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Oz Griebel

Former President and CEO

MetroHartford Alliance

Paul Grundy, M.D., M.P.H.

Global Director, Healthcare Transformation

IBM

Andrew Hack, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief Financial Officer

Editas Medicine

Jill Hagenkord, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer

23andMe

Jeffrey Hankoff, M.D.

Medical Officer

Cigna

Julian Harris, M.D., M.B.A.

President

CareAllies

Ben Heywood

Co-Founder, President and Chief Privacy Officer

PatientsLikeMe

Katherine High, M.D.

President and Head of Research and Design

Spark Therapeutics, Inc.

Christopher Hocevar

President, Cigna Pharmacy Management and President, Select Segment

Cigna Corporation

Leroy Hood, M.D., Ph.D.

President

Institute for Systems Biology

Jill Hummel

President

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Connecticut

Praduman Jain

Chief Executive Officer

Vibrent Health

George Jepsen

Attorney General

State of Connecticut

Mark Johnson

Senior Vice President, Specialty Pharmacy

Optum, Inc.

Steve Kafka, Ph.D.

President and Chief Operating Officer

Foundation Medicine

David Katz, M.D., M.P.H., FACPM, FACP, FACLM

Founding Director, Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center

Yale University

Charles Kennedy, M.D.

Chief, Population Health Officer

Healthagen, division of Aetna

Oliver Kharraz, M.D.

Chief Operating Officer, Founder

ZocDoc

Ruben Jose King-Shaw, Jr.

Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer

Mansa Capital

Charles Klippel

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Aetna

Martin Kohn, M.D.

Chief Medical Scientist

Sentrian

Ranga Krishnan, M.D.

Senior Vice President

Rush University Medical Center

Neil Kumar, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer and Founder

BridgeBio Pharma

David Ledbetter, Ph.D.

Executive Vice President/Chief Scientific Officer

Geisinger Health System

Thomas B. Leonardi

Insurance Commissioner

State of Connecticut

Bruce Liang, M.D., FACC

Dean

University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Stefan Linn

Senior Vice President, Strategy & Global Product Management

IMS Health

Andrew W. Lo, Ph.D.

Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor

MIT Sloan School of Management

Frederick “Rick” Long

Head, Innovation Center of Excellence, Global Marketing

Cigna

Roger Longman

Chief Executive Officer

Real Endpoints

James Lu, M.D., Ph.D.

Co-Founder and Senior Vice President, Applied Genomics

Helix

John MacPhee

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer

The Jed Foundation

Brendan S. Maher

Associate Professor of Law and Robert D. Paul Scholar

University of Connecticut School of Law

Dan Mandell, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

GRO Biosciences

Lawrence Markson, M.D., MPH

Chief Medical Information Officer and Vice President, Clinical Information Systems

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Michael C. Matteo

Chief Growth Officer

Optum, a United Health Group Company

Wendy Mayer

Vice President, Worldwide Innovation

Pfizer, Inc.

David McCallie, Jr., M.D.

Senior Vice President, Medical Informatics

Cerner

Robert McDonough, M.D., J.D., MPP

Head of Clinical Policy Research and Development

Aetna

Anita McGahan, Ph.D.

Rotman Chair in Management, Professor of Strategic Management

Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Gregory J. Moore, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief Emerging Technology and Informatics Officer and Director, Institute for Advanced Applications

Geisinger Health System

Christopher Murray, M.D., D.Phil.

Director

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Ann Naughton

Director, Pharmacy Management

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

John Niederhuber, M.D.

Executive Vice President

Inova Health System

Henry O’Connell

President, Chief Executive Officer

Canary Speech

S. Jay Olshansky, Ph.D.

Professor, School of Public Health

University of Illinois at Chicago

Clark Otley, M.D.

Consultant, Department of Dermatology and Medical Director, Department of Business Development

Mayo Clinic

Eric Pachman

Founder

46brooklyn Research

Kush Parmar, M.D., Ph.D.

Partner

5AM Ventures

Robert E. Patricelli

Founder, Chairman and CEO

Women’s Health USA

Michael Pellini

Chief Executive Officer

Foundation Medicine

Tomas Philipson, Ph.D.

Daniel Levin Chair in Public Policy

The University of Chicago

Stephen Quake, D.Phil.

Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics, HHMI Investigator

Stanford University

Wayne Rawlins, M.D., MBA

Vice President, Chief Medical Officer

ConnectiCare

Jack Reed

President and Chief Executive Officer

ProHealth Physicians

Mostafa Ronaghi, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Illumina

Eddy Rubin, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief Science Officer

Metabiota

David Sabow

Group Head of Life Sciences, Client Funds and Bank Products

Silicon Valley Bank

Alan Sachs, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief Scientific Officer

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Juan Salazar, M.D., M.P.H.

Physician-in-Chief

Connecticut Children’s Medical Center

Richard Salmon, M.D., Ph.D.

Vice President and National Medical Executive for Performance Measurement and Improvement

Cigna

Aenor Sawyer, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Eric Schadt, Ph.D.

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Sema4

Timothy Shannon, M.D.

General Partner

Canaan

Norman “Ned” Sharpless, M.D.

Director

National Cancer Institute

David Shaywitz, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief Medical Officer

DNAnexus

Michael Sherman, M.D., M.B.A.

Chief Medical Officer, Senior Vice President

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Geoffrey Smith

Founder and Managing Partner

Digitalis Ventures

Catherine Smith

Commissioner

Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development

Michael Snyder

Stanford Ascherman Professor and Chair of Genetics, and Director, Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine

Stanford School of Medicine

C. Todd Staub, M.D., FACP

Senior Vice President, Physician Relations

OptumCare

Glenn Steele, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.

Chairman

xG Health Solutions

Roger Stein, Ph.D.

Research Affiliate

MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering

David Steinberg

Chief Innovation Officer

PureTech Health

Gregory Steinberg, M.D.

Head

Aetna Innovation Lab

Steven Steinhubl, M.D.

Director, Digital Medicine

Scripps Translational Science Institute

Samuel Sternberg, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

Columbia University

Martin Stumpe, Ph.D.

Staff Software Engineer and Technical Lead Manager

Google

Michael Sturmer

Vice President, Consumer Health Engagement

Cigna

Allen Tien, M.D., M.H.S.

Founder, President and Director

Applied Research of Medical Decision Logic

Brad Tritle

President and Chief Executive Officer

Vitaphone e-health solutions

Sean Tunis, M.D.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Center for Medical Technology Policy

Andrew Ury, M.D.

Chief Executive Officer and Founder

ActX

Tim Walsh

Chief of Staff

U.S. Congressman Juan Vargas

Rick Weisblatt, Ph.D.

Chief of Innovation and Strategy

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Brooke Wilson

Head of Worklife Services

Aetna Resources for Living

Frank Witney, Ph.D.

Former President and Chief Executive Officer

Affymetrix, Inc.

Xialoiang Sunney Xie, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Chemistry

Harvard University