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🔹 Health AI Summit (HAI)
🔹 AI Spring Research Workshop (DSI)
These summits bring together experts, researchers, and industry leaders to explore groundbreaking advancements. The program features insightful talks, expert-led sessions, and interactive discussions, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange. Stay tuned for the full agenda and event updates.
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The Future of AI in Healthcare – From Innovation to Implementation
Reducing Clinician Cognitive Burden
Reducing Clinician Cognitive Burden
MD, MedTech, Greater MSP Partnership
M.D, Ex-Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, Medtronic
Reducing Clinician Cognitive Burden
Ethical & Responsible AI in Healthcare: Navigating Bias, Transparency & Trust
MD, MPH, Physician Chair, System Oversight Committee, Mayo Clinic
Reducing Clinician Cognitive Burden
MD, PhD, Chief Analytics & Care Innovation Officer, Fairview Health Services
MD, MSEd, MHA, FHM, Adjunct Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of Minnesota
Reducing Clinician Cognitive Burden
The Future of AI in Healthcare – From Innovation to Implementation
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Meet fellow attendees over breakfast and connect with AI innovators, healthcare leaders, and policymakers.
The Future of AI in Healthcare – From Innovation to Implementation
Acting Assistant Secretary, ASTP, HHS
The Future of AI in Healthcare – From Innovation to Implementation
Senior AI Policy Analysis, Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
Reducing Clinician Cognitive Burden
Minnesota House of Representatives
Commissioner and Chief Information Officer, State of Minnesota, Minnesota IT Services
Reducing Clinician Cognitive Burden
President, Regions Hospital & Regions Foundation
Reducing Clinician Cognitive Burden
Reducing Clinician Cognitive Burden
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Advancing healthcare through innovative AI solutions, collaboration, and transformative research initiatives.
Bill Gassen is president and CEO of Sanford Health, an $11 billion integrated health system serving communities primarily across the upper Midwest.
Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Sanford Health is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland.
Since taking on the role of president and CEO in 2020, Bill has been dedicated to strengthening quality, sustainability, and access to care for patients across the upper Midwest. In 2022, he announced that Sanford Health’s strategic position and aspirational goal is to be the premier rural health system in the United States, with a commitment to ensuring the quality of care a person receives is not limited by their zip code.
Sanford Health’s mission to provide world-class care close to home led to new partnerships with Black Hills Orthopedic and Spine Center and Black Hills Surgical Hospital in 2024, and Marshfield Clinic Health System and Security Health Plan in 2025. Through these strategic partnerships, Sanford Health is improving access to care for more patients than ever before and providing new opportunities for its providers to accelerate clinical innovation and research through nearly 1,500 active clinical trials and studies.
In 2024, Bill led Sanford Health through a historic transformation with the opening of the new Sanford Health Virtual Care Center in Sioux Falls, SD. The Virtual Care Center is part of Sanford’s $350 million virtual care initiative designed to reimagine the future of care delivery and train the next generation of clinicians.
Sanford Health serves 2.4 million patients and nearly 425,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The integrated nonprofit health system includes 56 hospitals, more than 288 clinic locations, 147 senior care communities, and 4,000 physicians and advanced practice providers.
In 2022, 2023, and 2024, Bill was recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare. This prestigious recognition honors individuals deemed by their peers and the senior editors of Modern Healthcare to be the most influential figures in the industry in terms of leadership and impact.
Bill is a former litigator and a current member of the State Bar of South Dakota. He holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a law degree, both from the University of South Dakota. Over his twelve-year tenure at Sanford Health, he has served in several leadership roles including chief administrative officer, corporate counsel, and chief human resources officer.
He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association, the Board of Directors for Oscar Health, Inc. (NYSE: OSCR), the Board of Directors for Medical Alley, and the Board of Directors for the Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce. Bill also serves as chair of the Coalition to Strengthen America’s Healthcare.
Bill comes from a family dedicated to public service. His mother spent four decades as a hospital nurse, and his father served in the Air Force. Bill was born on a military base in Little Rock, Arkansas, and spent most of his childhood in Rapid City, South Dakota. His father played a key role in the development of Feeding South Dakota, the state’s largest charitable hunger-relief organization, and served as its CEO for more than 20 years.
Bill and his wife, Jill, a physician’s assistant for the Veterans Administration, have five children and reside in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Ikram Khan is a distinguished healthcare professional with over a decade of experience in pioneering innovative healthcare business models across various sectors, including corporate, government, non-profit, and startup environments. His mission has been to create inclusive, accessible, compassionate, and affordable healthcare solutions for underserved communities, positively impacting over 20 million rural and tribal populations globally.
Ikram is the co-founder of the Phaedon Institute, a Scientific Society for Longevity Science, dedicated to supporting and enabling effective and sustainable growth in the field of aging and longevity sciences. As the founder of Medaxis Healthcare, a rural integrated healthcare delivery system incubated at Y-Combinator, Ikram demonstrated his entrepreneurial vision and leadership. He also served as the CEO of the Rural Health Care Foundation, India’s largest rural healthcare network, providing essential services to over two million rural patients. His expertise has been sought by leading global organizations such as the United Nations, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
A sought-after speaker at national and international conferences, Ikram has shared his expertise at numerous universities. He holds an MPH from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, and a Bachelor’s in Physical Therapy from Jamia Hamdard University. He has also received specialized training in Public-Private Partnerships from The World Bank Institute in Washington, DC, and Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.
Recently, Ikram completed his MBA from the Carlson School of Management, UMN and is currently pursuing a PhD in Health AI, focusing on precision and personalized medicine, at the School of Medicine, UMN. In addition, he serves as an advisor to several startups and non-profits in the healthcare sector, with a focus on leveraging technology to improve equity and outcomes.
Dr. Sanjay Doddamani is the Founder and CEO of Guidehealth, a Company that is leading the productivity revolution in AI-enabled health services and value-based care. As founder, Doddamani has handpicked a team of nationally acclaimed technology and healthcare leaders that are fully elevating the company to top-tier recognition supporting over half million lives across in four states across all payor types, with leading health system and clinically integrated network partners. Guidehealth received number one ranking for value-based managed services by KLAS Research in 2024.
Dr Doddamani has spent over two decades in healthcare innovation in various entrepreneurial and clinical leadership roles in both start-up and at large integrated care delivery organizations. He has previously served in the federal government as senior advisor at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) – working within the front office to lead development of alternate payment models that test and measure value-based payment innovation. Clinically, he has pioneered multidisciplinary home-based care, and was chief medical officer of Geisinger at Home, integrating primary and specialty care as well as well as community-based heart failure programs.
Dr. Doddamani is a clinical cardiologist and board certified in internal medicine and cardiology. He continues to serve on several panels and advisory committees that address many of the healthcare challenges facing our nation.
Khurram S. Mir, MS, CHCIO, CDH-E, is a nationally recognized leader in healthcare innovation, corporate venture capital, and digital transformation. As Managing Director of UCI Health Ventures and Director of Corporate Innovation at UCI Health, Khurram oversees a $50 million venture fund investing in emerging life sciences, digital health, and medical technology startups. Under his leadership, the fund has built a portfolio spanning AI-powered clinical solutions, robotics-driven diagnostics, and next-generation medical devices.
Khurram leads UCI Health’s enterprise-wide innovation and AI strategy, advocating for systemic workflow redesign and digital adoption at scale. His work has included launching hospital-at-home models, advancing ambient AI clinical documentation, and driving new governance models for safe AI deployment in healthcare settings. Earlier in his career, Khurram contributed to national health equity initiatives at the Office of Minority Health and Baylor College of Medicine, experiences that continue to shape his commitment to technologies that expand access, quality, and outcomes. He actively advises emerging healthcare startups, mentors founders through accelerator programs, and co-developed the Venture Capital Immersion Program in partnership with the UCI School of Medicine and Merage School of Business. Khurram holds a Master’s in Biomedical Informatics, a Bachelor’s in Public Health, and an Executive Education in Venture Capital from UC Berkeley. He is a certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) and Digital Health Executive (CDH-E) through CHIME.
Jaideep Srivastava is a Professor in the Computer Science & Engineering department at the University of Minnesota. He directs a laboratory focusing on research in AI for Healthcare and Computational Social Science. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), has been an IEEE Distinguished Visitor, a Distinguished Fellow of Allina’s Center for Healthcare Innovation, and has been awarded the Distinguished Research Contributions Award of the PAKDD, for his lifetime contributions to the field of machine learning and data mining.
He has authored over 450 papers in journals and conferences, and been awarded 6 patents. Seven of his papers have won best paper awards. His research has been funded by various US federal agencies, as well as the industry. He has held advisory positions with the State of Minnesota, and is advisor to the UID project of the Government of India, whose goal is to provide biometrics-based identification to the 1.40+ billion citizens of India. He has significant industry and entrepreneurial experience, having advised over a dozen large corporations and multiple startups. He has been on the founding teams of three startups, with experience in raising capital, product building, and acquisition. He received his bachelors from IIT-Kanpur, and his MS and PhD from UC Berkeley, all in computer science.
Dr. Williamson is Professor of Radiology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is the Enterprise Radiology Informatics Chair at Mayo Clinic and directs the Radiology AI Program. Dr. Williamson received his BA degree from Baylor University and obtained his MD from Mayo Medical School. He completed his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Mayo Clinic Rochester and then completed a fellowship in Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging at Stanford University in Palo Alto California.
Dr. Williamson has a subspecialty interest in cardiac and vascular CT with an emphasis on structural heart disease. He formerly served as Division Chair of Cardiovascular Radiology and Medical Director of CT Operations at Mayo Clinic, and he is a past president of the Society of Cardiovascular CT. He lectures nationally and internationally on functional cardiac imaging and contrast media and is a co-editor of two textbooks, the Mayo Clinic Guide to Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Computed Tomography of the Cardiovascular System.
Dr. Williamson currently serves as the Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Mayo Clinic. He is past Chair of Enterprise Radiology Informatics, and he previously led the Enterprise Radiology AI Program. Dr. Williamson is medical director of the ANIMATE program at Mayo, which is focused on translation of multispecialty artificial intelligence tools into clinical practice.
Dr. Katra is the Global Chief Artificial Intelligence (AI) Officer and a Technical Fellow at Medtronic. He is an innovative and strategic leader focused on engineering the future of medical technologies and leads the enterprise AI Center of Excellence. With more than 25 years of engineering expertise, he specializes in leading large complex, global R&D programs, managing cross-functional teams, strategic management, competitive analysis, and positioning. He works with world-class teams globally, leveraging AI/ML, DSP, predictive analytics, and technology platforms to advance a new era of personalized and precision healthcare. Dr. Katra holds a doctorate in biomedical engineering and an MBA. He is internationally recognized as a thought leader and innovator and is co-inventor on 100+ patents granted, published, or pending. He is the author of numerous MedTech peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and reports.
Deepti Pandita MD is the VP of Informatics and Chief Medical Information officer at University of California Irvine Health, and Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at UCI.
Dr. Pandita is a Board member of the American Medical Informatics Association and immediate past Chair of the Medical Informatics Committee for the American college of Physicians and Chair for HIMSS Physician Informatics. She also is a member for the Physician Advisory Board for Epic. She leads AI governance for UCI and has implemented several solutions to drive Clinician proficiency using AI .Her organization is a founding member for CHAI (coalition for health AI) which is the largest public-private entity leading health AI landscape in the US.
Deepti has a passion for using innovation and technology to improve care delivery for the underserved and marginalized populations and participates in health disparities research more specifically on bridging digital disparities and has published on this topic. She most recently coauthored the position paper from the American college of Physicians on AI in the provision of healthcare. She was named as “top 50 CMIO’s to know” by Beckers in 2025.
Dr. Jared Pelo is an Emergency Medicine physician, entrepreneur, and innovator who has played a pivotal role in shaping ambient AI technology in healthcare. As the founder of iScribes, one of the first ambient AI companies, Jared pioneered AI-driven documentation, transforming clinical workflows and paving the way for the adoption of ambient intelligence in medicine. Following the acquisition of iScribes by Nuance Communications, Jared participated in critical innovations within Nuance, including the development and market introduction of the Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX). Now at Microsoft, Jared continues his work, instrumental in bringing Dragon Co-Pilot to market, pushing the boundaries of AI-driven healthcare solutions. Jared’s ongoing mission is to leverage technology to reduce clinician burnout, enhance patient engagement, and significantly advance healthcare delivery.
Karyn Baum is a physician executive and educator with over 25 years of experience leading transformation in healthcare systems, academic medicine, and digital health. She is the Founder and Principal of Improvement Solutions, LLC, where she advises and speaks at health systems, those supporting healthcare, and technology firms on change management, clinical operations, and responsible integration of digital health into education and care delivery.
Dr. Baum has served in executive leadership roles at Essentia Health and M Health Fairview, where she led system-wide innovations including implementation of clinical operations platforms and value-based care initiatives. A recognized national speaker and published researcher, she brings deep expertise in quality improvement, physician leadership, and health system operations, paired with a unique background in medical education.
Dr. Baum currently practices as a hospitalist and serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota in both Medicine and Public Health. She is passionate about guiding healthcare organizations and digital health innovators to realize AI’s potential while centering on equity, safety, and the human experience of care.
She earned her MD from the University of Michigan, Masters in Education from the University of Southern California, and MHA from the University of Minnesota.
Steve Posnack serves as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy. In this role, he advises the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, leads the execution of ASTP’s mission, and represents its interests at a national and international level. In conjunction with the Assistant Secretary, Steve oversees federal policy coordination, regulatory development, public-private initiatives.
An accomplished corporate executive, entrepreneur and a distinguished public servant, Gopal Khanna is a serial transformational change agent. His experience, expertise and passion centers at the intersection of healthcare, artificial intelligence, and government. He has held senior executive positions in industry, launched startup ventures and consulted with industry and political leaders
Additionally, Mr. Khanna has held senior public policy positions and has served in the administration of two governors and two presidents. Most recently, Mr. Khanna served as the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) at HHS from May 2017 through January 2021 in the administration of President Donald J. Trump, where he led the Agency’s mission of producing evidence to make delivery of healthcare safer, higher quality and more accessible to the American people.
Prior to his leadership position at AHRQ, Mr. Khanna was director of Illinois’ Healthcare and Human Services Innovation Incubator (HHSi2), an initiative of Governor Bruce Rauner. Earlier, Mr. Khanna was a member of Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty’s Cabinet, Commissioner and the State’s first chief information officer (CIO). Prior to that, he served in the administration of President George W. Bush in a number of senior policy and executive positions, including CFO and CIO of the United States Peace Corps, and CFO of the Executive Office of the President at the White House.
As a Board and CXO-advisor, Mr. Khanna has helped leaders in business, technology, government and nonprofits to pivot to scale value for customers and stakeholders. A former corporate executive he has also launched Hi-Tech startup ventures from his basement.
Mr. Khanna is Executive-in-Residence at the Medical Industry Leadership Institute at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. He is founder of Health AI Institute and is working with leaders in the industry and academia to stand up a nonpolitical, nonpartisan 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization that provides a platform for industry leaders to deliberate, design and develop solutions to help further continued excellence of Minnesota’s healthcare & life sciences ecosystem.
Mr. Khanna has served on several industry, non-profit and community work groups and boards, and has been recognized nationally for his innovative and transformational work in government and industry in publications. He was listed by Twin Cities Business as “200 Minnesotans You Should Know” and was cited as a “Doer, Dreamer, and Driver” in Government Technology‘s listing of Top 25 public sector innovators.
Tarek Tomes serves as the Commissioner of Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) and the State of Minnesota’s Chief Information Officer (CIO), leading state efforts to champion an innovative digital government that works for all.
As the state’s top technologist, Tomes collaborates with state government, local governments, and the private sector to advocate for the use of technology for the betterment of Minnesotans. He strives to foster innovation, promote data-driven decision-making, and deliver government services that are agile, accessible, and user-friendly.
With a focus on modernizing technology, Tomes has played a pivotal role in transforming crucial government services, including those related to driver and vehicle services. Amid the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, his efforts facilitated a seamless transition to a remote workforce, benefiting over 35,000 executive branch workers.
Recognized as a leader in data-driven decision-making, Tomes contributes to Minnesota’s national prominence in this field. The state’s commitment to digital excellence was evident in achieving an ‘A’ grade from the Center for Digital Government, positioning Minnesota among the top five nationally. Serving as a key driver of the One Minnesota Customer Experience goal, he has effectively utilized digital services to enhance and streamline interactions between Minnesotans and government services, ensuring a user-friendly and efficient experience for all.
Before becoming Commissioner, Tomes served as the Chief Innovation Officer and former Chief Information Officer at the City of St. Paul, where he was responsible for managing ongoing process improvements, supporting human-centered design, and increasing the overall effectiveness of city services and resources. While in St. Paul, Tomes facilitated a digital transformation at the city level, pioneering the use of mobile applications to improve resident opportunities. This work allowed the city to leverage deep data insights while promoting and supporting equitable service delivery. During his time as St. Paul’s Chief Information Officer, Tomes oversaw the launch of St. Paul’s Open Information Portal, which serves to promote and encourage innovative uses of data and transparency in government services.
Tomes’ prior work experience also includes six years as an Assistant Commissioner of Minnesota IT Services, where he created several nation-leading Information Technology sourcing agreements for 33,000+ user utility services statewide – including the first cloud-based public sector statewide service offering in the nation. While Tomes was serving in this role, Minnesota became the first state in the country to manage all Information Technology through service level agreements, a model that was recognized with a national award. Before joining state service, Tomes spent 13 years working for British Telecom.
Tomes received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and attended Graduate School for Business Management at Boston University.
Steve Elkins is in his 4th term in the Minnesota House of Representatives and serves on the Health, Commerce, Tax, Fraud Prevention and Data Practices committees and is actively involved in developing both healthcare and technology legislation. An economist by Education (BA University of California, Berkeley) and an information architect by vocation, Steve spent the last ten years of his private sector career in health care informatics, the last seven of which were spent as an Enterprise Information Architect at Optum Technology supporting Optum Health, the healthcare services delivery arm of United Health Group. Steve is an active member of the Minnesota Chapter of the Health Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS). He is an unofficial participant in the State’s Technical Advisory Commission and its data sharing and artificial intelligence subcommittees, and a member of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Working Group on Cybersecurity, Data Privacy and Artificial Intelligence. Steve won the Minnesota Technology Association’s 2004 TEKNE award for Public Service for his work authoring and passing the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act.
Ashish Atreja, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., A.G.A.F., is a professor, entrepreneur and an investor who is the nation’s leading voice in evidence-based digital health and AI-led transformation. He has served as CIO and Chief Digital Health Officer at UC Davis Health that expanded the institution’s digital and AI footprint, transformed healthcare delivery and improved patient outcomes. Within two years of his arrival, UC Davis Health became the only health system in California to be digital health most wired level 10 for both inpatient and ambulatory care.
Prior to his UC Davis Health appointment, Atreja, an internist and gastroenterologist, served as the chief innovation officer, Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System. At Mount Sinai, Atreja established one of the first innovation hubs within an academic medical center to build and test disruptive digital health technologies – those that transform the industry. His pioneering work in digital therapeutics, including prescribing mobile health apps for patients, has earned him the nickname ‘the app doctor ‘.
Previously, Atreja was at the Cleveland Clinic, where he was Associate Program Director for Informatics Fellowship, led electronic health record implementation, and won an innovation award for developing one of the first virtual pager and messaging applications that was successfully licensed.
In 2016, Atreja established the non-profit Network of Digital Medicine (NODE.Health) Association to connect innovation centers worldwide and share best practices for evidence-based digital medicine between industry, payers and health systems. As an intrapreneur, Atreja has won innovation awards at Cleveland Clinic and Mount Sinai, holds two patents (including one for creating app formulary prescribed from EHR), successfully licensed technologies from academic centers, and served as a founding CEO for a VC-backed digital health spinout that got acquired last year.
In 2023, Dr Atreja launched VALIDAI.Health: A collective of 50+ Health systems and health plans with tech partners to build capacity among healthcare organizations to co-validate, execute, and create value from Generative AI in Health. He is currently focused on incubating AI ventures through venture studio.
In addition to a medical degree, Atreja holds a master’s in public health and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American Gastroenterological Association. He has served in many national roles, including as an informatics expert for the CDC HICPAC committee, as an associate editor for the Journal of Digital Biomarkers, as an executive board member for ONC and HL7 FHIR at Scale (FAST) accelerator, and representing UCs on the California-wide Data Exchange Advisory Committee.
He has been nominated among the Top 40 HealthCare Transformers in 2017, HIMSS Top 50 Healthcare in 2021 and Health Tech Magazine Top 30 Health IT influencers in 2022. Atreja has published more than 100 academic papers, has been continuously funded by NIH since 2014, and has been a keynote speaker globally on digital health transformation.
Dr. Ryan Jelinek is a dedicated Internal Medicine physician and a board-certified Clinical Informatician, currently serving as the Chief Health Information Officer (CHIO) at Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis, MN. He earned his medical degree from the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine and subsequently completed both his Internal Medicine residency and a Fellowship in Clinical Informatics at Hennepin Healthcare.
In his role as CHIO, Dr. Jelinek leads the organization’s informatics strategy, driving innovation and ensuring that technology enhances clinical care delivery. He continues to practice as an Internist across the hospital and clinics at Hennepin Healthcare, integrating his clinical expertise with his passion for informatics. He also serves as the Program Director for the Clinical Informatics Fellowship.
His professional interests focus on designing equitable virtual care systems, exploring the impact of virtual care on vulnerable populations, and advancing self-service analytics, artificial intelligence in healthcare, and electronic health record (EHR) optimization. Dr. Jelinek is committed to transforming healthcare delivery through technology and innovation, always striving to improve patient care and access.
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