From May 5-9, during NYC Health Innovation Week 2025 (NYCHIW), we witnessed a truly historic moment in digital health. With a total of 29 different events including the HITLAB Spring 2025 Summit. New York City Health Innovation Week brought together a dynamic mix of top healthcare innovators, professionals, startups, academics, investors, and policy leaders for three unforgettable days of connection, collaboration, and cutting-edge dialogue.

With nearly 70 speakers and over 250 attendees including representatives from more than a dozen of the top 150 healthcare organizations, this year’s Spring Summit was our largest and most impactful event to date. The energy was electric, the ideas were groundbreaking, and the partnerships sparked are already setting the tone for the future of health innovation.

We were honored to hear from William Taranto, President of Merck Global Health Innovation, the presenting sponsor of NYC Health Innovation Week. Visionary voices such as Esther Dyson, Founder of Wellville, shared the stage with key thought leaders from Pfizer, Aetna, a CVS Health Company), Roche, Takeda, AstraZeneca, Gilead Sciences, FFF Enterprises, Information Mediary Corp. (IMC), FINN Partners and many others. We also welcomed top medical institutions like NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia & Cornell, NYU Langone Health, and global tech giants including Microsoft, Amazon, and CVS Health.

The event was chaired by Lata Setty, Founding Investor, How Women Invest, Amy West, Principal Director, Advisory Services & Chair, Women’s Health Tech Initiative, HITLAB, Susan Solinsky, Strategic Operating Partner, Kayne Anderson and Composition Capital, Dr. Jason Lazar, Executive Vice Dean, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, and Lee Washington, Senior Medical Director, National Accounts, Aetna, a CVS Health Company

The Spring Summit wasn’t just a conference—it was a catalyst for progress. It demonstrated what’s possible when brilliant minds come together with a shared commitment to improving lives through digital health transformation.

This is just the beginning. Stay tuned for HITLAB Fall Summit 2025 we can’t wait to build on this momentum.