NYCHIW 2025: Lessons Learned – Highlights and Breakthroughs

May 29 @ 11am – 2pm ET

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Speakers

Global Lead, Microsoft for Startups

Founder & CEO

Lead Director, Product Strategy and Management

Healthcare Regulatory Associate

Founder & CTO

Partner

Community Health Pediatrician

Associate

President

President & COO

Medical Director, Harborview Medical Center & Associate Professor

Chief Financial Officer

Media Advisor

Principal Director, Advisory Services

Agenda

10:55 AM

Introduction

Stan Kachnowski, Chair, HITLAB

11:00 AM

Driving Breakthroughs in Health Tech: Startup Strategies and Global Insights

Sally Frank, Worldwide Lead – Health & Life Sciences, Microsoft for Startups

11:15 AM

Digital Health HIPAA & Data Rights in the Age of Rapid AI/ML Expansion

Dan Kagan, Associate, DLA Piper
Tracy Weir, Associate, DLA Piper

11:30 AM

Little Patients, Big Impact: A Pediatrician’s Perspective on Modern Child Health

Dr. ElShadey Bekele, Community Health Pediatrician, Children’s National Hospital

11:45 AM

Maternal Health Reimagined: NYCHIW Reflections on Innovation and Equity

Helene Rutledge, President & COO, BirthVue
Roshane Sasson, Founder & CEO, BirthVue

12:00 AM

Evidence of Alternative Funding Strategies in the New Healthcare Economy

Jackie Kapur, Chief Financial Officer, Health2047 Inc.

12:15 PM

Behind the Scenes of NYCHIW with Bill Taranto

Bill Taranto, President, Merck Global Health Innovation
Jim Payne, Media Advisor, Actual Healthcare Solutions
12:30 PM

Navigating Legal Risk in the Age of Healthcare AI

Jefferson Lin, Associate, Fenwick
1:00 PM

Heart of the Matter: Advancing Equitable Cardiovascular Care Through Digital Innovation

Dr. Effie Andrikopoulou, Medical Director, Harborview Medical Center & Associate Professor, University of Washington
1:15 PM

Smarter Health: Leveraging AI for Behavior Change and Public Impact

Brittany Sigler, Lead Director, Product Strategy and Management, CVS
1:30 PM

Improving Ultrasound Clarity and Clinical Confidence

Ilker Hacihaliloglu, Founder and CTO, PONStech
1:55 PM

Closing

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