ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming healthcare, from diagnostics and clinical decision-making to patient care, medical research, and health system management. As these technologies become more deeply embedded in medicine, they raise critical questions about accuracy, equity, ethics, privacy, and the future role of healthcare professionals.
Designed for healthcare professionals, students, policymakers, technologists, and anyone interested in the future of medicine, this conversation will provide insight into how AI may reshape healthcare—and what safeguards are needed to ensure these innovations serve the public good.
WHAT TO EXPECT
🎤 Exclusive Access to a Panel Conversation
☕ Light refreshments
🌍 Networking opportunity with leaders in the field and the International community of Philadelphia
MEET OUR MODERATOR AND PANELISTS
Tina Hu-Rodgers, Shareholder, Life Sciences Industry Group Co-Leader, Buchanan
Tina Hu-Rodgers is Co-Leader of Buchanan’s Life Sciences Industry Team, and a shareholder in the FDA/Biotechnology group. She focuses her practice on legal issues related to the approval, regulation, promotion, sale and reimbursement of drugs, medical devices, biologics, dietary supplements, foods and cannabis-related products. Tina is a thought leader on artificial intelligence and machine learning in the life sciences industry. She has spoken frequently and published several articles on AI/ML in drug discovery and development as well as FDA’s regulation of AI/ML-powered medical devices.
Dr. Bimal Desai, Vice President and Chief Health Informatics Officer at CHOP
Dr. Bimal Desai is Vice President and Chief Health Informatics Officer at CHOP and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. A practicing pediatrician and clinical informaticist, he leads large-scale programs in clinical AI, pediatric telehealth, electronic consults, remote patient monitoring, and clinical decision support – with a focus on improving care quality, advancing research, and reducing clinician burden. He lectures nationally and internationally on the use of health IT to support clinical decision-making and care.
Dr. Luis E. Taveras, PHD, Executive Vice President, Chief Digital and Information Officer at Jefferson
Luis E. Taveras, PhD is a distinguished technology and digital-transformation executive with more than four decades of leadership experience across healthcare, government, and enterprise IT. He currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Digital & Information Officer at Jefferson Health, where he leads system-wide digital strategy, technology modernization, cybersecurity, and data innovation for one of the nation’s largest academic health systems.
Dr. Taveras has held multiple senior leadership roles, including CIO of Lehigh Valley Health Network, Barnabas Health, and the City of Buffalo, where he guided major modernization initiatives and helped shape early smart-city strategies. His work has consistently focused on building high-performing technology organizations, advancing digital health capabilities, and driving enterprise transformation.
He is the author of the Amazon #1 bestseller The 90 Day CIO, and is widely recognized as a thought leader in IT governance, digital strategy, and organizational change. Dr. Taveras holds a Ph.D. in Management and Information Systems and is a frequent speaker, mentor, and advisor on the future of healthcare technology and leadership.
Sylvain Baillet, PhD, FRSC, Director of the Research Center of the CHUM
Dr. Sylvain Baillet, PhD, FRSC, is Director of the Research Centre of the University of Montreal Health Centre (CRCHUM), Director of Research and Innovation at CHUM, and Full Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at University of Montreal. A physicist with an international career in France and the USA, he currently holds the Tier-1 Canada Research Chair in Neural Dynamics of Brain Systems and is internationally recognized for his work in brain imaging, particularly for predictive models and analytical methods enabling the time-resolved mapping of brain activity in health and disease. His research focuses on large-scale neural dynamics and has yielded quantitative electrophysiology methods, open-source software, and data-sharing resources that are widely used in neuroscience research and clinical neurology. He previously served as Associate Dean of Research at McGill’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and has held major leadership roles in the field, including Chair of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping.
Glenn Paul, Vice President, Information Technology
Timothy S. O’Malley, Executive Director, Infrastructure, Cloud & AI, Independence Blue Cross
Timothy O’Malley is Executive Director of Technology Infrastructure & AI at Independence Blue Cross (IBX), bringing more than 10 years of experience in enterprise technology leadership. He leads infrastructure and platform strategy focused on modernization, operational resilience, and alignment of technology investments with business outcomes. He’s also a member of IBX’s executive AI steering committee.
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