Past Forum: 2020
Virtual
Summary
The sixth annual World Medical Innovation Forum took place in the extraordinary environment of a world-wide pandemic that has altered medicine, the delivery of care to patients, and the way we live. This virtual meeting explored the technologies driving the response to the coronavirus, how medicine is being reinvented real time and how the urgency of today will take root in the future. In 18 virtually broadcast sessions, Mass General Brigham’s Harvard faculty, industry experts and leading investors jointly reflect on the technologies and challenges defining this historic era in health care. The World Medical Innovation Forum was established to reaffirm the importance of collaborative innovation—academia, industry and government working together to create solutions to medicine’s great challenges. Our goal is to provide actionable insights for Forum participants. We are grateful to the 60 senior executives, investors, Harvard clinicians and investigators who will share their insights as speakers.
Keynoters
Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD
- Deputy Commissioner, FDA
General Keith Alexander
- Co-CEO, IronNet Cybersecurity
Lindsey Baden, MD
- Director, Clinical Research, Division of Infectious Diseases, BWH
- Associate Professor, HMS
Stéphane Bancel
- CEO, Moderna
Paul Biddinger, MD
- Chief Preparedness and Continuity Officer, Mass General Brigham
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, HMS
Giles Boland, MD
- Chair, Department of Radiology, BH
- Philip H. Cook Professor of Radiology, HMS
Albert Bourla, PhD
- CEO, Pfizer Inc.
Troyen Brennan, MD
- EVP and CMO, CVS Health
James Brink, MD
- Chief, Department of Radiology, MGH
- Juan M. Taveras Professor of Radiology, HMS
David Brown, MD
- President, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Executive Vice President, Mass General Brigham
Marc Casper
- CEO, ThermoFisher
Karen DeSalvo, MD
- Chief Health Officer, Google Health
Michael Devoy, MD
- EVP MA&PV and Bayer CMO, Bayer AG
Keith Dreyer, DO, PhD
- Chief Data Science Officer, PHS
- Vice Chairman, Radiology, MGH
- Associate Professor, Radiology, HMS
Alistair Erskine, MD
- Chief Digital Health Officer, PHS
Timothy Ferris, MD
- CEO, MGPO
- Professor of Medicine, HMS
John Fish
- Chairman & CEO, Suffolk
- Chair, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Jean-François Formela, MD
- Partner, Atlas Venture
Jan Garfinkle
- Founder & Manager Partner, Arboretum Ventures
Jeffrey Golden, MD
- Chair of Dept. of Pathology, BH
- Ramzi S. Cotran Professor of Pathology, HMS
Anne Heatherington, PhD
- SVP, Head of Data Sciences Institute, Takeda
Patricia Hurter, PhD
- CEO, Lyndra Therapeutics
Hadine Joffe, MD
- Executive Director, Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology, BH
- Paula A. Johnson Professor, Women’s Health, HMS
Anjali Kataria
- CEO, Mytonomy
Roger Kitterman
- VP, Mass General Brigham Ventures
Anne Klibanski, MD
- President & CEO, Mass General Brigham
- Laurie Carrol Guthart Professor of Medicine, HMS
Rachel Kohler
- CEO, NowPow
Jonathan Kraft
- President, The Kraft Group
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees, MGH
Daniel Kuritzkes, MD
- Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, BWH
- Harriet Ryan Albee Professor of Medicine, HMS
Adam Landman, MD
- VP, Chief Information and Digital Innovation Officer, BH
- Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, HMS
Nick Leschly
- CEO, 2seventy bio
David Louis, MD
- Pathologist-in-Chief, MGH
- Benjamin Castleman Professor of Pathology, HMS
Mike Mahoney
- CEO, Boston Scientific
Peter Markell
- EVP, Administration and Finance, CFO and Treasurer, PHS
Gregg Meyer, MD
- Chief Clinical Officer, PHS
- Professor of Medicine, HMS
- 2020 Forum Co-Chair, WMIF
Joerg Moeller, MD, PhD
- EVP, Head, Pharmaceuticals Research and Development, Bayer AG
Bernd Montag, PhD
- CEO, Siemens Healthineers
Kieran Murphy
- CEO, GE Healthcare
Betsy Nabel, MD
- President, Brigham Health
- Professor of Medicine, HMS
Marcus Osborne
- VP, Walmart Health
Alice Park
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Amir Dan Rubin
- CEO, One Medical
Lee Schwamm, MD
- Director, Center for TeleHealth and Exec Vice Chair, Neurology, MGH
- Professor, Neurology, HMS
Thomas Sequist, MD
- Chief Patient Experience and Equity Officer, PHS
- Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy, HMS
Erica Shenoy, MD, PhD
- Associate Chief, Infection Control Unit, MGH
- Associate Professor of Medicine, HMS
Jagmeet Singh, MD, PhD
- Associate Chief, Cardiology Division, MGH; Professor of Medicine, HMS
Peter Slavin, MD
- President, MGH
- Professor, Health Care Policy, HMS
Scott Sperling
- Co-Chief Executive Officer, Thomas H. Lee Partners
- Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mass General Brigham
Dawn Sugarman, PhD
- Assistant Psychologist, Division of Alcohol, Drugs, and Addiction, McLean
- Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, HMS
Ravi Thadhani, MD
- Chief Academic Officer, Mass General Brigham
Christopher Viehbacher
- Managing Partner, Gurnet Point Capital
Michel Vounatsos
- CEO, Biogen
Rochelle Walensky, MD
- Chief, Infectious Disease, MGH
- Professor of Medicine, HMS
James Weinstein, DO
- SVP, Head of Innovation and Health Equity, Microsoft Healthcare
Janet Wu
- Anchor/Reporter, Bloomberg
Krishna Yeshwant, MD
- General Partner, GV
- Instructor in Medicine, BH
Panels
Monday, May 11, 2020
- Introduction: Scott Sperling, Co-President, Thomas H. Lee Partners; Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mass General Brigham
- Anne Klibanski, MD, President & CEO, Mass General Brigham
Care in the Next 18 Months – Routine, Elective, Remote
- Moderator: Gregg Meyer, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Mass General Brigham; Interim President, NWH; Professor of Medicine, HMS
- John Fernandez, President, Mass Eye and Ear and Mass General Brigham Ambulatory Care
- Elizabeth Nabel, MD, President, Brigham Health; Professor of Medicine, HMS
- Peter Slavin, MD, President, MGH; Professor, Health Care Policy, HMS
COVID-19: Technology Solutions Now and in the Future
- Moderator: Alice Park, Senior Writer, Time
- Stephane Bancel, CEO, Moderna
- Paul Biddinger, MD, Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness, MGH; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, HMS
- David Kaufman, MD, PhD, Head of Translational Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute
- Rochelle Walensky, MD, Chief, Infectious Disease, Steve and Deborah Gorlin MGH Research Scholar, MGH; Professor of Medicine, HMS
Digital Health Becomes a Pillar: Tools, Payment, Data
- Moderator: David Louis, MD, Pathologist-in-Chief, MGH; Benjamin Castleman Professor of Pathology, HMS
- Alistair Erskine, MD, Chief Digital Health Officer, Mass General Brigham
- Adam Landman, MD, VP, Chief Information and Digital Innovation Officer, BH; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, HMS
- Brooke LeVasseur, CEO, AristaMD
- Lee Schwamm, MD, Director, Center for TeleHealth and Exec Vice Chair, Neurology, MGH; Vice President, Virtual Care/Digital Health, Mass General Brigham; Professor, Neurology, HMS
- Introduction: John Fish, CEO, Suffolk; Chairman of Board Trustees, Brigham Health
- Moderator: Janet Wu, Bloomberg
- Joerg Moeller, MD, PhD, Head of Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals Division, Bayer AG
The Patient Experience During the Pandemic
- Moderator: Thomas Sequist, MD, Chief Patient Experience and Equity Officer, Mass General Brigham; Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy, HMS
- Anjali Kataria, CEO, Mytonomy
- Daniel Kuritzkes, MD, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, BH; Harriet Ryan Albee Professor of Medicine, HMS
- Peter Lee, PhD, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research and Incubation
- Jag Singh, MD, PhD, Cardiologist & Founding Director, Resynchronization and Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Program, MGH; Professor of Medicine, HMS
- Moderator: Alice Park, Senior Writer, Time
- Mike Devoy, MD, EVP, Medical Affairs & Pharmacovigilance and CMO, Bayer AG
- Karen DeSalvo, MD, Chief Health Officer, Google Health
- Keith Dreyer, DO, PhD, Chief Data Science Officer, Mass General Brigham; Vice Chairman, Radiology, MGH; Associate Professor, Radiology, HMS
- Moderator: Erica Shenoy, MD, PhD, Associate Chief, Infection Control Unit, MGH; Assistant Professor, HMS
- Shelly Anderson, SVP, Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships, & Chief Strategy Officer, BH
- Michele Holcomb, PhD, EVP, Strategy and Corporate Development, Cardinal Health
- Guillermo Tearney, MD, PhD, Remondi Family Endowed MGH Research Institute Chair, Mike and Sue Hazard MGH Research Scholar, MGH; Professor, Pathology, HMS
- Teresa Wilson, Director/Architect, Colliers Project Leaders
1:1 Fireside Chat: Preparing for Fall 2020 and Beyond: Production, Innovation, Optimization
- Introduction: Jonathan Kraft, President, The Kraft Group; Chair, Mass General Hospital Board of Trustees
- Moderator: Timothy Ferris, MD, CEO, MGPO; Professor, HMS
- Kieran Murphy, CEO, GE Healthcare
- Moderator: Natasha Singer, Reporter, New York Times
- Amanda Goltz, Principal, Business Development, Alexa Health & Wellness, Amazon
- Michael Mina, MD, PhD, Associate Medical Director, Molecular Virology, BH; Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard Chan School
- Marcus Osborne, VP, Walmart Health, Walmart
- Jim Weinstein, MD, SVP, Microsoft
1:1 Fireside Chat: Insights on Pandemics and Health Care from the National Security Community
- Moderator: Gregg Meyer, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Mass General Brigham; Interim President, NWH; Professor of Medicine, HMS
- General (Ret) Keith Alexander, Co-CEO, IronNet Cybersecurity
Calibrating Innovation Opportunity and Urgency: Medical and Social
- Moderator: Natasha Singer, Reporter, New York Times
- Giles Boland, MD, Chair, Department of Radiology, BH; Philip H. Cook Professor of Radiology, HMS
- Amit Phadnis, Chief Digital Officer and GE Company Officer, GE Healthcare
- Krishna Yeshwant, MD, General Partner, GV; Instructor in Medicine, BH
FDA Role in Managing Crisis and Anticipating the Next
- Moderator: Ravi Thadhani, MD, CAO, Mass General Brigham; Professor of Medicine and Faculty Dean for Academic Programs, HMS
- Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD, Principal Deputy Commissioner & Acting CIO, FDA
- Lindsey Baden, MD, Director, Clinical Research, Division of Infectious Diseases, BH; Associate Professor, HMS
1:1 Fireside Chat: Keeping Priority on the Biggest Diseases
- Moderator: Jean-François Formela, MD, Partner, Atlas Venture
- Michel Vounatsos, CEO, Biogen
Building the Plane While Flying: The Experience of Real-Time Innovation from the Front Line
- Moderator: Ann Prestipino, SVP; Incident Commander, MGH; Teaching Associate, HMS
- Theresa Gallivan, RN, Associate Chief Nurse, MGH
- Karen Reilly, DNP, RN, Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Critical Care, Cardiovascular and Surgical Services, BH
- Ross Zafonte, DO, SVP, Research Education and Medical Affairs, SRN; Earle P. and Ida S. Charlton Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, HMS
CEO Roundtable: Will the Innovation Model Remain as It Was
- Moderator: Janet Wu, Bloomberg
- Mike Mahoney, CEO, Boston Scientific
- Bernd Montag, PhD, CEO, Siemens Healthineers
Emergency and Urgent Care: How COVID-19 Vulnerabilities and Solutions Will Change the Model
- Moderator: Ron Walls, MD, EVP and Chief Operating Officer, BH; Neskey Family Professor of Emergency Medicine, HMS
Troyen Brennan, MD, EVP and CMO, CVS Health - David Brown, MD, Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, MGH; MGH Trustees Professor of Emergency Medicine, HMS
- Julie Lankiewicz, Head, Clinical Affairs & Health Economics Outcomes Research, Bose Health
- Michael VanRooyen, MD, Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, BH; Director, Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University; Professor, HMS
Accelerating Diagnostics – Maintaining the Priority: Lab, Home and Digital
- Moderator: Jeffrey Golden, MD, Chair, Department of Pathology, BH; Ramzi S. Cotran Professor of Pathology, HMS
- James Brink, MD, Chief, Department of Radiology, MGH; Juan M. Taveras Professor of Radiology, HMS
- John Iafrate, MD, PhD, Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, MGH; Professor, Pathology, HMS
- Celine Roger-Dalbert, VP Diagnostic Assays R&D – Integrated Diagnostic Solutions, BD Life Sciences
- Matt Sause, President and CEO, Roche Diagnostics Corporation
1:1 Fireside Chat: Return to Work: Understanding the Technologies and Strategies
- Moderator: Peter Markell, EVP, Finance and Administration, CFO & Treasurer, Mass General Brigham
- Marc Casper, Chairman, President and CEO, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Digital Therapeutics: Current and Future Opportunities
- Moderator: Hadine Joffe, MD, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry, Executive Director, Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology, BH; Paula A. Johnson Professor, Women’s Health, HMS
- Priya Abani, CEO, AliveCor
- Julia Hu, CEO, Lark Health
- Dawn Sugarman, PhD, Assistant Psychologist, Division of Alcohol, Drugs, and Addiction, McLean; Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, HMS
Investing During and After the Coronavirus Crisis
- Moderator: Roger Kitterman, VP, Venture and Managing Partner, Partners Innovation Fund, Mass General Brigham
- Jan Garfinkle, Founder & Manager Partner, Arboretum Ventures
Phillip Gross, Managing Director, Adage Capital Management - Christopher Viehbacher, Managing Partner, Gurnet Point Capital
- Gregg Meyer, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Mass General Brigham; Interim President, NWH; Professor of Medicine, HMS
- Ravi Thadhani, MD, CAO, Mass General Brigham; Professor of Medicine and Faculty Dean for Academic Programs, HMS
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