DHNY Summit 2023 Agenda

Content and connection inspire us.

At DHNY, we have created an environment that brings together relevant players in a way that promotes substantial conversations and impactful networking plus carefully curated content, activities, and influencers with relevant and distinct perspectives.

Wednesday September 20, 2023

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Welcome Reception


Location: Bergamo’s 22 Vanderbilt Avenue, 1st Floor

Thursday September 21, 2023

Location: Quorum by Convene 1221 Avenue of the Americas (between West 48th and 49th Streets)

8:00 - 9:00 AM

Check-in, Breakfast & Networking


9:00 - 9:10 AM

Welcome & Opening Address

Bunny Ellerin, CEO, DHNY


9:15 - 9:40 AM

Albert Bourla, DVM, PhD, Chairman & CEO, Pfizer
Bunny Ellerin, CEO, DHNY (moderator)

Data, Digital & Drug Discovery


9:45 - 9:55 AM

Chris Lloyd, Head of Healthcare Technology, JP Morgan

State of Digital Health: By the Numbers


10:00 - 10:40 AM

How I Scaled It: Lessons Learned from NY Digital Health CEOs

Oliver Kharraz, MD, CEO & Founder, Zocdoc
Arif Nathoo, MD, CEO, Komodo Health
Kate Ryder, Founder & CEO, Maven
Jane Suh, Principal, AlleyCorp (moderator)


10:40 - 11:10 AM

Break & Networking


11:10 - 11:30 AM

Building a World-Class Health Plan

Mark Bertolini, CEO, Oscar Health
Christina Farr, Investor, Omers Ventures (moderator)


11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

DHNY Dialogues I

  • With diverse government, payer and provider perspectives, this session will explore how best to move care from the hospital to the home. Panelists will discuss the implicit challenges and specific growth opportunities, and how to create a scalable and sustainable model, which will require alignment from all stakeholders.

    Our panel:

    • Nicholas Gavin, MD, MBA, MS, System Vice Chair of Population Health & Clinical Innovation, Mount Sinai Health System

    • David Shulkin, MD, Former Secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs; President, Shulkin Solutions, LLC

    • Mona Siddiqui, MD, MPH, MSE, SVP, Enterprise Clinical Strategy and Quality, Humana Home Solutions

    • Nadav Shimoni, MD, Managing Director, Arkin Digital Health (moderator)

  • Little independent evidence exists about the impact of digital health technologies on clinical outcomes and overall healthcare system costs. Yet purchasers—payers, providers, and employers— are being overwhelmed with sales and contracting requests from digital health companies to implement solutions. Panelists will discuss specific ways to improve standards for digital health evaluation. The objective is to promote informed decision-making that ensures that the solutions reach patients who need them while lowering overall costs.

    Our panel:

    • Sameer Berry, Co-founder & CMO, Oshi Health

    • Alyssa Jaffee, Partner, 7wireVentures

    • Errol Pierre, Senior Vice President, State Programs, Healthfirst

    • Meg Barron, Managing Director, Engagement & Outreach, Peterson Center on Healthcare (moderator)

  • Partnerships are key to building and scaling successful digital health companies. Yet it's often difficult to overcome intertia to get things done. We will review key strategies for 'getting to yes' and share lessons learned and best practices for closing and maintaining key partnerships.

    Our panel:

    • Mary O'Connor, MD, FAAOS, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Vori Health

    • Kavita Patel, MD, Venture Partner, NEA

    • Allison Spagnolo, Senior Managing Director, Chief Privacy Officer, Guidepost Solutions

    • Bradley Dizik, EVP, Emerging Issues & Technology Practice Group Leader, Guidepost Solutions (moderator)

  • In this post-pandemic world, there’s an expectation that clinical trials be more flexible — whether they are decentralized, hybrid and/or utilize digital health technology. Still pharma’s age-old problems persist, from patient recruitment to retention to patient experience. In this session we’ll explore the role technology can play to overcome these challenges, the importance of RWE (real world evidence) and how new CRO entrants intend to compete with the incumbents.

    Our panel:

    • Jonathan Hirsch, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, Paradigm

    • Carolyn Magill, CEO, Aetion

    • Kendal Whitlock, Head of Digital Optimization, RWE Clinical Trials, Walgreens

    • Andrew Hedin, Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners (moderator)

12:30 - 1:30 PM

Networking Lunch


1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

DHNY Dialogues II

  • AI and machine learning hold the promise to revolutionize the healthcare industry in many ways; however, it remains important that these new innovative discoveries in medicine and science lead to better clinical outcomes. This panel will focus on real opportunities and current innovations that improve clinical outcomes by enhancing decision making, creating new diagnostic tools, and enhancing surgical techniques through the use of algorithms and robotics.

    Our panel:

    • Anuradhika Anuradhika, System VP, Strategic Partnerships, CommonSpirit Health

    • Rob Kraal, VP and GM of Connected Health, Zimmer Biomet

    • Rob Lindsey, PhD, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Imagen Technologies

    • Jonathan Vigdorchik, MD, CEO/Founder OrthoAI; Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery

    • Jordan Harmon, Chief Innovation and Commercialization Officer, Hospital for Special Surgery (moderator)

  • As macro trends continue to drive the need for value-based care adoption across a spectrum of care models, value-based care (VBC) enablers have become an important mechanism by which independent medical groups and health systems can transition from fee-for-service to value-based contracting via wraparound services and affiliation with the enabler's network. In this session, panelists will explore opportunities for growth, challenges to scaling as a VBC enabler and how they evaluate partnership opportunities with the digital health ecosystem.

    Our panel:

    • Scott Cleary, President, Hyphen

    • Michael Meng, Co-Founder & CEO, Stellar Health

    • Michael Kopko, Co-Founder & CEO, Pearl Health

    • Brandon Sim, Co-CEO, Apollo Medical Holdings

    • Vivek Garg, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer & SVP, Primary Care, Humana (moderator)

  • Partnerships are key to building and scaling successful digital health companies. Yet it's often difficult to overcome intertia to get things done. We will review key strategies for 'getting to yes' and share lessons learned and best practices for closing and maintaining key partnerships.

    Our panel:

    • Jill Dailey, VP, Aetna Commercial Product, CVS Health

    • Randy Klein, CEO, Vesta Healthcare

    • Edwidge Thomas, VP of Clinical Solutions, Northwell Holdings

    • Ron Fleming, Partner, Head of Emerging Companies, Pillsbury (moderator)

  • Psychedelics have recently demonstrated robust therapeutic effects in a wide range of psychiatric indications, including PTSD, treatment-resistant depression, OCD and substance-use disorders. Yet, the reality is that most people who suffer from mental health illnesses would not be able to access psychedelics like MDMA or psilocybin (if approved). Featuring clinical, scientific, and business leaders on the front lines of the so-called “psychedelic renaissance," this session will review the significant opportunity, as well as the unique risks and challenges.

    Our panel:

    • Benjamin Kelmendi, MD, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Yale Center for Psychedelic Research

    • Jonathan Sabbagh, Co-founder and CEO, Journey Clinical

    • Michael Apkon, MD PhD MBA, President, Sand Street Advisors

    • Jamila Hokanson, MD MBA, Clinical Instructor and Associate Research Scientist, Yale School of Medicine (moderator)

2:25 PM - 2:45 PM

Leading the Charge for Change

Cheryl Pegus, MD, Managing Director, Morgan Health
Bunny Ellerin, CEO, DHNY (moderator)


2:50 PM - 3:30 PM

Understanding the Buy Side: What Customers Need from Digital Health

Richard Mulry, President & CEO, Northwell Holdings
David Stark, MD, MS, Chief Medical Officer and Global Head of Benefits, Morgan Stanley
Karen Ignagni, CEO, Emblem Health
Sonny Goyal, SVP, Diversified Business Group and Chief Strategy Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina
Peter Micca, Senior Partner, National Health Tech Leader, Deloitte (moderator)


3:35 PM - 3:50 PM

VA Immersive: Creating a New Reality for Healthcare

Shereef Elnahal, MD, Under Secretary of Health, Department of Veterans Affairs


3:50 PM - 4:15 PM

Break & Networking


4:15 PM - 4:45 PM

NY State of Mind: Investing in the Future

Chris Booker, Partner, Frist Cressey Ventures
Lynne Chou O'Keefe, Founder and Managing Partner, Define Ventures
Vijay Patel, VP & Managing Partner, CVS Health Ventures & Insights
Brenton Fargnoli, MD, Managing Partner, Healthcare Fund, AlleyCorp (moderator)


4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Closing Remarks

Bunny Ellerin, CEO, DHNY


5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Cocktail Reception