Speakers 2019

Dr. Jonathan Gruber is the Ford Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has taught since 1992.  He is also the Director of the Health Care Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the former President of the American Society of Health Economists.  He is a member of the…

Lydia is a senior reporter for Business Insider, covering healthcare. She joined BI in 2015 after graduating from Northwestern University. At BI, she covers everything from healthcare mega-mergers, to drug-pricing debates, to pharmacy disruptors, to private healthcare startups that rack up high valuations (including Theranos of course), and the new ways people are going to the doctor. That includes the changing footprint of the hospital.…

Dr. Reider joined Alliance because as a family physician, he wants the world to be more healthy. He has worked for decades to improve the health of our communities through the innovative use of technology, and the promotion of benevolence in business. He is currently CEO of Alliance For Better Health, a New York DSRIP…

“Matt is based out of SVB’s Boston Office, helping run the Bank’s Northeast Medical Device & Digital Health practice which has him geographically responsible for all activity in these sectors from New York City up through Eastern Canada.  Over his 9+ years at SVB, Matt has worked with companies across a broad range of innovation…

Carolyn is the CEO of Aetion, the digital health company delivering the platform that turns real-world data into the regulatory-grade evidence needed to inform health care’s most critical decisions: which treatments work best, for whom, and when. Before Aetion, Carolyn held leadership roles at three companies central to the shift from volume to value in…

Vincent Nelson, M.D., is vice president of Medical Affairs in the Office of Clinical Affairs (OCA) for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), a national federation of 36 independent, community-based and locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies. The BCBS System is the nation’s largest health insurer covering one in three Americans.…

Shrujal Baxi is a board-certified medical oncologist who currently serves as senior medical director at Flatiron Health, where she focuses on real-world evidence generation. In addition to active involvement in therapeutic clinical trials, Shrujal has used large national cancer registry data to investigate practice patterns in oncology. In addition, she has published on the non-oncologic…

Glen Tullman is the Executive Chairman of Livongo and is passionately committed to finding a cure for diabetes and other chronic conditions and keeping people healthy until we do. A visionary leader and entrepreneur, he previously ran two public companies that changed the way healthcare is delivered. Most recently, Tullman served as Chief Executive Officer…