Bobbie Byrne
MD, MBA, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Advocate Health
Speakers
600+ Speakers — The Leaders Running Health Systems Today
The lineup at Becker's 11th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Annual Meeting reflects the people making decisions inside major health systems right now. It includes CIOs, CFOs, CMOs, and digital executives responsible for AI, transformation, and financial performance. This is one of the few events where more hospital and health system executives are in the room than at any other conference. The same leaders you benchmark against are the ones on stage.
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Speakers come to be part of the conversations you need to be in
The roster is built around one question: who does this audience need in the room? Speakers are selected based on the decisions they own, the systems they run, and the peers they work alongside.
87% of the speaker lineup is health system leaders and executives.
Featured Speakers
The same leaders in the room are leading the sessions
Leaders responsible for technology, clinical, and financial strategy across major health systems, brought together in one place.
Michael Pfeffer
MD, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Stanford Health Care; Associate Dean and Clinical Professor
Stanford School of Medicine
Kathy LeBrew
Chief Transformation Officer and Chief Revenue Officer
University Hospitals
Luis Taveras
PHD, SVP & CIO
Jefferson Health
Chris Carmody
CTO
UPMC
Rebecca Mishuris
MD, Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer
Mass General Brigham
Mouneer Odeh
Chief Data and AI Officer
Cedars-Sinai
Monique Diaz
MD, Region Vice President and Chief Medical Informatics Officer
California, CommonSpirit Health
Michael Maniaci
MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Advanced Care at Home
Mayo Clinic
Miguel Vigo IV
MBA, Chief Revenue Cycle Officer
UC San Diego Health
Richard Zane
MD, Chief Medical Innovation Officer
UCHealth
Shakeeb Akhter
Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Eric Smith
Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer
Memorial Hermann Health System
Crystal Broj
CPDHTS, Enterprise Chief Digital Transformation Officer
Medical University of South Carolina
David Sylvan
Chief Strategy, Innovation and Marketing Officer
University Hospitals
Richard Rothman
MD, Chief Medical Operations Officer
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Michelle Stansbury
Associate Chief Innovation Officer and Vice President, IT Applications
Houston Methodist
Shahidul Mannan
Chief Data Analytics and AI Officer
Orlando Health
Celebrity Keynotes
Leadership looks the same at the top
Select sessions bring in leaders from outside healthcare who have performed at the highest level under pressure. Their perspective sits alongside a program built around hospital and health system executives.
Wayne Gretzky
NHL legend
Jimmy Johnson
NFL Hall of Fame coach and two-time Super Bowl champion
Speaker Lineup
Explore the full 2026 speaker lineup
Browse and explore all 600+ confirmed speakers across the program.
| Full Name | Job Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Abdelaziz | Hospital Medicine Medical Director | Bon Secours Mercy Health |
| Haris Ackerman | Director, integration and strategic operations | Virtua Health |
| Veronica Adamson | Head, Product Management, Acute Care Informatics | Philips |
| Kumar Aditya | Executive Director, Information Technology | Atlantic Health |
| Srinath Adusumalli | Vice President and Chief Health Information Officer | Penn Medicine |
| Salim Afshar | Faculty and AI Translation Lead, Health Systems Innovation Lab, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; | Vice President, Innovation, Essen Health |
| Hasan Ahmad | Vice President and Associate Chief Medical Information Officer | Parkview Health |
| K. Nadeem Ahmed | Chief Medical Information Officer | The Valley Health System |
| Shakeeb Akhter | Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| Ije Akunyili | Chief Medical Officer | Jersey City Medical Center, RWJBarnabas Health |
| Asra Ali | Founder | Ali Healthcare Consulting |
| Romila Aloysius | Associate Vice President, Strategy and Business Development | AdventHealth |
| Camila Altman | Director, Enterprise Data | Northwestern Medicine |
| Sam Amirfar | Chief Medical Officer and Chief Information Officer | The Brooklyn Hospital Center |
| Deb Anderson | Chief Information Officer | Endeavor Health |
| Bree Andrews | Chief Wellness and Vitality Officer | University of Chicago Medicine |
| Dawn Andrews | Director, IT Customer Success | Bryan Health |
| Dan Angel | Vice President, Revenue Cycle | Baptist Health Care |
| Ashley Antipolo | Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer | Cook Children's Health Care System |
| Michael Archuleta | Chief Information Officer | Mt. San Rafael Hospital |
| Jennifer Armendariz | Vice President, Revenue Cycle and Managed Care | Valley Children's Healthcare |
| Amy Armstrong | Director, Revenue Cycle | Sauk Prairie Healthcare |
| Samuel Aronson | Principal Architect, Digital Research | Mass General Brigham |
| Marti Arvin | Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer | Erlanger Health |
| Clavio Ascari | Chief Clinical Officer | NAPA Managed Services |
| Rebecca Ashe | Director, Finance Education and Quality Assurance | Moffitt Cancer Center |
| Ilham Atir | Director, Clinical Laboratory Services | Bergen New Bridge Medical Center |
| Sheila Augustine | Director, Revenue Cycle | Nebraska Medicine |
| Pamela Austin | Senior Vice President / Chief Information Officer | Ballad Health |
| Bracken Babula | Associate Chief Medical Information Officer | Jefferson Health |
| Neil Bahroos | Chief Research Informatics Officer | University of Southern California |
| George Bailey | Director, CyberTAP, Technical Assistance Program | Purdue University |
| Hari Balasubramanian | Chief Technology Officer, Health Information Systems | Solventum |
| Dawson Ballard Jr | Manager, Provider Education | Rush University Medical Center |
| Paola Ballester | Chief of Medical Staff | John Hopkins All Children's Hospital |
| Dillon Bannis | Chief Medical Officer | Lutheran Hospital |
| Ebrahim Barkoudah | Division Chief and Professor | UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| Robert Bart | Chief Medical Information Officer | UPMC |
| Margaret Barton-Burke | Director, Nursing Research | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Kristen Bates | Vice President, Revenue Cycle | University Hospitals |
| Bryan Baucom | Chief Information Officer | Centerstone |
| Richard Beatty | Executive Vice President, Healthcare Marketing | Ninala Medical Center |
| Madhusmita Behera | Chief Research Informatics Officer, Emory Healthcare; Chief Informatics and Data Officer | Winship Cancer Institute |
| Jonathan Beltran | Senior Director, Marketing Operations and Analytics | Keck Medicine of USC |
| Nicole Benitez | Director, Transplant Quality, Compliance and Data Analytics | Emory Healthcare |
| Brad Bennett | System Assistant Vice President, Innovation and Venture | Endeavor Health |
| Stacey Benson | Director, Revenue Cycle Operations | Houston Methodist Physician Organization |
| Bob Berbeco | Chief Information Officer | Mahaska Health |
| Kathy Bereston | Vice President, Revenue Cycle Performance Improvement and Employed Clinical Network | Ascension Health |
| Philip Bernard | Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer | Children's Health |
September 14–17, 2026 · Hilton Chicago
See the Speakers Live And Continue the Conversation After
Every session is open to every attendee. After the session, speakers are in the hallway, at receptions, and at roundtables. That’s where the real conversations happen.