PRESENTS
Health Care Symposium
Courtyard Iowa City University Heights
901 Melrose Ave
Iowa City, IA 52246
Cost: Registration is CLOSED
Event Contact:
Lucas Hayes
(319) 665-6397
[email protected]
Interested in sponsoring this event?
Contact Lauren Grask
(319) 665-6397
[email protected]
With the many changes in the health care landscape, the Health Care Symposium will bring together both national and local experts to explore Technology in Health Care, from emerging trends and data, to how technology is being implemented right here in the Corridor.
8:30-9 am - Registration
9:00 am - Welcome
9:10 am - Dr. Daniel Kraft, "The Future of Health & Medicine: Where Can Technology Take Us?"
9:45 am - Angie Danielson, Vivid Clear Rx, "Does Your Health Plan Have a Drug Problem"
10-11 am - Technology Updates:
- Dr. James Blum, UIHC, "Undoing 15 Years of Doing Wrong in Health Care with AI"
- Dr. Shiny Mathewkutty, Mercy Cedar Rapids, "Empowering Health Care Providers with AI: Improving Efficiency and Patient Care"
- Brett Taylor, UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's, "The Changing Landscape of Telehealth"
- Dr. Jason Misurac, UIHC Children's Hospital, "The Promise of AI in Healthcare: Real-World Applications in Clinical Practice"
11:00 am - Break: Networking & Lunch
11:40 am - Panel discussion with Technology Update presenters
12:30 pm - Colby Bishop, Darroch Medical Solutions, "The Future of AI: Individualized Patient Care"
1:00 pm - Event concludes
Keynote Speakers
Morning Keynote - The Future of Health & Medicine: Where Can Technology Take Us?
Daniel Kraft, MD
Innovation and Healthcare Speaker, Chair for Medicine at Singularity University & Founder & Chair, Exponential Medicine
Daniel Kraft is a Stanford and Harvard-trained physician-scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, and investor. With over 25 years of experience in clinical practice, biomedical research and healthcare innovation, Kraft has served as faculty chair for Medicine at Singularity University since its inception in 2008 and is founder and chair of NextMed Health (the evolution of Exponential Medicine), a program that explores convergent, rapidly developing technologies and their potential in biomedicine and healthcare.
He is a General Partner with Continuum Health Ventures, funding and catalyzing early-stage health tech and health span focused startups. Following undergraduate degrees from Brown University and medical school at Stanford, Daniel was Board Certified in both Internal Medicine & Pediatrics after completing a Harvard residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital & Boston Children’s Hospital, and Stanford fellowships in hematology, oncology, and bone marrow transplantation.
He has multiple scientific publications (including in Nature and Science) and medical device, immunology, stem cell and digital health related patents through NIH-funded faculty positions with Stanford University School of Medicine and as clinical faculty for the pediatric bone marrow transplantation service at the University of California San Francisco.
Daniel is a member of the Inaugural class of the Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellowship and is a member of the Kauffman Fellows Society. He is often called upon to speak to the future of health, medicine and technology and has given four TED and two TEDMED Talks and has delivered keynotes to a diverse array of organizations. He also serves as chair of the XPRIZE Pandemic & Health Alliance and Health Brain Trust.
He is heavily involved in healthtech, founded Digital.Health, and is on the board of several Fortune-50 and digital health-related startups. He is also the inventor of the MarrowMiner, an FDA-approved device for the minimally invasive harvest of bone marrow, and founded RegenMed Systems, a company developing technologies to enable adult stem cell-based regenerative therapies.
Daniel is an avid pilot and has served in the Massachusetts and California Air National Guard as an officer and flight surgeon with F-15 & F-16 fighter Squadrons. He has conducted research on aerospace medicine that was published with NASA, with whom he was a finalist for astronaut selection.
Afternoon Keynote - The Future of AI: Individualized Patient Care
Colby Bishop
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder, Darroch Medical Solutions
Colby is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Darroch Medical Solutions. Colby and his team are developing a revolutionary AI-powered remote monitoring platform, the Beat Analytics System, which uses high-frequency, multi-instrument data to proactively identify at-risk patients and deliver insights to healthcare providers. With extensive expertise in medical device interoperability and AI, Colby is driving Darroch’s mission to improve patient outcomes and reduce adverse events. His work is helping shape the future of healthcare by bringing advanced, AI-driven solutions to the forefront of patient care.
Darroch Medical Solutions is a Stead Impact Ventures portfolio company. Stead Impact Ventures invests in innovators whose ideas will positively change the course of healthcare.
Presentation: Does your health plan have a drug problem?
Angie Danielson
Vice President, Operations, Vivid Clear Rx
Angie Danielson is committed to bringing clarity to pharmacy benefits. As vice president of operations at Vivid Clear Rx, a pass-through pharmacy benefit manager owned by Hy-Vee, Angie’s mission is to deliver transparent pricing to employers and superior care and service to its members. Angie has been serving pharmacy patients for more than 20 years, beginning her career in Hy-Vee’s retail pharmacies where she became a licensed pharmacist and later was selected to lead a region of Hy-Vee’s pharmacies as pharmacy supervisor. In 2024, she joined the Vivid Clear Rx team to lead operations. Angie received her undergraduate degree from Wartburg College and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Iowa.
Technology Updates & Panel Discussion
James M. Blum, MD, FCCM, AME
Chief Health Information Officer
University of Iowa Health Care
Shiny Mathewkutty, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids
Jason Misurac, MD, MS
Pediatric Nephrologist, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics-Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation
University of Iowa Health Care
Brett Taylor
Chief Technology Officer
UnityPoint Health
FAQ
What does the Health Care Symposium include?
Light breakfast, program, and networking before and after the event.
When is the last day to register?
Ticket sales close one week prior to the event on Feb. 10, 2025.
*All dietary restrictions must be submitted a week prior to the event. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].
What is your refund & cancellation policy?
If you are unable to attend the event you have purchased a ticket for, refunds can be processed, less the transaction fee, up to one week before the event on Jan. 10. Event attendees are locked in one week before the event, and refunds cannot be given after Jan. 10. Please reach out to Jean Suckow to request a refund at [email protected] or by calling the CBJ Office at 319-665-6397.
In cases of inclement weather, the Corridor Business Journal will assess the situation and will alert all attendees if the event will be postponed or canceled. Refunds will not be offered if the postponed event is held. In the unlikely event of a cancellation, they may be exchanged for a different event of the same value, free of charge, subject to availability.
I’ve purchased a ticket(s), do I receive a physical one?
No, there are no physical tickets. Attendees are asked to check-in at the registration table prior to the event.
Have questions about sponsorship opportunities?
For sponsorship information, contact Lauren Grask at [email protected].
Sponsors
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Keynote Sponsor
Thank you to our gold sponsors
Thank you to our silver sponsors
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