StEMI X
AGENDA

Every year, StEMI X draws national healthcare and industry leaders together to explore innovation across the entire acute care continuum!

We are currently shaping our agenda for StEMI X 2026 - check back soon!

2025 Speakers

KEYNOTE: Eric Horvitz, MD, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer at Microsoft

Acute Care Telemedicine: From Home to Bedside

  • Joshua W. Elder MD, MPH - VP, eHealth Clinical Operations, SCP Health

  • Nicholas Gavin, MD, MBA, MS - Chief Clinical Innovation Officer, Mount Sinai Health System

  • Emily Hayden, MD, MHPE - Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

  • Cynthia Horner, MD, FAAFP - Chief Medical Officer, Amwell

  • Dong-han Yao, MD (moderator) - Assistant Professor, Stanford EM

AI Decision Support and Diagnosis: What’s Here, What’s Coming, and What’s Not

  • Justin Norden, MD, MBA, MPhil - Co-Founder and CEO, Qualified Health

  • Jesse Pines, MD, MBA - Chief of Clinical Innovation, US Acute Care Solutions

  • Rohit Sangal, MD, MBA - EM Physician and Associate Medical Director, Yale University

  • David Kim, MD (moderator) - Assistant Professor, Stanford EM

Tools and Techniques for Expediting Throughput in a Capacity-Constrained Environment


  • Joshua Joseph, MD, MS, MBE - Medical Director, EM Enterprise Data Analytics, Mass General Brigham

  • Christopher Mcstay, MD - VC of Operations; Columbia University EM

  • Rohit Sangal, MD, MBA - Associate Medical Director, Yale University

  • Lulu Wang, M.D., FAAEM - EM Physician, Georgetown; Founding Director, Telehealth Education

  • Sam Shen, MD (moderator) - Vice Chair of Operations; Stanford EM

Trends in Healthcare Investing: What’s Hot & What’s Not

  • Rodney D. Altman, MD, MBA - Assistant Professor, Stanford EM; Dir. Wells Fargo Strategic Capital

  • Melissa Cohen, MBA - Chief Innovation & Transformation Officer, Cayuga Health

  • John Dayton, MD, MBA - Assistant Professor, Stanford EM; Healthcare VC

  • Jane Wang, MD - General Partner, MedMountain Ventures

  • Fran Riley, MD (moderator) - Assistant Professor, Stanford EM

Wearables - Separating the Signal From the Noise

  • Jared Conley, MD, PhD, MPH - Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Editor, NEJM Catalyst

  • Brian Suffoletto, MD (moderator) - Professor, Stanford EM

Industry and Academic Collaborations: How to Grow the Future of Acute Care Collaboratively

  • Lawrence Hofmann, MD - Chief of Industry Partnerships, Stanford Health Care

  • Anne Merritt, MD, MS - Assistant Professor, Stanford EM; Sr. Product Manager, Google

  • Fran Riley, MD - Assistant Professor, Stanford EM

  • Nicholas Stark, MD, MBA - Chair of EM, Mercy Medical Center Merced

  • Dheeraj Duggineni, MD (moderator)- Administration Fellow, Stanford EM

Cut the Wait: Solutions to Help Patients Avoid Unnecessary ED Visits


  • Sara Gotheridge, MD - Chief Medical Officer, Array Behavioral Care

  • Joshua Joseph, MD, MS, MBE - Medical Director, EM Enterprise Data Analytics, Mass General Brigham

  • Anne Merritt, MD, MS - Assistant Professor, Stanford EM; Sr. Product Manager, Google

  • James Williams, MS, DO - Professor, Texas Tech University

  • Ryan Ribeira, MD (moderator) - Assistant Professor, Stanford EM

Fueling the Future: Building Leaders in Medical Innovation

  • Zaid Altawil, MD - Co-founder, EM Innovation Collaborative

  • Rana Kabeer, MD - Assistant Professor, Stanford EM

  • Jesse Pines, MD, MBA - Chief of Clinical Innovation, US Acute Care Solutions

  • Sowmya Sanapala, MD, MBA, MS - Weill Cornell Medicine

  • Andy Chu, MD (moderator) - Assistant Professor, Stanford EM