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2026 Speakers

ICHOM Conference Speakers

Our call for speakers for 2026 has now closed. If you are interested in speaking at a future ICHOM Conference, email events@ichom.org

The speakers listed below are past contributors to the ICHOM Conference, where they shared real-world experience and practical insight on outcomes measurement, value-based healthcare, and patient-centred care.

Speakers for our 2026 ICHOM Conference will be announced shortly

Honglian Gui, MD & PhD Infectious Disease and Hepatologist, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital
Ram Khandelwal CEO and Founder, Heart Health India Foundation
Amy Gleason Acting Administrator, U.S. DOGE Service.Strategic Advisor, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Lara Bloom The Ehlers-Danlos Society
Dr. Jens Deerberg-Wittram Senior Fellow at the Center for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research CPCOR, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin.The First President (2012 - 2014), ICHOM
Reem Fahd Bunyan, M.D., MSHA, M.S. Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
Roderick van Leerdam Royal Philips
Soo Min Wong National University Health System
Jae Won Joh Kaiser Permanente Medical Group
Khaled el Shaarany AXA Global Health
Mohamed Parrini Mutlaq Hospital Moinhos de Vento
Irene Eriksson VBHC Partnership Lead EMEA, J&J Innovative Medicine
Wei Ping Sim Consultant – Orthopaedic Surgery, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
Alain Cornet Organisation Coach, Lupus Europe
Ali Hashemi meta[bolic], GluCare Health
Aline Chibana, MD, MBA, PhD Anaesthesiologist & Value Management Office Manager, A.C.Camargo Cancer Center
Alvina Nadeem Ovarian Cancer Canada (OCC), Quebec Cancer Coalition (QCC), Committee of Persons Impacted by Cancer, Quebec Cancer Coalition (QCC)
Ana Luiza Miranda Cardona MD, MPH Surgical Oncologist, Santa Rita de Cássia Hospital
Andrew Vallance-Owen MBE, DUniv (Hon B’ham), MBA, FRCS Ed Medicover AB
Jeremy Towns Research Synergies Manager, St James Hospital
Dr. Gerry Hughes Research Synergies Manager, St James’s Hospital
Anne-Sophie Gresle Hospital Clinic Barcelona
Avril Daly CEO, Retina International
Begonya Nafria Escalera Barcelona University Hospital
Brooke Brownlow Group Vice President H-E-B Wellness & Total Rewards, H-E-B
Carlos Kerguelen Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota
Carmel Geoghegan Founder, Dementia Ireland
Carolina Varela Rodríguez MD. PhD. MPH. MHA, Quality of care physician at the Quality Unit., Hospital Universitairo 12 de Octubre (Madrid) Spain
Casey Leavitt MBA, MSHCT Executive Director, Musculoskeletal Clinical Program, Intermountain Health
Christina Nielsen Project Manager, ICHOM
Daniel Erasmus Insight Actuaries
David Galvin UCD, Mater and St Vincents Hospitals
Derick Mitchell The Synergist
Dr Annelieke Pasma Value Based Healthcare Advisor, Erasmus MC
Dr. Daphne Khoo Healthcare Performance Group, Agency of Care Effectiveness
Dr. Dominique Samaha, MD, PhD, MBA Orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon, CEO, European Medical Centre Group Jeddah
Erin Cook CIUSSS-Centre-Ouest de L'ile de Montreal
Dr Raquel Correia PROMTime
Dr. Sarah Barry RCSI
Dr. Shannon Jackson Providence Health Care
Dr Sivuyile Madikana Head of Healthcare Delivery Transformation & Head of Hospital Risk Management, Discovery Limited
Stefan Larsson MD, PhD Co-founder and Chairman of the Board , ICHOM
Dr Virginie Luce-Garnier Value Based HealthCare Program Director, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)
Dr. Gregory Ganda MoH Kisumu
Dr. Justin Broyles Division of Plastic Surgery, Assistant Professor Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Piyaporn Thipayarat M.D. Bangkok Hospital Pattaya
Sabrina Bernardez, MD, MSc, PhD, MBA Health Economist, Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital
Dr. Wei Lun Na GP and Practice Leader, VBHC, Angsana Consulting
Dr.Hadi Alenazy Senior Executive Director, Medical Governance and Quality, Tawuniya
Ella Balasa Balasa Consulting
Emma Rees PhD, FBSE Associate Professor of Healthcare Science and co-lead Healthy Ageing and Chronic Conditions Research Institute. Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, Swansea University.Clinical Scientist, Swansea Bay University Health Board
Eva Villalba Quebec Cancer Coalition
Fares A. Saade Partner, Capadev LLP
Filipe Costa Vision4Value
Dr Grace Jennings Senior Director, Outcomes Research and Product Development, ICHOM
Gunnar Sandersjöö Head of the Department of Trauma, Acute Surgery and Orthopaedics, Karolinska University Hospital
Hamish Laing Professor of Enhanced Innovation, Engagement and Outcomes, Swansea University.Director, VBHC Academy, Swansea University Wales
Hans Bax MedTech Europe
Hayley Chapman PFMD/The Synergist
Colonel Henk van der Wal MHBA MHA EMSD Colonel, Civil-Military Centre of Expertise for Trauma Care (Defence Healthcare Organization, NLD Ministry of Defence & University Medical Center Utrecht) & Trauma Research Unit, Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam
Hoangmai (Mai) Pham President and CEO, Institute for Exceptional Care
Dr. Ihsan Almarzooqi GluCare Health, Integrated Diabetes Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Jack Leggat The Clinician
Prof Jeff R Houck University of Rochester
Jennifer Bright ICHOM
Jennifer Goldsack, MChem, MA, MBA, OLY CEO, Digital Medicine Society (DiMe)
Juliette Price Chief Solutions Officer, Helgerson Solutions Group (HSG)
Kanthan Theivendran BSc(Hons), MBBS, MRCS, FRCS Consultant Orthopaedic & Upper Limb Surgeon, Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals , NHS Trust.International Clinical Programme Board Member, , openEHR
Karen Padilla Global Heart Hub
Kathy Carberry Value Institute for Health and Care at the University of Texas
Kathy Jenkins, MD, MPH Executive Director, Center for Applied Pediatric Quality Analytics, Boston Children’s Hospital
Kevin Wake Board Member, ICHOM.President, Uriel E. Owens Sickle Cell Disease Association of the Midwest, a CBO in Kansas City, KS
Dr Kongkiat Kespechara Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Co., LTD. (BDMS)
Lungi Nyathi Alignd
Lydia Makaroff CEO, Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF)
Dr. Maarten Akkerman Board Member, Diabeter.Head Medical Affairs, VBHC North-West Europe, Medtronic
Madeleine Kerr MedTech and Innovation Directorate, Department of Health and Social Care UK
Mandy Sandkuhler The Mended Hearts
Marcelo Soto HTA Specialist, Innovation Directorate, Clinic Barcelona
Mary L. Witkowski, MD, MBA Harvard Business School
Michael Seo Roche Diagnostics, ReaMedica
Michael van den Berg OECD
Dr. Mohammed Hussein Director, Value-Based Healthcare, Saudi German Health
Prof. Dr. Paul van der Nat St. Antonius Hospital
Paula Daibert IAG Saude Group
Pieter de Bey Santeon Hospital Group
Pirjo Laitinen-Parkkonen Medical Director, Director of RDI , Keusote
Prakash Jayakumar M.D., Ph.D Senior Medical Director in Precision Health, Optum Insight, United Health Group., University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School
Diarmuid Murphy National University Health System (NUHS)
Adj A/Prof Gaylene Coulton Eastern Palliative Care Ltd.
Prof Lee Chien Earn Deputy Group CEO, Regional Health System, SingHealth
Professor Lukasz Wicherek, M.D., Ph.D. Gyneco-oncologist and Immunologist, School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
Prof. Maria Karsten Senior Consultant, Breast Center, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Francisco Rocha Gonçalves Secretary of State for Health Management, MoH Portugal
Prof. Jan Sorensen Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Professor Dr. Sally Lewis Kintsugi International
Robert Hejzák NAPO
Sandor Marik Chief Innovation Officer, ICHOM
Sebastian Dieng CEO, ClarData
Scott Wallace Dell Medical School, Univ. of Texas at Austin, ICHOM Education
Seth Clancy, MPH Sr. VP, Transcatheter Heart Valves Global Health Economics an Reimbursement, Edwards Lifesciences
Dr. Slaveyko Djambazov HTA Ltd
Solène Jouan Policy Officer, European Patients Forum
Spencer Connell Partnership Coordinator, ICHOM
Chintan Maru Global Development Incubator (GDI), Leapfrog to Value
Susan F. Saleeb, MD Boston Childrens Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Susan McKee RN, BSC (HMS), MBA, GAICD Chief Executive Officer, Oral Health Victoria
Thando Kembo Cimas Health Group
Thomas H. Lee MSc, MD, BA Press Ganey Associates, Inc, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, NEJM Catalyst
Tilithia McBride Federation of American Hospitals
Umanga de Silva Project Manager , ICHOM
Vesa Komssi Executive Vice President, Nordic Healthcare Group (NHG)
Yasmine Saoud, PhD Project Manager, ICHOM
Zofia Das-Gupta MD ICHOM
Elizabeth Teisberg, PhD Professor and Co-Author
Liezél van Deventer Clinical Consultant, Lead for Clinical Innovation , Insight Health Solutions
Alba Nicolas-Boluda PhD Chief Operating Officer, One Clinic
Kim-Fredrik Schneider CEO & Co-Founder, Abi Global Health
Conor Teljeur Chief Scientist, Health Information and Quality Authority, Ireland
Florian Rüter, M.D Head Quality Management and Value Based Healthcare, University Hospital Basel
Dr. Abdulrehman Taher Senior Executive Manager VBHC , Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Health Insurance
Stephanie Kramp Parent of J. Gabriel Kramp, Member of the Family Advisory Council, Boston Children's Hospital Department of Cardiology
J. Gabriel Kramp , Patient
Aileen Igoe Lean & System Redesign Lead, The Mater Hospital
Dr Úna Cunningham Head of Transformation & Executive Lead, Strategic Projects, The Mater Hospital
Nelly van Uden PhD Program Manager, Vale-Based Healthcare, Santeon
Warren Heppolette Chief Officer for Strategy & Innovation, NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care
Willem Jan Bos, MD PhD Internist-Nephrologist, St. Antonius Hospital.Professor Nephrology: Outcomes of Care , Leiden University Medical Center.Co-Chair, Linnean Initiative