Speaker Profile
Chief Information & Digital Officer, UW Health
Biography
Chero serves as a System Vice President and Chief Information Digital Officer for the UW Health System. In his role, he serves a talented team of technology professionals and provides strategic direction and leadership for IT and co leads the Digital program in alignment with the mission and goals of UW Health. He also co-leads Workforce Strategy for the enterprise.Prior to UW Health , he worked at BJC Healthcare in St. Louis, where he served in a variety of leadership roles including Vice President for Business Relationship Management to deliver maximum value through technical and digital initiatives, co-led an enterprise-wide EMR initiative and led IT strategic planning for St. Louis Childrens Hospital. He has also worked in various other industries including finance, telecom and transportation.Chero received his dual masters degrees from Webster University and is an alumni of Columbia University, New York.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2025 Silicon Valley
Track Co-Chairs:
Cherodeep Goswami, UW Health
- PMWC 2025 Award Ceremony
Pioneer Honoree: Paul J. Chang, University of Chicago - Keynote: AI in Radiology: A Reality Check (Climbing out of the Trough of Disillusionment)
- Paul J. Chang, University of Chicago
- AI in Radiology and Imaging Applications (PANEL)
Chair: Curtis P Langlotz, Stanford
- Paul J. Chang, University of Chicago
- Sharmila Majumdar, UCSF
- Eliot Siegel, VA Maryland Healthcare System
- Katherine Andriole, Brigham and Women's Hospital - Using Imaging AI to Better Understand Health and Aging
- Daniel Durand, Prenuvo
- AI Transforming Standard-of-Care Imaging into Precision Diagnostics
- Angel Alberich, Quibim
- Accelerating Risk Assessment and Diagnosis with AI
Chair: Pavan Anne, ZS
- Omar Perez, AstraZeneca
- Charles Powell, Mount Sinai - Overcoming Practice Gaps in Precision Medicine: Addressing Patient Leakage (PANEL)
Chair: Joe Zaccaria, KPMG
- Ed Kim, City of Hope
- Chris Scotto DiVetta, Tempus
- Karlo Martin, HCA Healthcare
- Shared Opportunities to Unlock AI's Potential in R&D (PANEL)
Chair: Brice Sarver, ZS
- Carlyn Crisostomo, Amgen
- Bill Mayo, BMS
- Stacie Calad-Thomson, Nvidia
- AI-Powered Remote Monitoring and Mental Health: Innovations and Challenges
- Sam Perli, ThinkHat
- Shah Nawaz, Regeneron
- David Rhew, Microsoft
- AI Unlocks the Clinical Utility of Spatialomics
- Matthew Goldberg, Castle Bio
- Practical Implications of Ethical Challenges in AI-driven Precision Medicine(PANEL)
Chair: Cherodeep Goswami, UW Health
- Tina Hernandez-Boussard, Stanford
- Lucia Savage, Omada Health
- Sean Hain, Epic
- Misha Mehta, Neev Kolte & Brave Ronil Foundation
