Speaker Profile
MS, 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 Chair:
- William Oh, Mount Sinai
Patient-centric data, such as Real-World Evidence (RWE) and Real-World Data (RWD), has become critical in reshaping drug development and healthcare decision-making. Over the last few years, regulatory agencies like the FDA and EMA have increasingly embraced RWE/RWD for decision-making processes, influencing everything from new drug indications to post-marketing surveillance. The integration of RWE and RWD is not only supporting clinical trial design and regulatory approvals, but also enabling precision medicine by providing deeper insights into patient subpopulations and their outcomes
Sessions:
- PMWC 2025 Award Ceremony
Pioneer Honoree: Isaac Kohane, Harvard
- Keynote: Can AI succeed where humans have failed to personalize medicine?
- Isaac Kohane, Harvard
- From Data to Decisions: Real-Time Patient Insights for Improved Care (PANEL)
Chair: Michael Pfeffer, Stanford Medicine
- Chris Longhurst, UC San Diego Health
- Tanya Townsend, Stanford Children’s
- Kiran Mysore, Sutter Health
- Cherodeep Goswami, UW Health - AI-Powered RWE: Driving Trustworthy Insights and Innovation through Interoperability (PANEL)
Chair: Charles Jaffe, HL7 International
- Data Privacy and Security (and Health Equity) Challenges to the Use of Health Data in AI (PANEL)
Chair: Deven McGraw, Invitae
- Bakul Patel, Google - Accelerating Drug Development with Real World Evidence and AI: Amgen's Journey
- David M. Reese, Amgen
