Speaker Profile
M.D., Operating Partner, Khosla Ventures
Biography
Dr. Paz has served as an executive and board member across providers, payers, and med-tech. He was EVPCMO of CVS Health Aetna; ChancellorCEO of Ohio State Wexner Medical Center; and CEO of Penn State Health and Stony Brook Univ Medicine. He sits on the boards of Envision Healthcare and Research America and previously served on Select Medical, USPI, Vyteris, and seven health-system boards. He advises Curai Health and previously advised Johnson Johnson and USPI. He has served on committees of the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academies. A former medical school dean and investigator in sepsis, A RDS, and medical devices, he has authored over 100 publications. Dr. Paz earned his BA and MD at the University of Rochester and an MS in life science engineering at Tufts, trained at Northwestern, and completed fellowships at Johns Hopkins in pulmonary and critical care and in environmental health sciences.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2027 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Burns Blaxall
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Euan Ashley, Stanford
• Jeffrey R. Balser, Vanderbilt
• Howard J. Jacob, Abbvie
Precision Medicine at Scale: Lessons from Vanderbilt
• Jeffrey R. Balser, Vanderbilt
From First Patient to a Million Genomes
• Chair: Howard J. Jacob, Abbvie
• Jeffrey R. Balser, Vanderbilt
• Euan Ashley, Stanford
Keynote: AI and Data-Driven Individual Health- Optimizing Wellness, Preventing Disease and Empowering Precision Medicine
• Lee Hood, Phenome Health
Keys to Successful Implementation of a Precision Medicine Program
• Chair: Howard McLeod, GeneDx
• Kevan Simms, Ochsner Health
• David Glazer, Verily
• Mark Atalla, HHS
• Susanne Munksted, Diaceutics
Precision Cardiology at Scale: Implementing Genomics Beyond Oncology
• Chair: Damon Hostin, Illumina
• David E. Lanfear, Henry Ford Health
• onit Yarden, NIH/NHLBI
Precision Medicine at Scale: Lessons from a Statewide Genomic Initiative
• Chair: Premal Shah, MyOme
• Niall Lennon, Broad Clinical Labs
• Oliver Hampton, Southern Research
Integrating Multi-Modal Biology into Precision Care Pathways: A Systems Framework for Scalable Implementation
• K V Venkatesh, IIT Mumbai
From Multi-Omics to Clinical Action: Making It Work at UCSF
• Marina Sirota, UCSF
From $/Gb to Outcomes: Simplifying Genomics for Health Systems
• Jacob Thaysen, Illumina
Achieving Comprehensive Precision Medicine
• Chair: Burns Blaxall
• Trish Brown, GeneDx
• Eric Green, Illumin
• Daryl Pritchard, Personalized Medicine Coalition
• Ora Gordon, Providence Health
• Sarah Hersey, BMS
