Speaker Profile
M.D., Lead, Duke
Biography
Mark is the Co-Founder and CEO of Vega Health and the co-lead of Health AI Partnership. His work focuses on advancing the safe and effective use of AI in community and rural settings. He spent nearly 11 years at Duke leading interdisciplinary teams of data scientists, clinicians, and machine learning experts to build technologies that solve real clinical problems. Together with the DIHI team, he has integrated dozens of data-driven technologies into clinical operations. Mark has published over 60 manuscripts in top technical, clinical, and management venues and while at Duke secured over $12 million in external grant funding from government, philanthropic, and industry sources. He obtained his Bachelor’s of Science in Mathematics from UCLA, where he was awarded the Charles E. Young Humanitarian Award, the top honor for community service, and his MD and Masters of Public Policy at Duke University as a Dean’s Tuition Scholar.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2027 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
William Oh, Yale
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Nigam Shah, Stanford
• Thomas Fuchs, Lilly
Keynote: Responsible AI in Healthcare: From RWE to Agentic Systems
• Nigam Shah, Stanford
Keynote: Scaling Trusted AI: From Computational Pathology to Next-Gen Medicines
• Thomas Fuchs, Lilly
Real-World Evidence & Clinical AI: Closing the Loop Between Data and Care
• Chair: Roxana Daneshjou, Stanford
• Aashima Gupta, Google
• Brigham Hyde, Atropos Health
• Michael Pfeffer, Stanford
• Thomas Fuchs, Lilly
From Data to Decisions: Building Regulatory-Grade RWE from EHR Systems in Oncology
• Chair: Nadia Poluhina, Mayo Clinic
• Kate Estep, Flatiron Health
• Alyssa Pybus, Moffitt Cancer Center
• Julie Stein Deutsch, Johns Hopkins
• Jeremy Jones, Mayo Clinic
Predicting Outcomes: An AI Model Trained on RWE for Precision Care
• Rich Gliklich, OM1
AI for Clinical Decision Support: From Models to Bedside
• Chair: Amrita Basu, UCSF
• Anurang Revri, Stanford
• Emily Alsentzer, Stanford
• Okan Ekinci, Roche
Keynote: AI for CDS-From Models to Bedside
• Zachary Ziegler, OpenEvidence
Operationalizing AI in Health Systems: Trust, Adoption & Outcomes
• Chair: Danton Samuel Char, Stanford
• Karan Singhal, OpenAI
• Sina Bari, iMerit Technology
• Shashi Shankar, Novellia
• Elena Ikonomovska, diadia Health
• Syed Mohiuddin, Anthropic
Safe, Scalable AI in Clinical Practice: What’s Working and What’s Not
• Chair: Travis Zack, OpenEvidence
• Vincent Liu, Kaiser
• Richard Milani, Sutter Health
Transforming Transplant Care Through AI: From Predictive Insights to Precision Decisions
• Jing Huang, CareDx
AI for Precision Psychiatry: Integrating Multimodal Data Into Clinical Decision Support
• Erwin Estigarribia, HEADLAMP health
Workflow-First Clinical AI: Integration Patterns, Guardrails & Change Management
• Jorge Durand, Klick Health
From Patient-Generated Data to Regulatory-Grade RWE: Design, Bias & Outcome Linkage
• Phil Johnson, Evidation
