Speaker Profile
Biography
Michael A. Pfeffer, MD, FACP serves as Chief Information and Digital Officer and Associate Dean for Stanford Health Care and Stanford University School of Medicine. Michael oversees Technology and Digital Solutions (TDS), responsible for providing world class technology solutions to Stanford Health Care and School of Medicine, enabling new opportunities for groundbreaking research, teaching, and compassionate care across two hospitals and over 150 clinics. TDS supports Stanford Medicines mission to improve human health through discovery and care and strategic priorities to be value focused, digitally driven, and uniquely Stanford. Michael is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine and Division of Hospital Medicine with a joint appointment in the center for Biomedical Research (BMIR) in Stanford University School of Medicine.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2027 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Hal Paz, Khosla Ventures
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Victor Dzau, National Academy of Medicine (Luminary)
Featured Speakers
• Victor Dzau, National Academy of Medicine
• Hal Paz, Khosla Ventures
• David Feinberg, Oracle
• Dan Knecht, EmblemHealth
• Mike Montalto, Amgen
• Michael Pfeffer, Stanford
• Burns Blaxall, Cincinnati Children's
• Peter Hulick, Endeavor Health
• Hilary Gee Goeckner, ACS CAN
• Gary Marchant, Arizona State University
• Connie Lehman, Clairity
Operating Models That Actually Work
What it takes to run precision medicine across a health system.
What Gets Covered and Why
Coverage, payment pathways, and the evidence payers act on.
CDS That Clinicians Will Use
Putting the right guidance in front of the right clinician at the right time.
From Biomarker to Standard of Care
The evidence and operations that move a test into routine use.
What Will the Next Generation of Health Systems Build?
The precision-medicine roadmap for the decade ahead.
PMWC Hall of Impact
Previous Speakers Include
Nobel laureates, technology founders, regulators, CEOs and scientific pioneers who have taken the PMWC stage.