Speaker Profile
M.D., Chief Information and Digital Officer, Associate Dean, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford Health Care
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 2026 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
• Hal Paz, Khosla Ventures
• Syed Mohiuddin, Anthropic
Safe, Scalable AI in Clinical Practice: What’s Working and What’s Not
• Chair: 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
