Speaker Profile
M.D., Chief Information Officer, Associate Dean, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford Health Care
Biography
Michael A. Pfeffer, MD, FACP serves as Chief Information 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 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
