Speaker Profile
MSMI, CHCIO, CDH-E, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Stanford Children's Health
Biography
With extensive experience and achievements in health care information technology, Tanya leads the Stanford Childrens digital transformation and technology-driven initiatives. Overseeing an award-winning team, she will create enterprise resource planning systems, drive operational excellence, and spearhead strategic planning.She previously served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at LCMC Health in New Orleans, Louisiana and the Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, and Chief Information Officer at HSHS Eastern WI Division in Green Bay, Wisconsin.Tanya holds a Master of Science in medical informatics from Milwaukee School of EngineeringMedical College of Wisconsin and a Bachelor of Science in health information administration.
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
