Digital Health Opportunities: Improving Healthcare through Innovation

The panel will cover topics including how novel telemedicine technologies move out from or are better incorporated into health systems (i.e. artificial intelligence/machine learning, augmented reality, telesurgery, remote patient monitoring, and novel telemedicine and digital health technologies including apps and app/devices). The panel will also discuss how telehealth partnerships can improve patient access, connectivity, disease prevention and monitoring, while advancing education and surgical patient-care.

Michigan Medicine, Department of Surgery Hosts:

• Mark Cohen, MD, FACS – Professor of Surgery, Pharmacology, and Biomedical Engineering, Director of the Medical School Pathway of Excellence in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Director of the Michigan Surgical Innovation Prize Program
• Ton Wang, MD – Health Services Research Fellow, Center for Healthcare Outcome & Policy, General Surgery Resident

Featured Panel Speakers:

• Rachel Stillman (Associate, 7Wire Ventures)
• Tom Marten (U-M Coulter Director)
• Drew Bennett (Associate Director Licensing for Mobile/Apps/Software U-M OTT)
• Jonathan Murray (Senior Partner Draper Ventures, Detroit)
• Bruce Gingles (Senior VP Global Business, Translational Research, Commercial Regulation and Technology Assessment, Cook Medical, Inc.)
• Matt Karls (Managing Director for Strategy and Innovation at Emergent Holdings, Inc)