Speaker

Herat Joshi

Short Bio

Herat Joshi, is a data scientist and a recognized leader in healthcare informatics. He has played a key role in large-scale Electronic Health Record (EHR) integration projects and has developed predictive models for various cancers, including melanoma and lung cancer. He was instrumental in the productization of Symbia Intevo, the world’s first xSPECT hybrid imaging system, significantly improving diagnostic accuracy and has been used by majorily of the Hospitals in the World. Additionally, his leadership in developing Apollo Prism, India’s first Personal Health Record (PHR) system, transformed digital health accessibility for over 80 million patient records. Beyond his professional contributions, Joshi has mentored hundreds of healthcare professionals. He is also an active member of distinguished organizations, including CHAI (Coalition for Health AI), IHA (Iowa Hospital Association), and AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association).

Dipak Kalra,
PhD, FRCGP, FBCS, is President of i~HD.

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Dipak Kalra, PhD, FRCGP, FBCS, is President of i~HD. He plays a leading international role in research and development of Electronic Health Records, including development of ISO standards on EHR interoperability, personal health records, EHR requirements. He has contributed to several EHR security and confidentiality standards. Dipak has led multiple Horizon 2020 and IMI projects in these areas, alongside pharma companies, hospitals, and ICT companies. He recently co-led a €16m project on the re-use of EHR information for clinical research, EHR4CR, alongside ten global pharma. He was a partner in another IMI project, EMIF, on the federating multiple population health and cohort studies. Dipak also led an EU Network of Excellence on semantic interoperability and is a partner in other EU projects including the development of real-world evidence to support treatment decisions in pregnancy, patient centric clinical trial design, multi-morbidity and promoting the adoption of IDMP. Dipak is Professor of Health Informatics at University College London and Visiting Professor of Health Informatics at the University of Gent.

George Demiris PhD, FACMI

Mary Alice Bennett University Professor, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation

School of Nursing & Biomedical Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania

Short Bio

George Demiris is a PIK (Penn Integrates Knowledge) University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and holds joint faculty appointments in the Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences of the School of Nursing where he serves as Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, and the Informatics Division of the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine. He explores innovative ways to utilize technology and support older adults and their families in various settings, including home and hospice care. He also focuses on designing and evaluating personal health systems that produce patient-generated data including “smart home” solutions for aging. He is a Member of the National Academy of Medicine, a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics, the Gerontological Society of America and the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics. He has conducted numerous federally funded studies and his work has been funded consistently over the years both by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). He directs the Penn Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Healthy Aging and is co-director of the Penn Community Collaboratory for Co-Creation.