Wednesday, January 28
We will be recognizing the Digital Health Summit ’26 Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree, Luwanda Jones, Dr. BA., Chief of Staff, Office of Information & Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs.
In keeping with our commitment to championing the innovative use of emerging technologies, the Digital Health Summit will also feature an awards component and ceremony, the Digital Health Transformation Awards. These awards will honor Federal and Military Health IT programs that are harnessing the power of emerging technologies to advance their missions and spotlight the dedicated teams behind this groundbreaking work.
Date Wednesday, January 28
Time 11:30am – 1:30pm EDT
Where International Country Club | 13200 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, Fairfax, VA 22033
Keynote Panelists
David Benson
Senior Technical Advisor, Office of Digital Transformation, Food and Drug Administration
Jesus Caban, Ph.D.
Chief Data Scientist, PEO DHMS|EIDS PMO, Military Health Service
Mohammed Sohail Chaudhry
Chief Technology Officer, ODT, Food and Drug Administration
Jothi Dugar
Chief Information Security Officer, Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health
Neil Evans, M.D.
Acting Program Executive Director, Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and CIO, and Chief Officer for the Office of Connected Care in the Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
Mark Junda
Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs
Kimberly McManus, Ph.D.
Deputy Chief AI Officer, Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs
Oki Mek
Chief Information Security Officer, Federal, Microsoft
Susan Monarez, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, ARPA-H, National Institutes of Health
John Scott, M.D.
Interim Chief Data Officer, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
Kathryn Wetherby
Acting Director, Marketplace IT Group, Center for Consumer Information and Oversight, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Daniel Yourk
Senior Advisor, Virtual Health, Defense Health Agency
Sponsors
DIGITAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION HONOREES
Adoption of a Hybrid Multi-Cloud Environment
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
AI Explorers
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Ambient AI Scribe
Department of Veterans Affairs
Ask Sage@Health.Mil
Defense Health Agency
CDER AI/DATA Platform
Food and Drug Administration
Crushing Fraud Waste and Abuse
Office of the Inspector General, HHS
Crushing Fraud!
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Educate & Coverage Online Services (ECOS)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
ELSA
Food and Drug Administration
Enterprise Notifications
Department of Veterans Affairs
FDA Case Management and Administrative Resource System
FDA, Office of Inspections and Investigations, Office of Criminal Investigations
FDA Center of Excellence
Food and Drug Administration
Health Plan Management System
HHS, CMS
Hello Heart
Indian Health Service – Elbowoods Memorial Health Center
Information Technology and Applications Center (ITAC)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Innerworld, a Virtual Peer Support Platform
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Medicare Coverage Tools (MCT) 2.0
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Office of Information Technology Program
National Institutes of Health
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health
Product Management
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health
Service Desk, Configuration Management, and Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance Program
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
SSA ITSSC
Social Security Administration
VA Logistics Integrated Platform(VALIP)_Data Integration Platform (DIP)
Department of Veterans Affairs
Sponsors
Premier Sponsor
Tech Transformation Sponsor
Panel Sponsors
Platinum Sponsor – TAC
Platinum Sponsor – SAC
Platinum Sponsor – NAC
Cornerstone Sponsors
Registration Sponsor
Mission Impact Partner
Emerging Tech Expo Sponsor
Luncheon Sponsor
Innovation Sponsor
Expo Exhibitors
Breakfast Sponsor
Morning and Afternoon Break Sponsors
Happy Hour Sponsor
Emerging Innovator Sponsors
Community Sponsor
