Wednesday, January 28

Welcome to the Digital Health Summit ’26, spotlighting the federal government’s most transformative and impactful missions in the Federal and Military health IT space. This high-energy luncheon brings together visionaries, changemakers, and trailblazers from agencies including the Department of Veterans Affairs, Defense Health Agency, CMS, HHS, NIH, FDA, and more, united by a shared mission to modernize, innovate, and transform health IT and healthcare delivery.
 

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.

 
We look forward to having you join us on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, for an inspiring celebration of innovation and excellence, and an invigorating glimpse of what’s next in federal health IT transformation.

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

These awards 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.

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

Rubrik logo

Tech Transformation Sponsor

Panel Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor – TAC

Maximus_logo

Platinum Sponsor – SAC

Platinum Sponsor – NAC

Cornerstone Sponsors

GDIT logo

Registration Sponsor

Mission Impact Partner

Emerging Tech Expo Sponsor

Luncheon Sponsor

Innovation Sponsor

Red_Hat_Logo

Expo Exhibitors

Breakfast Sponsor

Morning and Afternoon Break Sponsors

Happy Hour Sponsor

Emerging Innovator Sponsors

Community Sponsor

Orange Slices logo