Executive Leadership

Vijay Shah, MD

Dr. Vijay Shah
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Kinney Executive Dean of Research; Carol M. Gatton Professor of Digestive Diseases Research, Honoring Peter Carryer, M.D.; Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and Cancer Cell Biology; Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology


Matthew Callstrom, MD, PhD

Dr. Matt Callstrom
Physician Lead, AI Program; Medical Director, Strategy Department; Consultant, Radiology


Cui Tao, PhD

Dr. Cui Tao
Professor of Biomedical Informatics; Nancy Peretsman and Robert Scully Chair, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Micky Tripathi, PhD

Micky Tripathi, PhD
Chief Artificial Intelligence Implementation Officer


Matt Redlon, MBA

Matt Redlon, MBA
Chair, AI Program


Scientific Program Committee

Nansu Zong, PhD

Nansu Zong, PhD
Co-Chair
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Fred Fan, PhD

Fred Fan, PhD
Co-Chair
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Joseph Ahn, MD

Joseph Ahn, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology
Joint Appointee, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Yan Asmann, PhD

Yan Asmann, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences
Joint Appointee, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Hugo Botha, MB, ChB

Hugo Botha, MB,ChB
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology


Bob Freimuth, PhD

Bob Freimuth, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Hao Gong, PhD

Hao Gong, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology


Wenchao Han, PhD

Wenchao Han, PhD
Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology


Krishna Kalari, PhD

Dr. Krishna Kalari
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences


Eric Klee, PhD

Eric Klee, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences Everett J. and Jane M. Hauk Midwest Associate Director of Research and Innovation, Center for Individualized Medicine


Jianfu Li, PhD

Jianfu Li, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Irbaz Riaz, MBBS, PhD

Irbaz Riaz, MBBS, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Oncology, Department of Hematology and Oncology
Joint Appointee, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Hojjat Salehinejad, PhD

Hojjat Salehinejad, PhD
Associate Professor of Health Care Systems Engineering, Department of Health Care Delivery Research
Joint Appointee, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Dennis Shung, MD, PhD

Dennis Shung, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology
Joint Appointee, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Hamid Tizhoosh, PhD

Dr. Hamid Tizhoosh
Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Education & Accreditation Committee

Sunghwan Sohn, PhD

Sunghwan Sohn, PhD
Co-Chair
Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Che Ngufor, PhD

Che Ngufor, PhD
Co-Chair
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Soulmaz Boroumand, PhD

Soulmaz Boroumand, PhD
Client Relationship Manager, Mayo Clinic Platform


Nasibeh Zanjirani Farahani, PhD, MS

Nasibeh Zanjirani Farahani, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Platform


W. David Freeman, MD

W. David Freeman, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery and Professor of Neurology, Departments of Neurology and Critical Care


David R. Holmes III, Ph.D.

Dr. David Holmes III
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering


Elia Lima-Walton

Dr. Elia Lima-Walton
Principal Product Manager, Department of Information Technology
Joint Appointee, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Michelle McGowan, PhD

Michelle McGowan, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Department of Quantitative Health Science
Joint Appointee, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Conference Champions

Ryan Stidham, MD

Dr. Ryan Stidham
Chair
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Joint Appointee, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Lisa Carmel

Lisa Carmel
Chair
Business Development 


Antonio Forte, MD, PhD

Antonio Forte, MD, PhD
Professor of Plastic Surgery and Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Plastic Surgery
Joint Appointee, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Nari Gopala

Nari Gopala
Chief Digital Officer


David Jones, MD

David Jones, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Assistant Professor of Radiology, Department of Neurology


Young Juhn, MD, MPH

Young Juhn, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Community Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine


Eric Klee, PhD

Eric Klee, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences Everett J. and Jane M. Hauk Midwest Associate Director of Research and Innovation, Center for Individualized Medicine


Wei Liu, PhD

Wei Liu, PhD
Professor of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology
Joint Appointee, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Che Ngufor, PhD

Che Ngufor, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Shauna Overgaard, PhD

Shauna Overgaard, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Translational Science, Center for Digital Health
Senior Director, AI Strategy & Frameworks; Co-Director, AI Validation and Stewardship Research Program


Daniel Schaid, PhD

Daniel Schaid, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics, Curtis L. Carlson Family Professor of Genomics Research
Chair, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences


Sunghwan Sohn, PhD

Sunghwan Sohn, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Jared Staal

Jared Staal
Instructor in Healthcare; Executive Director of Intelligent Automation, Department of Enterprise Automation


Hamid Tizhoosh, PhD

Dr. Hamid Tizhoosh
Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Organizing Committee 

Lacey Hart

Lacey Hart
Operations Lead
Administrator, Department of Artificial Intelligence & Informatics


Katelyn Cordie

Katelyn Cordie
Conference Manager
Senior Program Coordinator, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Ashley Jones

Ashley Jones
Education Committee Lead
Senior Education Specialist, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics


Kris Schanilec

Kris Schanilec
Senior Communications Specialist, Department of Communications


David Strauss, MBA

David Strauss, MBA
Instructor in Health Care Administration, Senior Project Manager