Global Leaders Driving The Future Of Healthcare At The 2025 Forbes Healthcare Summit

New York, NY – November 18, 2025 – Forbes is set to host its 14th Annual Healthcare Summit on Thursday, December 4, in New York City and virtually. Leaders across the $4 trillion healthcare industry will gather to explore how a new wave of innovation is revolutionizing the patient experience, making care more personal, accessible, and effective than ever before.

This year’s theme, “The Patient Care Revolution,” reflects a fundamental shift underway across the healthcare ecosystem. After decades of complexity, inefficiency, and barriers to access, a new model of care is emerging—one that puts patients at the center. At the Forbes Healthcare Summit, executives, entrepreneurs, and clinicians will share how they are redesigning healthcare delivery, leveraging technology to empower patients, and driving breakthroughs that improve outcomes and quality of life.

“The pace of healthcare innovation has never been greater, but progress only happens when the right voices are in the same room,” said Alex Knapp, Senior Editor, Science & Health, Forbes. “At the Forbes Healthcare Summit, we’re bringing together the pioneers defining what’s next to collaborate, challenge convention and create solutions that will shape the future of global health.”

This year’s Summit will also unveil the inaugural Forbes Top Hospitals List, spotlighting the healthcare systems leading the charge in patient-centered innovation. Additional sessions will explore how AI and digital tools are freeing physicians to focus on care, how new business models are making healthcare more affordable, and how personalized medicine is transforming treatment from maintenance to cure.

The Forbes Healthcare Summit will spotlight how exceptional leaders are charting a path forward, balancing innovation and access and reimagining the future of health.

Confirmed Speakers Include:

• Mark Cuban, Entrepreneur and Cofounder, Cost Plus Drugs

• Allen K. Sills, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, National Football League
• Judy Faulkner, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Epic
• Lisa Anderson, Ph.D., Cofounder & President, Paragonix Technologies, Inc.
• Vineeta Agarwala, M.D., Ph.D., General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
• Toyin Ajayi, M.D., Cofounder & Chief Executive Officer, Cityblock Health
• Jeffrey R. Balser, M.D., Ph.D., President & Chief Executive Officer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Dean, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
• Nir Barzilai, M.D., Director, Institute for Aging Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine; President, The Academy for Health and Lifespan Research (AHLS); Board Member, American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)
• James Bradner, M.D., EVP, Research and Development, Amgen
• John Bott, Healthcare Measurement Consultant
• Oren Cahlon, M.D., Executive Vice President and Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs and Strategy, Chief Clinical Officer, NYU Langone Health
• Mike Curtis, Ph.D., President & Chief Executive Officer, eGenesis
• Marianne De Backer, M.Sc., Ph.D., M.B.A., Chief Executive Officer & Director, Vir Biotechnology
• Stephen Dorner, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., Chief of Clinical Operations & Medical Affairs, Healthcare at Home, Mass General Brigham
• Steve Forbes, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Forbes
• Stephen Gillett, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Verily
• Brian Hilberdink, President, U.S. Human Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim
• Michael Hufford, Ph.D., Cofounder & Chief Executive Officer, LyGenesis, Inc.
• Bruce Japsen, Senior Healthcare Contributor, Forbes
• Jamie Justice, Ph.D, Executive Vice President of the Health Domain, XPRIZE Foundation; Executive Director, XPRIZE Healthspan; and Adjunct Professor, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• Alec C. Kimmelman, M.D., Ph.D., Dean, NYU Grossman School of Medicine & Chief Executive Officer, NYU Langone Health
• Francisco LePort, Ph.D., Cofounder & Chief Executive Officer, Gordian Biotechnology
• Derek Lo, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Medallion
• Kedar Mate, M.D., Cofounder & Chief Medical Officer, Qualified Health; President Emeritus & Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; and Faculty, Weill Cornell Medical College
• Robert Montgomery, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Surgery at NYU Langone Health and the Director of the NYU Langone Transplant Institute
• Steve Nelson, President, Aetna and Executive Vice President, CVS Health
• Trent Norris, Global Head of Business Development for Digital Health, NVIDIA
• Thomas Oxley, M.D., Ph.D., Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Synchron
• Raj Panjabi, M.D., Senior Partner, Flagship Pioneering
• Shiv Rao, M.D., Cofounder & Chief Executive Officer, Abridge
• Jim Rechtin, President & Chief Executive Officer, Humana
• Serge Saxonov, Cofounder & Chief Executive Officer, 10x Genomics
• Seth Sternberg, Cofounder & Chief Executive Officer, Honor Technology
• Christie Teigland, Ph.D., VP, Research Science & Advanced Analytics, Inovalon
• John J. Whyte, M.D., M.P.H., Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, American Medical Association

NYU Langone Health is the Title Sponsor for the 2025 Forbes Healthcare Summit. For sponsorship inquiries, please contact [email protected].

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