20 Oct 2025 | Las Vegas | 01:00 PM - 05:00 PM PDT

Architecting the Future of Patient Experience

About this Meeting

For the forward-thinking pharma leader, the path to improved outcomes is shaped not only by

innovation in science but by rethinking how we reach, enable and support patients. Yet today,

just 34% of global healthcare consumers say they feel “cared for” by the healthcare system—a

sharp drop that underscores a growing disconnect between medical innovation and patient experience.


As emerging trends like direct-to-patient (DTP) channels and AI compliment traditional

engagement pathways, this session will explore how patient experience is becoming the next

competitive advantage in pharma. From bold new tactics to systemic shifts in care delivery,

we’ll dive into what’s working, what’s next and what it truly means to center the patient.


Co-hosted by HLTH and ZS, this interactive session will provide a compelling narrative and

actionable agenda for transforming the patient experience. Our focus will be on moving beyond

medication to create a holistic ecosystem of care that empowers patients, enhances adherence,

and ultimately, delivers demonstrably better health outcomes.


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Speakers:

Asheesh Shukla PrincipalZS Associates
Asheesh Shukla
PrincipalZS Associates
Chandana Fitzgerald President, CommunityHLTH
Chandana Fitzgerald
President, CommunityHLTH
Colin Lake Head Digital Care Transformation NeurologyUCB
Colin Lake
Head Digital Care Transformation NeurologyUCB
Desiree Priestley VP, Chief Health Experience OfficerOtsuka Precision Health
Desiree Priestley
VP, Chief Health Experience OfficerOtsuka Precision Health
Ethan Wergelis-Isaacson Senior Director, StrategyMckesson
Ethan Wergelis-Isaacson
Senior Director, StrategyMckesson
Karima Siddiqui Global Patient Health ExcellenceTakeda
Karima Siddiqui
Global Patient Health ExcellenceTakeda
Kerry Quinn Associate PrincipalZS Associates
Kerry Quinn
Associate PrincipalZS Associates
kirk keaffaber AVP Connected MedicineEli Lilly & Co
kirk keaffaber
AVP Connected MedicineEli Lilly & Co
Klaudia Eriksson Philipp Global Digital Innovation & Alliances LeadPfizer
Klaudia Eriksson Philipp
Global Digital Innovation & Alliances LeadPfizer
Maurice Solomon PrincipalZS Associates
Maurice Solomon
PrincipalZS Associates
Mike Pace Founder & CEOPalmHealthCo
Mike Pace
Founder & CEOPalmHealthCo
Nandini Nayar Global Head Digital Health - ImmunologySanofi
Nandini Nayar
Global Head Digital Health - ImmunologySanofi
Steve Pham Head of Digital Medicine, Patient ServicesZS Associates
Steve Pham
Head of Digital Medicine, Patient ServicesZS Associates
Tanya Shepley PartnerZS Associates
Tanya Shepley
PartnerZS Associates
Vicky Zhou PartnerZS Associates
Vicky Zhou
PartnerZS Associates
Vijesh Unnikrishnan PartnerZS
Vijesh Unnikrishnan
PartnerZS
Agenda:
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Welcome & Keynote
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Case Study
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Panel Discussion: The Experience Spectrum: How Patient-Centered Models are Reshaping Care
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Roundtable Discussions & Debate
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Networking Reception

Participants:

Addie Shinde Senior Product ManagerCVS
Addie Shinde
Senior Product ManagerCVS
Alaap Shah Member of the FirmEpstein Becker Green
Alaap Shah
Member of the FirmEpstein Becker Green
Alexander Blood Director, Medical Operations and InnovationMass General Brigham
Alexander Blood
Director, Medical Operations and InnovationMass General Brigham
Allen On Senior Technology ScoutBoehringer Ingelheim
Allen On
Senior Technology ScoutBoehringer Ingelheim
Amber Spierer Director, External EngagementJohnson and Johnson
Amber Spierer
Director, External EngagementJohnson and Johnson
Andrew DeLao Chief Strategy and Marketing OfficerGE HealthCare
Andrew DeLao
Chief Strategy and Marketing OfficerGE HealthCare
Anna Ryu Consumer Engagement Product Partnerships LeadAetna CVS
Anna Ryu
Consumer Engagement Product Partnerships LeadAetna CVS
Annie Lamont Co-Founder & Managing PartnerOak HC/FT
Annie Lamont
Co-Founder & Managing PartnerOak HC/FT
Areo Nazari CEOCaryHealth
Areo Nazari
CEOCaryHealth
Arun Bhatia Commercial Strategy Lead - Digital HealthAstellas Pharma Rx+ Business Accelerator
Arun Bhatia
Commercial Strategy Lead - Digital HealthAstellas Pharma Rx+ Business Accelerator
Ashley Pfeifer Strategic Insights & InnovationMcKesson
Ashley Pfeifer
Strategic Insights & InnovationMcKesson
Ashley Pippin Product Director, Digital Health SolutionsJ & J
Ashley Pippin
Product Director, Digital Health SolutionsJ & J
Aurore Beaume Chief Business OfficerAptar Digital Health
Aurore Beaume
Chief Business OfficerAptar Digital Health
Brandon Salimi Business DevelopmentAmgen
Brandon Salimi
Business DevelopmentAmgen
Cassia Delisi Digital Marketing LeadSanofi
Cassia Delisi
Digital Marketing LeadSanofi
Catherine Blanchette Head of Digital Strategic PartnershipsSanofi
Catherine Blanchette
Head of Digital Strategic PartnershipsSanofi
Christen Buseman Director MarketingAmgen
Christen Buseman
Director MarketingAmgen
Christie McIsaac Technology PartnershipsSanofi
Christie McIsaac
Technology PartnershipsSanofi
Christina Pao Global Medical AffairsBioMarin
Christina Pao
Global Medical AffairsBioMarin
Ciara Clancy Chief Executive OfficerBeats Medical Ltd
Ciara Clancy
Chief Executive OfficerBeats Medical Ltd
Connie Lim Market Access MarketingBridgeBio
Connie Lim
Market Access MarketingBridgeBio
Corne de Jong Chief Operations OfficerIndivi
Corne de Jong
Chief Operations OfficerIndivi
Craig Smith Managing DirectorHealth Impact Alliance
Craig Smith
Managing DirectorHealth Impact Alliance
Dae Choi Group Director, Digital Health & InnovationJ&J Innovative Medicine
Dae Choi
Group Director, Digital Health & InnovationJ&J Innovative Medicine
Daniel Leutenegger Director, Patient Health ExcellenceTakeda Pharmaceuticals
Daniel Leutenegger
Director, Patient Health ExcellenceTakeda Pharmaceuticals
David Werner VP Global MarketingKailera Therapeutics
David Werner
VP Global MarketingKailera Therapeutics
Doug Hsu Senior Director, Innovation I&AAstraZeneca
Doug Hsu
Senior Director, Innovation I&AAstraZeneca
Dr. Alyssa Abo VP Clinical InnovationDeepSight Technology
Dr. Alyssa Abo
VP Clinical InnovationDeepSight Technology
Dror Bacher Head of Medical Digital Health ProgramsPfizer
Dror Bacher
Head of Medical Digital Health ProgramsPfizer
Edward Han-Burgess Global Head of Digital Healthcare PortfolioSanofi
Edward Han-Burgess
Global Head of Digital Healthcare PortfolioSanofi
Elsa Rive Boukadoum PartnershipPfizer
Elsa Rive Boukadoum
PartnershipPfizer
Eran Desheh SVP Strategic PartnershipsAda Health
Eran Desheh
SVP Strategic PartnershipsAda Health
Francesca Wuttke Head of AdvisoryHLTH
Francesca Wuttke
Head of AdvisoryHLTH
Frank Chavez Global Head, Strategy & Corporate DevelopmentOtsuka Precision Health
Frank Chavez
Global Head, Strategy & Corporate DevelopmentOtsuka Precision Health
Geetha Parachuru Director, Digital Strategy and ProductsGilead
Geetha Parachuru
Director, Digital Strategy and ProductsGilead
Gloria Vanderham CEO Bliss Bio Health
Gloria Vanderham
CEO Bliss Bio Health
Hari Gutlapalli Executive Director - Data, AI, PlatformKaiser Permanente
Hari Gutlapalli
Executive Director - Data, AI, PlatformKaiser Permanente
Helene Haarmann Global Patient Health ExcellenceTakeda
Helene Haarmann
Global Patient Health ExcellenceTakeda
Jen Horonjeff Founder & CEOSavvy Cooperative
Jen Horonjeff
Founder & CEOSavvy Cooperative
Jenna Oppenheim PfizerforAll Strategy LeadPfizer
Jenna Oppenheim
PfizerforAll Strategy LeadPfizer
Jennie Fisher Director Patient InnovationBiogen
Jennie Fisher
Director Patient InnovationBiogen
Jennifer Scanlon VP, Global Strategic PartnershipsNorthwell Health
Jennifer Scanlon
VP, Global Strategic PartnershipsNorthwell Health
JeShaune Jackson Director, Patient Advocacy & AlliancesBridgeBio
JeShaune Jackson
Director, Patient Advocacy & AlliancesBridgeBio
Jesse Cornacchione Head of PartnershipsAstellas Rx+
Jesse Cornacchione
Head of PartnershipsAstellas Rx+
Jotpreet Chahal VP, Global Digital HealthJ&J Innovative Medicine
Jotpreet Chahal
VP, Global Digital HealthJ&J Innovative Medicine
Julie Carty Head of GrowthHLTH Community
Julie Carty
Head of GrowthHLTH Community
Kaley Simon SVP, Product & StrategyMedAdvisor Solutions
Kaley Simon
SVP, Product & StrategyMedAdvisor Solutions
Kevin Ryan Director, Customer ExperienceNovartis
Kevin Ryan
Director, Customer ExperienceNovartis
Lauren Gadsby Director, Global Commercial Digital HealthJohnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Lauren Gadsby
Director, Global Commercial Digital HealthJohnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Lefteris Grammatas Associate Director Digital StrategyGilead
Lefteris Grammatas
Associate Director Digital StrategyGilead
Lindsey Smith Global Pt Advocacy/Pt Health Excellence Takeda
Lindsey Smith
Global Pt Advocacy/Pt Health Excellence Takeda
Luke Pawley Customer Success ManagerHLTH
Luke Pawley
Customer Success ManagerHLTH
M'Kayl Lewis Chief Strategy OfficerPack Health, LLC
M'Kayl Lewis
Chief Strategy OfficerPack Health, LLC
Madalina Sucala Medical Digital Health and AI, Sr DirectorPfizer
Madalina Sucala
Medical Digital Health and AI, Sr DirectorPfizer
Maggie O'Donovan Senior Consultant, Advisory and InsightsHLTH Inc
Maggie O'Donovan
Senior Consultant, Advisory and InsightsHLTH Inc
Manasi Ghogare Senior Product ManagerTakeda
Manasi Ghogare
Senior Product ManagerTakeda
Maria Kirsch Vice President, Pfizer Patient ServicesPfizer
Maria Kirsch
Vice President, Pfizer Patient ServicesPfizer
Mark Pellegrino Director, US Insights & StrategyAstellas
Mark Pellegrino
Director, US Insights & StrategyAstellas
Markus Blank Director AI SolutionsBayer AG
Markus Blank
Director AI SolutionsBayer AG
Matt Norton VP of Marketing & Commercial DevelopmentS3 Connected Health
Matt Norton
VP of Marketing & Commercial DevelopmentS3 Connected Health
Mitch Bailey Associate Director, Medical DiagnosticBioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc
Mitch Bailey
Associate Director, Medical DiagnosticBioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc
Monica Abril Valles Digital Health AssociateSanofi
Monica Abril Valles
Digital Health AssociateSanofi
Nathan Chen Senior ManagerCVS
Nathan Chen
Senior ManagerCVS
Nick Nguyen Nick Nguyen Market Access DirectorAmneal
Nick Nguyen Nick Nguyen
Market Access DirectorAmneal
Niesha Foster Vice President, Patient ServicesPfizer Inc
Niesha Foster
Vice President, Patient ServicesPfizer Inc
Niki Kurth Sr Director, B2B Strategy & SolutionsSanofi
Niki Kurth
Sr Director, B2B Strategy & SolutionsSanofi
Ofer Waks Medical Digital Health Partnerships LeadPfizer
Ofer Waks
Medical Digital Health Partnerships LeadPfizer
Parth Shah PhysicianCondell Medical Center
Parth Shah
PhysicianCondell Medical Center
Patrick Keenan Digital Health Program Lead - DIGITIVAAstellas Rx+
Patrick Keenan
Digital Health Program Lead - DIGITIVAAstellas Rx+
PJ Cusack Vice PresidentLLR Partners
PJ Cusack
Vice PresidentLLR Partners
Rahul Sangal VP, StrategyMcKesson
Rahul Sangal
VP, StrategyMcKesson
Raj Mills SVP, Chief Technology OfficerSleep Number
Raj Mills
SVP, Chief Technology OfficerSleep Number
Rithika Naik Director Global Commercial Digital HealthJohnson & Johnson
Rithika Naik
Director Global Commercial Digital HealthJohnson & Johnson
Ritu Malhotra Co-Founder, Chief Pharmacy OfficerAndel
Ritu Malhotra
Co-Founder, Chief Pharmacy OfficerAndel
Ron Lacy VP, Products & InnovationUBC
Ron Lacy
VP, Products & InnovationUBC
Rui Pedro Saldanha Sr. Manager, Strategic PlanningAbbott
Rui Pedro Saldanha
Sr. Manager, Strategic PlanningAbbott
Ryan Guite Director Trade, Market Access & PricingUCB
Ryan Guite
Director Trade, Market Access & PricingUCB
Ryan Napper SrD, Patient Services TransformationPfizer
Ryan Napper
SrD, Patient Services TransformationPfizer
Sam Gupta Director - AI InnovationNovartis
Sam Gupta
Director - AI InnovationNovartis
Sandra Jennings Director, Patient MarketingSanofi
Sandra Jennings
Director, Patient MarketingSanofi
Sarah Mills Sr. Director Digital StrategyGilead
Sarah Mills
Sr. Director Digital StrategyGilead
Sean Tyhurst Strategic Account DirectorHLTH
Sean Tyhurst
Strategic Account DirectorHLTH
Sherri Gorzelanczyk Associate Director, HIT SolutionsSanofi
Sherri Gorzelanczyk
Associate Director, HIT SolutionsSanofi
SHINYA IIMURA Global Public Policy LeadTakeda Pharmaceuticals
SHINYA IIMURA
Global Public Policy LeadTakeda Pharmaceuticals
Smit Patel Director, Digital Health and AIDigital Medicine Society
Smit Patel
Director, Digital Health and AIDigital Medicine Society
Tanya Rana Consumer Experience LeadPfizer
Tanya Rana
Consumer Experience LeadPfizer
VJ Bala VP Marketing Partnerships & GrowthResmed
VJ Bala
VP Marketing Partnerships & GrowthResmed
Xenia Riasol Cercos Sponsored Programs Strategy ManagerHLTH
Xenia Riasol Cercos
Sponsored Programs Strategy ManagerHLTH