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2025 Annual Healthcare Summit – Leadership Rewired: Building Capacity for AI, Automation, and Innovation in Healthcare – In-Person Credits
Thursday, October 23, 2025
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET
Cross Insurance Club, Gillette Stadium
Foxborough, MA
REGISTER TODAY AT EARLY BIRD RATES HERE!
Approved by the American College of Healthcare Executives for 7.5 In-Person and 2 Qualifying Education Credits!
ACHE of MA’s 2025 Annual Healthcare Summit
Leadership Rewired: Building Capacity for AI, Automation, and Innovation in Healthcare
Held again this year at the Cross Insurance Club at Gillette Stadium, the 2025 Healthcare Summit will explore how healthcare leaders can harness emerging technologies—particularly AI and automation—to advance patient-centered care while effectively managing risk and complexity. This premier event features dynamic panel discussions with industry experts, interactive poster sessions, and curated engagement opportunities designed to deliver strategic insights for today’s decision-makers.
Reasons to Join Us!
Participants will engage with leaders at the forefront of innovation and leave with actionable strategies, expanded networks, and the confidence to lead responsibly in an increasingly digital healthcare landscape. Whether you’re shaping policy, driving operations, or guiding clinical transformation, this summit offers the tools and connections needed to lead healthcare forward. You will leave the Summit equipped to:
- Assess High-Value AI Opportunities
Review AI deployment across clinical, operational, and administrative domains to identify use cases that align with system goals and deliver measurable ROI.
- Ask the Right Questions to Guide AI Investments
Establish a leadership-driven framework for evaluating AI tools and vendors—addressing key strategic, ethical, operational, and financial considerations.
- Navigate the Regulatory and Ethical Landscape
Stay ahead of evolving regulations, data privacy requirements, and ethical considerations, and integrate these factors into decision-making and risk management.
- Strengthen Organizational Capacity for Innovation
Identify strategies to build a culture of innovation and digital agility across the organization, aligning talent, resources, and leadership around scalable AI initiatives.
- Lead with Confidence in AI Strategy Conversations
Leverage shared language and structured messaging to drive informed, forward-looking discussions with boards, clinical leaders, IT teams, and external partners.
REGISTER TODAY AT EARLY BIRD RATES HERE!
Contact info@massache.org about:
– Group Discounts
– In-Transition Rates
– Start-Up Rates
Credits available (to be announced soon).
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
NETWORKING BREAKFAST
WELCOME – ACHE of MA PRESIDENT
KEYNOTE SPONSOR- Novo Nordisk
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Brian R. Spisak, PhD
Senior Partner/Program Director of AI and Leadership
Csuite Growth Advisors/Harvard University
POST-KEYNOTE PANEL
Harvard School of Public Health National Leadership Preparedness Initiative
Moderated by:
Ali Raja, MD, MBA, MPH, FACHE
Past President, ACHE of MA
Executive Vice Chair
Dept of Emergency Medicine at MGH
Professor, Harvard Medical School
Panelists:
Brian R. Spisak, PhD – Senior Partner/Program Director of AI and Leadership
Csuite Growth Advisors/Harvard University
Eric McNulty – Author, Speaker, Harvard Educator
Gabriel Aranovich, MD – Chief Medical Officer, Benchmark Health
Sponsored by Signature Summit Sponsor – Benchmark Health
NETWORKING – Sponsor LeanTaaS
PRESENTING SPONSOR – Medicus
CONCURRENT MORNING SESSIONS
AI Literacy at the Top: Rethinking Leadership in the Age of Intelligent Healthcare
Moderated by:
Danielle Solar
Program Director
Bentley University
Panelists:
Dean Cimini, MBA – Microsoft
Ja-Nae Duane, PhD – Serial Entrepreneur; Author, Brown University
Bill Schiano, DBA – Professor, Computer Information Systems, Bentley University
From Hype to Health Outcomes: Evaluating AI’s True Value
Moderated by Program Parter, ECG Management Consultants:
Asif Shah Mohammed, FACHDM
Partner
ECG Management Consultants
Panelists:
Dan Caron –Founder and CEO of Health Universe
Brian Manning– Health Tech Exec and Angel Investor
Sheila Phicil, MPH, MS, PMP, FACHE – “Phicil-itate Change”
LUNCH
AFTERNOON PANEL – Sponsored by Intuitive
The Digital Frontier: Transforming the Future of Healthcare with Da Vinci 5
Hospital executives and clinical leaders will join senior leadership from Intuitive — the makers of the Da Vinci and Ion robotic systems — for a panel discussion on how innovation, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are reshaping patient care and surgical education.
Moderated by:
Megan Jenkins, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
NYU Langone Health
Panelists:
Elliott Servais, MD
Section Chief, Thoracic Surgery, Director of Robotic Thoracic Surgery
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
Jaime Wong, MD, MBA, FRCSC, FACHE
Senior Vice President and Senior Medical Office
Intuitive
Maxwell Laurens, MD, MBA, FAANS
Senior Vice President, Neurosciences, Orthopedics, Surgery, Digestive Health, and Urology
Yale-New Haven Hospital
CONCURRENT AFTERNOON SESSIONS – moderated by Slalom
Pacing Change & Technology Adoption
This panel will explore how organizations can balance the urgent need for technological change with careful evaluation, long-term planning, and sustainable investment. Panelists will discuss how to manage short-term demands without compromising strategic direction and offer practical insights for aligning rapid innovation with long-term value.
Moderated by:
George White
Director, Business Transformation
Slalom
Panelists:
Jen Magaziner, MBA, MPH – VP of Digital Health, Boston Children’s Hospital
Howard Goldberg, MD, CMIO – VP Clinical Informatics, Baystate Health
Ashley Walsh, MHA – Chief Revenue Officer, LeanTaaS
Financial Pressures & Technology in Healthcare
This session will explore the financial implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) Act and how hospital systems are adapting in response. Panelists will discuss the challenges of adopting new technologies under budget constraints, the critical need to drive efficiency through innovation, and strategies for reallocating investments to mitigate financial pressure while advancing care delivery. Panelists forthcoming.
Moderated by:
Becca Mckay, MBA
New England Healthcare Lead
Slalom
Panelists:
Robert Weiss, MBA, MHA, FACHE – Director of Business Operations & Optimization, Brown University Health
Erin Sullivan, PhD – Associate Professor, Healthcare Administration, Suffolk University
Adrienne Tenney – Director, Quality and Operations, Engagys
WRAP UP AND NETWORKING RECEPTION
REGISTER TODAY AT EARLY BIRD RATES HERE!
PARKING & TRANSPORTATION:
Enjoy complimentary parking just steps away from the Cross Insurance Club entrance — super convenient and totally free!
Prefer public transit? No problem — commuter rail options make getting to Gillette Stadium easy from Boston and beyond.
Commuter rail options from downtown Boston!
Morning Trains to Foxboro (Gillette Station):
➡️ 5:47 AM from South Station → Arrives at 6:50 AM
➡️ 7:20 AM from South Station (also stops at Back Bay & Ruggles) → Arrives at 8:27 AM
You might miss a bit of the welcome session, but you’ll still make it before posters begin!
Afternoon Return Trains from Foxboro:
⬅️ 5:50 PM direct
⬅️ 6:20 PM via Walpole transfer
The Foxboro Station is right at Gillette—just a 5–10 minute walk to the stadium gates!
