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2025 Annual Healthcare Summit – Leadership Rewired: Building Capacity for AI, Automation, and Innovation in Healthcare

October 23

 

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!

 Credits available (to be announced soon).

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

Jack Bailey, MS, FACHE


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 CaronFounder and CEO of Health Universe
Brian ManningHealth 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
Joel Radford, MBA – Cofounder and Managing Partner, 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!

Details

Date:
October 23

Venue

Cross Insurance Club at Gillette Stadium