Rice Business Healthcare Conference
Transformation Through Innovation: AI in Healthcare
Date: Friday, April 24, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Venue: McNair Hall, Rice University
Organized by the Rice Business Healthcare Association, this event will bring together leading experts, innovators, and the next generation of healthcare leaders to explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence and its impact on healthcare systems and the future of care delivery.
Who Should Attend
- Healthcare Executives: Examine strategies for translating AI initiatives into measurable organizational impact
- Clinical Leaders: Gain insight into effectively integrating AI into care delivery and optimizing workflows
- AI and Innovation Leaders: Discover established best practices for scaling data-driven solutions across healthcare systems
- Rice Business Students and Alumni: Engage directly with executive decision-making in AI implementation
Join the innovators turning AI innovation into transformative healthcare impact.
Symposium Agenda
Time
Description
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
- Peter Rodriguez - Dean, Jones Graduate School of Business and Virani Undergraduate School of Business
9:15 – 9:45 a.m.
Opening Keynote
- Roberta Levy Schwartz - Executive Vice President, Houston Methodist Hospital, Chief Innovation Officer, Houston Methodist
9:50 – 10:50 a.m.
Panel 1
Digital Innovation in Care Delivery
- Sarah Pletcher, MD - Chief Digital Health Officer and System Vice President for Strategic Innovation, Houston Methodist
- Pothik Chatterjee - Executive Director, Digital Health Institute, Rice University and Houston Methodist
- Monisha Shah, MD - Medical Director and Owner, Rejuve Medical Spa and Medical Director and Co-Owner, Atlas Premier Health
- Dan Shoenthal - Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, MD Anderson
- Moderator: Adrian Trömel - Interim Chief Innovation Officer and Vice President for Innovation, Rice University
10:50 – 11:05 a.m.
Break
11:05 – 11:35 a.m.
Second Keynote
11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.
Panel 2
Predictive Analytics and Patient Experience
- Parin Shah, MD - Founder and Managing Partner, Emerge Healthcare Group
- Tom Vo, MD - CEO and Chairman of the Board, Nutex Health
- Ali Haider - Founder, President and CEO, Lilia AI
- Radha Tamerisa, MD - Founder, Katy Integrative Gastroenterology
- Moderator: Eddie Lee Patton Jr., MD - Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Texas
12:40 – 1:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Reception and Networking
(Agenda is tentative and subject to change)
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