Our goal for this forum is to bring together bright minds doing cutting-edge work on a wide array of digital therapeutics topics.
Our longer-term aspiration is to catalyze more DTx start-ups in the Pittsburgh region, both corporate and traditional, that can bridge Pittsburgh’s world-class healthcare sector with our outstanding AI, robotics, and machine learning community.
The DTx Forum builds upon the November 2020 Corporate Entrepreneurship Forum’s highly rated Healthcare tract Echo helped organize with Carnegie Mellon University’s Corporate Startup Lab. Our speakers included key opinion leaders from Optum, Bayer, UHC, UPMC Enterprises, Philips, Highmark, etc. In addition, the forum showcased promising startup companies via 5-minute pitches to help them connect with potential customers.
See https://www.corporatestartuplab.com/csl-forum-2020
The Pittsburgh DTx Forum spaned three half-day blocks and included the following speakers:
SPEAKERS
Kerrie Holley – United Health Group (UHG), Optum
Technology Fellow
Eileen Rodgers – Highmark
Director of the VITAL Innovation program at Highmark Health
Dr. Robert L. Kormos – Abbott
Division Vice President Global Medical Affairs Heart Failure
Mohanad Fors – Almirail
Head of Global Digital Innovation
Dr. Nikolas Karkanias – Pfizer
Global Digital Client Partner, Hospital Business and Enterprise Medical Affairs
Hallie Johnson – Carnegie Mellon University
Startup Showcase Host & Academic Program Manager, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Corporate Startup Lab
Meghan Lenhart – Echo Strategies
Echo Healthcare Customer Concierge & Content Weaving
Mark Duman – MD Healthcare
Chief Patient Officer
Sathya Elumaiai – Aidar MouthLab
Founder
Dave Mawhinney – Carnegie Mellon University
Executive Director, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship
Dr. Pamela Peele – UPMC Health Plan & UPMC Enterprises
Chief Analytics Officer
Richard Citrin – Citrin Consulting
President
Matthew Tucker – MedTech Strategies
Builder of MedTech companies
Dominick Kennerson – Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Global Head G4A - Digital Health Partnerships
Dr. Brian Kelly –IQVIA
SolutionsLeader Respiratory Care
Paul Nielsen – Optum
VP, Advanced Technology Collaborative
Dr. Edward G. Power – Pfizer
Vice President, North America Medical Affairs
Cherry Bharati – Echo Healthcare
Research and Analysis
Rebecca Nugent – Carnegie Mellon University
Associate Department Head, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Statistics and Data Science Department
Joe Perekupka – Freespira
Chief Commercial Officer
Owen McCarthy – MedRhythms
President
Mark Liber – Kaia Health
Vice President, Growth
Neil Soni – Extovate
Co-Founder & Carnegie Mellon Corporate Startup Lab Advisor
Anthony Como – Philips
Solutions Leader Respiratory Care Philips Connected Care
David Hamilton – GlobalLogic
Vice President - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Jamie McGovern – Kymetis
Founder
Chris Schnatterly – Rest Assured Technologies
Chief Executive Officer
Maxwell Sims – Carnegie Mellon University
Corporate Startup Lab, Optum Studio
CO-CREATORS
Lou Musante
Managing Partner & Sales, Echo Strategies, DTx Forum Creator
Dr. Mark Lightowler
Founder & CEO, Phorix, DTx Forum Creator
Dr. Rick Stachel
Program Director, MHA, Gannon University, DTx Forum Creator
Sean Ammirati
Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, Carnegie Mellon University, Corporate Startup Lab Co-Creator, DTx Forum Creator
The program is being co-created by Echo Healthcare, Carnegie Mellon University CSL, the Phorix Group, Basel, Switzerland and Gannon Univeristy.
Our target audience is composed of a diverse set of healthcare executives, and healthcare brand managers from pharmaceutical, medical device and health IT as well as world renowned academics and entrepreneurial students.
The Pittsburgh DTx Forum (virtual) took place Tuesday, May 11th, through Thursday, May 13th 2020 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm EDT each day. We’ve designed a highly interactive learning and networking venue that was leveraged for the 2020 CMU Forum with great success based on participant and speaker feedback.
AGENDA
Connecting with the Patient of the Future
First Annual Pittsburgh Digital Therapeutics Forum
Agenda
Final Working Draft v12 May 6, 2021
Tuesday, May 11th
1:00pm – Welcome & Forum Fly Over by Lou Musante, Founder Echo Strategies Echo Healthcare & Dave Mawhinney, Executive Director, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University
1:05pm –First Customer: Working Together with Pharma by Dr. Nikolas Karkanias, Global Digital Client Partner, Hospital Business and Enterprise Medical Affairs and Neil Soni, Co-Founder, Extovate & Carnegie Mellon Corporate Startup Lab Advisor Hosted by Dr. Mark Lightowler, Founder & CEO Phorix, Ltd
1:45pm – Startup Showcase by Sathya Elumaiai, Founder Aidar MouthLab (John Hopkins Spin-off)
1:50pm – Break
2:00pm – The Impact of Hospital at Home: by Dr. Edward Power, Vice President, North America Medical Affairs, Hospital Business and Anthony Como, Solutions Leader Respiratory Care, Philips Connected Care Hosted by Dr. Rick Stachel, Program Director, MHA, Gannon University
2:45pm – Startup Showcase: by Neil Soni Co-Founder, Extovate
2:50pm – Break
3:00pm – Prescription DTx by Joe Perekupka, Chief Commercial Officer, Freespira and Eileen Rodgers, Director of the VITAL Innovation Program at Highmark Health Hosted by Lou Musante, Founder, Echo Strategies Echo Healthcare
3:45pm – Optional: Content Weaving Today’s Takeaways by Dr. Richard Citrin, Citrin Consulting and Meghan Lenhart, Echo Strategies
4:00pm – Day 1 Adjourns
Wednesday, May 12th
1:00pm – Welcome & Forum Fly Over by Lou Musante, Echo Strategies and Hallie Johnson, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Corporate Startup Lab, Academic Program Manager.
1:05pm – Advances in DTx by Mathew Tucker MedTech-Strategy and Dominick Kennerson, Global Head, G4A Digital Health Ecosystem & Engagement, Bayer Hosted by Dr. Mark Lightowler, Phorix
1:45pm – Startup Showcase: by Chris Schnatterly Co-Founder, RestAssured
1:50pm – Break
2:00pm – Using Real World Data for Digital Therapeutics and more by Dr. Rebecca Nugent, Associate Department Head, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Statistics and Data Science Department Carnegie Mellon University, Mr. David Hamilton, Vice President, Healthcare & Life Sciences, GlobalLogic and Dr. Brian Kelly, President, Payer and Provider Solutions IQVIA (QuintilesIMS is now IQVIA) Hosted by Dr. Rick Stachel Program Director, MHA, Gannon University
2:45pm – Startup Showcase: by Maxell Sims Co-Founder, MindTrace Carnegie Mellon University, Corporate Startup Lab, Optum Studio
2:50pm – Tech Showcase: by Mr. David Hamilton, Vice President, Healthcare & Life Sciences, GlobalLogic
2:55pm – Break
3:00pm – Calculating the Value of Digital Therapeutics by Kerrie Holley, Technology Fellow, United Health Group (UHG), Optum, Owen McCarthy, CEO MedRhythms and Mark Liber, Vice President, Growth, Kaia Health Hosted by Lou Musante, Founder, Echo Strategies Echo Healthcare
3:45pm – Optional: Content Weaving Today’s Takeaways by Cherry Bharati, Echo Healthcare, Meghan Lenhart, Echo Strategies
4:00pm – Day 2 Adjourns
Thursday, May 13th
1:00pm – Welcome & Forum Fly Over by Lou Musante, Echo Strategies and Hallie Johnson, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Corporate Startup Lab, Academic Program Manager.
1:05pm – Emerging DTx Solutions by Mathew Tucker, Founder, MedTech-Strategy, Mohanad Fors, Head of Global Digital Innovation, Almirail Hosted by Dr. Mark Lightowler, Founder Phorix Ltd.
1:45pm – Tech Showcase: by Dr. Rick Stachel, Co-Creator, Coping Indicators: Measuring and Influencing Subjective Well-Being, Gannon University & Echo Healthcare
1:50pm – Break
2:00pm – Changing Healthcare Related Behavior with Digital Therapeutics by Dr. Mark Aloia, Global Lead, Health Behavior Change, Engagement Specialist, Philips HealthTech, Dr. Mark Lightowler, CEO Phorix Ltd and Mark Duman, MD Healthcare, Chief Patient Officer, MD Healthcare (Hosted by Dr. Rick Stachel, Program Director, MHA, Gannon University
2:45pm – Tech Showcase: Kymetis and ISLE by Jamie McGovern, Co-Founder, Special Faculty, Director, Masters of Statistical Practice (MSP) Program at Carnegie Mellon University
2:50pm – Break
3:00pm – 2030: Where will DTx be? by Dr. Pamela Peele, Chief Analytics Officer, UPMC Enterprises, UPMC Health Plan and Dr. Robert L Kormos, Division Vice President Global Medical Affairs Heart Failure, Abbott. Hosted by Lou Musante, Founder, Echo Strategies Echo Healthcare
3:45pm – Forum Closing and Content Weaving; Today’s Takeaways by Cherry Bharati, Echo Healthcare and Meghan Lenhart, Echo Strategies
4:00pm – Day 3 Forum Closing, Acknowledgement, 2022 Forum & Adjournment
For more information or speaking at future forums, please contact Lou Musante, Echo Strategies musante@echostrategies.biz
Our goal for this forum is to bring together bright minds doing cutting-edge work on a wide array of digital therapeutics topics.
Our longer-term aspiration is to catalyze more DTx start-ups in the Pittsburgh region, both corporate and traditional, that can bridge Pittsburgh’s world-class healthcare sector with our outstanding AI, robotics, and machine learning community.
The DTx Forum builds upon the November 2020 Corporate Entrepreneurship Forum’s highly rated Healthcare tract Echo helped organize with Carnegie Mellon University’s Corporate Startup Lab. Our speakers included key opinion leaders from Optum, Bayer, UHC, UPMC Enterprises, Philips, Highmark, etc. In addition, the forum showcased promising startup companies via 5-minute pitches to help them connect with potential customers.
See https://www.corporatestartuplab.com/csl-forum-2020
The Pittsburgh DTx Forum spaned three half-day blocks and included the following speakers:
SPEAKERS
Kerrie Holley – United Health Group (UHG), Optum
Technology Fellow
Eileen Rodgers – Highmark
Director of the VITAL Innovation program at Highmark Health
Dr. Robert L. Kormos – Abbott
Division Vice President Global Medical Affairs Heart Failure
Mohanad Fors – Almirail
Head of Global Digital Innovation
Dr. Nikolas Karkanias – Pfizer
Global Digital Client Partner, Hospital Business and Enterprise Medical Affairs
Hallie Johnson – Carnegie Mellon University
Startup Showcase Host & Academic Program Manager, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Corporate Startup Lab
Meghan Lenhart – Echo Strategies
Echo Healthcare Customer Concierge & Content Weaving
Mark Duman – MD Healthcare
Chief Patient Officer
Sathya Elumaiai – Aidar MouthLab
Founder
Dave Mawhinney – Carnegie Mellon University
Executive Director, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship
Dr. Pamela Peele – UPMC Health Plan & UPMC Enterprises
Chief Analytics Officer
Richard Citrin – Citrin Consulting
President
Matthew Tucker – MedTech Strategies
Builder of MedTech companies
Dominick Kennerson – Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Global Head G4A - Digital Health Partnerships
Dr. Brian Kelly –IQVIA
SolutionsLeader Respiratory Care
Paul Nielsen – Optum
VP, Advanced Technology Collaborative
Dr. Edward G. Power – Pfizer
Vice President, North America Medical Affairs
Cherry Bharati – Echo Healthcare
Research and Analysis
Rebecca Nugent – Carnegie Mellon University
Associate Department Head, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Statistics and Data Science Department
Joe Perekupka – Freespira
Chief Commercial Officer
Owen McCarthy – MedRhythms
President
Mark Liber – Kaia Health
Vice President, Growth
Neil Soni – Extovate
Co-Founder & Carnegie Mellon Corporate Startup Lab Advisor
Anthony Como – Philips
Solutions Leader Respiratory Care Philips Connected Care
David Hamilton – GlobalLogic
Vice President - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Jamie McGovern – Kymetis
Founder
Chris Schnatterly – Rest Assured Technologies
Chief Executive Officer
Maxwell Sims – Carnegie Mellon University
Corporate Startup Lab, Optum Studio
CO-CREATORS
Lou Musante
Managing Partner & Sales, Echo Strategies, DTx Forum Creator
Dr. Mark Lightowler
Founder & CEO, Phorix, DTx Forum Creator
Dr. Rick Stachel
Program Director, MHA, Gannon University, DTx Forum Creator
Sean Ammirati
Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, Carnegie Mellon University, Corporate Startup Lab Co-Creator, DTx Forum Creator
The program is being co-created by Echo Healthcare, Carnegie Mellon University CSL, the Phorix Group, Basel, Switzerland and Gannon Univeristy.
Our target audience is composed of a diverse set of healthcare executives, and healthcare brand managers from pharmaceutical, medical device and health IT as well as world renowned academics and entrepreneurial students.
The Pittsburgh DTx Forum (virtual) took place Tuesday, May 11th, through Thursday, May 13th 2020 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm EDT each day. We’ve designed a highly interactive learning and networking venue that was leveraged for the 2020 CMU Forum with great success based on participant and speaker feedback.
AGENDA
Connecting with the Patient of the Future
First Annual Pittsburgh Digital Therapeutics Forum
Agenda
Final Working Draft v12 May 6, 2021
Tuesday, May 11th
1:00pm – Welcome & Forum Fly Over by Lou Musante, Founder Echo Strategies Echo Healthcare & Dave Mawhinney, Executive Director, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University
1:05pm –First Customer: Working Together with Pharma by Dr. Nikolas Karkanias, Global Digital Client Partner, Hospital Business and Enterprise Medical Affairs and Neil Soni, Co-Founder, Extovate & Carnegie Mellon Corporate Startup Lab Advisor Hosted by Dr. Mark Lightowler, Founder & CEO Phorix, Ltd
1:45pm – Startup Showcase by Sathya Elumaiai, Founder Aidar MouthLab (John Hopkins Spin-off)
1:50pm – Break
2:00pm – The Impact of Hospital at Home: by Dr. Edward Power, Vice President, North America Medical Affairs, Hospital Business and Anthony Como, Solutions Leader Respiratory Care, Philips Connected Care Hosted by Dr. Rick Stachel, Program Director, MHA, Gannon University
2:45pm – Startup Showcase: by Neil Soni Co-Founder, Extovate
2:50pm – Break
3:00pm – Prescription DTx by Joe Perekupka, Chief Commercial Officer, Freespira and Eileen Rodgers, Director of the VITAL Innovation Program at Highmark Health Hosted by Lou Musante, Founder, Echo Strategies Echo Healthcare
3:45pm – Optional: Content Weaving Today’s Takeaways by Dr. Richard Citrin, Citrin Consulting and Meghan Lenhart, Echo Strategies
4:00pm – Day 1 Adjourns
Wednesday, May 12th
1:00pm – Welcome & Forum Fly Over by Lou Musante, Echo Strategies and Hallie Johnson, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Corporate Startup Lab, Academic Program Manager.
1:05pm – Advances in DTx by Mathew Tucker MedTech-Strategy and Dominick Kennerson, Global Head, G4A Digital Health Ecosystem & Engagement, Bayer Hosted by Dr. Mark Lightowler, Phorix
1:45pm – Startup Showcase: by Chris Schnatterly Co-Founder, RestAssured
1:50pm – Break
2:00pm – Using Real World Data for Digital Therapeutics and more by Dr. Rebecca Nugent, Associate Department Head, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Statistics and Data Science Department Carnegie Mellon University, Mr. David Hamilton, Vice President, Healthcare & Life Sciences, GlobalLogic and Dr. Brian Kelly, President, Payer and Provider Solutions IQVIA (QuintilesIMS is now IQVIA) Hosted by Dr. Rick Stachel Program Director, MHA, Gannon University
2:45pm – Startup Showcase: by Maxell Sims Co-Founder, MindTrace Carnegie Mellon University, Corporate Startup Lab, Optum Studio
2:50pm – Tech Showcase: by Mr. David Hamilton, Vice President, Healthcare & Life Sciences, GlobalLogic
2:55pm – Break
3:00pm – Calculating the Value of Digital Therapeutics by Kerrie Holley, Technology Fellow, United Health Group (UHG), Optum, Owen McCarthy, CEO MedRhythms and Mark Liber, Vice President, Growth, Kaia Health Hosted by Lou Musante, Founder, Echo Strategies Echo Healthcare
3:45pm – Optional: Content Weaving Today’s Takeaways by Cherry Bharati, Echo Healthcare, Meghan Lenhart, Echo Strategies
4:00pm – Day 2 Adjourns
Thursday, May 13th
1:00pm – Welcome & Forum Fly Over by Lou Musante, Echo Strategies and Hallie Johnson, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Corporate Startup Lab, Academic Program Manager.
1:05pm – Emerging DTx Solutions by Mathew Tucker, Founder, MedTech-Strategy, Mohanad Fors, Head of Global Digital Innovation, Almirail Hosted by Dr. Mark Lightowler, Founder Phorix Ltd.
1:45pm – Tech Showcase: by Dr. Rick Stachel, Co-Creator, Coping Indicators: Measuring and Influencing Subjective Well-Being, Gannon University & Echo Healthcare
1:50pm – Break
2:00pm – Changing Healthcare Related Behavior with Digital Therapeutics by Dr. Mark Aloia, Global Lead, Health Behavior Change, Engagement Specialist, Philips HealthTech, Dr. Mark Lightowler, CEO Phorix Ltd and Mark Duman, MD Healthcare, Chief Patient Officer, MD Healthcare (Hosted by Dr. Rick Stachel, Program Director, MHA, Gannon University
2:45pm – Tech Showcase: Kymetis and ISLE by Jamie McGovern, Co-Founder, Special Faculty, Director, Masters of Statistical Practice (MSP) Program at Carnegie Mellon University
2:50pm – Break
3:00pm – 2030: Where will DTx be? by Dr. Pamela Peele, Chief Analytics Officer, UPMC Enterprises, UPMC Health Plan and Dr. Robert L Kormos, Division Vice President Global Medical Affairs Heart Failure, Abbott. Hosted by Lou Musante, Founder, Echo Strategies Echo Healthcare
3:45pm – Forum Closing and Content Weaving; Today’s Takeaways by Cherry Bharati, Echo Healthcare and Meghan Lenhart, Echo Strategies
4:00pm – Day 3 Forum Closing, Acknowledgement, 2022 Forum & Adjournment
For more information or speaking at future forums, please contact Lou Musante, Echo Strategies musante@echostrategies.biz
