HealthNext AI 2025

New Frontiers, Transformative Impact

The HealthNext AI Summit returns to Roosevelt Island in New York City on March 3-4, 2025. 

Now in its third year, the 2025 Summit will dig deeper into the ways AI is transforming healthcare, guided by the theme “New Frontiers, Transformative Impact.” Presented by Cornell Tech's Health Tech Hub, Weill Cornell Medicine, GreyMatter Capital, and Flare Capital, the HealthNext Summit convenes stakeholders from academia, industry, and government to foster collaboration in building a nexus of health technology innovation in New York City.

HealthNext AI will feature two days of panels, Fireside Chats, and Lightning Talks with some of the biggest names in health, AI, and technology. These dynamic discussions will explore the evolution of health AI across such topics as:

  • Leveraging AI for drug discovery, medical imaging, genomics, and more

  • Beyond chatbots: how generative AI is reshaping mental health

  • Rethinking healthcare law and policy in the age of AI

  • The rise of AI and the future of medical education

  • Building together: AI and physician-technologist entrepreneurship

  • How AI can help with affordability, equity, and transparency in healthcare

  • Entrepreneurship, investments, and deep science in healthcare AI 

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Praise for HealthNext 2024

  • “[I] got to meet some amazing health tech investors, entrepreneurs, and experts and learn about how AI can help tackle the most pressing issues in healthcare.”

    Christi Turner, Senior Vice President, Mayo Consulting Group

  • “It was an honor to speak about the future of AI in healthcare with Chelsea Clinton and Julian Harris, MD, MBA. Thank you to Cornell Tech for hosting and to Ian Chiang for an expertly moderated discussion!”

    Daisy Wolf, Investing Partner, a16z

  • “[I] enjoyed learning all things Healthcare AI! Impressive and well-rounded speakers and moderators… Themes around patient-centric design, equity, access, trust, security and regulation, and provider burnout and administrative burden ran throughout the presentations.”

    Jessica Gordon, Manager, Customer Success

  • “My favorite part [of HealthNext 2024] was watching our startups presenting their work. So much innovation needs to take place in the coming years in the health sector, and while it is a very challenging industry to innovate in, these changes must take place.”

    Tomer Joshua, Runway and Spinouts Program, Cornell Tech

  • “It was a true pleasure to join two brilliant colleagues, Mert R. Sabuncu and Fei Wang, in exploring the transformative potential of AI in clinical care. A prevailing topic of conversation centered around the need to pinpoint high-value use cases appropriate for AI while diligently assessing performance, safety, and overall outcomes.”

    Ashley Beecy, Medical Director, AI Operations, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital & Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

HealthNext AI 2025: Organizers

Tanzeem Choudhury

Roger and Joelle Burnell Professor in Integrated Health and Technology, Cornell Tech and Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute

Ian Chiang

Partner, Flare Capital Partners

Danish Munir

Founding Partner, GreyMatter Capital

Chethan Sarabu

Director of Clinical Innovation, Health Tech Hub, Cornell Tech

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