Speakers-2024

Keynote Speakers

Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal, MD (ret.)
Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal, MD, MPA (ret.) is a Visiting Professor at the MIT Media Lab working to establish a new field of public health technology, a senior fellow in health policy at New America, and a clinical professor at Tufts and Georgetown University Schools of Medicine. She provided distinguished service for two decades as a leading federal government medical and women’s health expert, as an officer in the U.S. Public Health Service, and as a spokesperson in four U.S. presidential administrations. Dr. Blumenthal served as Assistant Surgeon General of the United States, the first-ever Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health, and senior global and e-health advisor at HHS. She was also a White House health advisor; the medical advisor to the Secretary, USDA; chief of the National Institute of Mental Health’s Behavioral Medicine and Basic Prevention Research Branch; and chair of the NIH’s Health and Behavior Coordinating Committee. She has received numerous awards and medals including honorary doctorates for her significant contributions to improving health.

Dr. Stephen Oesterle
Dr. Oesterle served on the faculties of Stanford and Harvard Medical schools where he oversaw interventional cardiology programs at Stanford and the Massachusetts General Hospital for two decades. He subsequently was on the executive committee at Medtronic for 15 years as SVP of Medicine and Technology. Dr. Oesterle is presently a senior advisor to several private equity firms including Temasek, Patient Square Capital, Novo Holdings and EQT while sitting on the public boards of Baxter, Paragon 28, and Peijia Medical. He is also an independent director for private equity backed SHL Medical (Switzerland and Taiwan) and CeramTec (Germany).

Amr Salahieh
Amr is a seasoned medical device entrepreneur with over 30 years of healthcare experience and six company acquisitions since 2001. He is the founder and CEO of Shifamed LLC, a successful and well-established medical innovation hub headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley. Shifamed, along with its dedicated management team, has raised over $400 million to date across its current portfolio companies that include five focused in cardiovascular, two in the ophthalmology space, and one SaaS company. All portfolio companies are initiated, funded, and operated by Shifamed, with Amr serving as the Chairman of the Board.

Tammy Sun
Tammy Sun is the Founder and CEO of Carrot Fertility, the leading global fertility and family-building platform providing care for everyone, everywhere. More than a thousand of the world’s top multinational companies, health plans, and health systems trust Carrot to deliver exceptional experiences and superior clinical outcomes to millions of members around the world. Prior to Carrot, Tammy was a presidential appointee in President Obama’s administration at the Federal Communications Commission and held various roles at The White House, national and local campaigns, as well as forward-thinking public policy think tanks. Tammy also managed growth partnerships at Evernote.

Suraj Mudichintala
Senior Associate
Action Potential Venture Capital