Deborah Ann Mulligan, MD,
FAAP, FACEP
Chief Medical Affairs Officer
MDLIVE
A tri-lingual, board-certified, practicing
pediatric emergency medicine
physician, Deborah Ann Mulligan,
MD, is the Founder and Director of the Institute for
Child Health Policy at Nova Southeastern University
(NSU). She also is the Chief Medical Affairs Officer of
MDLIVE. She has held leadership positions in healthcare,
government, research, and technology sectors, including
that of Pediatric Services Medical Director for the nation’s
fourth largest safety net hospital system. She has served
the HHS Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s Emergency
Medical Services for Children program as Project Director
and Florida Senior Advisor of state model programs. She
is a consultant to the White House Office of National
AIDS Policy, Centers for Disease Control, and Florida State
Agency for Health Care Administration and Department
of Health. Dr. Mulligan serves on the University of
California Santa Barbara Center for Digital Games
Research Board of Advisors and is Co-President/CMO of
Sitio Saludable, Inc., a national, multi-disciplinary media
startup company formed to provide broadcast and digital
content to promot e and support positive health behavior
change among the US Hispanic population. With over 100
peer-reviewed publications in her field, she has lectured
globally and received numerous health policy, community
service, scientific, educational, and professional society
awards.
Arnab Nayak, MA, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor of Economics
Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and
Economics
Mercer University
Arnab Nayak is an Assistant
Professor of Economics at Mercer
University. His primary teaching and research interests
are empirical international trade, health economics,
microeconometrics, and economics of multinational
enterprises. Before joining Mercer University, Dr. Nayak
spent three years as an economist for Deloitte and
used his expertise in healthcare and pharmaceutical
research to plan and price cross-border transactions for
multinational companies, including several healthcare
and pharmaceutical companies. For his research in health
economics, he uses large US and international healthcare
and pharmaceutical-related databases to investigate
areas including healthcare benefits and costs, healthcare
policies associated with pharmaceutical research and
development decisions, and child obesity and related
policy issues. He is actively involved in health economics
and healthcare-related research and seeks to improve
quality of life and healthcare policies, facilities, and
practices through policy analysis, improved healthcare
outcome research and policy recommendations,
community involvement, and his teaching for the benefit
of the community in the region. Dr. Nayak has published
articles in several health- and economics-related journals
and also has presented his research at conferences and
academic institutions nationally and internationally. He
earned his PhD at Purdue University.
Shahram (Shez) Partovi, MD
Chief Digital Officer
Dignity Health
Shahram (Shez) Partovi, MD,
completed his neuroradiology training
at the Barrow Neurological Institute in
Phoenix, AZ. He obtained his MD from
McGill University in Montreal and moved to Phoenix to
complete his subspecialty training at Barrow. In addition
to his passion for clinical excellence, he has deep
knowledge in the field of medical computing and health
IT. During his medical training, he simultaneously studied
computer science to solidify his dual domain expertise.
After a decade of practice as a neuroradiologist, he
transitioned into the role of Senior Vice President of
Digital Transformation and Chief Digital Officer for
Dignity Health. In this role, he oversees the system-wide
digital strategy and heads the Office of Digital at Dignity
Health. The Office of Digital is a “startup” within Dignity
Health with the mandate to create an intensely positive
and personal digital experience for patients, consumers,
providers, and employees. To deliver on that mission,
Dr. Partovi recruited a team of talented individuals
and launched agile software engineering at Dignity
Health. Today, he oversees the development of many
personalized, patient-facing digital services such as SEO
engagement, online scheduling, and telehealth, as well as
the customization of provider-facing digital tools such as
the enterprise EHR.
@spartoviMD
Alan Pitt, MD
Professor of Neuroradiology
Barrow Neurological Institute
Alan Pitt, MD, is a professor at the
Barrow Neurological Institute. He has
a BA from Stanford University and
earned his MD from the University
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