Session Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Lisiane Pruinelli, PhD, MS, RN

Keynote 1: Lisiane Pruinelli, PhD, MS, RN
Associate Professor, College of Nursing;
Interim Department Chair, Biobehavioral Nursing Science Department


Masoud Rouhizadeh, PhD

Keynote 1 & Keynote 5: Masoud Rouhizadeh, PhD
Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy;
Leads Intelligent Critical Care Center (IC3) AI Collaboration Hub


Patrick Tighe, MD, MS

Keynote 1 & Keynote 3: Patrick Tighe, MD, MS
Professor, College of Medicine;
Associate Dean for AI Applications & Innovation;
Executive Director, Quality and Patient Safety Initiative (QPSi)


Christian Moriarty, JD, MA

Keynote 2: Christian Moriarty, JD, MA
Professor of Ethics and Law, St. Petersburg College


Azra Bihorac, MD, MS, FCCM, FASN

Keynote 4: Azra Bihorac, MD, MS, FCCM, FASN
Professor, College of Medicine;
Senior Associate Dean For Research Affairs;
Director, Intelligent Clinical Care Center;


Khoa Nguyen, PharmD

Keynote 5: Khoa Nguyen, PharmD
Clinical Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy


Tamara Macieira, PhD, RN

Keynote 5: Tamara Macieira, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing


Brian Lobo, MD

Keynote 5: Brian Lobo, MD
Associate Professor, College of Medicine;
Assistant Dean of Clinical Informatics-UF College of Medicine;
Chief Medical Informatics Officer-UF Health


Sasank Desaraju

Keynote 5: Sasank Desaraju
MD/PhD Student, College of Medicine


Featured Speakers

Amal Bhullar, MD

Amal Bhullar, MD
Assistant Professor, College of Medicine–Jacksonville;
Associate Program Director, Psychiatry Residency


Raga Bjarnadottir, PhD, MPH

Raga Bjarnadottir, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, College of Nursing


Matthew Garber, MD

Matthew Garber, MD
Professor, College of Medicine–Jacksonville;
Program Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship;
Associate Chair, Quality


Matthew Gitzendanner, PhD

Matthew Gitzendanner, PhD
Training Coordinator and Bioinformatics Specialist, UF Research Computing


Md. Mahmudul Hasan, PhD

Md. Mahmudul Hasan, PhD
Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy


T. Shane Hester, DO

T. Shane Hester, DO
Associate Professor, College of Medicine–Jacksonville;
Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, UF Health Jacksonville;
Assistant Dean for Clinical Informatics


Jessica Huston, PharmD

Jessica Huston, PharmD
Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy


Tanja Magoc, PhD

Tanja Magoc, PhD
College of Medicine
Associate Director, AI/QI Program, Quality and Patient Safety Initiative (QPSi)


Michael Mezzano, MS

Michael Mezzano, MS
College of Medicine–Jacksonville
Assistant Director, Center for Convening Transformative Care – UF Health Jacksonville


Aman Pandey, MD

Aman Pandey, MD
Assistant Professor, College of Medicine–Jacksonville;
Assistant Clerkship Director;
Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency


Shima Sedighi, MD

Shima Sedighi, MD
Assistant Professor, College of Medicine–Jacksonville


Nipa Shah, MD

Nipa Shah, MD
Professor, College of Medicine–Jacksonville;
Chair, Department of Community Health and Family Medicine