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xccelerate 2026

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January 25-27, 2026
San Francisco, California

A Look Back at Xccelerate ’26

Experience the people and ideas that brought Xccelerate to life

Featured Speakers

Xccelerate speakers include leading health system executives, industry experts, and AI innovators — from Innovaccer and across the broader healthcare ecosystem.

Brian Cummins

Innovaccer, Vice President - Product

Mark Hassenstab

Curana Health, VP - Risk Adjustment at AllyAlign Health

Matthew Parker

Viva Health, Executive Director of Performance Analytics

Joon Lee

Champion Payer Solutions, Chief Executive Officer

Vic Gupta

Coforge, EVP and Global CTO

Robert Maclay

Stanford Children's, Chief Information Security Officer

Ashley Van Allen

Ascension, National Director, Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Services

Dima Goncharov

Metriport, Chief Executive Officer

Patrick Leonpacher

Innovaccer, Senior Vice President - Product

Jim Hong

Innovaccer, Senior Vice President of Analytics

Andre Dias

Innovaccer, Associate Vice President - Customer Success

Maddie Schults

Innovaccer, Senior Director, Product - Platform Management

Kessler Brown

Innovaccer, Associate VP - Growth Strategy

Rohit Narayan

Innovaccer, AVP, Experience

Smriti Kirubanandan

Innovaccer, Managing Director, Platform

Madhu Palkar

Innovaccer, Chief Customer Officer

Ed Clarke, MD

Banner Health Plan, Chief Medical Officer

Shyam Madabos

KP Risant, Vice President of IT

Justin Kyle

Cone Health, Referral Team Manager

Robert Wachter, MD

UCSF, Chair, Department of Medicine

Ashul Govil

Story Health by Innovaccer, Medical Director & Cofounder

Tracy Elmer

TrueCare, Chief Innovation Officer

Drew Albano

Atlantic ACO, Vice President, AHS & President

Patrick Kovalik

Snowflake, Industry Principal for Healthcare Payers and Providers

Gordon Edwards

Akron Children's, Chief Financial Officer

Gail W. Kosyla

Yale New Haven Health, Executive Vice President and CFO

Amy Gleason

U.S. DOGE Service, Acting Administrator

Nicole Kerkenbush

CHIME, Chief Learning & Member Experience Officer

Arundhati Parmar

MedCity News, Editor-in-Chief

Marina Temkin

Techcrunch, Senior Reporter

Wade Rakes

CareQuest, Chief Executive Officer

Carolyn Wong-Simpkins

Zynx Health, President

Aisha Pittman

NAACOS, SVP, Government Affairs

Jacey Cooper

Former Director, President, Precision Health Strategies and Former California Medicaid Director

Kody Kinsley

Former Secretary, Senior Policy Advisor and Former North Carolina Health & Human Services Secretary

Thomas McQuillan

Integris Health, Chief Technology Officer

Feby Abraham

Memorial Hermann, Chief Strategy Officer

Dr. Timothy Puri

Curana Health, CMO, Population Health

Deborah Muro

El Camino Health, Chief Information Officer

James Lee

MultiCare, Chief Financial Officer

Binita Patel

Memorial Hermann, VP, Pharmacy Services

Michael Wascovich

Ascension, Chief Pharmacy Officer

Bill Citro

Ortho Nebraska, Senior Digital Strategy Analyst

Chad Milam

Vail Health, Director of Digital Strategy & Experience

Tori Bratcher

Trinity Health, VP Population Health Operations

Russ Branzell

CHIME, Chief Executive Officer

Jerry Penso

AMGA, Chief Executive Officer

Laura Lowe

Prisma Health, Vice President Integrated Care

Timothy Judson, MD, MPH

UCSF, Chief Population Health Officer

Ash Tengshe

City of Hope, SVP Tech Infrastructure and Product Engineering

Todd Karpinski

WVU Health, Chief Pharmacy Officer

Urshila Shah

WMC Health Network, Chief Pharmacy Officer

Deepak Sadagopan

Risant Health, Business Lead, Value-based Platform

Todd Nelson

HFMA, Director, Partner Relationships & Chief Partnership Executive

Benjamin Cassity

KLAS Research, Director of Research and Strategy - VBC, AI

Jyothi Karthik Raja

Ascension, Chief Analytics and AI Officer

Amy Russell, MD

Impact Primary Care Network, Chief Medical Officer

John Supra

Cone Health, Chief Digital Health & Analytics Officer

Nathan Aumock

Curana Health, Chief Population Health Officer

Emily Brower

National Association of ACOs, CEO, National Association of ACOs

Luke Harris

Children's Mercy Health Network, Sr. Director of Operations and Population Health Management

Mark Angelo, MD, MHA

Penn Medicine, CMO Population Health

Jigar Thakkar

Longitude Rx, Chief Executive Officer

Phyllis Wojtusik

Real Time Medical Systems, EVP, Value Based Care

Lisa Bari

Innovaccer, Vice President of Policy and Partnerships, Innovaccer

Gregory Byrd, MD

Olympia Orthopaedic Associates, Managing Partner

Sri Bharadwaj

Longevity Health Plan, Chief Operating and Information Officer

Michelle Zilisch

Innovaccer, Vice President - Product