Health Track
From startup pivots that saved lives to live company-building sessions, Disrupt Health focuses on the bold decisions and unlikely partnerships driving healthcare transformation today. Through founder stories, early adopter panels, and audience-driven discussion, we go beyond theory to show how healthcare innovation actually happens—messy, collaborative, and full of breakthroughs.
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10:00 – 10:10AM
Welcome Address
Speaker: Jamie Easterling
10:10 – 10:45AM
Device to Company: Steps to Commercialize New Medical Technologies
Go behind the scenes of what it really takes to build a medical device company. In this live case study, we’ll walk through the commercialization journey of a recently licensed technology from the University of North Florida—an innovative device for managing traumatic brain injury—and shape it into a venture-ready startup in real time.
Speakers:
- Eric Heinz, Founder & CEO, Managing Partner of Heinz Ventures
- Duane Marcini, Co-Founder Project MedTech
11:00 – 11:45AM
Disrupting Cost: Skyrocketing Healthcare Costs, How We Got Here and Tools to Afford Care Again
Why does healthcare cost so much—and what can we do about it? This session breaks down the systemic drivers of rising costs and highlights disruptive startups, policy shifts, and digital tools that are helping patients and providers regain control.
Moderator:
- Vinay Patel, Chief Pharmacy Officer at Proactive MD, Founder MakorRx
Speakers:
- Carey Officer, Founder of PERSOWN
1:50 – 2:40PM
Future of Mental Health: Addressing the Growing Anxiety and Depression Crisis
The demand for mental health support is exploding, but the system wasn’t built to handle it. This session dives into the innovators reimagining how we detect, monitor, and treat anxiety and depression—using digital tools, AI, and behavioral science to reach more people, earlier and more effectively.
Moderator:
- Emily Adams – Co-Founder, Transformative Leadership LLC | Leadership + Operations Expert
Speakers:
- Dr. Angie LeRoy, UNF Psychology Professor, Caregiver App
- Dr. Sean Orr, Neurologist, Co-Founder of the Neurogenesis Project and CEO of Florida Doctors Magazine
2:00 – 2:45PM
Speed Networking
3:00 -3:45PM
They Said Yes: Why These Doctors Took a Chance on a New AI Tool
Winning your first customer can make or break an early-stage healthcare company. In this session, the founders of an AI-powered referral tool sit down with their earliest adopters to unpack what earned their trust, what made them take the leap, and how that first “yes” shaped the product’s future—including its surprising evolution into a tool for early cancer detection.
Moderator:
- Jason Englehardt, Health Tech Investor and Founder of Silicon Beach
Speakers:
- Dr. Jamie Wisser, Founder & CEO of Actual Healthcare Solutions
- Robert Holton, President and COO of Actual Healthcare Solutions
