Conference stages, podcast guest seats, contributing bylines, and recognition. The 2026 record so far, plus selected highlights from prior years.
ACHE Congress on Healthcare Leadership · Houston
Conference · March 2–5, 2026 · Completed
American College of Healthcare Executives flagship Congress. Strategic AI governance for health system C-suites: why most clinical AI rollouts fail at the deployment layer, and the structural changes that prevent it.
Conference details →Cornell · Public & Ecosystem Health
Lecture · April 7, 2026 · Completed
Invited lecture for Cornell's Department of Public and Ecosystem Health. The structural failure modes of US healthcare access, and the digital architecture required to design around them. Hosted by Gen Meredith and Anita Ching-Evans.
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SUNY Upstate Medical University · Grand Rounds
Grand Rounds · April 8, 2026 · Completed
Department of Ophthalmology Grand Rounds. The clinical-to-system translation problem: why AI tools that work in the demo fail at deployment, and what physician-led governance actually requires.
View →Art of Leadership Gala · Central New York
Keynote · April 17, 2026 · Completed
Community keynote at the Central New York Art of Leadership Gala. Physician leadership, system change, and why the most credentialed pipeline in healthcare is the most under-developed for executive transition.
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Weill Cornell Medicine · WCM Future of Medicine
Conference Keynote · Weill Cornell Medicine · April 2026 · Completed
Conference keynote on the gap between the patient health systems are designed to serve and the patient who actually walks in. The room kept running long after the formal session ended: a rural physician, a resident, and an administrator each surfacing the same architectural question from a different angle. Are we building this for the right people?
View post →Stony Brook University · Stony Brook AI Summit
Panel · Stony Brook AI Summit · April 2026 · Completed
Panel discussion at the Stony Brook AI Summit on healthcare AI implementation: where the technology is real, where the rollout falls apart, and what physician-executives need to press vendors on before the contract is signed.
View →AMIA Annual Symposium · Denver
Conference · May 18–21, 2026 · Upcoming
American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium. Speaking on the gap between AI model performance and clinical implementation, and what informatics leaders need to demand from vendors before signing.
Conference details →HIMSS NE · Regional Conference
Conference · June 4, 2026 · Upcoming
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society regional conference. The implementation gap between AI proof-of-concept and enterprise deployment, framed for system CIOs and clinical informatics leaders.
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Plug and Play Health Conference
Conference · September 2, 2026 · Upcoming
Plug and Play Tech Center health summit. Live workshop for digital health founders on the gap between product-market fit and hospital adoption fit, including the contractual and clinical alignment work most pitch decks ignore.
Conference details →Sarah's hosted show on Medical Economics leads the section. Guest appearances follow. For The Clinical Realist (her own show), see /podcast.
Latest episode: The Questions You Should Be Asking About AI Scribing Tools
New Episode · April 20, 2026
Sarah's hosted show on Medical Economics. The newest episode walks practice leaders through the diligence questions every clinician should ask before adopting an AI scribing tool: workflow fit, liability, data handling, and how to read past the vendor pitch.
The KevinMD Podcast · Kevin Pho, MD
Podcast · January 22, 2026
Conversation with Kevin Pho, MD, on the structural failure points in fee-for-service medicine, and the reform pathway that physicians, payers, and policy makers can actually align on.
Read & listen →DeviceTalks Weekly · Kayleen Brown
Podcast · December 15, 2025
Co-episode with medtech veteran Ray Cohen on building and exiting medical device companies, surgical innovation, and what The Borderless Healthcare Revolution means for device strategy.
Listen →Parallax Podcast · Dr. Ankur Kalra
Podcast · December 8, 2025
Radcliffe Cardiology's flagship show. Long-form conversation on the Five Pillars framework and what it takes to redesign access at the system level, with a cardiology-adjacent clinical audience.
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MM+M Podcast · Medical Marketing & Media
Podcast · December 3, 2025
Approximately 30 minutes with reporter Heerea Rikhraj on the book launch, the health-tech landscape, and the operational realities behind the rhetoric of healthcare transformation.
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CareTalk: Healthcare Unfiltered · David E. Williams
Podcast · 2024–2025
Conversation with David E. Williams (President, Health Business Group) on what borderless care means in operational terms, where the model breaks under existing regulation, and how to design around it.
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Healthcare Insights · Northwest AHEC
Podcast · 2025
Rural-focused healthcare podcast. The Five Pillars (geography, financial, digital, knowledge/trust, cultural) framework as it applies to communities where the access gap is structural, not incidental.
Listen →Oracle Health · Perspectives on Health & Tech
Video Series · Oracle Health
With Oracle colleagues Nasim Afsar, Christy Dueck, and Esther Gathogo on AI's role in women's health: where the technology can help and where it needs clinical guidance.
Watch →Oracle Health · Perspectives on Health & Tech
Video Series · Oracle Health
With Dr. Michelle Flemmings on connected healthcare and the strategic value of cloud infrastructure in modern health systems. The architecture behind borderless care delivery.
Watch →Oracle Health · Perspectives on Health & Tech
Video Series · Oracle Health
On AI-powered clinical workflows: how artificial intelligence is changing the way clinicians practice and what health systems need to do to be ready.
Watch →The Digital Health Roundtable
Podcast · 15 min · Apple Podcasts & Spotify
15-minute interview with host Matt Cybulsky on remote robotic surgery, the future of surgical access, and what it means to perform surgery across geography.
Listen →Oracle Perspectives on Health & Tech
Podcast · June 3, 2024
Episode 2 of the Oracle women's health series. With Nasim Afsar (moderator), Christy Dueck, and Esther Gathogo on technology, patient engagement, and care access.
Listen →TechTalk Healthcare · Brad Cost & Dr. Jay Greenstein
Podcast · 2023
Conversation on surgical innovation and the gap between digital health rhetoric and what it takes to actually move a hospital system. Available on Apple Podcasts.
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Becker's Hospital Review
Recognition · 2026
Named to Becker's Hospital Review's 2026 list of women shaping health IT, cited as Founder and Principal of Vital Werks for work at the intersection of clinical practice, AI governance, and health system strategy.
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New York State Assembly · 13th Annual Women of Distinction Awards
Award · March 21, 2026
One of five honorees recognized by Assemblyman Al Stirpe (District 127) for healthcare leadership and contribution. Award ceremony at Fayetteville Fire Department, Fayetteville, NY.
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Medical Economics · Editorial Advisory Board
Press · March 23, 2026
Quoted contributor in the Austin Littrell feature on the five characteristics of healthtech startups that actually scale. Continuing role on the Medical Economics Editorial Advisory Board.
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MJH Life Sciences · Contributing Author
Press · March 20, 2026
Contributing author agreement signed with MJH Life Sciences for editorial work across their publication portfolio. First feature in production.
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Health Affairs · Submission
Submitted Manuscript · March 21, 2026
Manuscript No. 2026-00398 submitted to Health Affairs. Decision pending. Identifies five structural mechanisms behind US healthcare access failure and the policy levers that move them.
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Authority Magazine · Medium
Press · December 2025
Featured author interview in Authority Magazine's series on digital transformation in healthcare. Practical pathway for medical practice modernization grounded in clinical reality.
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KevinMD.com · Editorial
Press · December 2025
Byline article on KevinMD.com. Physician advocacy as a clinical, not optional, skill: how it shapes patient outcomes, system change, and the credibility of the medical voice in policy.
Read →Dr. Matt hosts a recurring video series on LinkedIn called #TacoThursday, where she shares bold takes on healthcare leadership, digital transformation, and patient-centered innovation — all served with a side of spicy candor. These short, punchy videos have become a cult favorite among health tech insiders, known for mixing strategy with sarcasm and a taco in hand.
#TacoThursday
Where NVIDIA's GTC conference meets the operating room. Robotics, AI, and what the surgical frontier actually looks like — taco in hand.
Watch on LinkedIn →#TacoThursday
Dispatches from the analog world. What healthcare leadership looks like when you step away from the screens — and why sometimes that's exactly what the strategy needs.
Watch on LinkedIn →#TacoThursday
Full circle moments in healthcare innovation. When the thing you predicted three years ago becomes the thing everyone's talking about now — and what comes next.
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