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When the Physician-Executive Speaks, the Room Shifts.

Sarah Matt, MD, MBA brings surgical precision and strategic vision to the most pressing conversations in healthcare: AI governance, clinical implementation, and what actually changes behavior inside health systems.

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The Difference

Not a Motivational Talk. A Framework You Leave With.

Most healthcare keynotes are performed for applause. Every session covers the same transformation arc, the same AI promise, the same "here is what the data says" slide that everyone in the room already read.

Sarah's sessions are built differently. Surgery-trained, MBA-credentialed, and forged inside the enterprise health tech infrastructure that runs the country's largest health systems: she speaks from the implementation layer, not the consultant deck.

The feedback organizers get most often: "That's the most honest talk I've heard at a healthcare conference in years."

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Dr. Sarah Matt delivering a keynote at Weill Cornell Medicine, April 2026
Recent Stage Weill Cornell Medicine, Apr 2026
Sarah Matt speaking at Weill Cornell Medicine
Sarah Matt at Weill Cornell Medicine podium
Sarah Matt fielding audience questions at Weill Cornell
Signature Talks

Three Talks. All Built on Clinical Reality.

Keynote  |  45–90 min

"The Patient We Never Designed For"

The structural gaps in how American healthcare was built, and what physician-executives must do now. Not a systems critique; a blueprint. Traces the architectural decisions that locked in the current delivery failures, and frames the specific interventions that change them at scale.

Ideal for: Health system leadership, hospital boards, future-of-care summits

Conference Session or Executive Briefing  |  30–60 min

"Why Your AI Pilot Will Fail Before It Launches"

A tactical framework for clinical AI governance that health tech teams and medical leadership actually use. Covers the five failure modes baked into most pilot structures, and the governance architecture that prevents them. Built from direct experience inside the implementation layer at enterprise scale.

Ideal for: Health tech conferences, system CIO and CMO leadership retreats, digital health investor forums

Keynote or Workshop  |  45–90 min

"Pilotitis: The Epidemic No One's Naming"

Why 87% of health tech pilots never scale, and the 6-step clinical implementation architecture that fixes it. Draws on case patterns across hundreds of deployments to diagnose the exact decision points where promising technology dies, and gives leaders a concrete protocol for breaking the cycle.

Ideal for: Health system innovation teams, digital health company leadership, HLTH, HIMSS, Becker's, ViVE

Speaking Formats & Fees

Every Engagement Is a Defined Work Product.

Signature Keynote

Full Keynote

From $7,500 / engagement

Full 45–90 minute keynote, custom research and preparation scoped to your audience, post-event Q&A. Designed for national conference main stages, annual meetings, and health system leadership summits.

Conference Session

Breakout or Panel

From $5,000 / engagement

30–60 minute breakout session or moderated panel, tailored to your audience and programming theme. No talking-point panels; Sarah participates only where real insight is on the table.

Executive Strategy Briefing

Leadership Session

From $4,500 / engagement

60-minute closed-door session for C-suite and board leadership teams. Delivers a concrete framework, not a motivational talk. Scoped to your organization's specific strategic context before the session.

All engagements are delivered as defined work products with a stated deliverable. Fee includes pre-engagement scoping call and post-event follow-up materials. Travel and accommodation are quoted separately for in-person events outside the New York metro area.
Authority & Stages

The Credential Behind the Talk.

Every claim Sarah makes from the stage is grounded in clinical training, enterprise product leadership, and direct advisory work with health systems navigating the exact problems she covers.

Recent Stages
Weill Cornell Medicine ATI Physical Therapy DexCare ACHE Reception SCP Health Kingston Pathway
Credentials
  • MD, MBA
  • Surgery-trained physician-executive
  • Internal medicine practice (charity care)
  • Vital Werks, LLC
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Speaker Reel

See It Before You Book.

The best indicator of how a speaker performs in front of your audience is how they've performed in front of others.

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Speaking Inquiry

Tell Us About Your Event.

Speaking inquiries are reviewed personally. Include as much context as you can about your audience and goals; it makes the scoping call more productive for everyone.

Prefer email directly? Write to sarah@drsarahmatt.com with your event details.