AI Healthcare Leadership Panel + Pitch Competion | Doctors + AI = Better ?
A NYC AI Week Healthcare Innovation Event
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 | 5:00–8:00 PM
The Grisly Pear | 243 W 54th St, New York City
Cash Bar
AI is changing healthcare fast.
But beyond the headlines and hype, one question matters:
Does AI actually make doctors — and healthcare — better?
Join physicians, healthcare innovators, AI founders, hospital leaders, investors and patients for a candid conversation about what's actually happening where medicine meets artificial intelligence.
We'll explore the good, the bad and the complicated:
THE GOOD
Where is AI already improving clinical care, patient outcomes and the physician experience?
THE BAD
What are the real risks around implementation, bias, privacy, trust and the potential deskilling of medicine?
THE SLOPPY
When AI gets it wrong, who's responsible? How do we build trust when a patient's health is on the line?
FEATURED PANEL
Ron Razmi, MD
Author, AI Doctor | Managing Partner, Zoi Capital
George Matthew, MD
Co-Founder, Times.Health | Hospitalist, WCMC
Avisha NessAiver, MS
Founder & AI Expert, distilledScience
Flaviu Simihaian
Founder, Aventi Health, OpenThanks & 1PB
Moderator: Alex Fair | MedStartr
+ CLINICAL AI PITCH COMPETITION
Five emerging clinical AI companies take the stage.
3 minutes each.
Panel + audience judging.
Come discover some of the companies building the next generation of healthcare before everyone else does.
AGENDA
5:00 PM
Meet, Greet & Tweet
Tacos, healthy bites + networking
5:30 PM
Doctors + AI = Better?
Featured Panel
6:15 PM
Networking
6:40 PM
Top 5 Clinical AI Startup Pitches
7:15 PM
Networking
7:55 PM
Winners Announced
8:00 PM
After Event at The Grisly Pear
8:30 PM
Karaoke begins on the same stage
WHO SHOULD BE IN THE ROOM?
Physicians • Healthcare Executives • AI Founders • HealthTech Startups • Hospital Leaders • Investors • Family Offices • Researchers • Operators • Patients • Healthcare Innovators
Whether you're practicing medicine, building the technology, investing in healthcare innovation or simply trying to understand where AI is taking healthcare, this conversation is for you.
HOSTED BY MEDSTARTR
PART OF NYC AI WEEK
IMPORTANT: This Luma page is a community event listing. Official registration, ticket options, applications to pitch, sponsorship opportunities and complete event information are available through the official MedStartr event page.
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