Please join us, in-person or virtually, for a presentation from Dr. Raina Merchant. Registration is required. This event will be co-hosted by the Clinical Informatics Center Grand Rounds series and the AI State of the Art Lecture series. All are welcome!

Talk Title: Health Care at an Inflection Point: Transformation in the Age of AI

When: Thursday July 9, noon to 1 p.m.

Where: Hybrid event, Zoom and Provost's Office Seminar & Conference room (E6.200, South Campus)

CME credit is available for all attendees, and complimentary lunch will be provided for those joining us in person.

Bio: Dr. Raina M. Merchant serves as the Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer for the University of Pennsylvania Health System. She is also a tenured Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman 
School of Medicine, with secondary appointments in the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Division of General Internal Medicine, and Division of Health Policy. 

In her role as Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer, Dr. Merchant focuses on driving organizational change by shifting mindset, culture, and technology to address emerging challenges and opportunities. Her impactful work includes advancing care beyond hospital settings, leveraging automation and AI to ease clinician workloads, enhancing workforce wellbeing and mental health, and integrating healthcare delivery science into health system operations. 

Her contributions have been highlighted in publications such as Wired, The Economist, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. Dr. Merchant is a member of the editorial board of JAMA.  She was recognized by Becker's Healthcare on the Chief Transformation Officers to Know list. Additionally, she is an Aspen Health Innovators Fellow, a member of the National Academy of Medicine, a AAMC Council of Dean Fellow, and was named by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as one of ten individuals likely to significantly impact the future of health and healthcare in the US. 

Dr. Merchant earned her BA from Yale University, her MD from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, and a Master of Science in Health Policy Research from the University of Pennsylvania.