Geeta Nayyar Speaker Biography
Geeta Nayyar, MD, MBA, is a globally recognized chief medical officer, technologist, and bestselling author who helps leaders leverage a human approach to innovation, including rapid advances in AI, to achieve better health and business outcomes.
A widely sought-after speaker and author of the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller “Dead Wrong: Diagnosing and Treating Healthcare’s Misinformation Illness,”Dr. G has appeared on CNBC, CNN, CBS, and other prominent media outlets. She has served as chief medical officer for Salesforce and AT&T, among other executive roles. She currently serves on the board of the American Telemedicine Association and as an advisor to the American Medical Association.
A rheumatologist, Dr. G earned her medical degree at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where she was admitted into an accelerated program at age 17, and her MBA at The George Washington University School of Business.
DEAD WRONG: Misinformation and Disinformation in Healthcare
In the face of the worst pandemic in generations, misinformation is killing Americans, demoralizing clinicians, and harming the healthcare system. In DEAD WRONG, Dr. Geeta Nayyar takes readers on a journey to understand the consequences of conspiracy theories and snake oil on U.S. healthcare. Through rich stories from the field, she diagnoses medicine’s information illness and describes potential treatment plans. Building trust and health literacy at scale, she argues, requires healthcare leaders to take responsibility for the problem and its solutions.
The Future of Healthcare
What is the future of medical innovation and how will we unlock the promise of new technologies? Which scientific advances are most likely to immensely transform health outcomes and the deliverability of medicine?
In this informative presentation, Dr. G covers digital transformation in the health care sector, from the coherent care system that technology and AI can provide to the scientific discoveries that can cure or provide therapeutics to once-puzzling diseases and what enabled these advances.
Women in Leadership
In this insightful and motivating presentation, Dr. G draws from her experiences rising to top-level positions at prominent organizations like AT&T and Salesforce to empower other women to be the best leaders they can be. Dr. Nayyar believes women are essential to driving transformation in the STEM fields. In this address, she offers advice to aspiring leaders and shares anecdotal stories of her successes.
