DGTL Voices with Ed Marx

Dr. Andrew Gostine is the CEO of Artisight, a smart hospital platform now deployed in more than 470 hospitals across the country. Trained as an anesthesiologist at Georgetown, Northwestern, and Stanford, he still practices medicine while running a company of nearly 200 employees distributed across 38+ states. Artisight's platform uses computer vision, NVIDIA GPUs at the bedside, and AI to reduce f...

David Banks is the President and CEO of AdventHealth, one of the largest faith-based health systems in the country, with 55+ hospital campuses, 2,000+ care sites, and 100,000+ team members serving communities across the nation. In this episode of DGTL Voices, David sits down with Ed for a conversation that begins with cycling and ends with the philosophy that shapes how AdventHealth approaches who...

Dr. Ashley Beecy is the Chief AI Officer at Sutter Health, a cardiologist, and a clinical informaticist. Before joining Sutter, she spent more than a decade at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine, most recently as Medical Director of AI Operations. Her path into medicine took a less common route: she started as a computer systems engineer at IBM, then spent eight years at Citi in opera...

Dr. Jennifer Miles-Thomas is Vice Chair of Integration and Innovation at Northwestern Medicine, Executive Treasurer of the American Urological Association, and a former CEO of one of the largest private urology groups in the country. She earned her MD at Northwestern, completed her residency and fellowship at Johns Hopkins, and her MBA at MIT Sloan. In this episode of DGTL Voices, Jennifer talks w...

Ansh Singhal is 18 years old, a senior at Coppell High School in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and the founder and CEO of A1 Media, a digital marketing agency he's been growing for two and a half years. His client roster already includes Adidas and Paiwan Football, who recently flew him to Japan to lead marketing for an international tournament. He's headed to SMU's Cox School of Business in the fal...

Dr. Lev Gonick is the Enterprise Chief Information Officer at Arizona State University, where he leads technology infrastructure, AI innovation, and smart city architecture for the nation's largest public university. An academic and technology pioneer for more than three decades, Lev has been a sitting CIO for 25 years, with prior leadership at Case Western Reserve University and co-founding regio...

Dr. Rob Bart is the Chief Medical Information Officer at UPMC, where he is leading one of the largest EHR consolidations in the country- bringing the entire health system onto a single Epic instance. A pediatric intensivist by training, Rob has been a pioneer in the CMIO role for more than two decades, with prior leadership at Cerner and Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. In this ep...

Israel Krush is the CEO and Co-Founder of Hyro, the responsible AI agent platform used by dozens of the largest US health systems to safely automate millions of patient interactions. In this episode of DGTL Voices, Israel tells Ed how mandatory military service at 18 reshaped his sense of responsibility, why his parents' insistence on eight extracurriculars was unintentional CEO training, and how...

Craig Scharton is the founding site director of Connect Labs Charlotte at The Pearl, an innovation district bringing together Wake Forest School of Medicine, IRCAD's surgical training facility, Siemens Healthineers, and Atrium Advocate Health in one collaborative space. In this episode, Craig tells Ed about getting cancer at 23 and again at 35, the five ideals that guide his life (love, truth, bea...

Dr. Luis Garcia is the President of Rush Medical Group in Chicago, leading 1,000 physicians and 500 APPs across the Rush footprint. He grew up in a poor neighborhood in Mexico City where his father started a medical practice in his grandmother's kitchen that eventually became a hospital. He applied to all 220 surgery residency programs in the US as a foreign medical graduate, got two interviews, a...

Phoebe Yang is the daughter of a single-parent Chinese immigrant father who raised three daughters in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She went to law school intending to become a law professor, until her father was diagnosed with late-stage colorectal cancer and given four months to live. That moment changed everything. From there, Phoebe built a career that spans AOL Time Warner (launching their China offi...

Dr. Avonia Richardson-Miller is Senior Vice President at Hackensack Meridian Health. She grew up working the land on a family farm in North Carolina, earned a BS in Chemistry from Howard University, became a research chemist, an entrepreneur, an adjunct professor, and then found her way into healthcare leadership. Nine years ago, she underwent open heart surgery that changed everything. In this ep...

Dr. Jenna Taglienti is the Psychiatry Residency Training Director at Mather Hospital, part of Northwell Health. The day before Thanksgiving, she went to the hospital thinking she had a kidney stone. A CT scan caught a tumor in her right lower lung. She's a lifelong non-smoker, a mother of three, and a physician who spent years putting everyone else first. After four rounds of chemo and a JAMA essa...

Rachini Moosavi is the Chief Analytics Officer at UNC Health, an 18-hospital system serving the state of North Carolina. She's a first-generation American whose parents moved from Sri Lanka to Illinois. It took her until her late thirties to feel comfortable knowing exactly who she was, and that journey shaped how she leads today. Rachini started in consulting, fell into revenue cycle, and found h...

Leigh Thomas Williams is Vice President and CIO at Augusta Health, a 255-bed community health system in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.   She's also President of the HIMSS Virginia Chapter and an Ambassador for the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation. Leigh started her career in law, got recruited into healthcare at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and found her calling in technology lea...

On this episode of DGTL Voices, Ed interviews Renee DeSilva, CEO of The Healthcare Management Academy. This episode underscores the significance of community, feedback, resilience, and purposeful leadership in healthcare and beyond. Whether you're aspiring to be a CEO or looking to deepen your leadership impact, Renee’s insights provide valuable guidance to navigate your journey.

On this episode of DGTL Voices, Edward Marx interviews Ellen Wiegand, the CIO of VCU Health and the Healthcare CIO of the Year. They discuss Ellen's journey from her childhood in Albany, New York, to her pivotal career moments, including her decision to shift from pre-med to healthcare IT. Ellen shares her life philosophy centered on empathy, humility, and courage, and emphasizes the importance of...

On this episode of DGTL Voices, Dr. Andrea Ramirez Varela shares her inspiring journey from Colombia to Houston, discussing her passion for healthcare, her impactful role during the COVID-19 pandemic, and her commitment to continuous learning and mentorship. She emphasizes the importance of leadership in healthcare and the need for collaboration to improve public health outcomes. Dr. Ramirez Varel...

On this episode of DGTL Voices, Ed interviews Tom Curtin, CEO of Amtelco, exploring his journey from a small-town upbringing in Wisconsin to leading a successful healthcare communication company. Tom shares insights on the importance of company culture, customer focus, and the balance between technology and human interaction in healthcare. The conversation highlights the evolution of Amtelco, its...

On this episode of Digital Voices, Edward Marx interviews Dr. Marlon Levy, CEO of VCU Health System. They discuss Dr. Levy's journey from a transplant surgeon to a hospital CEO and the role of leadership in fostering a mission-driven environment. Dr. Levy shares insights on personal growth, the challenges of healthcare technology, and the significance of listening in leadership. The conversation h...

On this episode of DGTL Voices, Ed interviews Alla Eizenberg, Professor at Parsons School of Fashion. They discuss Alla's journey in fashion from starting her own up-scale menswear line, Maison Rouge Homme, to teaching at a major fashion school. The conversation delves into how clothing impacts confidence, the nuances of dressing for virtual interactions, and the role of technology in the fashion...

On this episode of DGTL Voices, Edward Marx interviews Dr. Jason Hill, exploring his journey from a Navy brat to a Clinical Chief Innovation Officer at Ochsner Health. They discuss Jason's love for Christian hip hop, his experiences in MMA fighting, and his diverse career path in medicine and healthcare innovation. Jason shares insights on the importance of AI in healthcare, and the unique culture...

On this episode of DGTL Voices, Ed interviews Rob Allen, the CEO of Intermountain Health. They discuss Rob's journey from a dairy farm in Wyoming to leading a major healthcare organization, emphasizing the importance of caregivers, the role of digital transformation in healthcare, and the significance of vulnerability in leadership. Rob shares insights on finding creativity, evolving definitions o...

On this episode of DGTL Voices, Ed interviews Sergio Sanchez, a multifaceted music writer, producer, singer, and vocal coach. They explore Serg's career in music, working with artists like Morgan Wallen and Bailey Zimmerman. They discuss pivotal moments that shaped his path, his influences, and the importance of vocal coaching for both musicians and speaking professionals. The conversation delves...

On this episode of DGTL Voices, Ed interviews Zayna Kayat, a health futurist, who shares her unique journey from aspiring doctor to a leading voice in healthcare innovation. Zayna discusses her life philosophies, the importance of purpose, and how she transitioned into the role of a futurist. The conversation delves into the future of primary care, the evolving role of hospitals, and the necessity...