PROGRAM
Subject to change
All times listed are ET
No AMA Continuing Medical Education Credits will be awarded.
Friday, April 17, 2026
| 7:30 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 7:50 | Welcome, Overview, and Pre-Program Test Eduardo C. Alfonso, MD and Giselle Ricur, MD, MBA |
| Session I: Reimagining Healthcare: The Power of Innovation to Transform Patient Care Moderator: Eduardo C. Alfonso, MD |
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| 8:00 | iEXCEL: Bringing Innovation into Life Pamela Boyers, PhD |
| 8:15 | From Hype to Help: Real-World Applications of AI in Healthcare Eran Orr, MBA |
| 8:30 | Beyond the Buzz: Is AI Truly Transforming Patient Care? Andrea Cooley, DO, FACOS |
| 8:45 | Q&A Session |
| Session II: Care Without Borders: Emerging Tech for a Healthier World Moderator: Bruno Nahar Aragao de Oliviera, MD |
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| 9:00 | Can Telehealth Ensure Sustainable and Effective Care: The Brazilian Experience Alexandre Charter Taleb, MD, PhD |
| 9:15 | India’s Digital Leap: How National eHealth Policies Are Powering Telehealth Transformation Prashant Garg, MD |
| 9:30 | Fireside Chat |
| 9:45 | Break/Exhibits |
| Session III: AI in Action: Transforming Healthcare with Real-World Innovations Moderator: Margarita Llinas, MD |
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| 10:00 | Smart Hospitals: Integrating AI and Telehealth for Enhanced Efficiency and Outcomes Antonio C. Marttos Jr, M.D |
| 10:15 | Personalized Medicine: How AI is Tailoring Treatments to Individual Needs Roger Zaldivar, MD |
| 10:30 | AI to Action with MXR: Worldwide Robert Fine, MS |
| 10:45 | Q&A Session |
| Session IV: Oculomics: Revolutionizing Healthcare Through Eye Data Moderator: Felipe Medeiros, MD, PhD |
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| 11:00 | The Eyes Have It: Leveraging AI and Imaging for Early Ophthalmic Disease Detection Siamak Yousefi, PhD |
| 11:15 | Visionary Insights: How Oculomics is Transforming Patient Care Daniela Ferrara, MD |
| 11:30 | Beyond Vision: The Broader Implications of Oculomics in Healthcare Manjot Gill MD, MS, FASRS, FRCS(C) |
| 11:45 | Q&A Session |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| Session V: Generative AI & Healthcare: Transforming Patient Care and Operations Moderator: David Wayne, PhD |
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| 1:00 | Institutional Rollout of Copilot at UM: Lessons Learned and Future Directions Maritza Suarez, MD |
| 1:15 | Integrating AI in EPIC: Enhancing Efficiency and Care Coordination Swarup Swaminathan, MD |
| 1:30 | Integrating AI Agents in Our Daily Work Yanyun Wu, MD |
| 1:45 | Q&A Session |
| Session VI: Expanding Horizons: AI and XR in Medical Education and Beyond Moderator: Chris Alabiad, MD |
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| 2:00 | The Learning Lab of the Future: AI, XR, and the Human Experience Michael Hollins, MBA, MPA, MA |
| 2:15 | From Concept to Real-World Applications of VR in Medical Education Anuradha Khanna, MD |
| 2:30 | The Miami Experience at the Gordon Center Asit Misra, MD, MSMEd, FSSH |
| 2:45 | Q&A Session |
| 3:00 | Break |
| Session VII: Reshaping the Future of Healthcare with RPM Moderator: Cristina Rubio-Delgado, MSN, APRN, MSM, FNP-BC |
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| 3:15 | Revolutionizing Health Monitoring: AI-Enhanced Wearable Devices for Real-Time Insights Maria Delgado-Lelievre, MD |
| 3:30 | AI and RPM: Digital Cardiovascular Innovations Yiannis S. Chatzizisis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, FESC |
| 3:45 | Questions and Answers |
| Session VIII: Data in Healthcare: The Power and Value Behind Big Data and AI Moderator: Eduardo Vadia, MD |
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| 4:00 | Unlocking AI Potential: The Power of Large, Diverse, Real-World Datasets Jorge Orbay, BS |
| 4:15 | Equity by Design: Transforming Data into Care with AIM AHEAD Azizi Seixas, PhD |
| 4:30 | Physicians as Pioneers: Leading the Charge in Healthcare AI Development Eduardo Vadia, MD |
| 4:45 | Q&A Session |
| 5:00 | Meeting Adjourns / Cocktail Reception |
Saturday, April 18, 2026
BPEI Virtual Care and UHealth Telehealth Workshops
| 7:30 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30 | Welcome and Overview Giselle Ricur, MD, MBA, FATA and Chris Alabiad, MD |
| 8:00 | Skills Transfer Workshops |
| Workshop #1 - AI & HEALTHCARE | |
| 1. A - Writing Your First AI Script in Medicine Moderators: Eduardo Vadia, MD and Jose Ignacio Rasco Instructors: Greg Gutmann, PhD; Samiak Yousefi, PhD; and Yanyun Wu, MD |
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| 1. B - Prompt Engineering 2.0: Educating the Educators Moderators: Chris Alabiad, MD and Steve Gedde, MD Instructors: Eduardo Mayorga, MD and Prashant Garg, Md, PhD |
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| Workshop #2 - RMP | |
| Beyond the Bedside: Revolutionizing Care with RPM, XR & AI Moderator: Victor H. Hernandez, MD, MSc Instructors: Victor H. Hernandez, MD, MSc; Maria Delgado-Lelievre, MD; and Yiannis Chatzizisis, M.D., Ph.D. FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, FESC. |
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| Workshop #3 – TELEHEALTH | |
| Patients First, Virtually Always Moderator: Alexandre Charter Taleb, MD, PhD Instructors: Florence Cabot, MD; Alexandre Charter Taleb, MD, PhD; Ali Khoshnevis, MD; and Maja Kostic, MD |
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch Announcing Digital EyeCon PosterVerse 2026 Winners! |
| Workshop #4 – MXR | |
| 4. A - Beyond the Screen: XR Meets AI in Virtual Care Moderator: Eran Orr, MBA Instructors: Abou Shousha, MD, PhD, FRCS and Carlos Mendoza-Santiesteban, MD, PhD |
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| 4. B - Beyond the Screen: XR Meets AI in Medical Education Moderators: Gauri Agarwal, MD and Steve Gedde, MD Instructors: Pamela Boyers, PhD; Michael Hollins, MBA, MPA, MA; Anuradha Khanna, MD; and Van Charles Lansingh, MD, PhD |
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| 4:30 | Closing Remarks and Post-Program Test Eduardo C. Alfonso, MD |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |