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Innovators Challenge

Monday, May 4, 2025 | 10:15–11:45 am CST | NEXUS Main Stage
Don’t miss the latest innovations and solutions that are shaping the next era of healthcare delivery. Attend the Innovators Challenge, a live pitch competition featuring a panel of expert judges – and the whole telehealth industry – to determine who has the innovations that will impact care delivery and create a modernized, omnichannel care delivery system.

Winners will be announced during the Exhibit Floor Cocktail Reception on Monday, May 5, at 4:30 PM CT.

NEXUS Finalists
Finalists to live pitch at NEXUS 2025

Clinical Innovators
Rocket Doctor

FlexTogether

Duke Health Virtual Care Center
Care at Home Delivery Solutions
Koda Health

Total Life, Inc.

Junction (formerly Vital)
Femtech and Women’s Health
Ouma Health

Mother of Fact

Myri Health
Inside the Walls/In-patient Care Solutions
Xealth

Uptiv Health

Pear Suite

2025 Judges

Samir  Batra
Samir Batra (Advisor & Challenge Emcee)
Founder & CEO- BAHA Enterprises
Christine (Fernandez) Brocato
System VP, Strategic Innovation – CommonSpirit Health
Shravan S Rai
Software Engineer III – Teladoc Health
William Sheahan
SVP & Chief Innovation Officer – MedStar Health; Executive Director – MedStar Institute for Innovation
Ayse McCracken
Founder, Board Chair – Ignite
Khurram Mir
Managing Director | UCI Health Ventures and Innovation
Bo Wilkes
Chief Growth Officer – Ballad Health
Susan Solinsky
Women’s Health Entrepreneur & Investor; Strategic Operator, Kayne Anderson and Composition Capital
Dr. Kate Wolin
Behavioral Epidemiologist – Digital Health Investor & Advisor
Kristina Emery BSN, RN
Principle – Corewell Health Ventures
Suresh Alla Kumar
Principal Systems Engineer, Procept Bio Robotics
Matt Miller, PhD
General Partner – Headwater Ventures
Julia Monfrini Peev
Managing Partner – PACE Healthcare Capital
Maxim Owen
Partner – Wavemaker 360 Health
Emily Zhen
Principal & Health Equity Lead – Zeal Capital Partners
Sarah Jones
Chief Outcomes Officer, b.well
Sibo Gama-Morales
Investment Associate – Orlando Health Ventures
Lygeia  Ricciardi
Lygeia Ricciardi
Founder & CEO – AdaRose
Elliott Wilson
Principal, Flying Pig Consulting
Keith Winter, MBA, MS
Partner – Teal Ventures
Jon Gabriel, JD
M&A and Business Partner – Foley & Lardner LLP
Suresh Alla Kumar
Principal Systems Engineer, PROCEPT BioRobotics
Dr. Aditi U.  Joshi
Aditi U. Joshi, MD, MSc, FACEP
Executive Director – TBHI Telehealth.org
Jeff Zucker
Tekton Research