Meet the leaders and tastemakers participating in DOC 2026.
Every year, DOC hosts a rare kind of room: scientists and forward thinking leaders at the forefront of medical advances that are impactful right now, joining us from dozens of incredible institutions, companies, and organizations shaping what comes next.
A sampling of the organizations represented at DOC 2026:
Zara Stone
Tech culture reporter
The San Francisco Standard
Wahid Tadros
President
California Engineering Contractors, Inc.
Alumni
Sarge Takhar M.D.
Founder/Chief Medical Officer
Primary MD
Melissa Taunton
Partner
New Enterprise Associates
Troy Taylor
VP, Performance Innovation and Healthcare
Tonal
Partner
Clemens Tepel
CEO & Co-Founder
DeepSpin
Lab Partner
Kent Thoelke
CEO/Founder
Paradigm Health
Alumni
Jamie Tilson Ross
Head of Growth
Private Medical
Partner, Alumni
Alan Tomusiak Ph.D.
Founder
Permanence Bio
Michael Tortora
Managing Director
Bank of America
Founding Member, Alumni
Marc Toth
CEO
Tessa AI
Alumni, Lab Partner
Steven Tucker M.D.
Medical Director, Cedars-Sinai International, Singapore
Founder & Medical Director, Tucker Medical, Singapore
Alumni, Patron 2026
Roma Van der Walt
CEO
Vitelle
Alumni, Fellow
Carlos Van Mieghem Ph.D.
Concierge Medicine Physician
Dr C. Van Mieghem, cardioloog, BV
Oliver Venn Ph.D.
Senior Vice President of Research
GRAIL
Alumni, Lab Partner
Eric Verdin M.D.
President and CEO
Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Advisor, Alumni
Marco Vidali
President Technogym USA
Technogym
Partner
Gabriela Vilaro
Head of Direct Investments
Camino Partners
Alumni
Peter Aksel Villadsen
President, Nordics
Cellular Intelligence
Partner
Alex von Plato
Board
Deerfield Group