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:
Benjamine Liu
Co-Founder & CEO
Formation Bio
Rob Lorenz
Surgeon, ex-President, Exec Advisor Ellison Institute Oxford
Cleveland Clinic London
Robert Lustig M.D.
Emeritus Professor (academic), Chief Medical Officer (entrepreneurial)
UCSF (academic), Biolumen (entrepreneurial)
Calum MacRae M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Prithwiraj Maitra
VP Global Skincare R&D
AbbVie
Lab Partner
Cecily Mak J.D.
General Partner
Wisdom Ventures Fund
Divesh Makan
Founding Partner
ICONIQ Capital
Faculty
Sharmila Makhija M.D.
Founding Dean, CEO, CAO
Alice L. Walton School of Medicine
Faculty
David Maltz
Chief Product Officer
Fareon
Stephanie Manson Brown
Vice President, R&D Allergan Aesthetics Head of Clinical Development & Scientific Innovation and Skincare
AbbVie
Lab Partner
Michael Marcano
Chief Marketing Officer
ZO Skin Health
Ken Mariash
CEO
Sinaptica Therapeutics
Lab Partner
David Martin M.D.
Medical Director, International
Mass General Brigham
Paul Martino
Entrepreneur and Board Member
APM2LLC
Founding Member, Alumni, Patron 2026
Emeran Mayer
Gastroenterologist and Center Director, Distinguished Research Professor
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Alumni
Andrew McCreath
Head of Business & Development
Primary MD/Sublime Life
Alumni
Michael McCullough M.D.
Founder, CEO
Brainmind
Alumni
Brian Meehan Ph.D.
Chief Science Officer
ClostraBio
Vikas Mehta M.D.
Founding Physician and Head of Concierge and Longevity Medicine
Cedars-Sinai, London
Derek Mellencamp
CRO
Tonal
Partner