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:
Kirk Carruthers
Director Of Sales
NeuroGeneces
Michael Castro M.D.
Molecular Oncologist
Personalized Cancer Medicine, PLLC
Edward Chang M.D.
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
UCSF
Faculty, Alumni
Karen Crow
CEO
NeuroGeneces
Alumni
Byron Crowe M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Doctronic
Specialist
Agnieszka Czechowicz M.D., Ph.D.
Venture Partner
Google Ventures
Alumni
Vicky Demas Ph.D.
Founder, CEO, & Board Member
identifeye
Alumni
Roy de Souza
Co-Founder and CEO
BreakBio
Jean Drouin M.D.
Founder
Clarify Health
Kathryn Dundas M.D., CCFP
Founder, CEO, Medical Director
Primary MD/Sublime Life
Alumni
Esther Dyson
author
Term Limits: Human time and AI scale
Steve Ellis
COO Advertising
Paramount
Founding Member, Alumni
Eric Epstein
Partner
Healthier Capital
Laura Esserman
Director, UCSF Breast Care Center
UCSF
Faculty
Rafid Fadul
Chief Medical Officer/ Acting Deputy Director
ARPA-H
Specialist
Ron Fleming
Partner, Head of ECVC and Healthtech
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Alumni
Jack Gallant Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience
University of California at Berkeley
Jennifer Garrison Ph.D.
Founder, CEO, Women’s Health Researcher
Stealth
Advisor, Alumni
Andrea Gartenbach M.D.
Founder
Andrea Gartenbach
Advisor
Anna Gatti
Co-Founder
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