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:

Nikolina Lauc
Nikolina Lauc
CEO
GlycanAge
Lab Partner

Gary Lauder
Gary Lauder
Managing Director
Lauder Partners, LLC

Gary LeBlanc
Gary LeBlanc
President
EverMe AI

Keagan Lee, M.D.
Keagan Lee, M.D. M.D.
Co-Founder & CEO
Sagis, PLLC

Larry Leisure
Larry Leisure
Co Founder & Managing Partner
Chicago Pacific Founders

Flora Lels-Carpenter
Flora Lels-Carpenter
Vice President, Partnerships
DOC

Ari Levy
Ari Levy M.D.
Founder, CEO
SHIFT
Founding Member, Alumni

Lara Lewington
Lara Lewington
Broadcaster and author
Various

Neel Lilani
Neel Lilani
Managing Director of Sales and Client Growth • Sales
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Partner

Benjamine Liu
Benjamine Liu
Co-Founder & CEO
Formation Bio

Rob Lorenz
Rob Lorenz
Surgeon, ex-President, Exec Advisor Ellison Institute Oxford
Cleveland Clinic London

Robert Lustig
Robert Lustig M.D.
Emeritus Professor (academic), Chief Medical Officer (entrepreneurial)
UCSF (academic), Biolumen (entrepreneurial)
Partner

Calum MacRae
Calum MacRae M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Prithwiraj Maitra
Prithwiraj Maitra
VP Global Skincare R&D
AbbVie
Lab Partner

Cecily Mak
Cecily Mak J.D.
General Partner
Wisdom Ventures Fund

Divesh Makan
Divesh Makan
Founding Partner
ICONIQ Capital
Faculty, Alumni

Shamila Makhija
Shamila Makhija M.D.
Founding Dean, CEO, CAO
Alice L. Walton School of Medicine
Faculty

David Maltz
David Maltz
Chief Product Officer
Fareon

Stephanie Manson Brown
Stephanie Manson Brown
Vice President, R&D Allergan Aesthetics Head of Clinical Development & Scientific Innovation and Skincare
AbbVie
Lab Partner

Ken Mariash
Ken Mariash
CEO
Sinaptica Therapeutics
Lab Partner