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:
Emily Stein
CEO
Gaia Health
Jacob Stern
General Partner
Even One Ventures
Wahid Tadros
President
California Engineering Contractors, Inc.
Alumni
Sarge Takhar
Founder/Chief Medical Officer
Primary MD
Kent Thoelke
CEO/Founder
Paradigm Health
Alan Tomusiak
Founder
Permanence Bio
Michael Tortora
Managing Director
Bank of America
Founding Member, Alumni
Marc Toth
CEO
Siensmetrica, Inc
Steven Tucker M.D.
Medical Director, Cedars-Sinai International, Singapore
Founder & Medical Director, Tucker Medical, Singapore
Alumni, Patron 2026
Carlos Van Mieghem
Concierge Medicine Physician
Dr C. Van Mieghem, cardioloog, BV
Eric Verdin M.D.
President and CEO
Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Advisor, Alumni
Gabriela Vilaro
Head of Direct Investments
Camino Partners
Alumni
Alex von Plato
Board
Deerfield Group
Robert Wall
Managing Partner
Verdot Capital
Alison Watson
Founder/CEO
Ali Watson Consulting
Eric Weiss DTM&H
Founder & CEO
The Village Doctor
Patron 2026
Aaron Wenzel
Physician / Owner
Brentwood MD
Leanne Williams Ph.D.
Vincent V.C. Woo Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
Anne Wojcicki
Founder and CEO
23andMe Research Institute
George D. Yancopoulos
President & CSO
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Faculty