Biography

Robin Farmanfarmaian is a professional speaker and entrepreneur working on companies in cutting-edge technology poised to impact 100 million people or more. She has been involved with over 20 early-stage startups working on cutting-edge technology in healthcare, biotech, pharma, med device, and digital health. Of those, she co-founded five, including the Organ Preservation Alliance, where she worked with the White House and Department of Defense to fund scientists in cryopreservation and tissue engineering for organ transplants.

Currently Robin is the co-founder of Face Touch Aware, an Apple Watch App to help break the habit of touching your face (covid-related). In addition, she is an Advisor to MindMaze, a BCI and VR neuro company for 9 neuro indications, including FDA and CE Mark cleared VR for stroke and brain injury rehabilitation. She is also an advisor for X-Therma, a cryopreservation company for advanced cell therapies, in vitro fertilization, and organ transplants. Some investments include Invicta Medical, a medical technology company for sleep apnea; Rational Vaccines; and Aerami Therapeutics, inhaled insulin with a smart, connected device.

As a speaker, Robin has had over 160 speaking engagements in 14 countries, and is the author of three books: The Patient as CEO: How Technology Empowers the Healthcare Consumer (2015), The Thought Leader Formula: Strategically Leverage Your Expertise to Drive Business & Career Goals (2019), and Facilitating Virtual Events: Driving Participant Engagement & Interaction (2020).

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How AI Can Democratize Healthcare and Shift Healthcare to the Home

AI is revolutionizing the Where, When, What, and How people access healthcare. Trained healthcare professionals and physical clinics are a limited and expensive resource. With location removed from the equation, shifting care to the home increases access and lowers the cost of delivery.

Major stakeholders including UnitedHealthcare, Humana, Medicare, Walmart, CVS/Aetna, Apple, Best Buy, Walgreens, and Amazon are contributing to the trend of healthcare services being offered in the home or nearest retail clinic.

Advancements in clinical-grade sensors, FDA-cleared AI software, Vocal Biomarkers, Remote Patient Monitoring, Digital Therapeutics, Voice Recognition, Decision Support Tools, Virtual Reality, and Predictive Care, and Generative AI are enabling this shift in care out of the clinics and hospitals. The rise in home-based diagnostic labs, remote clinical trials, in-home IVs, in-home dialysis, hospital-at-home, and urgent care at-home are transforming the healthcare paradigm from occasional clinic visits to continuous, 24/7 care in daily life.

Themes that can be covered within this keynote:
a) The Patient as CEO: How Technology Empowers the Healthcare Consumer
b) How Current Healthcare Businesses Can Keep Up with the Amazons & Apples
c) Advancing Health Equity through Technology: Breaking Down Barriers in Healthcare Access

Testimonials

This is my third MGMA annual conference, and my sixth MGMA conference in the past 2 years. Robin Farmanfarmaian is, easily, my favorite general session speaker to date. #healthcaredisruption isn't just here -- it's been around us for years, and it's only accelerating.
– Chris Harrop, Sr. Editorial Manager, MGMA
You rocked it as always :) and honored to have your awesome new keynote!
– Eugene Borukhovich, Bayer
This is what human power driven by unstoppable passion and positivity looks like! So great to see my friend Robin Farmanfarmaian and sparks & honey Advisory Board here in NYC delivering the keynote for the grand finals of Bayer’s #G4AGenerator startup challenge. You inspire me with a new message EVERY TIME I hear you Robin!
– Annalie Killian, VP of Strategy, sparks&honey
For my money, @Robinff3 hit it out of the park and out into the street.
– MGMA
Thanks again for your presentation. You were a big hit!
– Kartik Gada, Stanford University
@Robinff3 delivered an incredible general session this morning! She shared the innovations in healthcare technology that allowed her to take back her own health along with the tech that we'll be seeing in the future.
– MGMA
Robin Farmanfarmaian combines a personal story of triumph over medial challenges and misdiagnosis with an eloquent and compelling vision of medicine in the future. Her primary thesis is that patients should take charge of their own health care and that the tools to accomplish this are rapidly coming into everyone's hands. I've seen her speak a number of times especially since our themes overlap and she is an engaging and energetic speaker who connects with her audiences.
– Ray Kurzweil, Author, Computer Scientist, Inventor, and Futurist, Google
Technology is driving massive innovation right now, your success and impact is only limited by your imagination and ability to think BIG. Robin imagines a truly personalized future for the patient— a great overview of the accelerating technologies enabling this future to be the reality.
– Naveen Jain, Founder, Moon Express, World Innovation Institute, iNome
We are experiencing a medical revolution where exponential technologies will make each of us ‘the CEO of our own health.’ Robin personifies that message— she saved her own life by taking charge of her own treatment.”
– Peter H. Diamandis, MD, Co-Founder, Exec. Chairman, Singularity University, Chairman, XPRIZE Foundation
Robin’s story reinforces my belief in ‘INsight’— that is, seeing INTO our physiological processes and understanding them in ways never before possible, will change medicine forever.
– Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer

Booksby Robin Farmanfarmaian

Facilitating Virtual Events

The Patient as CEO

The Thought Leader Formula

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