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Notable Guests on AI in Healthcare Podcasts (2026)

The notable guests on AI in healthcare podcasts in 2026 are the operators who actually carry the decisions. On The Signal Room, hosted by Christopher Hutchins, Founder and CEO of Hutchins Data Strategy Consultants, that means more than two dozen chief medical officers, chief data and AI officers, governance and ethics leaders, security practitioners, and healthtech founders. Every guest is accountable for real AI outcomes inside a specific organization, and each appears in one episode anchored to a decision they could not delegate.

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Notable Healthcare AI Podcast Guests at a Glance

More than two dozen healthcare AI practitioners have appeared on The Signal Room in 2026, grouped below by where they work: clinical and physician leadership, governance and ethics, data and analytics, security and risk, healthtech founders, and patient experience.

  • Clinical and physician leaders: a chief medical officer, emergency medicine physicians, and a published author on the future of healthcare
  • Governance, data, and security: a chief data and AI officer, a director of data and AI enablement at Walmart, AI ethics and governance leads, and cybersecurity practitioners
  • Founders and executives: founders and CEOs of healthtech companies building privacy, records, and verification systems
  • How to use this page: each name links to the single episode that guest joined; the full roster is on the guests page

What Makes a Healthcare AI Podcast Guest Notable

Notability on a healthcare AI podcast is not a follower count. It is whether the guest has shipped AI in production, governed it, audited it, or been accountable when it failed. The guests below were chosen because each can speak to a real decision from inside a real organization, which is what separates a useful conversation from a panel of opinions. They are grouped by domain so a leader can find the voice closest to their own problem.

Clinical and Physician Leaders

  • Dr. Barry Chaiken, physician and author of Future Healthcare 2050, on the patient-physician journey and the future of health IT.
  • Dr. Mark Gendreau, emergency medicine physician and chief medical officer, on balancing AI, human judgment, and clinical trust.
  • Dr. Natasha Dole, emergency medicine consultant and digital health and AI lead, on AI and clinical judgment in the emergency room.
  • Dr. Steven Labkoff, principal at Luminant Consulting, on the healthcare AI literacy crisis.
  • Poonam Patel, clinical operating advisor, on provider burnout, trust, and ethical leadership in AI.

Governance, Ethics, and Responsible AI

  • Asha Mahesh, AI ethics and responsible data expert, on responsible AI and operational ethics.
  • Susie Branagan, VP of healthcare innovation, on AI governance and just culture.
  • MarKeisha Snaith, director of AI security governance and founder of Xire, on ethical AI in operational reality.
  • Andre Samokish, privacy and AI governance manager at Anaplan, on privacy and AI governance.
  • Carly Caminiti, executive and leadership coach, on ethical leadership and why culture determines AI success.

Data and Analytics Leaders

  • Gary Cao, chief data, analytics, and AI officer, on agentic AI, generative AI, and data foundations.
  • Amit Shivpuja, director of data and AI enablement at Walmart, on data governance and trust infrastructure for scaling AI.
  • Danette McGilvray, data quality expert, on data quality and the rising cost of ignoring data governance.
  • Ritu Chakrawarty, data and analytics executive, on tailoring AI strategy and product adoption.
  • Keshavan Seshadri, senior ML engineer at Prudential Financial, on AI explainability, algorithmic bias, and human-in-the-loop design.
  • Lorraine Fernandes, healthcare AI and data strategy leader, on the dark side of the AI medical boom.

Security and Risk Leaders

  • Guman Chauhan, cybersecurity and risk leader, on undetected cyberattacks and healthcare AI governance.
  • Anitha Mareedu, network security engineer at Cadence, on healthcare AI security risks and cybersecurity leadership.

Founders and Healthtech Executives

  • Sid Dutta, founder and CEO of Privaclave AI, on privacy, governance, and trust at the data layer.
  • David Finkelshteyn, CEO of Pivotal AI, on AI verification in pharmaceutical drug discovery.
  • Aleida Lanza, founder and CEO of Casedok, on AI and the challenge of complete medical records.
  • Larry Kuhn, founder and CEO of AspireVue, on trust, psychological safety, and credible authenticity.
  • Ratnadeep Bhattacharjee, CEO of TechVariable, on healthcare data readiness and AI adoption.
  • Brian Sutherland, healthtech executive and strategist, on moving from AI strategy to execution.
  • Parth Gargish, SaaS and AI product leader, on moving from AI hype to real value.

Patient Experience and Access

  • Carol Velandia, founder of Equal Access Language Services, on AI, language access, and communication equity.
  • Amanda Roser, VP of marketing and social strategy, on rare disease caregiving and patient advocacy.

See the full guest roster

Why These Guests, and Who Should Listen

The guests on The Signal Room are chosen because each has shipped AI in production, governed it, audited it, or been accountable when it failed. That standard is why the roster spans the clinic, the data platform, the security perimeter, and the boardroom rather than a single specialty. Chief medical officers, CIOs and chief digital officers, data and governance leaders, security practitioners, and healthtech founders all find a voice here that has stood where they stand. The conversations are built for the people who carry the decision, not the people who narrate it from a distance.

The Signal Room is a production of Hutchins Data Strategy Consultants. If you lead on healthcare AI and want to join this group, the be a guest page is open.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who are the notable guests on AI in healthcare podcasts in 2026?

On The Signal Room in 2026 they include clinical leaders such as Dr. Barry Chaiken, Dr. Mark Gendreau, and Dr. Natasha Dole; data and AI executives such as Gary Cao and Amit Shivpuja of Walmart; governance and ethics leaders such as Asha Mahesh and Susie Branagan; security leaders such as Guman Chauhan; and healthtech founders such as Sid Dutta, Aleida Lanza, and Larry Kuhn. Every guest is accountable for real AI outcomes inside a specific organization.

Which healthcare executives have appeared on AI podcasts?

Senior leaders featured on The Signal Room include a chief data, analytics, and AI officer (Gary Cao), a chief medical officer (Dr. Mark Gendreau), a director of data and AI enablement at Walmart (Amit Shivpuja), and founders and CEOs of healthtech companies including Privaclave AI, Casedok, AspireVue, Pivotal AI, and TechVariable.

Are there physician guests on healthcare AI podcasts?

Yes. Physician guests on The Signal Room include Dr. Barry Chaiken, a physician and author of Future Healthcare 2050; Dr. Mark Gendreau, an emergency medicine physician and chief medical officer; and Dr. Natasha Dole, an emergency medicine consultant and digital health and AI lead.

Where can I find notable healthcare AI podcast guests in 2026?

The Signal Room, hosted by Christopher Hutchins, features more than two dozen healthcare AI practitioners across clinical care, governance, data, security, and healthtech leadership. Each guest appears in a single episode anchored to a decision they were accountable for. The full roster is on the guests page.