At the start of her career, Kathryn Whitmore, advocacy chair for the HIMSS Maryland chapter, was mentored by leaders, and now she enjoys giving back to the health IT community by guiding young professionals.

Dr. Tamara Sunbul, chair of HIMSS Middle East Community and a digital health transformation and innovation strategic advisor, highlights HIMSS Executive Summit in Dubai that will focus on the promise of AI and creating a future-ready workforce.

Rebecca Coyle, executive director of the American Immunization Registry Association, talks about immunization registries consolidating vaccine records from multiple providers and recommending additional needed doses.

Surya Shenoy, regional clinical informatics consultant at Kaiser Permanente, says HIMSS' vision and mission inspire her to keep human connection at the core of her service to patients and mentees.

Globally, the NIH and associated research-focused programs in the U.S. will always remain a leading funding vehicle for biomedical innovation and training, says Vik Bajaj, cofounder and CEO of Foresite Labs.

Caroline Zago, healthcare informatics leader for Latin America at Philips, talks about how her company's products are helping to solve the region's need to aggregate healthcare data from multiple sources.

Changemaker Awardee Ilir Kullolli, VP & COO for digital information solutions at Stanford Medicine Children's Health, discusses the shared mission of the American College of Clinical Engineering and HIMSS to promote safe, effective healthcare tech.

Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS, says 2024's healthcare cybersecurity incidents highlighted third-party vendor risk and the need to prepare business continuity plans and tabletop exercises in case of attack.