David C. Rhew, M.D.
Global Chief Medical Officer and VP of Health & Life Sciences
Microsoft
As Microsoft’s Global CMO, David has led efforts around COVID-19 (working with WHO, CDC, and U.S. States), responsible AI (as co-founder of the Trustworthy Responsible AI Network [TRAIN], and rural health (as co-founder of the Rural Health Transformation Collaborative).
He has pioneered the development of evidence-based order sets in EHRs while at Zynx Health and home-based cardiac rehab while at Samsung. He holds six U.S. technology patents that enable authoring, mapping, and integration of CDS into electronic health records.
He has sat on NQF’s Executive CSAC Board; is Chair-emeritus for Consumer Technology Association’s Health Technology Board; and serves on the Executive Advisory Board for AdvaMed Digital Health and NESTcc (advisory to FDA, CMS and NIH regarding RWE/RWD safety and efficiency studies on medical devices).
He is Adjunct Professor at Stanford and been recognized as one of the 100 most influential by Modern Healthcare.
He has pioneered the development of evidence-based order sets in EHRs while at Zynx Health and home-based cardiac rehab while at Samsung. He holds six U.S. technology patents that enable authoring, mapping, and integration of CDS into electronic health records.
He has sat on NQF’s Executive CSAC Board; is Chair-emeritus for Consumer Technology Association’s Health Technology Board; and serves on the Executive Advisory Board for AdvaMed Digital Health and NESTcc (advisory to FDA, CMS and NIH regarding RWE/RWD safety and efficiency studies on medical devices).
He is Adjunct Professor at Stanford and been recognized as one of the 100 most influential by Modern Healthcare.
Eric Jon Larsen
President
TowerBrook Advisors
Eric Jon Larsen serves as President, TowerBrook Advisors, and as a member of the healthcare leadership team of TowerBrook Capital Partners. TowerBrook is a $30 billion AUM New York and London headquartered investment management firm encompassing private equity, structured minority and growth investment opportunities. The firm partners with and enables a constellation of leading healthcare organizations including health systems, payers and other strategics. Underscoring its commitment to responsible business practices, TowerBrook is the first mainstream private equity firm in the world to be awarded B Corp certification.
Eric is a leading national healthcare strategist, author and advisor to CEOs and boards of directors of healthcare companies globally. For 25 years at the Advisory Board Company (the past five years as President, and now as President Emeritus), Eric dedicated himself to identifying and promulgating best practices to improve US and global healthcare. Since 1986 The Advisory Board Company, headquartered in Washington D.C., has served more than 4,500 healthcare organizations internationally developing proprietary research, technology and advisory services.
Following Optum's (UnitedHealth Group) acquisition of The Advisory Board in 2017, Eric’s purview expanded to include co-leading the formation and growth of Optum’s comprehensive health system partnerships as well as developing market strategy at UnitedHealth Group as Executive Vice President, Market Strategy.
Eric is active in healthcare venture capital, serving as Venture Partner to Thrive Capital ($20b AUM technology and healthcare investment firm) and SignalFire ($3b AUM VC focusing on early-stage seed through series B healthcare and technology companies).
Eric is a board member of R1 RCM and eMed Population Health. He is honored to support Arianna Huffington as a board member of Thrive Global (www.thriveglobal.com). And he has also served on the boards of several digital health companies including Somatus (value-based kidney care); Contessa Health (hospital at home company, sold to Amedisys in 2021); and other AI health innovators.
Eric is an advocate for the performing arts, serving as Chairman of the Board of The Washington National Opera and as trustee of The Washington Ballet. He is an enthusiastic traveler, having visited 100 countries across all seven continents. He received his bachelor's degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in 1995. Eric and his wife Susi have three teenage children, and reside in Washington D.C. and San Francisco.
Eric is a leading national healthcare strategist, author and advisor to CEOs and boards of directors of healthcare companies globally. For 25 years at the Advisory Board Company (the past five years as President, and now as President Emeritus), Eric dedicated himself to identifying and promulgating best practices to improve US and global healthcare. Since 1986 The Advisory Board Company, headquartered in Washington D.C., has served more than 4,500 healthcare organizations internationally developing proprietary research, technology and advisory services.
Following Optum's (UnitedHealth Group) acquisition of The Advisory Board in 2017, Eric’s purview expanded to include co-leading the formation and growth of Optum’s comprehensive health system partnerships as well as developing market strategy at UnitedHealth Group as Executive Vice President, Market Strategy.
Eric is active in healthcare venture capital, serving as Venture Partner to Thrive Capital ($20b AUM technology and healthcare investment firm) and SignalFire ($3b AUM VC focusing on early-stage seed through series B healthcare and technology companies).
Eric is a board member of R1 RCM and eMed Population Health. He is honored to support Arianna Huffington as a board member of Thrive Global (www.thriveglobal.com). And he has also served on the boards of several digital health companies including Somatus (value-based kidney care); Contessa Health (hospital at home company, sold to Amedisys in 2021); and other AI health innovators.
Eric is an advocate for the performing arts, serving as Chairman of the Board of The Washington National Opera and as trustee of The Washington Ballet. He is an enthusiastic traveler, having visited 100 countries across all seven continents. He received his bachelor's degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in 1995. Eric and his wife Susi have three teenage children, and reside in Washington D.C. and San Francisco.
