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Physician; Former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (2017-2019); Former Senior Advisor, CMS; Contributor, CNBC; Contributor, CBS's Face the Nation; New York Times Best-Selling Author
Scott Gottlieb, MD is a practicing physician and served as the 23rd Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. A leading expert in health policy, Dr. Gottlieb’s work focuses on providing insights into the economic and technological forces driving the transformation of healthcare.
Dr. Gottlieb’s book, Uncontrolled Spread: Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic published to The New York Times Best Seller list in September 2021. His next book, The Miracle Century: Making Sense of the Cell Therapy Revolution will be published in early 2025. Dr. Gottlieb was also named one of Washington DC’s 500 Most Influential People of 2023.
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When it comes to artificial intelligence, Scott Gottlieb has been a key policymaker and thought leader. He has helped lead the creation of a new regulatory framework for adopting artificial intelligence in developing new therapeutics and delivering healthcare. Gottlieb has outlined, in appearances on CNBC and articles in prestigious publications including the Journal of the American Medical Association, how AI tools will disrupt healthcare. He has discussed how healthcare companies can best adopt these tools, integrate them into their business models, and optimize their efforts to gain the necessary regulatory clearances. Gottlieb will lay out how large language models will transform the industry in profound and novel ways.
How can the healthcare field successfully navigate the intersection of policy and medical innovation? How will policy developments in Washington related to the regulation and reimbursement of medical technology impact the ability to innovate and secure market access for beneficial new technologies? What can those participating in the healthcare economy do to positively impact these trends?
The changing landscape for coverage of healthcare services and medical products is creating new challenges in making sure patients have affordable access to care, and that those financing these opportunities can sustain these investments. How can we develop sustainable models for covering the cost of new innovations and modernize our payment models to make sure patients have access to the medical care they need without bankrupting our healthcare system? What are the new models for healthcare delivery that we’ll need to embrace?
The ability to cure once intractable diseases is now at hand. Science has given us transformative new tools to arrest and reverse the underlying causes of once-deadly diseases. What is this future of medical innovation and how will we unlock the promise of new technologies like gene therapy, digital health, artificial intelligence, and regenerative medicine? What are the regulatory and reimbursement strategies that we’ll need to adopt to make sure these innovations reach patients, and what are the key scientific advances that are most likely to radically transform health outcomes and the delivery of medicine in the near future?
How does healthcare policy get made in in the nation’s capital? How are decisions reached, and what are the key variables that affect policymaking? Dr. Gottlieb will provide insights from the front lines of how some of the most important healthcare policies are made and address the outlook for the regulation and reimbursement of the healthcare sector.
In this presentation, Scott Gottlieb shows how COVID-19 was able to trounce America’s pandemic preparations and outlines the steps that must be taken to protect against the next outbreak. As the pandemic unfolded, Gottlieb was in regular contact with all the key players in Congress, the Trump administration, and the drug and diagnostic industries. He provides an inside account of how level after level of American government crumbled as the COVID-19 crisis advanced and addresses how we must view public health through the lens of national security to improve our preparedness for the future.
Scott Gottlieb, MD, is a physician and served as the 23rd Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He is currently a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and a partner at the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates.
Under his leadership, the FDA advanced new frameworks for the modern oversight of gene therapies, cell-based medicines, and digital health devices. The agency implemented new reforms to standardize drug reviews and made historic improvements in post-market data collection and the use of real-world evidence. He promoted policies to reduce death and disease from tobacco, improve food safety, and aggressively confront addiction crises. The agency’s prolific advances in new policy distinguished his tenure as FDA Commissioner, along with a record-setting number of approvals for novel drugs, medical devices, and generic medicines.
Previously, Dr. Gottlieb served as the FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs and, before that, as a Senior Adviser to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Uncontrolled Spread: Why Covid-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic and is a regular contributor to CNBC and CBS News’ Face the Nation. Dr. Gottlieb serves on the board of directors of publicly traded companies Pfizer, Inc., Illumina, Inc., and TempusAI. In 2018 and again in 2019, Dr. Gottlieb was recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of “The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” and by Time Magazine as one of the “50 People Transforming Healthcare.” Dr. Gottlieb was also named one of Washington DC’s 500 Most Influential People of 2023.
Dr. Gottlieb is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and completed medical school and a residency in internal medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where he currently serves on the executive committee of the Mount Sinai Health System’s board of directors and co-chairs the board’s education committee. He graduated from Wesleyan University, where he majored in economics, and currently serves on the university’s board of directors. Dr. Gottlieb lives in Connecticut with his wife and three daughters.
[His] insights were very thoughtful and the passion he has for health policy issues was clear for all to see. Both of these sessions generated terrific discussions and feedback from the audience.
Analysis Group
The feedback I received from clients concerning Dr. Gottlieb's remarks was outstanding. Everyone appreciated his direct answers, insights, and candor. It was easily one of the best experiences we have ever had with a speaker outside our organization.
Managing Director, Financial Services Company
We recently hosted a call with Dr. Scott Gottlieb who provided important, real time information and clarity on the COVID-19 pandemic in a way that was both approachable and understandable for all our clients. Dr. Gottlieb’s years of experience as a practicing physician as well as his work in government and business affairs was a great resource to our clients. Special thanks to Bill Hart and the Worldwide Speakers Group for helping to arrange the call with Dr. Gottlieb and ensuring a very smooth process!
M. A. Margolis, R.Ph., Co-Head of Healthcare at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
Our engagement with Dr. Gottlieb went VERY well. The feedback I received from every single participant was overwhelmingly positive. They loved the format, and more importantly they found the content and Scott's perspective to be tremendously insightful. We'll certainly keep Scott in mind for future events.
D. Aballi, Regional Vice President at Palo Alto Networks
A de facto voice of reason in health care.
World Health Care Congress
We were extremely pleased with yesterday’s session. It was informative and engaging. The forty minute conversation went fast... We are in awe of [Dr. Gottlieb's] abilities!
Managing Director at BMO
