The Future of Healthcare - A look into Cleveland Clinic

Neha Vyas

Doctor

Cleveland Clinic

Neha B. Vyas, MD, FAAFP is a physician in the department of Family Medicine at Cleveland Clinic. She is an assistant clinical professor at Case Western Reserve University School of medicine and Cleveland Clinic Lerner college of Medicine, and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Medicine. She earned her undergraduate degree in Anthropology from Rice University and her medical degree from Baylor college of Medicine. Dr. Vyas has been practicing general family medicine since 2001, with an emphasis on prevention, primary care office procedures, health care for families and pediatric and adolescent medicine.

In addition to practicing as a family doctor, Dr. Vyas serves in several leadership roles. She is currently Vice Chair of Professional Development for Family Medicine at Cleveland Clinic. She was formerly the activity director and lecturer for the Primary Care Conference at Cleveland Clinic, showcasing current scientific studies applicable to practicing primary care providers. She is a regular contributor to many media outlets including US News and World report online, Reader’s Digest, cnn.com, Good Housekeeping, CBS news.com, Medpage today, Real Simple and Health magazine.

Raed Dweik

Doctor

Cleveland Clinic

Raed Dweik, MD, MBA is the Inaugural Chief of the Integrated Hospital Care Institute (IHI) at Cleveland Clinic which is home to over 4,000 caregivers and a faculty of over 1,200 physicians and scientists in Ohio, Florida, London, and Abu-Dhabi. As Institute Chief, Dr. Dweik is responsible for setting the strategic direction and the day-to-day operations of the Institute in all areas of clinical care, education, research, and innovation.

The Integrated Hospital Care Institute (IHI) at the Cleveland Clinic is a unique model that does not exist elsewhere in healthcare.  IHI brings hospital-based services under one umbrella by bringing together 5 Departments (Emergency Services, Hospital Medicine, Pulmonary-Critical Care, Infectious Disease, and Anesthesiology) that are home to 12 divisions.  The Institute also has 2 Centers (Critical Care and Perioperative Medicine) designed to organize the clinical, education, and research activities of these services across Cleveland Clinic.  The leaders, providers, educators, researchers, and caregivers of IHI work collaboratively with hospitals across geographies to innovate and reimagine the patient journey as we provide seamless access to our high-quality care and cutting-edge research to more patients in more locations in the United States and around the globe. Graduate medical education programs in IHI include over 150 residents and over 100 fellows in 14 specialties and subspecialties in addition to an APP-CRNA School and APP-ICU Fellowship.  We conduct research activities across the spectrum of basic, translational, and clinical research with over 650 IRB-approved projects supported by over 100 federal grants, 150 industry sponsored trials, and various foundation awards. 

Lara Jehi

Doctor

Cleveland Clinic

Lara Jehi, MD, is Cleveland Clinic’s inaugural Chief Information Officer and professor of neurology at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. She is also an epilepsy specialist and Director of the Outcomes Research program for Epilepsy.

Dr. Jehi is Executive Program lead for the Discovery Accelerator, which now spans more than 50 projects focused on artificial intelligence, quantum computing and data science education and numerous international initiatives, including with the U.K.’s Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Hartree Centre and the Novo Nordisk Foundation in Denmark. She supports research and innovation across industries as co-chair for the Healthcare and Life Sciences Quantum Working Group co-founded by Cleveland Clinic and IBM and co-chair for the AI Alliance formed by IBM and Meta. She also serves in data and technology advisory roles for industry and federal agencies including the National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration and the National Academy of Medicine. 

Dr. Jehi, a long-time innovator, led the development of the first nomograms for individualized outcome prediction after epilepsy surgery, advancing mechanistic understanding of outcomes. Her work was featured by Lancet Neurology in the Top 5 Innovations of 2015, and in the “Notables in Healthcare” Award by Crain’s Business in 2021. Her data-driven algorithms for clinical care decision-making are being used, studied and expanded worldwide.