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Panelist

Randall

Williams

, MD

Co-Founder and CEO, WellSaid AI

a2 Pilot Awards Cohort 1, JH AITC

Bio

Randall Williams, MD, is a visionary and experienced physician, executive, digital health pioneer and serial entrepreneur, board member, founder, and CEO. He is currently the CEO of WellSaid AI, an industry leader in the rapidly emerging field of AgeTech. WellSaid AI’s mission is to support active, healthy aging by improving the early detection and support of individuals with cognitive or physical decline, social isolation, and related challenges to living independently.

Dr. Williams brings a unique breadth of healthcare clinical and executive leadership, market and operational experience, and insight. Following his medical training at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as a heart failure and transplant cardiologist, he was recruited to Northwestern University in Chicago. There, he built one of the first nationally recognized chronic care programs for heart failure and the organization’s care management infrastructure. In 2004, he launched his first healthcare technology startup, Pharos Innovations, a pioneer in the field of telehealth and remote patient monitoring. Dr. Williams has testified before and advised the U.S. Senate, Congressional Budget Office, and both the George W. Bush and Obama administrations on healthcare delivery system reform, as well as helped design the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).