2026 Annual Conference

Daniel Andrew Carnegie, MD, MPH
Chief Data Officer, NC Dept. of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS)

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David McSwain, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and System CMIO, UNC Health

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David McSwain, MD, MPH, is a professor of pediatric critical care medicine and system chief medical informatics officer for UNC Health in North Carolina. He leads the integration of health IT and digital tools into clinical practice across the statewide health system. With more than 17 years of experience in digital health transformation, he has led the development of numerous health system-level innovations and national collaborations. His work focuses on optimizing the patient, family and clinician experience, embedding evaluation and research into digital health implementation and sustainability models, and ensuring innovations are accessible across diverse clinical settings and geographies.

Valerie Rogers, MPH
Senior Director Government Relations, HIMSS

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Valerie Rogers, MPH, serves as senior director of government relations at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). She develops and executes government relations strategies advocating for digital health transformation and modernization across North America. In this role, she leads engagement with federal, state, provincial, tribal and international health officials to align policies related to data analytics, emergency response and environmental health. She also represents HIMSS in high-level briefings to help shape policy discussions on rural health, AI and public health data modernization.

Armando Bedoya, MD
Chief Data, Analytics and Medical Informatics Officer

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Armando Bedoya, MD, MMCi, is chief data, analytics and medical informatics officer for Duke Health and an associate professor of medicine, biostatistics and bioinformatics. He helps lead the enterprise strategy for data and analytics and artificial intelligence. His work focuses on aligning analytics and AI investments with clinical outcomes, operational performance and financial value. His research focuses on using electronic health record data and applying artificial intelligence in clinical workflows.

Bedoya received his medical degree from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and completed training in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care and clinical informatics at Duke Health. He also earned a master’s degree in management and clinical informatics from the Duke University School of Medicine. He practices critical care medicine at Duke Regional Hospital.