WEBINAR

Leading the Future of Healthcare Through Integrated IT Governance

Join us for a discussion with Dr. Schnall, Senior Vice President for Data and Technology Solutions at Penn Medicine, as he shares his vision for the future of healthcare IT governance
February 18, 2026
6:00 PM UTC
30 minutes

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Duration: 30 Minutes 

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Summary 

With the rapid acceleration of AI and technology in patient care and operations, healthcare organizations are responding with new structures and dedicated executive roles. Penn Medicine was among the early large academic health systems to create a unified leadership position focused on data and technology strategy.

In 2024, Penn Medicine established the new role of Senior Vice President for Data and Technology Solutions and appointed Mitchell Schnall, M.D., an accomplished clinician-scientist already within the organization.

Join us for a discussion with Dr. Schnall, Senior Vice President for Data and Technology Solutions at Penn Medicine, as he shares his vision for the future of healthcare IT governance. In this role, Dr. Schnall directly oversees the Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO), and Chief Analytics Officer, uniquely positioning a practicing physician-scientist to align clinical excellence with technology and data strategy across one of the nation’s top academic health systems.

Drawing on decades of experience as a breast MRI pioneer, former Chair of Radiology, and member of the National Academy of Medicine, Dr. Schnall will examine how unified governance of IT, informatics, and analytics can accelerate responsible AI adoption, reduce clinician burden, improve patient outcomes, and build scalable models for value-based care. Attendees will gain insight into how a practicing clinician-scientist is reshaping enterprise-wide technology strategy at one of America’s most innovative health systems.
Ideal for CIOs, CMIOs, Chief AI Officers, clinical leaders, and health IT executives who want practical frameworks for technology governance in the era of AI and digital transformation.

Speaker

Mitchell D. Schnall, MD, PhD

Mitchell D. Schnall, MD, PhD

Senior Vice President for Data and Technology Solutions

Penn Medicine

Mitchell D. Schnall, MD, PhD, is the Senior Vice President of Data and Technology Solutions, at the University of Pennsylvania Health System. He received his MD, PhD and completed his radiology residency training at Penn. Dr. Schnall then joined the Penn Faculty, becoming an international leader in translational biomedical imaging research, working across the interface between basic imaging science and clinical medicine. His work has led to fundamental changes in the imaging approaches to breast and prostate cancer. He has a strong national reputation for his research excellence, having been elected as a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, and the National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Schnall went on to serve two terms as the Chair of Radiology in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine. During his term as chair, he doubled both the size of the department and its research funding portfolio. He developed training programs and funding pathways for clinician-scientists in Radiology, unified academic programs across UPHS’s Philadelphia hospitals, and created a single Penn Medicine Radiology residency that has been named as the top radiology program in the nation. Dr. Schnall also developed strong collaboration between the department’s community-based physicians and its academic programs. Additionally, he built a framework for “One Penn Medicine Radiology” In his new role, Dr. Schnall leads the offices of the Chief Information Officer, Chief Medical Information Officer, and Chief Analytics Officer. Together, they analyze the clinical and business impact of innovations, and work to build on Penn Medicine’s success with IT tools for process automation and care redesign.

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