Bridget Duffy, MD, is on a mission to humanize the advancement of digital and AI solutions to improve the healthcare experience for all. Her innovative spirit, clinical background and personal stories uniquely position her at the intersection of humanity, business and technology. Dr. Duffy’s unique experience and drive move healthcare organizations to design ideal working and healing environments where care team members and patients can thrive.

As a strategic advisor to premier healthcare systems and technology companies, Dr. Duffy draws on her experiences as an entrepreneur and CEO, Chief Medical Officer, board member and the nation’s first Chief Experience Officer in healthcare. Additionally, she was a pioneer in the creation of hospitalist programs and integrative and heart-brain medicine and led the way for the healthcare experience movement. Throughout her career, Dr. Duffy has been leading global conversations on the role human-centered technology can play in the critical issues of protecting the safety and wellbeing of healthcare workers, patients, families and communities.

Empowered by professional experiences and personal stories, Dr. Duffy inspires industry leaders to reimagine the future of healthcare with digital and AI solutions. As the former Chief Medical Officer of Vocera, now part of Stryker, Dr. Duffy played a key role in new product innovations, acquisitions, customer relations, and accelerating adoption of technologies that safeguard the physiological, emotional and physical wellbeing of healthcare workers. Prior to her appointment at Vocera, Dr. Duffy was the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of ExperiaHealth, a company that collaborated with healthcare leaders to improve the patient, family and staff experience through human-centered technologies. ExperiaHealth was acquired by Vocera in 2010.

Dr. Duffy attended medical school at the University of Minnesota and completed her residency in internal medicine at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is a founding partner of the CEO Coalition and a co-founder of the National Taskforce for Humanity in Healthcare. Dr. Duffy has been an active board member for many organizations and currently serves on the board of directors for PathAI, Vital.io and Reel Medicine Media. She also is a medical advisor for Neurotrack.