Stanford, CA • September 11 - 12, 2026
Rediscovering Value in Medicine
Join conversations with thought leaders from academia, business, policy, and journalism as they present their Big Ideas that will shape the future of medicine.
September 10, 2026 Workshop Theme— Future of Medicine: Accessing & Assessing Medical Truth in 2026
Panels:
Medical Education 2.0
The Price of Care
Women's Health
Precision Medicine
Keynote Speakers:
Adjoa Boateng Evans, MD
Dr. Adjoa Boateng Evans is a board-certified, award-winning anesthesiologist and intensivist, trained at Yale University and Stanford University. Her work spans clinical medicine, research, teaching, and medical humanities advocacy. Before entering medicine, she completed extensive work in public health to serve those at the margins of society and champion equitable healthcare. She currently seeks to explore the intersection of art and medicine and uses medical humanities as a tool for healing and reconnecting with one's purpose.
Tara Narula M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Tara Narula is a board-certified cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, an Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine, Hofstra/Northwell, the Associate Director of the Women’s Heart Program at Lenox Hill Hospital and Director of Communications for the Katz Institute of Women’s Health. She is also a nationally recognized medical journalist.
In this fourth annual Big Ideas Conference, the conference theme and four panel subthemes were selected by a committee of Stanford faculty. Each panel features four to five speakers giving a 20-to-30-minute talk on a transformational big idea. The speakers on each panel will then come together for an open, moderated discussion.
Read about the 2024 Conference here and 2023 Conference here.