Keynotes That Inspire
Dr. Joel Selanikio is a practicing physician, TED speaker, and software developer whose career spans emergency response, clinical medicine, and healthcare innovation.
His talks explore how technology — from smartphones to AI — is dismantling traditional medical gatekeeping and shifting control from professionals to patients, while at the same time making healthcare better for patients and providers.
He has spoken at Davos, MIT, Google, the American Hospital Association, Genentech, TED, and other important venues, and been profiled by platforms including The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, and Fox News. Whether addressing healthcare executives, technologists, or policymakers, he challenges audiences to rethink old assumptions — and prepare for the next wave of transformation.
Signature Talks
The Evolution of Expertise in Healthcare and Elsewhere
AI doesn’t just replicate knowledge — it changes who holds it.
This talk explores how large language models and democratized information are transforming professions built on scarcity of expertise, and how healthcare and education leaders can adapt to remain trusted in a more transparent world.
Crisis Thinking
What pandemics and disasters reveal about systems under stress.
Based on experiences with Ebola, COVID, and 9/11 response, this talk examines how institutions make decisions in uncertainty — and what leaders can learn from crisis-tested models of adaptation, improvisation, and resilience.
Doctor You
What happens when patients no longer need permission to access diagnosis or treatment?
From symptom checkers to smartwatches and generative AI, patients are becoming self-navigators. This talk explores how healthcare systems can evolve — not resist — this shift, and find new value in a post-gatekeeper era.
Better and Smaller: How AI Will Improve — and Redefine — Healthcare
Healthcare won’t just get better — it will get smaller.
This talk explains how AI, automation, and patient-driven tools are pushing care out of traditional institutions and into everyday life. For administrators and clinicians, the challenge isn’t to resist — it’s to redesign.