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Convergence of HIT + digital health + genetics inspires founder of Helix Health Advisors

When it comes to genomic technology, Carol Isaacson Barash is a go-to source. She is […]

When it comes to genomic technology, Carol Isaacson Barash is a go-to source. She is the founder of Helix Health Advisors, a consultancy specializing in integrating transformative genomic technologies at the point of care. She also has 25 years of experience in genetics/genomics technologies, bioethics and applications to clinical care.

Barash will be speaking at 9:20 a.m. on the second day of MedCity CONVERGE. The third annual CONVERGE will take place July 15-16 in Philadelphia.

Payers, providers, medtech, pharma, digital health, startups and investors will all come together at CONVERGE to focus on healthcare’s greatest opportunities and challenges. Check out the agenda and register today.

To give readers a better sense of the speakers in the run-up to the conference, we asked them some questions.

What or who inspires your work in healthcare?

Convergence of emerging technologies – IT/digital/genetics.

Where are patients in the evolution to personalized medicine – watching from the sidelines, waiting at the starting line, joining the race? What’s the profile of an early adopter?

Increasingly at the center and driving research — particularly in oncology.

Will personalized medicine have a particularly strong impact on a certain condition or patient population first?
It already is in cancer discovery and treatment.

Find Barash on Twitter (@carolisaacsonbarash) and LinkedIn.

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