Katie D’Amico is a mission-driven, health care leader with over a decade of experience identifying, operationalizing, and scaling transformative solutions to some of the industry’s most complex challenges, across digital, women’s, and oral health. In her current role leading CareQuest Innovation Partners – the for-profit arm of CareQuest Institute, the world’s largest oral health non-profit – Katie is advancing the critical mission to make oral health more integrated, accessible, and equitable for all through accelerating innovation and medical-dental integration across the health ecosystem. From partnering with Fortune 100 companies and innovative startups to leading the team that convenes a global ecosystem via the SMILE Health accelerator, and contributing to her Chicagoland community, she has touched millions of lives and remains committed to improving the overall health care system.
Dr. Carolyn Brown, DDS, MEd is a growth and strategy-focused healthcare executive, with deep experience across the dental and software industries. Dr. Brown is the Strategic Advisor to MouthWatch, Dentistry.One, several venture capital health tech funds and is the Dental Director of the Health Plan of San Mateo. She is considered a subject matter expert on women’s health, perinatal oral health, alternative payment models and medical-dental integration.
This starts with viewing specialties such as oral health, maternal health, endocrinology, and cardiology — among others — as interconnected practices, not as separate areas. It also requires combining education, innovation, and investment to truly see — and feel — positive change and interconnected care