The Data Drives Decision was moderated by Indu, with panel speakers such as Jamie Heywood (Co-Founder and Chairman, PatientsLikeMe), David Hale (Project Manager, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health), Hugo Stephenson (Chief Executive Officer and Founder, iGuard), Mark Walinske (Chief Executive Officer, Boundary Medical), and Daniel Palestrant (MD, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Sermo).

Daniel Palestrant, CEO, Sermo | America

After Daniel’s career as a surgeon was derailed by a bad back he founded Sermo, which now has over 100,000 registered physicians in its online community. In the past year Daniel’s been spending lots of time on tV on behalf of his increasingly politically grumpy community, debating the likes of leading Democrat howard Dean, and coming to virtual blows with the American Medical Association. But at Sermo’s core are thousands of physicians discussing (and voting on) hundreds of clinical cases.

Daniel Palestrant, MD & CEO, Sermo

Daniel Palestrant, MD, CEO and Founder of Sermo, demonstrates how the company has brought together thousands of physicians discussing (and voting on) hundreds of clinical cases, and how the data is utilized.