Meet Our Webinar Team

Prakash Jayakumar MD, PhD is an orthopaedic surgeon, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Perioperative Care and Director of Value-Based Health Care and Outcome Measurement Innovation at the University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School. Prakash is dedicated to the value-based transformation of health systems and leading change through health systems research, digital health innovations, and health care policy and practice transformation. The focus of his work involves the development and implementation of advanced 360o whole person care, driven by technologies including person generated health data, wearable sensors, real-time activity tracking systems, and artificial intelligence (machine learning, deep learning, generative A.I) at the point-of care. His work targets the advancement of clinical decision support and shared decision making, care pathway design, performance measurement, and the development of digital twins and digital phenotypes in specialty care to ultimately improve capability, comfort, and health behaviours across populations. Prakash achieved his medical degree from Kings College London, PhD from Balliol College, Oxford University, and Master’s in Health Care and Design from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London. He has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and over 20 book chapters and journal special editions. Prakash consults for several start-ups in the digital health and value-based health care arena, alongside organizations including NASA on optimizing whole person care for individuals and teams, and the development of advanced value-based integrated care models across health systems globally. He has executive certifications in A.I in Health from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Value based care delivery from Harvard Business School, Innovation in Health from INSEAD Business School, and a Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy and Practice Innovation.