DISRUPT: Health-Care Innovation Summit

His pioneering work includes Maker Therapy for patients and families in pediatric care settings, an initiative that has touched countless lives and earned him the White House Honorary Maker Award. He also developed global neuroinclusion programs at Google, designed to help individuals flourish by building environments where everyone feels valued and empowered. His work has been featured on NPR, CBS, and Fast Company, celebrating his unique approach to enhancing well-being and connection.

Gokul’s mission to create a more hopeful world was inspired by his work with patients and families in pediatric care settings, where he witnessed the transformative power of compassion and connection. His book, In Gratitude: States of Being, released in 2025, draws on his journey, experience in behavioral science, and the stories of those he has met. In the book, Gokul invites readers to find joy, connection, and resilience in every moment. He believes gratitude is the spark that lights the way, even in the darkest times, encouraging us all to embrace the beauty already present in our lives.

He was formerly the Chief Clinical Officer of Reflexion Health (acquired by Smith & Nephew) and IncludeHealth. He is currently the founder and managing partner of Digital Healthcare Consulting, which assists digital healthcare solutions, medical devices, and healthcare service companies in the essential areas of go-to-market and reimbursement strategy, product development, and positioning for clinical approval. He also works for an AI Healthcare company called Athelas, which uses AI technology to help clinicians improve time with documentation and inject AI into billing to help with reimbursement.

Prior to joining Capital Blue Cross in 2023, Dr. Wigginton served as Vice President of Health Quality and Innovation at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and led multiple areas focused on analytics, innovation, healthcare affordability, quality, health plan operations, and performance improvement. He received his medical degree from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, holds an MBA, and has received certifications in health quality, self-funded insurance, and is a lean six sigma black belt.  Dr. Wigginton is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and practiced Family Medicine with varying administrative and academic roles in both Mississippi and Louisiana prior to beginning his career in the health plan industry.

Marion Leary, PhD, MPH, RN, is the Director of Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing. Dr. Leary is an expert in innovation methodology, studying human-centered design and design thinking in healthcare and nursing. As the Director of Innovation at Penn Nursing, she works to amplify and educate nurses as leaders in health and healthcare innovation. Dr. Leary leads the national Nurse Innovation Fellowship program supported by Johnson & Johnson and powered by Penn Nursing and the Wharton School. Dr. Leary is a member of the American Nurses Association’s Innovation Advisory Committee, a member of the University Science Center’s Healthcare Innovation Advisory Committee, The Nursing Beat Advisory Board member, and a Founding member of the Society of Nurse Scientists, Innovators, Entrepreneurs and Leaders (SONSIEL). Dr. Leary is also on the NextGen Council for Natural Lands, The Nursing Leadership Council for the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau and the United Nations and Research councils as a part of SONSIEL. She is a host of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing podcast, Amplify Nursing, and the Love n’ Leary podcast and is a contributor to the American Nurses Association’s official journal and the American Nurse as part of the My Nurse Influencer’s column. In the past Dr. Leary has contributed to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Huffington Post, Generocity, and other publications. Dr. Leary also is the co-President of the Nursing is STEM board, a coalition to have nursing designated a STEM field.

In January 2024 she was named on the Philadelphia Power List by Metro Philly. In March 2023 she was named one of five female nurses who will go down in herstory by The Nursing Beat. In May 2022 and 2023, she was selected as one of the most powerful LGBTQIA+ people in Pennsylvania by City & State PA and in 2023 and 2024 was named an LGBTQ+ Power Player and named to the Philadelphia Power List by Metro Philly. In August 2019 she was named as an Influencer of Healthcare winner in the category of Excellence in Innovation by the Philadelphia Inquirer.  In 2017, she was named Geek of the Year for her outstanding achievements in Philadelphia’s vibrant geek community in the areas of innovation, technology, and activism.

Noam Platt is an ACHA certified healthcare architect and founder of Make Good INC, a 501c3 organization that designs and fabricates assistive technology for people globally. He is an award-winning specialist in designing and producing novel technology for the disabled community. His goal is to bring people together to engage in curiosity and innovative design to create a flourishing community of makers and need-knowers. He is inspired by the families and friends who reach out to MakeGood for help bringing independence into their lives.

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