DISRUPT 2025 Challenges Attendees to Think, Act Boldly

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Good Shepherd Rehabilitation welcomed a near-capacity crowd of 200 to ArtsQuest on April 5 for the 3rd annual DISRUPT: Health-Care Innovation Summit conference.

Throughout the day-long conference, DISRUPT attendees immersed themselves in bold ideas, groundbreaking innovations and powerful conversations challenging us all to rethink what’s possible in health care.

“Health care is changing, and it’s changing because of people like you — people who refuse to accept, ‘This is how it’s always been done’ and instead ask, ‘How can we make it better?'” said Emily Lyter, PT, DPT, administrative director of Good Shepherd Learns and Creates, and chair of the DISRUPT’s planning committee. “Let’s build on what we’ve started here and turn it into something bigger.”

The conference hosted accomplished speakers from throughout the country with expertise in human-centered design, brain-computer interfaces, innovating with purpose and passion, digital health care, payers, wearable robotics and high-impact, low-cost assistive technology.

A special thank you to our presenters:

• Gokul Krishnan, PhD

• Chad Bouton, PhD

• Anang Chokshi, DPT

• Jeremy B. Wigginton, MD, MBA, FAAFP

• Dabin Choe, PhD candidate

• Alexander Geht, MS

DISRUPT also featured two poster presentation sessions and a lively vendor fair with higher education, technology and professional development displays. Attendees hailed from a variety of clinical settings (e.g., inpatient, outpatient, long-term care, long-term acute care) and roles, including physicians, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, social work, recreational therapy, psychology, respiratory therapy and more.

Thank you to our 2025 sponsors:

• Strolll

• Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern PA

• Lifeward

• Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania

Save the Date for 2026

DISRUPT returns in 2026 and will expand to a two-day conference. Save the date for April 18-19, 2026, at ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem, Pa.

Stay tuned for updates on DISRUPT 2026.