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Michael spends his time and energy leading the Digital Health Institute for Transformation
(DHIT) a 501(C-3) that supports communities through the process of digital transformation.
Michael is an experienced healthcare executive turned entrepreneur, with a purpose-driven
mindset. He is on a path to unite culture, process, people, and technology to create a new
healthcare operating system for the 21st century. Michael has held leadership roles as a Vice
Chair of Administration for the Department of Medicine at the University of Miami Health
System, Director of Clinical Operations for UNC Health Care’s specialty ambulatory clinics, as
well as several other leadership roles at UCLA Health within various clinical departments.
Michael has also served as the first Entrepreneur-in-Residence for the Center for Health
Innovation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he designed and developed
their Digital Health Program in support of UNC’s Digital Transformation strategy. As an
entrepreneur, Michael was the COO of Digital Therapy, a cognitive computing platform powered by
IBM Watson in the behavioral health space. He is the Co-founder of Bluedoor Group, a digital health
growth and innovation agency. Michael earned his BS in Neuroscience from Tulane University
and his MBA from Elon University.