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# Michael Vinegra, PhD, MBA

**Turning AI and digital innovation into clinical and medical impact.**

Two decades leading at the intersection of clinical development, medical affairs, and technology across global pharma and biotech.

*MM&M “Top 40 Healthcare Transformers” · PhD, Health Science Leadership*

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## Where I Focus

### AI That Reaches the Clinic

I led the Novartis-IBM Watson alliance to build EMR-based clinical-trial matching with the Mayo Clinic, and Highlands Oncology Network— the work behind a 2020 *JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics* paper on Artificial Intelligence based study eligibility screening. I’ve been putting AI to work in regulated healthcare since well before it made headlines.

### Medical & Lifecycle Strategy at Scale

At Pfizer, I lead the Portfolio Solution build for medical planning and impact;  the governance models, decision frameworks, and enterprise strategy that align Global and US Medical Affairs around what matters most for patients - closing care gaps.

### Digital Transformation with a Mandate

I've led Global Clinical Development Data and Digital Transformation at Novartis and Oncology Digital Transformation strategy and roadmaps at Eisai - standing up the Executive Steering Committees and cross-functional workstreams spanning data, AI, and user-centric process change.

## Let’s connect

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