Nikesh Kotecha is currently the Head of Data Science at Stanford Health Care (SHC). Operating at the intersection of basic research and clinical implementation, Nikesh has built and scaled a cross-functional data science group charged with a two-fold mandate: establishing frameworks for organization-wide AI adoption, and leveraging in-house capabilities to solve operational and clinical problems for the enterprise.
Prior to SHC, Nikesh held leadership roles across academia, industry, and non-profit environments. He started and led the informatics efforts at the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, a consortium of seven top cancer centers. He also co-founded and built Cytobank Inc. (acquired by Danaher Life Sciences), a cloud-based analytics company focused on single-cell proteomics and cytometry. Additionally, he worked as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at FactoryHQ , and delivered enterprise analytics solutions at TIBCO Spotfire.
Nikesh holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics from Stanford University and a B.S. in Bioengineering from Boston University. He stays involved in entrepreneurship and medicine through his work with StartX and as an Adjunct Professor at Stanford Medicine.
Add to Calendar2026-05-28 22:40:002026-05-29 00:00:00Health Informatics Grand Rounds
Talk Title: "Operationalizing AI at SHC”
Speaker: Nikesh Kotecha
Nikesh Kotecha is currently the Head of Data Science at Stanford Health Care (SHC). Operating at the intersection of basic research and clinical implementation, Nikesh has built and scaled a cross-functional data science group charged with a two-fold mandate: establishing frameworks for organization-wide AI adoption, and leveraging in-house capabilities to solve operational and clinical problems for the enterprise.
Prior to SHC, Nikesh held leadership roles across academia, industry, and non-profit environments. He started and led the informatics efforts at the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, a consortium of seven top cancer centers. He also co-founded and built Cytobank Inc. (acquired by Danaher Life Sciences), a cloud-based analytics company focused on single-cell proteomics and cytometry. Additionally, he worked as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at FactoryHQ , and delivered enterprise analytics solutions at TIBCO Spotfire.
Nikesh holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics from Stanford University and a B.S. in Bioengineering from Boston University. He stays involved in entrepreneurship and medicine through his work with StartX and as an Adjunct Professor at Stanford Medicine.
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