Speaker Profile
Dr. Engers Fernandez is a physician-innovator and Chief Innovation Officer at nxT Innovation Lab, recognized for building and implementing emerging technologies in healthcare systems where traditional infrastructure is limited, fragmented, or absent. His work focuses on translating artificial intelligence from promise into practice—using it as a catalyst for automation, system design, and continuous learning at scale.
Dr. Fernandez earned his Doctor of Medicine from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, his Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix, and his Master’s in Health Infrastructure and Learning Systems from the University of Michigan. This uncommon combination of medicine, business, and learning systems uniquely prepared him for the current AI revolution—not as a technology shift, but as a structural one. Long before generative AI became mainstream, this systems-level training positioned him to leverage AI to close technology gaps, accelerate adoption, and enable healthcare systems to learn and improve in real time.
Across his career—as physician, CEO, CIO, CTO, and health-system executive—Dr. Fernandez has led innovation within large U.S. community health networks and across emerging markets in Latin America and the Caribbean. His focus is not on experimental pilots or theoretical frameworks, but on practical implementation: deploying modular platforms, invisible technologies, and AI-driven automation that clinicians can adopt, sustain, and scale within their local realities.
Known for his engaging, humorous, and highly accessible style, Dr. Fernandez challenges audiences to move beyond buzzwords and stalled innovation cycles. He speaks candidly about why healthcare innovation often fails—not because of lack of intelligence or funding, but because systems were never designed to learn, adapt, or empower those closest to care. Through real-world examples, he shows how emerging technologies can leapfrog legacy infrastructure, restore agency to clinicians, and transform underserved systems into global references for innovation.
Whether addressing health equity, the burnout of biological intelligence, clinician-led AI adoption, or building learning health systems in low-resource settings, Dr. Fernandez invites audiences to rethink where innovation truly begins. His message is clear: AI is not the future of healthcare by itself—AI is the catalyst that allows better systems to finally exist.
