Keynote Speaker

M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Executive Director for Transformation Science and Behavioral Insights, Penn Medicine Faculty Director, Nudge Unit Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Keynote Address:

TBD

Kit Delgado is an emergency physician and behavioral scientist who directs the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit—the world's first behavioral design team embedded within a health system. As Faculty Director of the Nudge Unit and Executive Director for Transformation Science, he leads a multidisciplinary team that designs, tests, and scales interventions to improve clinical decision-making, change patient health behaviors, and reduce the public health burden of preventable injuries from distracted driving, substance use, and gun violence. His approach is captured in the Nudge Unit's vision: the right choice should be the easy choice for health. Applying this principle, his teams have improved outcomes across diverse health system and community settings. He is known for his work on reducing opioid overprescribing while preserving pain management outcomes, increasing addiction treatment engagement, improving outcomes for patients with COVID-19 through automated remote monitoring, and sustainably cutting distracted driving and increasing seatbelt use through gamified smartphone interventions. Dr. Delgado is associate professor of emergency medicine and epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. He co-directs Penn PORTAL (Patient-Oriented Research and Training to Accelerate Learning), one of 16 national centers of excellence in learning health system science, where he mentors the next generation of health care delivery researchers. He practices clinically at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center's trauma center and previously served as co-chair of the Penn Medicine Opioid Task Force. He is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and has been recognized with multiple awards including the AcademyHealth Publication of the Year Award. He is board certified in emergency medicine and addiction medicine. He holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton University, an MD from Columbia University, and an MS in health services research from Stanford University.