Dr. Purna Prasad

VP & Chief Technology Officer Northwell Health

As the chief technology officer for Northwell Health, Long Island’s largest employer, Dr. Purna Prasad makes sure that information flows unimpeded through the system so all who need it have rapid access and data integrity is maintained. A vice president in the healthcare system, Prasad has a career-long record of accomplishments spanning Information Technology, Clinical Technology, and Biomedical Program Development, Infrastructure / Architecture Planning, Solution Engineering, and enterprise-wide integration. For over 30 years he has delivered clinical information technology systems, solutions, and infrastructure models to enable expansion of clinical services, biomedical capabilities, and patient service capacity. He has directed best-practice projects and enterprise-change management efforts to ensure continuity of mission-critical clinical systems serving patient diagnostic, monitoring, and therapeutic support. He collaborates with executive leadership teams to align all IT initiatives with shortand long-range business needs, clinical demands, and regulatory compliance requirements. He serves as end-to-end liaison to all business units, strengthening stakeholder relations, building cross-functional consensus, and facilitating technology adoption. Prasad’s advanced work in biomedical research resulted in the first networked physiological monitoring system for acute care, distant patient care using telemedicine, computerized brain monitoring system, sleeping brain monitoring and diagnosis, and application of robotics in medicine. Prasad holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering. His PhD is in Information Technology