Dr. Benjamin Courchia

Dr. Benjamin Courchia is a dedicated neonatal critical care physician and the Medical Director of the Level III regional neonatal intensive care unit at HCA Florida University Hospital. Under his leadership, the NICU has fostered an approach to care that prioritizes individualized treatment and evidence-based practices, earning the Unit of Distinction Award from HCA Healthcare in both 2023 and 2024 in recognition of top performance in neonatal care.
 

Dr. Courchia serves as Chair of Pediatrics at Nova Southeastern University Kiran C. Patel College of Medicine, where he teaches courses in Embryology and Principles of Medicine, shaping the education of future physicians.
He is the creator and host of The Incubator Podcast, which has emerged as the leading online learning platform for neonatology and newborn care. Publishing multiple episodes weekly, the podcast has built a global audience of neonatal professionals seeking evidence-based education and clinical insights. Dr. Courchia is also the founder of the Delphi Neonatal Innovation Conference, a premier platform bringing together leaders in neonatal care to foster innovation and collaboration.
Born and raised in Marseille, France, he now resides in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, with his wife and two daughters. Dr. Courchia’s commitment to advancing neonatal care and education continues to inspire and impact clinicians and patients worldwide.

Kevin Parry

Kevin Parry is a Canadian stop-motion animator, magician, and visual effects creator with 15+ years in the film industry. Born in Northern Ontario, he graduated from Sheridan College's Animation program in 2010, where his short film "The Arctic Circle" won Best Character Animation and was praised by Tim Burton. He animated at LAIKA on Oscar-nominated films including "Kubo and the Two Strings," "The Boxtrolls," and "Missing Link." Now based in Toronto, Kevin has built a social media following of 9+ million across platforms, creating viral stop-motion content and "mind-bending illusions." He produces scroll-stopping ads for major brands like Listerine and Malibu Rum, teaches animation courses, and runs YouTube tutorials. His innovative approach combines traditional stop-motion with digital post-production, earning recognition as a leading creator in contemporary animation and social media content.

Loren DiGiorgi

Loren DiGiorgi is a pianist, humorist, and composer who began classical training at age five. Known for musical antics like playing songs in reverse, blending melodies, and reimagining classical pieces in jazz styles, he delights audiences by weaving random song requests into harmonious medleys. With hundreds of thousands of followers across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, Loren has composed hundreds of songs since writing his first at age seven and securing his first copyright at twelve. His production tracks appear in music libraries across the US, UK, Canada, and Australian television. He consistently releases new music on streaming platforms and Bandcamp, with sheet music available for purchase. His journey exemplifies creativity, dedication, and the joy of sharing music with the world.

Nancy Segal

Dr. Nancy L. Segal is Psychology Professor and Director of the Twin Studies Center at California State University, Fullerton. She holds degrees from Boston University (B.A.) and University of Chicago (M.A., Ph.D.). Author of 300+ scholarly articles and 11 books, including award-winning "Born Together-Reared Apart" and recent works "The Twin Children of the Holocaust" and "Gay Fathers, Twin Sons." Her research has been featured in major media including NYT, Atlantic Monthly, Oprah, CNN, and NPR. She received the 2005 James Shields Award for Lifetime Contributions to Twin Research and was named one of Orange County's 100 Most Influential People. She appears in Netflix's "The Accidental Twins" (2024) and serves as consultant to twin research in Brazil. Currently writing books on twin relationships and career narrative.

Pascale van Kipnis Caplow

Pascale van Kipnis was born in New York and began ballet training at age eight with the School of American Ballet, performing in children's roles with New York City Opera and four years in Balanchine's The Nutcracker. She became an NYCB apprentice in 1991, joined the corps in 1992, and was promoted to soloist in 1999. Chosen by Jerome Robbins for her first principal role in 1992, she danced principal and soloist parts in numerous Balanchine and Robbins ballets including Apollo, Midsummer Night's Dream, Dances at a Gathering, and Symphony in C. After retiring in 2007 following 15 years with NYCB, she moved to Miami where she raises four children including triplets. She teaches at Miami City Ballet School, Belvoir Ballet summer intensive, and maintains a home studio.

Dr. Phyllis Dennery

Dr. Phyllis A. Dennery is the Sylvia Kay Hassenfeld Chair of Pediatrics at Brown University's Warren Alpert School of Medicine and Pediatrician-in-Chief at Rhode Island Hospital/Medical Director at Hasbro Children's Hospital. She holds a B.S. from McGill University, M.D. from Howard University, completed pediatric residency at Children's Hospital National Medical Center, and neonatal-perinatal fellowship at Case Western Reserve. Elected to the National Academy of Medicine (2014) and Association of American Physicians (2015), she served as President of Society for Pediatric Research and International Pediatric Research Foundation. Her research focuses on neonatal lung injury mechanisms, with clinical interests in jaundice, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, prematurity consequences, and perinatal health disparities. She leads an NIH-funded pediatric clinical trials network.

Jan Beger

Jan Beger leads AI Advocacy at GE HealthCare, one of the world’s most recognized names in medical technology. His work focuses on bringing AI from theory to practice, ensuring it supports clinicians rather than replaces them. With a background in health informatics and digital innovation, Jan’s expertise lies in translating technical complexity into meaningful healthcare solutions. He has become a key voice for responsible and practical AI implementation across hospitals and global health systems. His perspective blends scientific depth with empathy for those on the frontlines of care.

Dr. Lauren Fine

What if the question mattered more than the answer? Lauren Fine, MD, FAAAAI, knows what it feels like to start over. After years as a board-certified allergist/immunologist, she reinvented herself as a medical educator—and discovered that the most powerful thing she could teach wasn’t knowledge, but how to think. Now, as Assistant Dean of Clinical Skills Education at Nova Southeastern University’s Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine and faculty at the Harvard Macy Institute, she’s on a mission to flip the script on what expertise means: reimagining how we train thinkers, not just knowers. Through her newsletter Permission to Change: Finding Your Ikigai, she coaches physicians and educators through their own reinventions. Lauren is fascinated by the moment when not knowing stops being a problem and starts being a beginning—and she believes we all deserve permission to begin with a question instead of an answer. Because asking the right questions can change everything.

Dr. Laura Vater

Dr. Laura Vater is striving to keep healthcare human, for both patients and clinicians. She’s a medical oncologist, writer, assistant professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine, and Director of Compassionate Medical Education at the Hippocratic Collective. She is the founding co-director of the Young Onset Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Cancer Program at IU, and directs Writing for Wellness, a narrative writing program. Her writing has been featured in Write for Your Life by Anna Quindlen, and the forthcoming Where It Hurts anthology by editor Donna Bulseco. In 2017, she developed a wellness behavioral tool for patients and clinicians called the SMILE Scale. She engages with an audience of over 200,000 on social media, promoting humanism in medicine.