Healthcare Professionals Conference · 2026

The Voices
Rewriting Healthcare.

The leaders behind some of the most consequential moves in medicine, marketing, and healthcare leadership — together for 72 hours in Houston, TX.

September 18 – 20, 2026
Houston, Texas
New speakers added daily
MEDICINE INNOVATION LEADERSHIP ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY SCIENCE SERVICE
Presented by
BAPS Charities
The 2026 Lineup

The room you've always wanted to be in.

Leaders. Operators. Builders. Together for the conversation about where medicine is going next — and how you'll get there with them.

Across the three days, our speakers will share the stage in:
Plenary Fireside Panels Q&A
David L. Callender, MD, MBA, FACS
Health System CEO · MD, MBA, FACS

David L. Callender, MD, MBA, FACS

President & CEO of Memorial Hermann Health System — one of Southeast Texas’s largest nonprofit systems, with 17 hospitals and 280+ care sites across Greater Houston and 35,000+ employees. Named to Modern Healthcare’s most-influential healthcare leaders four years running.

Malisha Patel, MHA, FACHE
Hospital CEO · MHA, FACHE

Malisha Patel, MHA, FACHE

SVP & CEO of Memorial Hermann Southwest and Sugar Land hospitals, expanding access to care and driving strategic growth across both campuses. Named to the Houston Business Journal’s 2025 “Women Who Mean Business.”

David I. Sandberg, MD, FACS, FAAP
Pediatric Neurosurgeon · Professor, UTHealth

David I. Sandberg, MD, FACS, FAAP

Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and co-director of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Program at MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital. Pioneers minimally invasive endoscopic surgery and novel chemotherapy delivery for childhood brain tumors.

More speakers added daily

You're not seeing the full lineup yet.

New voices join the stage every week leading up to September. Check back — or reserve your seat now and we'll keep you in the loop.

How It's Built

Four formats. Zero filler.

Every session is engineered for substance and speed. No PowerPoint marathons. No back-row anonymity. Just rooms designed to make the conversation stick.

01
Plenary
The mainstage moments. Big-room keynotes that frame the next era of medicine.
02
Fireside
Two chairs. One conversation. The unguarded perspective you never get on a panel.
03
Panels
Cross-domain operators in conversation — clinic, capital, code, and culture in the same room.
04
Q&A
Open mic. The audience drives the agenda. Every speaker, on the record, on your terms.
Where & When

Houston. September.

September 18 – 20, 2026

Three days, custom-built to leave you with a different operating system for your career.

  • Houston, TX
    20 minutes from Hobby Airport (HOU), 30 minutes from Bush Intercontinental (IAH).
  • Day 1 · Fri Sep 18 — Welcome plenary & opening fireside
    Day 2 · Sat Sep 19 — Panels & mainstage keynotes
    Day 3 · Sun Sep 20 — Q&A sessions & closing
  • Limited seating — designed for depth of conversation, not crowd count.

This isn't a trade show.

It's the room where the operators behind some of the most consequential moves in healthcare, marketing, and medicine sit down to talk honestly about what's working — and what they're betting on next.

If you're building something in this industry, you should be there.

Be in the room.

Reserve your seat for HPC 2026. Houston, September 18–20. New speakers being added daily. Limited capacity.

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