Wen Dombrowski

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About Wen Dombrowski

Wen Dombrowski, MD, MBA is a geriatrics physician executive with a unique perspective bridging Clinical, Technical, Business, Design, Ethics, Policy, Movement and Arts expertise. She is passionate about building ecosystems, connecting needs to resources, addressing root causes of complex systems problems, and impacting culture change.Dr. Dombrowski uses experience design, group facilitation, human-centered design thinking, critical analysis and synthesis, data analytics, technical expertise, and interdisciplinary collaboration to innovate experiences, product-service development, and workflow efficiency. She also creates technology-enabled services, business models and care models to improve the lives of populations with complex medical and social needs - including older adults, people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, grief/trauma, and urban poor. As a founding principal of CATALAIZE, she advises on innovation and new technologies. Clients range from multiple Fortune 10, Fortune 500, small & medium enterprises, nonprofits & startups globally (including tech companies, insurance, providers, pharma, medical device, manufacturing, retail, and other industries) and investors (regional economic development, VCs, investment banks, corporate venture & social impact funds).She was previously CIO+CMIO for state-wide homecare and community health provider, strategy CTO for large health system's Value-Based Care initiatives, Clinical Informatics Director at multi-specialty network of community clinics, and Medical Director for Medicare Advantage and Medicaid LTC insurance company. She has worked within managed care, integrated delivery networks, hospitals, nursing homes, senior living, and home care, community health centers, and other settings along the continuum of care. Dr. Dombrowski is regularly invited to keynote and speak at international conferences on topics spanning from futurist vision to how to operationalize new developments in technologies, health/aging innovation, AI ethics, social engagement, and workforce development.