Shahram Ebadollahi

Dr. Shahram Ebadollahi is the Chief Data and AI Officer at Novartis. In this capacity he is responsible for the areas of data science, artificial intelligence, data management and strategy globally across the Novartis corporation.

Before joining Novartis in September of 2018, Dr. Ebadollahi spent 14 years with IBM and had series of senior executive roles. He was the technical founder of IBM Watson Health, IBM’s first ever business focused on applications of technology and AI to the domain of healthcare and life sciences. In that role he oversaw the areas and teams for innovations, development, alliances and served as the chief science officer of IBM in the area of healthcare. Prior to starting IBM Watson Health he had founded the health informatics research and computational health, with the aim of innovating and applying data science and advanced analytics to the broad domain of healthcare and life sciences. As the Vice President of Health Informatics Research he oversaw a global team of scientists and innovators in this domain.

Dr. Ebadollahi has a PhD and MBA from Columbia University and is a member of a number of scientific and business advisory boards. He has published and overseen graduate level research in the area of analytics for healthcare and has conducted research with funding from national institutions such as NIH. He is a frequent speaker and panelist at events at the intersection of technology innovation and healthcare.