Dr. Medell Briggs
Physician Executive, Founder & CEO of LIFE&PEACE Collective
Dr. Medell Briggs
Physician Executive, Founder & CEO of LIFE&PEACE Collective
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Biography
Dr. Medell Briggs-Malonson became a physician because she believes being truly cared for can change lives and communities. Two decades later, that belief guides her work as a Harvard- and UCLA-trained, board-certified emergency physician, health system executive, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker. She brings a rare perspective to the questions leaders face now: how to build technology people can trust, sustain the health of those who lead, and create prosperity that reaches generations.
Her career spans high-acuity emergency departments, the executive suite, and the federal policy table. As UCLA Health’s Chief of Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence, she built frameworks across four hospitals and more than 280 ambulatory sites and led the system to become the first in California and the western United States to earn Joint Commission Health Care Equity Certification. She also served as Chief Health Equity Officer for University of California Health and helped open Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital, establishing the quality and safety foundation of a new safety-net hospital.
Appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Briggs served as Co-Chair of the federal Health Information Technology Advisory Committee, advising on national technology policy and regulation that shape care across the country.
Today, she is building what comes next. As founder and CEO of Life@Peace Collective and its founding practice, Life@Peace Health, she is creating a new standard of care for the leaders, builders, and healers who give so much of themselves to others: unhurried, deeply personal, and attentive to mind, body, and spirit. As founder and CEO of Contour Health Solutions, she advises health systems, technology innovators, and investors on strengthening care, improving performance, and designing technology that serves every person and population. Through Life@Peace Collective and the Malonson Family Foundation, she invests in communities rich in potential but too often limited by resources.
Recognized by Fierce Healthcare, Modern Healthcare, Becker’s Healthcare, and the National Medical Association, Dr. Briggs brings clinical insight, executive judgment, and a deeply human perspective to every stage. Her keynotes move audiences beyond promising ideas to action that genuinely improves lives.
Speech Topics
Healthcare Technology & AI: AI Is Advancing. Is Healthcare?
Healthcare AI is becoming more powerful. But who is becoming healthier? Faster decisions and smarter systems mean little if patients still face delayed diagnoses, fragmented care, and preventable harm. Drawing on her work at the bedside, in the C-suite, and on the federal committee that advises national health IT policy, Dr. Briggs shows leaders how to make trust the foundation of innovation and human well-being its measure.
Key Takeaways:
Set the standard for trustworthy AI
Direct innovation toward human needs
Make accountability actionable
Measure progress that matters
The Health of Leadership: The Leadership Tax
The decisions. The expectations. The responsibility that follows you home. Leadership asks a great deal of the people others depend on, and the cost often goes unnoticed until it shows up in their health, their judgment, and their teams. An emergency physician who has led through crisis, Dr. Briggs reveals what leaders are really paying and offers a practical path to protect their health and build cultures where excellence endures.
Key Takeaways:
Recognize your Leadership Tax
Lead effectively under pressure
Make health part of your leadership strategy
Build a culture of sustainable excellence
Generational Health & Wealth: Why Good Intentions Aren’t Enough
For decades, we have tried to fix health and wealth separately. That is exactly why the outcomes haven’t changed. A healthier future requires the opportunity to learn, earn, own, and build. Drawing on her leadership across academic and safety-net health systems, community partnerships, and entrepreneurship, Dr. Briggs challenges audiences to connect health with lasting prosperity and build alongside the communities they serve.
Key Takeaways:
See health and wealth as connected priorities
Recognize where good intentions lose momentum
Extend your influence beyond institutional walls
Build with communities and measure what matters
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