NEXTMED HEALTH · NOW / NEAR / NEXT
Different minds.
A healthier future.
A global community connecting science, technology, medicine, and human possibility.
THE NEXTMED PERSPECTIVE
From sick care
to health creation.
What’s possible now. What’s emerging near.
What we can create next.
NextMed Health brings different worlds into the same conversation: clinicians and patients, scientists and founders, technologists and health leaders.
We explore the convergence of technologies and ideas—and ask how they can help people live healthier lives.
Our lens: Now, Near, Next.
Connect today’s tools with tomorrow’s possibilities. Move toward more proactive, personalized, connected, and human-centered health.
A shared language for what’s now, near, and next.
From sick care to health creation. Click the graphic to explore the full framework.
Find your people.
Expand what’s possible.
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Shared experiences
Music, art, movement, and conversations beyond the mainstage. Discover the human side of a community imagining a healthier future.
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Innovation Lab + MEDy Awards
Meet emerging ventures, explore new tools, and discover ideas moving from prototype to practice. The MEDy Awards spotlight standout startups.
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Conversations into collaboration
Exchange ideas in workshops, small-group conversations, and spontaneous encounters. Bring your perspective—and meet people who expand it.
Minds that open ours.
Explore past NextMed faculty.
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![Eric Topol, past NextMed faculty]()
Eric Topol, MD
AI & the future of medicine
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![Catriona Jamieson, past NextMed faculty]()
Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD
Stem cells & regenerative medicine
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![Jennifer Garrison, past NextMed faculty]()
Jennifer Garrison, PhD
Women’s health & longevity
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![Hugh Herr, past NextMed faculty]()
Hugh Herr, PhD
Bionics & human potential
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![Dean Kamen, past NextMed faculty]()
Dean Kamen
Invention & human potential
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![Nichol Bradford, past NextMed faculty]()
Nichol Bradford
Human flourishing & transformative technology
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![Divya Chander, MD, PhD, past NextMed faculty]()
Divya Chander, MD, PhD
Neuroscience, consciousness & AI
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![Larry Brilliant, MD, MPH, past NextMed faculty]()
Larry Brilliant, MD, MPH
Global health & a healthier world
A GLOBAL COMMUNITY. A HUMAN CONNECTION.
Since 2011, first as Exponential Medicine, NextMed has brought people together across disciplines and borders. The conversations spark at the summit—and continue long after.
4,000+ alumni · 30+ countries · One shared curiosity
“A place where people who want to change the world can meet the people who currently are.”
Jeffrey Rousseau · Cofounder, LeanOn
KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING
Take the ideas
with you.
Experience the people, questions, and discoveries that made the 2025 Summit memorable. Explore participant takeaways, browse the photos, and watch the talks.
Inside NextMed Health · Highlights from 2025
Engineering possibility
Dean Kamen on invention and the future of health.
Watch the conversation →
Technology for human flourishing
Nichol Bradford on transformative technologies and human potential.
Watch the talk →
New possibilities for treatment
David Fajgenbaum on Every Cure and drug repurposing.
Watch the talk →
KEEP MOVING FORWARD
Your next
connection.
Come with curiosity.
Bring your perspective.
Gather with us.
NextMed Health 2027 · May 17–20
1440 Multiversity · Scotts Valley, California
Our next flagship summit brings the community together for immersive learning, meaningful conversations, and new collaborations.
Build with us.
Bring your organization, ideas, or emerging venture into the conversation.
YOUR PERSPECTIVE BELONGS HERE
A healthier future.
Let’s build it together.
Stay close to the ideas, people, and gatherings shaping what comes next.