Herbert Sherman Memorial Lecture: Micky Tripathi, Mayo Clinic
The Department of Health Policy and Management invites you to join the bi-annual Herbert Sherman Memorial Lecture, featuring Dr. Micky Tripathi, Chief Artificial Intelligence Implementation Officer at the Mayo Clinic. The event will include an in-person lecture by Dr. Tripathi, who will be speaking about AI applications to health care delivery, followed by a reception. Further details about the event and Dr. Tripathi’s lecture will be posted here as the date approaches.
Please register to attend this event:
Herbert Sherman Memorial Lecture, featuring Dr. Micky Tripathi, Mayo Clinic
Friday, October 17th, 2025
Lecture: 3:00-4:00PM, Kresge 502
Reception: 4:00-5:00PM, Kresge Atrium
In-person only
All questions can be directed to Rachel Levitt (rlevitt@hsph.harvard.edu). Please note: Speakers’ remarks are based on their own scholarship and experiences. They do not speak for Harvard.
About the Herbert Sherman Memorial Lecture Series
The Herbert Sherman Memorial Lecture is a bi-annual lecture series in honor of Dr. Herbert Sherman, who was an electrical engineer on the faculty at MIT and the Draper Labs who became interested in health care delivery and moved to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He was particularly interested in healthcare IT, quality of care, operations research, and technology assessment. Dr. Sherman brought multidisciplinary and creative solutions to the problems of health care delivery. This lecture series features experts in the field of health policy or management who reflect Dr. Sherman’s legacy of bringing multidisciplinary and creative solutions to the problems of health care delivery.
Speaker Information
Micky Tripathi, PhD
Micky Tripathi, Ph.D., is Mayo Clinic’s chief artificial intelligence implementation officer. With a focus on oversight and ongoing monitoring of artificial intelligence (AI) across the Mayo Clinic enterprise, Dr. Tripathi drives AI adoption and establishes streamlined pathways to integrate safe and effective AI into the clinical practice.
With over three decades of healthcare leadership experience, Dr. Tripathi’s expertise spans public and private sectors in strategy, product development and operations with a proven track record in leading large-scale health information technology (IT) projects and fostering collaborations. He served as a top federal official at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), where he oversaw clinical data standards, health IT policies, interoperability and health AI regulations. His work established nationwide data and interoperability standards across all HHS divisions and more than 500 electronic health record (EHR) products, impacting 97% of hospitals and 78% of physician offices across the nation. As the HHS’s chief AI officer, he developed AI transparency and risk management regulations for more than 900 certified EHR developers. He also vetted and approved all AI applications.
Before joining HHS, Dr. Tripathi served as chief alliance officer at Arcadia. In that role, he was responsible for developing and executing inorganic growth strategies ranging from enterprise partnerships to mergers and acquisitions. Further, he served as the president and CEO of Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, providing health IT and data analytics services to healthcare customers across the U.S.
Dr. Tripathi received his undergraduate studies at Vassar College, earned his master’s degree from Harvard University and completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Recognized for his visionary yet practical leadership, Dr. Tripathi has served on numerous boards, and he excels in managing complex initiatives at the intersection of health, technology, business and regulation.
ⓘ Harvard Chan School hosts a diverse array of speakers, invited to share both scholarly research and personal perspectives. They do not speak for the School, and hosting them does not imply endorsement of their views, organizations, or employers.