FDA COO Barclay Butler to Keynote 2025 Healthcare Summit
- FDA COO and Deputy Commissioner for Operations Dr. Barclay Butler will deliver a keynote address at the 2025 Healthcare Summit on Feb. 12
- Dr. Butler’s extensive career in federal and defense healthcare make him a highly-desired expert on advanced healthcare technologies
- Get your pressing questions addressed by Dr. Butler after his keynote. Secure your seat today!
Potomac Officers Club, the nation’s elite GovCon events, networking and media organization, is elated to announce that Dr. Barclay Butler, Food and Drug Administration deputy commissioner for operations and chief operating officer, will give a keynote address at the 2025 Healthcare Summit on Feb. 12 at the Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park in northern Virginia.
The 2025 Healthcare Summit is POC’s top forum for examining business opportunities in the healthcare technology realm. U.S. Health and Human Services, which the FDA operates under, is receiving $117 billion for FY2026, a 23 percent increase from the $95 billion the agency requested.
Why Is the 2025 Healthcare Summit a Must-Attend Forum for GovCon Executives?
The event brings together leading technology professionals from across the federal healthcare enterprise to discuss the emerging technologies set to revolutionize the industry. Hear directly from the country’s leading healthcare officials, especially those supporting warfighter health at agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Health Agency, and gain actionable business intelligence from discussions led by the best in healthcare.
Take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to engage with leading decision-makers shaping the future of healthcare. Few tickets remain—buy yours now!
Who Is Barclay Butler?
As FDA’s deputy commissioner for operations and COO, Dr. Butler has leadership authority over the management of business programs and operations throughout the FDA. He has extensive experience leading organizations through major transformational change in both the public and private sectors.
Critical areas of his portfolio have included:
- Progressing toward a fully-interoperable healthcare record for the Department of War
- Designing, securing, deploying, operating and maintaining the IT ecosystem supporting all healthcare operations in the DHA
- Leading the DHA as its chief management officer
What Has Barclay Butler’s Career Focused On?
Dr. Butler has wide-ranging experience in defense health. Some of his previous positions include:
- Director of the DOW Interagency Program Office
- Chief information officer for the Office of the Army Surgeon General, the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Defense Health Agency J4, component acquisition executive and head of contracting actions
- DHA director of healthcare technology integration
- Chief of the human response and tolerance branch in the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory
What Dr. Butler Will Discuss in His Keynote
Dr. Butler’s keynote at the 2025 Healthcare Summit will give GovCon technology executives a unique chance to hear directly from one of the federal government’s top healthcare technology experts.
Some possible topics include:
- How to maintain top-rate care for patients when IT systems are rapidly changing
- Top procurement priorities for the FDA
- What the FDA needs from industry to advance the capability of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing and cybersecurity
- And much more!
Why Dr. Butler’s Keynote Is Critical for GovCons
Dr. Butler’s keynote at the 2025 Healthcare Summit on Feb. 12 is a can’t-miss event for GovCon technology professionals to hear directly from one of the federal government’s top healthcare technology experts. Attendees can look forward to:
- Q&A session. Utilize this fantastic opportunity to have your burning questions answered by Dr. Butler after his keynote.
- Spending analysis. Hear directly from Dr. Butler about FDA investment priorities for FY2026 and beyond.
- Networking. Participate in the invaluable face-to-face conversations with other ambitious GovCon executives that only happen in live-venue settings.
Why Should I Attend the 2025 Healthcare Summit?
The 2025 Healthcare Summit on Feb. 12 at the Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park in northern Virginia is the top forum for GovCon technology professionals. It will bring together leading federal officials and GovCon executives to evaluate the most critical topics in healthcare technology.
What’s the Agenda for the 2025 Healthcare Summit?
The agenda includes (with more speakers regularly added!):
- Keynotes by
- Srinivas Panguluri, Health Resources and Services Administration acting CIO
- A fireside chat with Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Director Bill Tinston and Director for Program Integration Cori Hughes
- Panels on the hottest technology topics:
- Dive into modernizing CMS platforms for efficiency and usability at From Legacy to Leading-Edge: CMS Platform Modernization, featuring
- Gita Deo, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services senior advisor and chief of staff
- Wade Zarriello, CMS acting director for infrastructure operations
- Matt Brumley, Program Executive Office for Defense Healthcare Management Systems joint operational medicine information systems chief of staff
- Katie Holmes, CMS deputy director for the division of quality systems, governance, engineering and development
- Examine protecting patient safety through secure and observable IT at The Role of Observability in Federal Healthcare, featuring
- Benjamin Koshy, Indian Health Service chief information security officer
- Rear Adm. Tracy Farrill, DHA principal deputy of the assistant director for healthcare administration functional champion, MHS GENESIS
- Chris Wallace, DHMS chief of cybersecurity, PEO
- Jothi Dugar, HHS CISO, NIH Center for Information Technology
- Discuss enabling rapid and citizen-facing digital health services at Cloud-First, AI-Ready: Powering the Next Generation of Public Health Services, hosting
- Dr. Jesus Caban, DHA CDAO
- Lt. Col. David Alt, PEO DHMS chief of emerging capabilities, enterprise intelligence and data solutions
- Amy Gleason, CMS acting administrator and strategic advisor for U.S. DOGE Service
- Dr. Evan Carey, VA acting director for the National AI Institute
- Dive into modernizing CMS platforms for efficiency and usability at From Legacy to Leading-Edge: CMS Platform Modernization, featuring
And more!
The 2025 Healthcare Summit on Feb. 12 is the essential GovCon conference for professionals interested in the future of federal healthcare technology. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn of fresh business opportunities and get an advantage on your competition in 2026. Sign up today!
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