Event Speaker

James T. Whitfill, MD, CIIP, FSIIM

SVP, Chief Transformation Officer

HonorHealth, University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix

Dr Whitfill leads Digital Strategy and Strategic Partnerships for HonorHealth, a 6 hospital system in Arizona. In addition he serves as a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Biomedical Informatics. He is a former Treasurer and Board Chair at SIIM and was named to the College of SIIM Fellows in 2021.

Sessions

Cybersecurity Readiness for the Modern Imaging Enterprise

Presented by Po-Hao Chen, MD, MBA, Reza Forghani, MD, PhD, James T. Whitfill, MD, CIIP, FSIIM, Benoit Desjardins, MD, PhD Jun 12, 2026 | 2:00 PM.

As imaging operations become more digitally interconnected, image service line departments face an expanding cybersecurity risk surface that reaches far beyond traditional IT concerns. Modalities, PACS/VNA environments, AI applications, cloud services, reporting platforms, and remote access points now operate as a tightly linked ecosystem where a single vulnerability can compromise patient data, interrupt clinical care, and create…

If Clinicians Designed AI: Creating Seamless, Human-Centered Imaging Solutions

Presented by Ali Tejani, MD, Nina Kottler, MD, MS, FAIM, FSIIM, Robert Slater, PhD, Mohammed Younis, MS, James T. Whitfill, MD, CIIP, FSIIM, Marc Kohli, MD, FSIIM in Ophthalmology, Radiology Jun 12, 2026 | 8:15 AM.

As AI portfolios in imaging continue to expand, many organizations find that deployment is moving faster than user education, workflow alignment, and thoughtful interface design. Attendees will explore why technically strong AI models often fail to deliver real efficiency gains when results are difficult to access, inconsistently presented, or poorly aligned with clinical workflows. The session establishes the core…