Digital health in pediatrics isn’t about replacing clinicians, it’s about supporting them, while making the experience easier for children and families. In this episode, we hear from two leaders shaping that future: Dr. Bimal Desai, Chief Health Informatics Officer at CHOP, and Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Chief Digital & Information Officer at Seattle Children’s. Their stories.

Some of the most meaningful innovations in pediatric care don’t start in labs or boardrooms, they start in hospital rooms, infusion centers, and waiting areas where parents sit at their child’s bedside, trying to make sense of a new reality. In this episode of A Dose of Optimism, we meet two extraordinary guests who transformed.

For decades, parents were told to wait before introducing allergenic foods like peanuts or eggs. Now, the science may indicate the opposite, start early, and you could prevent a lifelong allergy. When Daniel Zakowski’s nephew developed a food allergy despite early awareness, it sparked a mission: to make food allergy prevention easy, safe, and accessible.

In this episode of A Dose of Optimism, Dr. David Feinberg, Chairman of Oracle Health, shares how artificial intelligence and data connectivity are reshaping the way we care for patients, and why he believes technology can make healthcare more human, not less. For Dr. Feinberg, the path forward is about creating a truly connected healthcare.