Joseph Izzo, MD, serves as Chief Medical Information Officer at San Joaquin General Hosiptal, a California public healthcare system, and is a practicing physician board-certified in Emergency Medicine, Addiction Medicine, and Clinical Informatics. His work sits at the intersection of healthcare, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and digital innovation, with a focus on the safe, practical adoption of emerging technologies in clinical care. Dr. Izzo has led enterprise AI governance initiatives, clinical technology strategy, and cybersecurity efforts while continuing to build and evaluate healthcare software and AI applications. He is a researcher and national speaker on clinical AI, local large language models, healthcare cybersecurity, and responsible innovation. His professional interests center on creating practical pathways for healthcare organizations to safely adopt and scale emerging technologies while balancing innovation, cybersecurity, governance, and patient safety.