Smit Patel💊📲 is a Principal at UpTheStack. He possess expertise in leadership, public speaking, pharmaceutical research, clinical research, health innovation and 25 more skills. He is proficient in English. Colleagues describe him as "I’ve been fortunate to work with exceptional people over the course of my professional career. Smit Patel is right there at the top of those that I’d work with no matter the opportunity, no matter the challenge. Smit and I worked together in the early days of CancerX, on behalf of the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe). He had been with DiMe at the beginning of CancerX and had been building the community that now numbers nearly 200 entities, alongside federal agencies, before I even started. Upon my joining CancerX, he didn’t skip a beat. Those strong early relationships he’d developed with CancerX members remained engaged and activated with Smit leading the charge. He worked tirelessly to prop up a project sprint in <90 days that led to the development of data elements necessary for researchers to access the information they needed to conduct cutting edge science. It became well received enough to lead to a White House effort announcing partnerships across EHR vendors. Smit is just as capable operationally as he is going deep with content. With CancerX, he initiated the foundational processes for community engagement with newsletters, Slack, meetings, events, etc. From a personality and personal perspective - Smit has an infectious positivity and optimism and is a delight to work alongside. I’m pleased to be able to write this recommendation and even more so to have been able to call him my colleague.", "It's rare to come across someone who dreams big and turns those dreams into tangible, impactful realities. Smit Patel is one such extraordinary individual. Smit's accomplishments speak volumes about his capability, vision, and commitment to making a difference in digital health and beyond. A super connector, Smit has contributed to building an unparalleled multi-stakeholder oncology community at CancerX, supporting a platform where shared visions and opportunities converge to make a real difference. In 2021, Smit partnered with the health innovation hub of the German Federal Ministry of Health to accelerate innovation in evidence generation related to digital health applications for its broad deployment and acceptance. Smit led a partnership to develop a consistent approach in deploying digital health technologies at scale by designing strategies to cultivate successful VA-industry collaborations and building frameworks to evaluate, adopt, and scale successful integration of digital solutions at the VA system. Leading a collaborative effort with the FDA and industry organizations, Smit led a pre-competitive collaboration, Digital Health Regulatory Pathways, to develop a suite of 50+ resources to directly support innovators who are seeking to optimize their regulatory strategy and manufacturers with regulatory pathway clarity and enable greater commercial success as they navigate the intricate U.S. digital health product regulatory pathways, guidelines, and regulations. Beyond these achievements, Smit's contribution to numerous publications and his role in hosting engaging roundtable discussions demonstrate his unwavering dedication to advancing the field. Smit isn't just a visionary leader; he is a catalyst for change, uniting the right people, constructing the most effective strategies, and implementing them to drive the digital health sector forward. His energy is infectious and inspiring, qualities that are much needed in propelling the ever-growing field of digital health forward.", and "As a leader in the transformation and digitization of healthcare, Smit is a force to be reckoned with. Not only is he wickedly smart, but he is incredibly empathetic, hard-working, and creative. I've no doubt he'll be successful at every step in his professional journey. I've now had the pleasure of working alongside him for two years, one year at different companies and one year together at the Digital Medicine Society. Within those two years, I've learned so much from Smit in terms of both content and thought leadership more broadly. His enthusiasm for the field of digital medicine is contagious, and his passion for science and caring for people motivates all those surrounding him to take action and advance the human condition. Above all, he's able to communicate effectively -- not only is he a content expert, but he's able to articulate what matters most to stakeholders of all kinds. He is an engaging and inspiring storyteller, and I'm incredibly excited for all the terrific things he will accomplish throughout his career."