HIN Summit 2026

This is not a conference. It's an intentional gathering designed for honest
conversation, restoration, and practice work.
About this Event

Two days. Three movements.

This is not a conference. It's an intentional gathering designed for honest

conversation, restoration, and the practical work of returning to why

you chose this calling.

Film & Witness

The weekend opens with the premiere of Suck It Up, Buttercup — an

unflinching look at what's happening to the people inside American

medicine. We watch together, then break bread.

Teach & Be Taught

A full Saturday of speakers chosen for depth, not celebrity —

covering legal advocacy, AI in clinical practice, trauma-informed care

for healers, and how to build a public voice that actually matters.

Restore & Connect

Aspen Glen in late September is what the Roaring Fork Valley does

best — golden light, mountain air, and an environment designed to

remind you what restoration actually feels like. The room you're in

matters; so does the room you eat in afterward.

For the people behind medicine.

The Summit is a small, deliberate room. We're keeping the group to

50 attendees because the value isn't in scale — it's in the

conversations you'll have between the talks and at dinner.

This gathering is for clinicians who refuse to settle for burnout as the

price of practice, and for the leaders working to build systems worth

staying in.

Physicians, PAs & NPs

Mid-career clinicians ready to reconnect with purpose and build

what's next.

Healthcare Executives

CEOs, CMOs, CFOs, and CNOs responsible for clinician retention,

culture, and the health of their organizations.

Physician Entrepreneurs

Clinicians building businesses, media platforms, or new income

streams beyond traditional practice.

Healthcare Advocates

Attorneys, therapists, and allied professionals working alongside

clinicians on systemic and personal recovery.

Agenda

🕑: 07:30 AM - 07:50 AM
Registration & Breakfast
🕑: 07:50 AM - 08:00 AM
Welcome, Housekeeping, Speaker Disclosures
Host: Dr. Robert McDermott
🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
What Is Healing Intelligence?
Host: Dr. Robert McDermott

Info: There is a third intelligence beyond IQ and EQ — the one medicine has been missing. This opening session introduces Healing Intelligence and the three pillars it's built on, and why reconnecting presence with clinical excellence transforms practice, leadership, and life.

🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:30 AM
How AI and Medicine Intersect
Host: Dr. Jared Pelo, MD

Info: How emerging technology is reshaping documentation, decision support, and the day-to-day experience of practicing medicine — and what to embrace versus what to resist.

🕑: 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM
Break
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Practical Workshop: Building a Clinical AI Assistant
Host: Dr. Jared Pelo & Dr. Robert McDermott

Info: How emerging technology is reshaping documentation, decision support, and the day-to-day experience of practicing medicine — and what to
embrace versus what to resist.

🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:00 PM
Break
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Navigating the Legal Landscape of Medicine for Your Benefit
Host: Andrew Plattner, JD, MPH

Info: What every clinician should know about contracts, restrictive covenants, malpractice, and the legal protections you can't afford to ignore.

🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Break
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Practical Workshop: Building a Clinical AI Assistant
Host: Dr. Jared Pelo & Dr. Robert McDermott
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:15 PM
Lunch
🕑: 01:15 PM - 02:15 PM
Gratitude, Goals, and the Joyful Practice of Medicine
Host: Dr. Robert McDermott
🕑: 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM
Protecting Our Psychology, One Healer at a Time
Host: Dr. Erica Kesselman, MD
🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:30 PM
Break
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Physiology of the Clinician Stress Response & Autonomic Regulation
Host: Resa Hayes, MA, LPC
🕑: 04:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Final Q&A, Evaluations & Attendance Capture
Host: Dr. Robert McDermott
🕑: 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Conclusion & the Path Forward
Host: Dr. Robert McDermott
🕑: 06:30 PM
Reception