Hackers and Healers Hackathon | NYC 🗽

We’re getting NYC’s most ambitious hackers and healers in one room to spark healthcare innovation.

Credentialed clinicians (healers) will share the messy realities of patient care and the scar tissue they’ve picked up working inside the bureaucracy of US healthcare. Professional builders (hackers) will wield the tools to build scalable solutions for the hardest technical problems. Together, you’ll jam on prototypes that reimagine how care gets delivered. The point is to facilitate conversations between those who actually practice and those who can build, bypassing everyone who usually gets in between.

🧑‍💻 Hackers, come ready to build your craziest ideas and get a masterclass from those on the front lines on what’s actually clogging the pipes of our healthcare system.

👩‍⚕️ Healers, bring the ideas you always wanted built but never got around to and the day-to-day pains your admins never get around to fixing.

This isn’t a pitch competition. There actually won’t be any slide decks allowed during the demos. Yes, we said demos, not presentations. We’re indexing 100% on live demonstrations of products built during the hackathon. The goal is to inspire curiosity, foster collaboration, and push your vibe coding skills to the limit.

Expect passionate discussions about what’s actually true, late-night ideas, and a community that thrives on bold thinking.

Game plan

Friday

• mixer with dinner at 6 PM

• kickoff

• attendees pitch ideas

• self-form teams

• HACK as long as you can stay awake

Saturday

• breakfast at 8 AM

• HACKING

• lunch

• more HACKING

• demos and judging

• wrap up by 7PM

FAQ

Will there be food?

• yep!

• and plenty of caffeine + snacks

What’s the vibe?

• super chill

• roll up in your pajamas, office gear, or even dress it up a little if you feel like it

• clinicians, feel free to wear your scrubs 👩‍⚕️

Who will be in the room?

• priority access for credentialed clinicians (MD/DO, NP, PA, CRNA, RN) and professional builders (engineering data AI)

• we’ll be verifying every attendee via LinkedIn/Doximity

What if I’m a clinician who has never built anything?

• this event is for YOU

• mentors will be circulating to help you get started, and there will be pro builders to team up with

Will there be prizes?

• yes! there will be thousands of dollars worth of prizes BUT building with great people who care about healthcare is the real prize from the event

Partners

DxAngels

An investment syndicate of Doximity alumni, physicians, and health tech leaders, co-founded by Ahmed Belal, Mujtaba Badat, and Peter Alperin, MD, to expand the capital and expertise the Doximity alumni community could bring to digital health startups.

Redesign Health

Redesign Health is a global venture and applied technology firm focused on building next-generation healthcare companies. We manage venture capital and venture buyout strategies, each powered by an AI operating system and team of leading technologists, entrepreneurs, and investors.

Photon Health

We're building a modern prescription network that empowers people to shop with their prescriptions in hand.

TechNovaTime

TechNovaTime deploys digital employees that do the work across healthcare systems — from patient access to revenue cycle. Your next best hire won't be human.

Visualize AI

Visualize AI is an NYC-based AI lab building foundation models for human perception and reasoning on phones. Our founders have built two unicorns, with a team from DeepMind, xAI, Berkeley, Stanford, and Caltech.