Healthcare Was Never Designed to Heal. Let's Change That.
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- Dr. Nneka Sederstrom
Clinical Ethicist, Healthcare Executive, and Author of Designed to Heal
Dr. Nneka Sederstrom brings more than 25 years of healthcare leadership experience at the intersection of hospital medicine, clinical ethics, end-of-life care, health equity, and system transformation.
A nationally recognized equity ethicist and speaker, she helps healthcare leaders design systems rooted in trust, dignity, empathy, and better outcomes.
Meet Dr. Nneka Sederstrom
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Global Speaker. Healthcare Strategist. Architect of Systems Designed to Heal.
Dr. Nneka Sederstrom does more than deliver keynotes. She helps healthcare leaders name what is not working, understand why old strategies are no longer enough, and begin designing systems that actually heal.
A nationally recognized healthcare executive, clinical ethicist, public health strategist, and transformational speaker, Dr. Sederstrom brings more than 25 years of experience at the intersection of hospital medicine, end-of-life care, health equity, patient experience, ethics, and system transformation. Her talks are direct, deeply human, and grounded in real-world leadership. She challenges audiences to move beyond performative progress and into the kind of courageous, practical change that improves trust, culture, care, and outcomes.
From national conferences to executive retreats, board briefings, and healthcare leadership convenings, Dr. Sederstrom creates space for leaders to think differently, lead honestly, and build healthcare systems worthy of the people they serve.
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Speaking Topics Include:
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Designed to Heal: Why Healthcare Isn’t Working—and How to Finally Get It Right
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Empathy as Infrastructure: The Leadership Shift Healthcare Needs Now
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Stop Performing Progress: Building Systems Patients Can Trust
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Healing Systems, Not Just People: Redesigning Healthcare for the Future
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Ethical Leadership in Crisis: Reclaiming Humanity in Clinical Care
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The E.M.P.A.T.H.Y. Framework: A Practical Methodology for Healthcare Transformation
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Book Dr. Sederstrom for your next keynote, panel, executive retreat, or leadership briefing—and give your audience the language, courage, and framework to finally start getting healthcare right.
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Dr. Nneka Sederstrom is a nationally recognized healthcare executive, clinical ethicist, public health strategist, and global speaker known for turning complex healthcare challenges into powerful, accessible, and actionable conversations. Her speaking style is direct, deeply human, and unforgettable, blending sharp analysis, humor, lived leadership experience, and the rare ability to say the hard things in a way that moves people toward change rather than defensiveness.
As CEO of UzObi, Inc., Dr. Sederstrom brings an innovative lens to patient experience, cultural identity, trust, AI, and system transformation. Her expertise in systems and culture transformation helps leaders understand not only what is broken but also why it keeps recurring, and how to redesign structures, behaviors, workflows, and decision-making practices to create lasting change. She brings particular urgency to the future of healthcare, helping organizations prepare for a world where AI, patient expectations, workforce strain, and community trust will determine who survives and who truly heals.
Her academic foundation in philosophy, public health, and medical sociology informs her distinctive approach to leadership, ethics, culture change, and healthcare innovation. A prolific speaker and published expert, Dr. Sederstrom has delivered national and international presentations on clinical ethics, end-of-life care, health equity, patient trust, AI in healthcare, and organizational transformation. She has been honored as a Distinguished Educator, a Richard S. Irwin Master Lecturer, and a participant in the Northwestern Mutual Black Founder Accelerator—recognition that reflects her impact at the intersection of ethics, innovation, leadership, and healing.
PUBLICATIONS AND ARTICLES
An Essential Conversation on Race, Racism and the Healthcare System
Hennepin Healthcare Makes its Case for More Equity, Inclusion Training
Anti-Black Racism as a Chronic Condition
Physicians Must do the Work to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Medicine
UzObi CEO: Startup Draws ‘Ethical Blueprint’ to Reduce ACP Disparities
The Racist Underbelly of Health Disparities in America
Why DEI Has Become a
Business Imperative
Talent Garden Grows Local Youth into Healthcare Workers
Acknowledging the Burdens
of ‘Blackness’
MEDIA
Advocacy in Action