Bridging Medical Expertise and Human Experience to Transform Care and Outcomes

Healthcare Innovator & KEYNOTE SPEAKER

About Sylvie

Sylvie Leotin is a healthcare innovation leader, medical educator, and human-centered design visionary catalyzing dignified, inclusive, human-centered healthcare. Her unique journey—from top-ranked ballerina to Stanford-educated scientist and tech entrepreneur—brings fresh perspectives and transformative insights to healthcare improvement.

During her cancer experience, Sylvie recognized the critical need for dignity-preserving, inclusive healthcare innovations. Supported by $1.7 million in Genentech grants, her groundbreaking work transforms medical education and practice through the powerful integration of empathy, ethics, and design.

At prestigious institutions, Sylvie delivers perspective-shifting keynotes and workshops that educate and inspire healthcare professionals to embrace human-centered approaches. Her thought-provoking insights and powerful storytelling catalyze meaningful change in medical practice. Her writings, featured in STAT News, Emory Medicine Magazine, and the Journal of Patient Experience, advance her vision of a more dignified, humane, and inclusive healthcare system.

Engage with Sylvie to reimagine healthcare education and patient experience at your institution. From keynote speeches to strategic advisory, she partners with forward-thinking organizations ready to embrace human-centered innovation.

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Services

  • Keynotes

    Inspire healthcare transformation through perspective-shifting presentations that uniquely integrate empathy, ethics, and design into medical innovation. Sylvie's powerful keynotes provide actionable pathways for organizations to reimagine and elevate care delivery.

  • Workshops

    Empower your teams to deliver dignified, inclusive, human-centered care. Our workshops uniquely integrate empathy, ethics, and design into clinical care, changing how healthcare providers engage with and care for patients of diverse backgrounds.

  • Partnerships

    Partner with Sylvie to catalyze dignified, inclusive care through pioneering skill-building programs. Piloted at Emory University School of Medicine, her unique approach integrates empathy, ethics, medicine, and design to create lasting organizational change.

Are You Delivering Truly Human-Centered Care?

Take this eye-opening quiz designed by healthcare experience experts to evaluate your organization's approach to human-centered care. Through real-world scenarios, healthcare providers and leaders will uncover insights about handling challenging patient interactions, cultural sensitivity, and emotional situations. Whether you're on the frontlines of care or shaping organizational policy, this assessment will help identify strengths and opportunities to deliver more compassionate, inclusive healthcare experiences.

Sylvie is a brilliant and passionate thought leader who is methodically revolutionizing the patient-provider relationship. Her experience as a talented multidisciplinary executive, scholar, entrepreneur, and cancer survivor empowers her message and singular mission of dignifying healthcare.
— Beau Kelly, MD, MBA, FACS, FAST

WORK WITH Sylvie

Ready to transform healthcare delivery at your organization? Sylvie offers keynote speaking, interactive workshops, professional education programs, and strategic advisory services.

Contact us to explore collaboration opportunities.