Dr. Dan Henderson is a physician leader and clinical innovator at the forefront of digital health, value-based care, and AI-driven health platforms. As Head of Medical Innovation at WHOOP, he leads the clinical and medical strategy behind next-generation health optimization tools, including WHOOP Advanced Labs, a first-of-its-kind platform that integrates 65 biomarkers with continuous wearable data to deliver personalized, preventive health insights.
He also serves as a Primary Care Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Virtual Medical Control Physician at instED, where he provides clinical oversight for paramedic-led in-home urgent care services. His clinical practice and innovation work are unified by a single principle: using data, technology, and proactive care to help people stay healthier at home and avoid unnecessary hospitalizations.
Dan’s career spans frontline medicine, health system leadership, and academic innovation. He trained in internal medicine at Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, served as an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, conducted research at Ariadne Labs, and led clinical innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he managed a panel of over 1,500 patients and led initiatives in digital therapeutics and care model redesign.
His most recent landmark work includes being selected as a key clinical voice in the launch of WHOOP Physician Services into the CMS ACCESS program, a federal initiative expanding technology-enabled care for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions. Dan served as medical director for this program, which allows continuous, real-time wearable data to guide care for older adults, including cardiometabolic monitoring and personalized clinical coaching.
Dan contributes expert perspective to Lifeline on AI-driven health platforms, remote patient monitoring, digital therapeutics, value-based care for aging populations, and the clinical science behind wearable health technologies.
