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The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningYour Surgeon Could Be an Algorithm - Dr Max Feinstein, Hit Medical YouTuberDr. Max Feinstein is a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist and notably, a successful YouTuber. He has written on topics like AI’s role in future healthcare, vaping’s impact on anesthesiology, and recognizing burnout in medicine. Outside of the operating room, he somehow balances fellowship training, teaching, clinical work, and producing popular YouTube videos, demystifying anesthesia. Today we talk about his winding career path, vision for AI in the operating room, and the ethical implications of technology in modern medicine.00:00 - Intro1:16 - From majoring in philosophy to becoming an anes...2025-04-281h 17
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningDavid Wu - Residency, Clinical AI, and the Rapper Who Never WasWelcome back David! Dr. David Wu co-founded our podcast back in the height of COVID and is now a radiation oncology resident at Stanford and advisor to an LLM-based startup called Jaide. Since our founding David has been a driving force in communicating the happenings in the medicine and machine learning space and we are excited to talk about his latest efforts in contributing to this area. Jaide uses patient reported outcomes to give physicians access to predictive modeling on disease evolution and eases physician documentation burden using state-of-the-art large language models. 00:00:00 - Introduction ...2025-02-1549 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningDr. Steven Hart - From factory worker to leader in AI and Digital Pathology at Mayo ClinicDr. Steven Hart is a Senior Associate Consultant in AI at Mayo Clinic who has played a key role in shaping genomics and digital pathology with GenomeGPS, Mayo Clinic’s primary DNA sequencing workflow. His groundbreaking contributions have led to advancements in understanding inherited cancer risk and improving digital pathology workflows. With over 100 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Hart’s innovative algorithms are driving efficiency in genetic predisposition testing, reducing unnecessary procedures, and enhancing precision healthcare.We had some audio issues for this one which we tried to fix but they're still pretty apparent so apologies for...2025-02-141h 01
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningRan Shaul - K Health: A Doctor in Your PocketRan Shaul is the chief product officer and co-founder of K Health. With his robust background as a successful founder, Ran has been pivotal in transforming how we approach medical diagnostics and personalized treatment. Under his leadership, K Health has developed innovative AI-driven solutions, including a partnership with Cedars-Sinai and Mayo Clinic. Ran's dedication to improving the patient experience by leveraging technology is reshaping healthcare delivery, making it more efficient and accessible.
Host: Nathan Keller
Twitter: @NathanKellerX
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathankeller1/
Producer...2024-08-3146 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningRobert Dürichen - Future of Medicine, AI, Patient DataDr. Robert Dürichen leads the machine learning analytics team at Arcturis Data, a company focused on processing and analyzing large-scale electronic health record (EHR) datasets. His current research uses small and large language models to enrich EHR datasets from unstructured patient notes and improve quality through standardization techniques.
Hosts: Nathan Keller + Madeline Ahern
Twitter: @NathanKell57664 + @maddie_ahern
Audio/Video Editor + Art: Saurin Kantesaria
Linkedin: Saurin Kantesaria
Intro 0:00
Who is Robert Durichen? 1:29
What is Arcturis? 6:25
How can ma...2024-08-1147 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningDr. Nina Kottler - AI & Radiology: Then, Now, and BeyondDr. Nina Kottler is the associate chief medical officer of clinical artificial intelligence and vice president of clinical operations for Radiology Partners, the largest radiology practice in the US, serving over 3,250 hospitals and other healthcare facilities, interpreting over 53 million exams annually.
Host: David Wu
Twitter: @davidjhwu
Audio Producer: Aaron Schumacher
LinkedIn: Aaron Schumacher
Video Editor + Art: Saurin Kantesaria
Instagram: saorange314
00:00:58 What brought you to the intersection of medicine and artificial intelligence?
00:07:00 The importance of translating between clinicians an...2023-12-271h 04
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningMunjal Shah - Hippocratic AI: A Safety-First Healthcare LLMMunjal Shah is the co-founder and CEO of Hippocratic AI, a new startup in Generative AI + Healthcare. Hippocratic is building a safety-focused large language model specifically built for the healthcare industry.
Host: David Wu
Twitter: @davidjhwu
Audio Producer: Aaron Schumacher
LinkedIn: Aaron Schumacher
Video Editor + Art: Saurin Kantesaria
Instagram: saorange314
Time Stamps:
00:00:58 What brought you to the intersection of medicine and artificial intelligence?
00:06:20 Overview of the American Healthcare System
00:08:06 Hippocratic AI and the Adh...2023-10-2458 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningDr. Muhammad Mamdani - AI Research in Healthcare Policy and EducationDr. Mamdani is a professor, pharmacist, and epidemiologist. He is the Vice President of Data Science and Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto and Director of the University of Toronto Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM). Dr. Mamdani’s team bridges advanced analytics including machine learning with clinical and management decision making to improve patient outcomes and hospital efficiency. Dr. Mamdani is also Professor in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at th...2023-10-021h 03
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningSpezi (Stanford CardinalKit) - An Open Source Framework for Digital HealthCardinalKit (now Spezi) is an open-source framework for Digital Health Applications and Research. They were recently featured in the news for releasing HealthGPT, an experimental iOS app that lets you query your health data. Spezi is housed in the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign and directed by Oliver Aalami, MD with Vishnu Ravi, MD as lead architect. Also joining us on this interview is postdoc Paul Schmiedmayer, PhD.
Spezi provides a suite of tools to build modern, interoperable digital health tools from the ground up, from the app itself to storing and analyzing collected...2023-08-141h 03
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningDereck Paul - GlassHealth: AI-Assisted Diagnosis and Clinical Decision-MakingDereck Paul, MD is a cofounder and the CEO of Glass Health, an AI-powered medical knowledge management and clinical decision-making platform that helps clinicians provide better patient care. Previously, he was an internal medicine resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and a medical student at the UCSF School of Medicine.
Host: David Wu
Twitter: @davidjhwu
Audio Producer + Video Editor + Art: Saurin Kantesaria
Instagram: saorange314
Social Media: Nikhil Kapur
Time Stamps:
01:13 - From music major to med s...2023-07-1558 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningJerry Liu - Building LlamaIndex, the Data Framework for LLMsJerry Liu is the co-founder and creator of LlamaIndex (formerly known as GPT-Index), an interface that allows users to connect their data to LLM’s such as Chat-GPT. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from Princeton and has worked at companies such as Quora, Uber, and Robust Intelligence prior to starting LlamaIndex.
Host: David Wu
Twitter: @davidjhwu
Audio Producer: Aaron Schumacher
LinkedIn: Aaron Schumacher
Video Editor + Art: Saurin Kantesaria
Instagram: saorange314
Social Media: Nikhil Kapur
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The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningJason Ryan - Boards and Beyond, the Future of MedEd and BeyondDr. Ryan earned both a doctorate of medicine (M.D.) and master in public health (M.P.H.) degree from the University of Connecticut in 2001. He completed his postdoctoral training at Harvard's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, including a chief residency and cardiology fellowship. In 2014 Dr. Ryan started Boards and Beyond, an online lecture library used by medical students across the world to prepare for board exams. In 2022, Dr. Ryan sold his company to McGraw Hill and will continue working to build medical education materials.
Host: David Wu
Twitter: @davidjhwu2023-06-0256 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningMushtaq Bilal - Utilizing AI Tools for Effective Academic WritingMushtaq Bilal is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Southern Denmark. He earned his PhD in comparative literature from Binghamton University. He works on simplifying the process of academic writing and writes about ethical use of artificial intelligence for academic purposes.
Host: Raeesa Kabir
Audio Producer: Melanie Bussan
Video Editor + Art: Saurin Kantesaria
Instagram: saorange314
Social Media: Nikhil Kapur
Music: Caligula - Windows96. Used with Artist's Permission.
Introduction and...2023-05-151h 01
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningJohn Kang - NLP in Medicine: Word Embeddings and Research Grant AnalysisJohn Kang, MD, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of Radiation Oncology and Biomedical Informatics Lead at the University of Washington in Seattle. His research interests include the application of Natural Language Processing (NLP) to examine trends in the MaML space. He is a physician-data scientist passionate about uncovering the complex interactions underneath large datasets. He has over 10 years of experience in the novel applications of computational modeling and machine learning in biology systems.
Host: David Wu
Twitter: @davidjhwu
Audio Producer: Aaron Schumacher
Twitter: a_s...2023-04-281h 13
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningChatGPT - The MaML Team's Interview With GPT-4Welcome back to the third season of the medicine and machine learning podcast! We are kicking off our year with a very unique episode. Our "guest" is ChatGPT! ChatGPT is an artificial-intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched in November 2022. Since its launch, ChatGPT has been an internet and media sensation. Usage is currently freely available to the public because ChatGPT is in its research and feedback-collection phase. This open interface has been hugely influential in bringing public attention to how AI can be used as a multidisciplinary resource. In this episode, the MaML team asked some fun questions o...2023-04-1429 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningMatthew Lungren - Nuance, Microsoft, and Leadership in the MaML SpaceDr Matthew Lungren is the Chief Medical Information Officer at Nuance Communications, a Microsoft Company. As a physician and clinical machine learning researcher, he maintains a part-time interventional radiology practice at UCSF while also serving as adjunct faculty for other leading academic medical centers including Stanford and Duke. Prior to joining Microsoft, Dr Lungren led the Stanford Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging (AIMI).
This interview offers great insight for anyone who is interested in non-traditional career paths in medicine at the cutting edge of the MaML space. I hope you all enjoy!
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The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningKaz Nelson - The Role of Chatbots in Mental HealthDr. Kaz Nelson is a Fellow of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Associate Designated Institutional Official in the Office of Graduate Medical Education at the University of Minnesota Medical School. She is also host of “The Mind Deconstructed.” In this podcast, Nelson and her brother George dispel myths, address listener questions, and inform the public about mental health and a life worth living.
Connect with Dr. Nelson on the following platforms:
Twitter: @kazjnelson
Facebook: @kazjnelson
Yo...2023-01-251h 02
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningDr. John Sargent and Annika Krugel - BroadReach Group and Vantage Health TechnologiesDr. John Sargent: Dr. John Sargent is the co-founder of BroadReach Group and an internationally recognized thought leader who brings extensive experience in health systems strengthening large-scale patient education programs and the creation and implementation of public-private partnerships in emerging markets. Prior to co-founding BroadReach Group, he obtained his Doctor of Medicine from Harvard Medical School and gained experience as a strategic and operational consultant with expertise spanning multiple disease areas across public and private health sectors.
Annika Krugel: Annika Krugel is the Client Director for Vantage Health Technologies, which is a platform from BroadReach that uses AI to...2023-01-141h 02
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningJoe Zhang - Health Informatics and the NHS (UK)Dr. Joe Zhang is an Intensive Care doc and health data scientist. He holds a Wellcome Trust fellowship in health informatics and artificial intelligence (AI) at Imperial College London. He has extensive experience in developing and deploying informatics and data solutions in the NHS, and is currently working at the intersection of data science, policy, and infrastructure.
contact@themamlpodcast.com
Host: David Wu / Twitter: @davidjhwu
Producer: Aaron Schumacher / Twitter: @a_schu95
Artwork & Video: Saurin Kantesaria
Music: Caligula - Windows96. Used with Artist Permission.
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The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningIttai Dayan - Federated Learning & Data Privacy with Rhino Health
Ittai Dayan, MD is the co-founder and CEO of Rhino Health, a distributed computing platform leveraging privacy-preserving federated learning. The platform allows medical researchers and healthcare AI developers to seamlessly access diverse and disparate datasets and use them to create better AI algorithms.
contact@themamlpodcast.com
Host: David Wu / Twitter: @davidjhwu
Producer: Aaron Schumacher / Twitter: @a_schu95
Artwork & Video: Saurin Kantesaria
Music: Caligula - Windows96. Used with Artist Permission.
00:56 How did you come to the intersection of medicine and artificial intelligence?
06:15 What...2022-10-1549 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningBeth Beadle - AI and Radiation OncologyBeth Beadle, MD, PhD is the Director of Head & Neck Radiation Oncology at Stanford and co-creator of the Radiation Planning Assistant, a fully automated treatment planning assistant.
00:56 How did you come to the intersection of medicine and AI?
03:20 What is radiation oncology and why does it fit well with AI?
05:54 How has radiation changed in your lifetime?
09:19 What is the Radiation Planning Assistant?
13:10 Describe radiation oncology workflow before the use of the radiation planning assistant
20:45 How does the model compare humans?
23:45 Where was...2022-10-0157 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningChristopher Tignanelli - AI and Acute CareDr. Tignanelli is the scientific director for the Program for Clinical Artificial Intelligence at the UMN Center for Learning Health Systems Science, the director of UMN Center for Quality Outcomes, and the chair of the Health Information Technology (HIT) Committee for the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Tignanelli's work serving COVID-19 patients during the pandemic and advancing AI research earned him the title of “Health Care Hero” by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal in 2021.
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Guest: Christopher Tignanelli, @cjtign
Host: Madeline Ahern, @maddie_ahern
Producer: Kirsi Olde...2022-09-1426 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningChenyang Xu - AI Entrepreneurship in the US, China, and EUDr. Chenyang Xu is currently the President and Co-Chairman of PVmed Technologies, Co-Founding Partner of Silicon Valley Future Academy, Managing Partner of Brightway Future Capital, and an Advisory Board Member for the Johns Hopkins University BME department and formerly Advisory Board Member for the UC Berkeley EECS Department.
He was formerly the Chief Business Officer of RSP Systems and the GM and CTO of Siemens Technology to Business (TTB) at Berkeley where he led the Siemens’s North America’s technology startup partnership and early-stage investment practice out of the Silicon Valley. As former head of Siemens Inte...2022-09-031h 25
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningSteven Lin - AI in Family MedicineSteven Lin, M.D. is the service chief of family medicine for Stanford Health Care and the Founder and Executive director for the Stanford Healthcare AI Applied Research Team.
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Host: Madeline Ahern / Twitter: @maddie_ahern
Producer: Kirsi Oldenburg
Artwork & Video: Saurin Kantesaria
Music: Caligula - Windows96. Used with Artist Permission.2022-08-2044 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningAkilesh Bapu - DeepScribeAkilesh Bapu is co-founder and CEO of DeepScribe, an AI-powered medical scribe that passively records and understands a patient’s visit, generates a clinical note, and then seamlessly inputs it into the electronic medical record.
Follow us on Twitter! @TheMaMLPodcast
Guest: Akilesh Bapu / Twitter: @AkileshBapu
Host: David Wu / Twitter: @davidjhwu
Producer: Aaron Schumacher / Twitter: @a_schu95
Artwork & Video: Saurin Kantesaria
Music: Caligula - Windows96. Used with Artist Permission.
1:10 - Pathway towards the intersection of medicine and Machine Learning
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The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningNigam Shah - The Learning Health SystemDr. Nigam Shah is Professor of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics) at Stanford Medicine and Chief Data Scientist at Stanford Healthcare. Dr Shah’s research focuses on combining machine learning and prior knowledge in medical ontologies to enable use cases of the learning health system.
Follow us on Twitter! @TheMaMLPodcast
Guest: Nigam Shah / Twitter: @DrNigam
Host: David Wu / Twitter: @davidjhwu
Producer: Aaron Schumacher / Twitter: @a_schu95
Artwork & Video: Saurin Kantesaria
Music: Caligula - Windows96. Used with Artist Permission.
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0:45 tell us about yo...2022-07-2152 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningQuynh Nguyen - Addressing Health Disparities using Big DataDr. Quynh Nguyen is an assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. She received her PhD and MSPH in Epidemiology from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health. Dr. Nguyen is a social epidemiologist focusing on contextual and economic factors as they relate to health. She joined us to talk about her projects that leverage technology and big data sources to investigate and address health disparities.
Host: Raeesa Kabir
Producer: Kirsi Oldenburg
Artwork: Saurin Kantesaria
Follow us o...2022-07-091h 05
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningVineeta Agarwala - Venture Capital, a16z, and the MaML spaceDr. Vineeta Agarwala is a general partner at a16z, physician, adjunct clinical professor at Stanford, previously at Google Ventures, Flatiron Health, having received her MD/PhD at Harvard Medical School and the Broad Institute.
Many thanks to Ashlea Kosikowski from 1AB Media for making this episode happen!
Follow us on twitter: @TheMaMLPodcast
Host: David JH Wu @davidjhwu
Producer: Aaron Schumacher @a_schu95
Design: Saurin Kantesaria2022-06-2343 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningHarald Kittler - DermaChallenge and AI for Medical EducationDr. Harald Kittler is a Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the Medical University of Vienna, in Vienna, Austria. Dr. Kittler is the founder of Dermachallenge, a 2018 startup which uses the principles of gamification to teach and train health professionals. As a dermatologist and dermatopathologist, Dr. Kittler has a unique insight into how future physicians might be trained in his profession. Enjoy some gamification of dermatology by joining the over 5,000 players at Dermachallenge!
Host: Madeline Ahern
Producer: Kirsi Oldenburg
Artwork & Video: Saurin Kantesaria
Music: Caligula - Windows96 (Used with artist...2022-06-0845 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningPat Walters and Patrick Riley - AI for Drug Discovery at Relay TherapeuticsPat Walters is the Chief Data Officer and Patrick Riley is the senior VP of AI from Relay Therapeutics in Cambridge, MA. In this episode we discuss Relay's innovative approach to drug discovery, and how new developments in AI and computational modeling have accelerated this process.2022-05-2655 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningMatt Diamond - FDA & the Digital Health Center of ExcellenceMatt Diamond, MD, PhD, is Chief Medical Director of the FDA’s Digital Health Center of Excellence. Dr. Diamond provides leadership for digital health policy development and implementation for emerging technologies including artificial intelligence. Prior to joining the Agency, Dr. Diamond served on leadership teams of large and small technology companies, including as Chief Medical Officer at Nokia, and as Medical Director at Fossil Group. He earned his MD and PhD (biophysics) from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and is board certified in rehabilitation medicine and sports medicine and certified in medical acupuncture.
TIMESTAMPS
1:15 te...2022-05-1244 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningJoy Kincaid - Digital Health for Cancer CareJoy Kincaid is our guest today from OncoHealth, which has just launched their new digital telehealth platform supporting cancer patients and their families. Joy was formerly VP of Population Health at Optum.
1:06 “So our first question is.. tell us about your path”
7:25 talking about Optum
11:50 OncoHealth
13:48 Iris Digital Health platform
37:35 Talking about the Healthcare Industry
45:56 future of digital medicine in 10-20 years?
48:40 “the movement of the Tao is returning”
51:45 advice to recent grads
53:30 intentional networking
57:50 what gives your life meaning...2022-04-291h 01
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningM. Elizabeth Ross - AI Uncovers the Genetics of Spina BifidaDescription: Margaret Elizabeth Ross, M.D., Ph.D. is a Nathan Cummings professor in neurology and director of the Center for Neurogenetics at the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York. To learn more, check out the Ross Lab website!
1:30 Introduction
4:00 An Intro to AI
10:15 What are Neural Tube Defects?
16:30 Publications from the Ross Lab
21:00 The Ross Lab's Use of AI
30:00 Clinical Applications of Genetic Research
31:00 Spina Bifida Outcomes
32:00 Health Equity in Genetics2022-04-1348 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningNeal Khosla - Using AI + Telemedicine to Serve Medicine's Traditionally UnderservedDescription: Neal Khosla is the founder and CEO of Curai Health, a digital health startup making big waves in the primary care space. To learn more, please visit curaihealth.com.
1:00 Tell us about your path and how you came to the intersection of medicine and machine learning
13:15 - Most common patient demographic served
15:45 - Story of how Curai began. + history of medicine
29:00 - Can med + AI reason better than us? + vision for Curai
40:30 - When should patients go into clinic?
44:40 How has regulation affected yo...2022-03-301h 01
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningSeason 2 Teaser - DWu's Freestyle"Because Life needs Art to explicate its meaning,
and Art needs Technology to keep its edge bleeding."2022-03-2701 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningYvonne Lui - Machine Learning, MRI, and Collaboration with IndustryYvonne Lui, MD, is the associate chair of radiology of NYU Langone Health. Today we discuss FastMRI, the interesting collaboration between NYU and Facebook AI. We explore how machine learning can enhance image reconstruction following an MRI scan.
0:00 Background on MRI
2:36 Intersection of Medicine and Machine Learning for Dr. Lui
6:40 Current Research Projects
11:40 MRI partnership with Facebook AI & MRI Image reconstruction
17:12 Models for research in clinical trials
21:30 Why Facebook is interested in this problem
24:15 Further information on the Machine Learning MRI reconstruction
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The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningDavid Lindsay - Building a Successful AI Health Company During MD/PhD TrainingDavid Lindsay is the CEO of Oncora, a data, documentation, and personalized care solution for specialty oncology. Oncora is currently implemented in many major hospital systems, including Northwell Health, MD Anderson, Mass General Children's, and Scripps Health. David founded the company during his MD/Ph.D. training at the University of Pennsylvania.
0:00 Introduction
1:15 David Lindsay tells his story
5:00 Initial Idea for a company bringing AI to oncology
7:35 When did David decide to start the company
10:25 Balancing being a CEO and a medical student at the same...2021-11-0557 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningCarmen Aguirre - Creating NFT Art to Raise Money for Mental Health and Pay Off Med SchoolCarmen Aguirre is a 4th-year medical student, visual jockey (VJ), and NFT artist. Here we sit down and discover what pushes her to continue developing her passions for medicine and artificial intelligence. You can find more info about her work here: https://linktr.ee/Neurite 0:00 Alex gives some background on NFT's
2:50 Background and Initial Involvement with NFT's
5:50 Seeing stigma around mental health conditions
9:10 Building a community around NFT's
9:40 The process of creating NFT's
13:20 Working for Ariana Grande
15:10 Working as a DJ and in music while in medical school...2021-10-2242 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningShannon Haymond and Christopher McCudden - A.I. and the Clinical LaboratoryIn our first ever two-interviewee episode we welcome Doctors Shannon Haymond and Christopher McCudden.
Dr. Haymond is the Vice Chair for Computational Pathology and Director of Mass Spectrometry at Lurie Children’s hospital of Chicago and an Associate Professor of Pathology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Dr. McCudden is the Vice Chair for the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the University of Ottawa and a Clinical Biochemist in the Division of Biochemistry at The Ottawa Hospital.
They are co-authors of "Rise of the Machines: Artificial Intelligence and the Clinical Laboratory." Th...2021-10-0844 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningShanen Boettcher - Technology, AI, and SpiritualityShanen Boettcher is a former general manager at Microsoft, product manager at Netscape, and now a PhD student at the University of Saint Andrews currently studying AI Ethics and Spirituality.
Shanen was recently featured in a New York Times Article titled, "Can Silicon Valley Find God?" He is a pioneer in this field and deftly explores two very disparate topics to deeper probe the pressing questions of our generation.
In this interview we discuss how artificial intelligence can facilitate positive conversations about faith, the impact of faith/spirituality on health, as well as other interesting t...2021-09-241h 15
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningJakub Tolar - Medical Education and Machine LearningDr. Jakub Tolar is the Dean of the University of Minnesota Medical School and is a Distinguished McKnight Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Blood and Marrow Transplant & Cellular Therapy. He is the Vice President for Clinical Affairs at the University of Minnesota, Board Chair for University of Minnesota Physicians and co-leader of M Health Fairview.
We have come to know him not only as a researcher and dean, but as a passionate advocate who is putting artificial intelligence at the forefront of academic medicine.
1:00 MaML @ UMN
2:08 Tools to Alleviate Human Suffering
4:00 The Brain Machine
6:56 How do we know things...2021-09-1056 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningJames Zou - Using AI to Better Inclusion Criteria for Clinical Trials and Data ValuationDr. James Zou of Stanford University is an inaugural Chan-Zuckerberg investigator and faculty director for the university-wide AI for Health program.
Dr. Zou recently published a paper in Nature which is making waves in the clinical trial world because it is causing us to rethink how we set eligibility criteria for clinical trials. Using an ML approach, he shows that by changing such criteria, we can make trials both more inclusive, opening them up to way more patients, while at the same time safeguarding patient safety.
We also talk about his various other research projects, wh...2021-08-2354 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningJoachim Schultze - Swarm Learning, Blockchain, and Healthcare AIIn this episode we discuss a novel idea in the healthcare and AI space: using Swarm Learning and blockchain technology for decentralized and confidential machine learning on clinical data. This promising new framework for collaborative research improves both algorithm performance and preserves patient privacy.
This idea has been pioneered by Dr. Joachim Schultze, who recently published an exciting new paper on the subject in Nature. Dr. Joachim Schultze is a professor of Genomics and Immunoregulation at the DZNE in Germany and the University of Bonn.
2:30 Introduction and Background
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The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningGlenn Cohen - Ethical and Legal Implications of AI Use in HealthcareProfessor Glenn Cohen is a James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law at Harvard University. Professor Cohen is one of the world’s leading experts on the intersection of bioethics and the law and is the author of more than 150 articles appearing in such places as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, The American Journal of Bioethics, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. He also leads the Project on Precision Medicine, Artificial Intelligence, and the Law, which is part of the larger Centre for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law.
In this interview, we...2021-07-2325 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningVivian Lee - Digital Health Platforms and The Long Fix for America's Healthcare CrisisDr. Vivian Lee, MD, Ph.D., MBA is currently President of Health Platforms at Verily, an Alphabet Company. Dr. Vivian Lee is also the author of the latest book “The Long Fix,” a book about solving America’s healthcare crisis.
Dr. Lee has accomplished much in her diverse career. She received a doctorate in medical engineering from Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, her MD from Harvard Medical School, was valedictorian at NYU Stern School of Business, authored over 200 peer-reviewed research publications, as well as a cardiovascular MRI textbook, former CEO of the University of Utah Health and dean o...2021-07-0956 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningFaisal Mahmood - Using AI to Identify Tumors of Unknown OriginDr. Faisal Mahmood is an Assistant Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and Computational Pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Mahmood recently published an exciting new paper this year where he and his team built a deep learning model to accurately identify tumors of unknown origin on pathological slides (Lu et al., Nature 2021)
Pathology is one of the central pillars of medicine and here we really dive deep into how machine learning is pushing the boundaries of the field and our abilities to diagnose and recognize tumors. Enjoy!
Twitter: @TheMaMLPodcast
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The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningNneka Comfere - Dermatology and AIDr. Nneka Comfere is a Dermatologist and Dermopathologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. We discuss Dr. Comfere's discovery of visual beauty within dermatology and how this can be applicable in a machine learning setting. We also talk about the possible uses for dermatoscopes and artificial intelligence to fill gaps in care based on location. Dr. Comfere's take on AI from a clinician's perspective is accessible to not only medical professionals, but also those seeking to learn more about how machines are becoming part of the healthcare system. Enjoy!
Interviewer: Maddie Ahern
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The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningIan Pan - International Kaggle Grandmaster by Night, Radiologist Resident by DayIan Pan, MD, is a Kaggle Grandmaster, radiologist resident at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a rising star in the medicine and AI field.
Kaggle competitions are international data science competitions that are both very competitive and prestigious. We talk about Ian's path to medicine and AI as well as the various strategies he’s used to become one of the top coders globally in this burgeoning new field. Ian also gives some great advice on how to get started and we close with some of his exhortations against poor practices in ML today.
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The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningAnouk Stein - Medical Imaging & AI in IndustryAnouk Stein, MD, is a radiologist and AI Data Specialist at MD.ai, a healthcare start-up based in NY. We discuss Dr. Stein's journey to MD.ai as well as her current work in the medical AI space. Dr. Stein provides some great advice for anyone looking to get started in practical machine learning. We also talk about some of the exciting kaggle competitions held by MD.ai as well as the importance of external data validation. We close with some great advice for our listeners from Dr. Stein on how to embrace the exciting new changes taking place i...2021-04-1350 min
The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningJudy Gichoya - Open-Source EMR Platforms and Utilizing AI to Combat Bias in MedicineJudy Gichoya, MD, MS, is an interventional radiologist at Emory University in Atlanta. We begin by talking about Dr Gichoya’s early days in Kenya where she participated in building OPEN MRS, the world’s leading open-source EMR platform. We then talk about her work in using AI to combat bias and social injustices in medicine and the importance of diversifying the datasets we use in AI work today.
03:00 Origins in Kenya, building OpenMRS, path to AI
14:00 Research topics of interest in the Gichoya Lab (Emory) such as bias in AI
21:00 steps we can...2021-02-1953 minThe MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningDaniel Tse - Exploring Industry During + After Medical EducationDaniel Tse, MD, is a product manager at Google Health. In this episode, we talk about his unconventional path to healthcare and AI, and discuss the career angst that many may feel when they wonder that if the path they are on is the right path. I can’t say that we’ve discovered the perfect answer in this interview, but I will say that Dr. Tse is someone who has thought deeply about this question as you can see from his unique career and will probably provide some good words of advice.
Had a real pleasure reco...2020-12-301h 02The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningJack Moore - Improving Hospital Efficiency and Addressing Racial Bias in Medicine with AIJack Moore is a product manager at Qventus, a healthcare start-up based out of Mountain View, California. In this episode, we go into depth about how he and his team are using machine learning to improve the efficiency of hospitals such as the University of Minnesota’s MHealth system. One example we discuss is how Qventus builds and deploys models to improve patient care and reduce ICU bed wait times. At the end, we spend time talking about bias and race in medicine and how we can use AI to combat the propagation of such biases.
Interviewer: Da...2020-11-301h 12The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningMiguel Alvarado - Delivering Big Data & AI to Patients, Providers, and Insurers in IndustryMiguel Alvarado is the CTO of Lumiata, a healthcare AI company based in SF. In this episode, we talk about Miguel’s unconventional journey from Microsoft in the 90s all the way up until the present moment where he is helping bring the power of big data and AI to patients, providers, and insurers.
Just like Bruce Wayne, Miguel works during the day, but at night, has an alter ego. we will talk about his passion as an underground house and techno DJ and finally, we will close with a conversation about the importance of being present....2020-10-141h 03The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine LearningChristopher J Weight, MD - Kidney Cancer & AIWelcome to the very first episode of the Medicine and Machine Learning Podcast, AKA the MaML Podcast brought to you by the Medicine and Machine Learning Club of the University of Minnesota Medical School. We are a group of students passionate about learning more about the future of medicine and AI. This Podcast will feature interviews from prominent figures in academia, industry, and medicine exploring the cutting edge of healthcare’s newest frontier: medicine & machine learning.
My guest today is Dr. Christopher Weight, the new Director of Urologic Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic. In addition to th...2020-08-3141 min