Name: Harnessing AI in Clinical Practice: Opportunities to Enhance Operations and Patient Care
Start: 2025-02-21T08:30:00-0600
End: 2025-02-21T09:45:00-0600

Friday February 21, 2025 8:30am - 9:45am CST

Lyric Ballroom

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools develop, leaders in academic family medicine need to be actively involved in shaping the way this technology is utilized in healthcare settings. While AI has great promise to contribute to more effective and efficient care, leaders must be well versed in opportunities as well as challenges associated with implementation, including potential bias and data privacy. This session will offer an overview of AI and machine learning, with a focus on applications in clinical and administrative operations. Attendees will hear from panelists who have started utilizing various AI tools within their departments to demonstrate lessons learned and future possibilities.

Speakers

Nipa R. Shah, MD FAAFP

Chair, Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida - College of Medicine

Nipa R. Shah, MD FAAFP is a professor and the Chair of the department of Community Health and Family Medicine (CHFM) at the University of Florida - College of Medicine. She completed the Executive Program in Artificial Intelligence with Implications for Business Strategy in 2019 at... Read More →

Megan Mahoney, MD, MBA

Chair, UCSF Department of Family & Community Medicine

Dr. Megan Mahoney is the Hellman Endowed Professor and Chair in the UCSF Department of Family & Community Medicine - a department with a recognized legacy of defining the role of academic family medicine in the social justice movement.  Throughout her career, Dr. Mahoney has built... Read More →