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Can AI make health care more accurate, accessible and sustainable?

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The global health care landscape is facing unprecedented challenges, including an aging population, increasing rates of chronic disease and workforce shortages. The need for efficient, equitable and patient-centered systems has never been more important.  

Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize health care by optimizing workflows, improving diagnostics, creating personalized treatment plans and paving the way for novel applications such as virtual assistants, robotic surgery and predictive analytics.  

How is artificial intelligence already being used and what new applications are being explored? What challenges and biases exist for implementation in our current systems? Join us as three experts weigh in on how AI is shaping the future of health care and how interdisciplinary collaboration is key to driving innovation. 

About the speakers

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Professor Milos Popovic,
(PhD '96 Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Applied Science & Engineering)

Director, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto

Director, The KITE Research Institute at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - University Health Network

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Professor Muhammad Mamdani,

Director, Temerty Faculty of Medicine Centre for Artificial Intelligence Education and Research in Medicine (T-CAIREM), University of Toronto

Vice President, Data Science and Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto

Azi Boloorchi Drake

Azi Boloorchi Drake,
(BSc '04 Human Biology Arts & Science, MSc '06 Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology Temerty Medicine, MBA '09 Rotman School of Management)

Vice President, Commercial Strategy, Product & Analytics, Teladoc Health

Our moderator

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Claire Kennedy,
(BASc '89 Chemical Engineering, Applied Science & Engineering)

Senior Advisor at Bennett Jones LLP

Proudly sponsored by U of T affinity partners:

Can AI make health care more accurate, accessible and sustainable?

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April 12, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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Online

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The global health care landscape is facing unprecedented challenges, including an aging population, increasing rates of chronic disease and workforce shortages. The need for efficient, equitable and patient-centered systems has never been more important.  

Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionize health care by optimizing workflows, improving diagnostics, creating personalized treatment plans and paving the way for novel applications such as virtual assistants, robotic surgery and predictive analytics.  

How is artificial intelligence already being used and what new applications are being explored? What challenges and biases exist for implementation in our current systems? Join us as three experts weigh in on how AI is shaping the future of health care and how interdisciplinary collaboration is key to driving innovation. 

About the speakers

Milos_Popovic29-1x1REDUCED_1_1MB

Professor Milos Popovic,
(PhD '96 Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Applied Science & Engineering)

Director, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto

Director, The KITE Research Institute at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - University Health Network

MM_portrait1

Professor Muhammad Mamdani,

Director, Temerty Faculty of Medicine Centre for Artificial Intelligence Education and Research in Medicine (T-CAIREM), University of Toronto

Vice President, Data Science and Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto

Azi Boloorchi Drake

Azi Boloorchi Drake,
(BSc '04 Human Biology Arts & Science, MSc '06 Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology Temerty Medicine, MBA '09 Rotman School of Management)

Vice President, Commercial Strategy, Product & Analytics, Teladoc Health

Our moderator

Claire-Kennedy-Headshot-819x1024

Claire Kennedy,
(BASc '89 Chemical Engineering, Applied Science & Engineering)

Senior Advisor at Bennett Jones LLP

Proudly sponsored by U of T affinity partners:

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April 12, 2024
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