Faces of Digital Health Agentic AI and Longevity - Key topics at NextMed Health 2025
NextMed Health in a healthtech and biotech conference exploring the most forward thinking ideas and topics in healthcare. Taking place in San Diego, a four day programme covered topics such as latest developments in AI, aging, increasing lifespan and longevity, addressing mental health and exercise through VR, and more.
In this special episode of Faces of digital health, Gary Monk and Tjasa Zajc reflect on the key findings through additional discussions with:
- Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, Founder, AIMed. Chief Intelligence & Innovation Office, Children's Hospital of Orange County
- Daniel Kraft, MD, Founder & Chair, NextMed Health.
- Bayo Curry-Winchell, MD, Founder, Beyond Clinical Walls. Urgent Care Medical Director, Saint Mary's Health Network
- Steven Brown, AI developer, Coder, founder, investor, filmmaker
- Jennifer Garrison, PhD, Professor, Buck Institute. Co-Founder & Director, ProductiveHealth.org
- Eric Topol, MD, Founder and Director, Scripps Research Translational Institute
What's covered:
๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ
โถ๏ธ Case Study โ Stephen Brown
โถ๏ธ Custom AI Tool Development: Brown built his own AI-based application using various LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini), emphasizing data cleaning, model cross-evaluation, and reliability testing.
Anthony Chang: Claimed it will soon be unethical not to use AI in areas like radiology, where AI improves diagnostic accuracy.
๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐:
โถ๏ธ Lack of AI education among clinicians.
โถ๏ธ Absence of AI strategies in hospitalsโoften even lacking data governance.
โถ๏ธ Misaligned financial incentives across stakeholders.
โถ๏ธ Bias and Representation
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง'๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก & ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
โถ๏ธ Ovaries Beyond Reproduction: ovaries regulate broader systemic health via signaling pathways (like โWi-Fiโ), impacting bone, skin, and possibly all organs
โถ๏ธ Gaps in Research
๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐
Eric Topolโs View:
โถ๏ธ Real progress in longevity stems from data-driven insights (organ clocks, plasma proteomics) and predictive risk modelingโnot supplements or unproven interventions.
โถ๏ธ AI enables individualized, timed risk prediction for major age-related diseases (cancer, heart disease, neurodegeneration).
๐ ๐ Warned against overreliance on consumer-grade longevity services offering generalized, possibly irrelevant tests.
RESOURCES
If you haven't yet, read the newsletter "NextMed Health Day 1: An Update on AI, AI agents and Agentic AI in Healthcare" https://lnkd.in/dzHQsiMC
See recaps from Gary Monk: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garywmonk/
Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTZGXjAFMWk&t=33s
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