

The Medical AI Podcast
Dr. Felix Beacher
The Medical AI Podcast is a 30 minute thrill ride of big ideas, hosted by Dr. Felix Beacher. The latest innovations are covered on everything from medical imaging to large language models to regulatory strategy to ethics and more. AI is revolutionizing healthcare. The Medical AI Podcast will keep you up to date on this exciting and rapidly changing field.
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May 2, 2024 • 47min
Episode 37: The path to a medical AI holy grail: medical records analysis and automated treatment selection; with Mika Newton, CEO of XCures
Episode 41: The path to a medical AI holy grail: medical records analysis and automated treatment selection; with Mika Newton, CEO of XCures

Apr 29, 2024 • 35min
Episode 36: "The Interface of Medical AI Development and Regulation," with Pat Baird, co-chair of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
Pat Baird is co-chair of the AI committee for the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation and the International Medical Device Regulators Forum

Mar 28, 2024 • 29min
Episode 35: AI for psychotherapy. With Lindsay McKean, Psychotherapist
Episode 37: AI for psychotherapy. With Lindsay McKean, Psychotherapist

Feb 6, 2024 • 35min
Episode 34: AI for detecting liver disease. With Dr Neil Guha, Professor of Hepatology at the University of Nottingham
The liver is a miracle of physiology, with over 1,000 known functions. This highlights the potential impact of liver dysfunction on various bodily systems. Also, liver disease is a major cause of death globally, and the numbers are on the rise. This adds up to a critical clinical need.
Dr Neil Guha is Professor of Hepatology at the University of Nottingham, an NHS consultant and Research scientist.
He recently published an excellent paper in the journal of medical AI on a ML model to rate risk for liver disease.

Jan 6, 2024 • 32min
Episode 33: the use of Large Language Models in medical research, with Fiona Morrison
A year ago, very soon after the release of ChatGPT there was an article in Nature with the curious title… ChatGPT listed as author on research papers: many scientists disapprove
Since then, the use of LLMs in medical research has exploded, including as a coauthor of articles. But how is it being used? Does it matter? Does it undermine the human authors? And does it risk the quality of the research?
With me to discuss this is a brilliant up and coming researcher at the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network, Fiona Morrison.

Aug 23, 2023 • 33min
Episode 32: Medical AI generalism and diabetic retinopathy, with RJ Kedziora, Co-founder of Estenda Solutions
Episode 32: Medical AI generalism and diabetic retinopathy, with RJ Kedziora, Co-founder of Estenda Solutions

Aug 21, 2023 • 28min
Episode 31: AI for summarizing medical notes, with Vince Hartman, CEO of Abstractive Health
Vince Hartman, CEO of Abstractive Health, discusses how AI systems can reduce physician burnout by summarizing clinical charts. They explore the impact of overloaded physicians on patient care and revenue loss. The podcast also covers advancements in AI technology for primary care physicians, compares AI models to chat GPT, and examines the challenges in developing AI systems for medical summarization.

Jun 27, 2023 • 33min
Episode 30: The Real World Deployment of Medical AI, with Louis Culot, Head of Innovation Capabilities for Philips Healthcare
Episode 30: The Real World Deployment of Medical AI, with Louis Culot, Head of Innovation Capabilities for Philips Healthcare

Jun 9, 2023 • 38min
Episode 29: AI for monitoring hospital patients, with Narinder Singh, CEO at LookDeep Health
Episode 29: AI for monitoring hospital patients, with Narinder Singh, CEO at LookDeep Health
Can AI systems provide ways of monitoring hospital patients? This innovative idea is being implemented in some American hospitals. With Narinder Singh, CEO at LookDeep Health.

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May 17, 2023 • 47min
Episode 28: The Cutting Edge of Personalised medicine, with Professor Richard Dobson of King's College London and University College London
Personalised medicine has been promised as a coming revolution in healthcare. The concept goes all the way back to Hippocrates, around 400 years BC, but it is still very rare in clinical practice. Machine learning has been described as the key technology for personalised medicine - so are we finally about to see this revolution storming the gates? Discussing this with Felix is one of the key figures in this area, Richard Dobson, Professor of Medical Informatics at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, and Professor of Biomedical and Health Informatics at the Institute of Health Informatics, University College London.


