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JAMA+ AI Conversations

JAMA+ AI Conversations

JAMA Network 80 Episodes Sep 28, 2026

JAMA+ AI Conversations is a podcast from the JAMA Network that explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping medicine. Each episode features interviews with clinicians, researchers, and AI experts discussing real-world applications of AI in clinical practice, medical training, and research. The show examines both the opportunities and the challenges at the intersection of AI and health care. Listeners get insight into emerging tools and what the future of AI-driven medicine may look like.

Episodes

Will Women Physicians Face an AI Gap?
Will Women Physicians Face an AI Gap? Sep 28, 2026 21:35 In this episode of JAMA+ AI Conversations, Roy Perlis, MD, MSc, and Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and former CDC Director, discuss the potential for AI deployment in health care to adversely impact women physicians, and why simply avoiding these technologies is not a realistic response. Related Content: Will Women Physicians Face an AI Gap? Women, Me
Beyond the AI Alarm: How ARPA-H Is Rethinking Innovation in Health Care
Beyond the AI Alarm: How ARPA-H Is Rethinking Innovation in Health Care Sep 24, 2026 15:36 Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH, Associate Editor of JAMA+ AI, speaks with Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Program Manager Bon Ku, MD, MPP, about rethinking AI in health care from alarm fatigue and aviation-style simulation to patient-centered design and what it will take to safely move AI from promising models to real-world care. Related Content: Beyond the AI Alarm Related Link:
From Aging to AI and Beyond: A Conversation With Eric Topol
From Aging to AI and Beyond: A Conversation With Eric Topol Sep 10, 2026 23:08 In this episode of JAMA+ AI Conversations, Roy Perlis, MD, MSc, and Eric Topol, MD, move from the science of aging to how to think about AI-enabled medicine. Topol discusses what it will take for AI to move medicine from reactive to predictive, why some well-validated imaging AI remains underused while large language models have spread rapidly, and whether AI is actually giving clinicians more tim
ADVOCATing for Patients With Heart Failure
ADVOCATing for Patients With Heart Failure Aug 27, 2026 22:05 In this episode of JAMA+ AI Conversations, Roy Perlis, MD, MSc, and Haider Warraich, MD, sort out the prospects for AI-driven heart failure care that doesn't entail a human in the loop. Warraich is a program manager at ARPA-H, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, responsible for ADVOCATE, an effort to support the development of AI to guide heart failure treatment, seeking to create AI
Enriching Clinical Trials With Machine Learning
Enriching Clinical Trials With Machine Learning Aug 13, 2026 19:56 In this episode of JAMA+ AI Conversations, Roy Perlis, MD, MSc, and Joseph Geraci, PhD, of Queen's University discuss using machine learning to analyze clinical trials and related FDA interactions. Geraci's work focuses on identifying subpopulations with different responses to help plan and analyze future trials. Related Content: Enriching Clinical Trials With Machine Learning
From the JAMA Network: Acoustic Analysis of Primary Care Patient–Clinician Conversations to Screen for Cognitive Impairment
From the JAMA Network: Acoustic Analysis of Primary Care Patient–Clinician Conversations to Screen for Cognitive Impairment Jul 30, 2026 22:52 Interview with Joseph T. Colonel, PhD, author Acoustic Analysis of Primary Care Patient–Clinician Conversations to Screen for Cognitive Impairment. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content: Acoustic Analysis of Primary Care Patient–Clinician Conversations to Screen for Cognitive Impairment
From the JAMA Network: AI Scribes Are Here, but Is Health Care Ready?
From the JAMA Network: AI Scribes Are Here, but Is Health Care Ready? Jul 16, 2026 41:17 The rise in use and function of ambient AI scribes is arguably one of the fastest technologic changes ever seen in health care. In this episode of Healthy Dialogue, host Derek Angus, MD, MPH, is joined by Vincent Liu, MD, MS, Chief Data Officer of The Permanente Medical Group in Kaiser Permanente, to discuss the rapidly changing world of ambient AI. Related Content: Ambient AI Scribes and the Qu
From Silicon Valley to the Vatican: The Expanding Debate on AI Ethics
From Silicon Valley to the Vatican: The Expanding Debate on AI Ethics Jul 1, 2026 21:56 In this episode of JAMA+ AI Conversations, Roy Perlis, MD, MSc, and Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH, discuss Anthropic's participation in the Vatican presentation of Pope Leo XIV's AI encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. The conversation explores AI ethics, interpretability, governance, AI safety, and the growing role of health care, public health, and global institutions in shaping the future of AI. Related C
The Wizard of Oz in Medical AI
The Wizard of Oz in Medical AI Jun 17, 2026 19:46 Is it enough for AI to be accurate, or are we mistaking performance for impact? Does AI change clinician behavior, improve patient decisions, or simply create a convincing performance of intelligence? Yun Liu, PhD, research scientist at Google Research, speaks with JAMA+ AI Associate Editor Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH, about what is behind the curtain in these AI systems. Related Content: The Wizard o
Teaching AI to Read Patient Histories
Teaching AI to Read Patient Histories Jun 4, 2026 20:31 Every patient has a story, but in modern health care that story is buried across thousands of notes, lab results, and fragmented records. Nigam H. Shah, MBBS, PhD, of Stanford University Department of Medicine joins JAMA Associate Editor Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH, to explore how researchers are building AI systems that can read and understand a patient's full medical history in seconds. Related Conte
Designing Trustworthy Clinical AI
Designing Trustworthy Clinical AI May 21, 2026 16:45 Join JAMA+ AI Associate Editor Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH, for a conversation about the practical implementation of trustworthy clinical AI. Guests Emily Tat, MD, and Peter Brodeur, MD, discuss ARISE, a research network focused on the real-world effects of AI on clinical care. Related Content: Designing Trustworthy Clinical AI
AI at the Policy Table
AI at the Policy Table May 7, 2026 25:50 As artificial intelligence increasingly shapes population health decisions, evidence and accuracy matter. In this episode of JAMA+ AI Conversations, Associate Editor Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH, speaks with Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH, Editor of JAMA Health Forum, about how AI is entering health policy, when it is ready for use, and what rigorous, policy-focused AI research is most needed. Related Cont

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