AI-Driven Healthcare: Opportunities, Challenges, and Realities

We are thrilled to kick off our first event with a talk by Prof. Malcolm Pradhan, Adjunct Professor of Digital Health at the University of Sydney and Advisor in Digital Health at Healius. Malcolm will explore the potentials, best practices and pitfalls of implementing AI in healthcare. Join us for an evening of fascinating insights, engaging discussions and networking. Complimentary refreshments will be provided.

Talk Outline
1. Introduction to AI and machine learning (ML) in healthcare and current applications.
2. An introduction to transformers, the technology behind ChatGPT and generative AI.
3. The significance of transformers in healthcare, and recent examples.
4. What does AI-Driven Healthcare look like?
5. The challenges of implementing transformers, AI and ML in healthcare including issues of safety and equity (fairness).

Speaker Bio
Malcolm has a career in Health Informatics and AI spanning over 30 years. He is an Adjunct Professor of Digital Health at the University of Sydney and Advisor in Digital Health at Healius. He holds a medical degree from the University of Adelaide and a PhD in Medical Informatics from Stanford University, focusing on clinical AI, causal models and decision theory. Malcolm co-founded the Alcidion Group, an ASX listed health IT company, and served as Chief Medical Officer working on products for the Australian, NZ and UK markets in patient safety, patient flow, interoperability, integrating decision support and AI into clinical workflows, virtual care, real-time NLP and predictive models. His current focus is on way to implement AI and ML responsibly to improve healthcare delivery.

Timeline
5:30 - 6:00 - Arrival and networking
6:00 - 6:45 - Presentation
6:45 - 7:00 - Q&A

Venue
Healius head office
Liberty Place, Level 22/161 Castlereagh St, Sydney NSW