Keynote: AI Empowered By A Century of Seattle Children’s Research with Zafar Chaudry, MD

Season 8 • Episode 69

Keynote: AI Empowered By A Century of Seattle Children’s Research with Zafar Chaudry, MD

May 1, 2025

25:28

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May 1, 2025: Zafar Chaudry, MD, SVP/Chief Digital, AI, and Information Officer at Seattle Children's Hospital. Discover how Seattle Children's is changing traditional approaches to clinical decision-making through a new Google partnership, harnessing the power of a century of clinical writings. Is artificial intelligence a threat to healthcare professionals or their most powerful ally? Dr. Zafar offers his perspective, urging that the synergistic potential of human-AI collaboration is the future of healthcare. From transformative Gartner experiences to pioneering Epic implementations in the UK, this episode explores Zafar’s vision: the intersection of compassion and technology. Key Points:

01:14 Career Journey and Mission
08:43 AI Pathways Innovation
17:43 AI: Collaboration Over Competition
21:07 Lightning Round

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Keynote: AI Empowered By A Century of Seattle Children’s Research with Zafar Chaudry, MD

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