EP 6 & 7 Nick Genes MD PhD, NYU, Langone Health
Episode 6 & 7 Show Notes
🚑 AI in Emergency Medicine: Bias, Ethics & Real-World Applications – In this episode, Dr. DJ Apakama & Dr. Ethan Abbott welcome Dr. Nick Genes, an emergency physician and clinical informaticist at NYU Langone, to discuss the real-world challenges of AI implementation in emergency medicine.
🎙️ Featured Guest:
Dr. Nick Genes, MD, PhD – Director of Emergency Medicine Informatics at NYU Langone.
Expert in clinical informatics, AI-driven decision support, and digital health integration.
🧠 Key Topics:
✅ AI in Clinical Decision Support (CDS) – How AI is shaping triage, risk prediction & patient management.
✅ Bias & Equity in AI Models – Addressing data gaps & fairness in AI-driven healthcare.
✅ Medical Education & AI – Training the next generation of physicians to work alongside AI.
✅ Regulatory & Ethical Challenges – Balancing innovation with patient safety & oversight.
📄 Paper Discussed:
📰 Evaluation and Mitigation of the Limitations of Large Language Models in Clinical Decision Making (Nature Medicine, July 2024) – A study analyzing how LLMs perform in diagnosing abdominal conditions (appendicitis, cholecystitis, etc.), comparing their accuracy to human physicians.
🔍 Why it Matters:
AI is reshaping emergency medicine, but how do we ensure it’s accurate, fair, and useful? This episode breaks down the risks, benefits, and future of AI in real-world clinical settings.
🎧 Listen now & explore the intersection of AI, medicine, and ethics! EP6 EP7
