Nov 27, 2023
In this conversation Dr. Kumanan Wilson, speaks to Jaron Chong, discuss the opportunities for generative AI in healthcare diagnosis, efficiencies and education today and tomorrow.
Dr. Jaron Chong is an Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology at the Department of Medical Imaging at Western University. He completed diagnostic radiology residency training at McGill University with a Body Cross-Sectional Imaging Fellowship at Yale New-Haven Hospital and a Masters in Health Informatics at the University of Toronto. His clinical interests include cross-sectional abdominal imaging, Abdominal/GU oncologic imaging in MRI and CT modalities, with research interests in the appropriate utilization of medical imaging and AI-assisted augmented radiology.
He serves as the Chair of the Canadian Association of
Radiology Standing Committee on
Artificial Intelligence and Ad-Hoc Member of the Health Canada
Scientific Advisory Committee
on Digital Health Technologies.
Dr. Kumanan Wilson is a board member at AMS. He is the
Interim CEO and Chief Scientific Officer, Bruyère Research
Institute and VP Research and Academic Affairs, Bruyère Continuing
Care. He had previously served as an innovation advisor for
Bruyère.
Dr. Wilson is also a specialist in General Internal Medicine at The
Ottawa Hospital and a Full
Professor and Faculty of Medicine Clinical Research Chair in
Digital Health Innovation at the
University of Ottawa. He is the co-founder and Chief Scientific
Officer of CANImmunize, a
science-based technology company specializing in immunization
software. Dr. Wilson’s research focuses on digital health,
health data, immunization, pandemic preparedness and public
health policy and innovation.
He has received support from multiple organizations including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the World Health Organization (WHO), The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Canada’s Immunity Task Force.