Dr. Nigam Shah is Professor of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics) at Stanford Medicine and Chief Data Scientist at Stanford Healthcare. Dr Shah’s research focuses on combining machine learning and prior knowledge in medical ontologies to enable use cases of the learning health system.

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Guest: Nigam Shah / Twitter: @DrNigam

Host: David Wu / Twitter: @davidjhwu

Producer: Aaron Schumacher / Twitter: @a_schu95

Artwork & Video: Saurin Kantesaria

Music: Caligula - Windows96. Used with Artist Permission.

TIMESTAMPS

0:45 tell us about your path and how you came to the intersection of MaML

4:15 what is the thesis of your work?

09:10 where is AI on the gartner hype curve

13:30 the equation of medicine - if risk > threshold, take action. Examples: GreenButton Consultation service + advanced care planning

27:00 how has mentorship shaped your path?

32:00 having fun in projects

34:00 “what makes a project fun?”

37:00 closing questions - what do you expect is the future of AI?

43:00 personal questions - what brings you joy?