CTC-RI Annual Conference Keynote Speaker, Atin Jindal, MD, MS on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare: Pitfalls and Possibilities
CTC-RI’s annual conference on October 31 at the Crowne Plaza is thrilled to welcome Atin Jindal, MD, MS as our keynote speaker on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare: Pitfalls and Possibilities. Dr. Jindal is an academic hospitalist subspecializing in clinical informatics with a unique blend of clinical and technical expertise. His current roles span clinical hospital medicine, software development, operational leadership, global health and education within the realm of artificial intelligence in healthcare. He has nearly 10 years of experience in the hospital setting in both teaching and non-teaching roles and more than 15 years of experience with programming, software development and engineering.
After completing his IM residency at Case Western (MetroHealth), Dr. Jindal obtained his MS from the Oregon Health & Science University (Biomedical Informatics) program and his Clinical Informatics certification from ABPM. He has been involved in bridging the gap between informatics and medicine in several operational and research capacities. As the Director of Medical Informatics, Dr. Jindal serves in an operations and consulting leadership role, to support and guide the implementation of informatics including artificial intelligence at Lifespan health facilities while upholding the best practices and principles regarding the ethical and responsible use of data.
Dr. Jindal is a stakeholder and champion of patient and provider-centric approach to technology implementation, especially newer ones in healthcare. In this regard, he has spoken locally and internationally including at Brown University residency programs, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown School of Public Health, BRAC University in Bangladesh, and International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICCDR,B). Dr. Jindal was able to study in diverse settings in India, Canada, Ireland, Bangladesh, and the Unites States where he gained a passion in pursuit of global health equity, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Looking ahead, Dr. Jindal’s research agenda centers around forging sustainable pathways toward equitable healthcare delivery leveraging emerging technologies and digital health innovations.
The keynote presentation will conclude with a discussion on the ethical implications of the use of artificial intelligence with Thomas Bledsoe, MD, Internist at Brown Medicine, East Providence Primary Care, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Brown Medical School, and Vice-Chair of the Rhode Island Hospital Ethics Committee.
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This event is made possible with support from sponsors including: MLPB, Equip Health, Healthcentric Advisors, University of Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center, UnitedHealthcare, Tufts Health Plan, Neighborhood Health Plan, Rhode Island Primary Care Physicians Corporation and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island.