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S9 Ep7: Freddy Abnousi’s Big Idea: Get Healthier with AI and Augmented Reality

May 28, 2026

In this episode of the Big Idea series, Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes Freddy Abnousi, MD, vice president of health technology at Meta and an interventional cardiologist, for a conversation about how artificial intelligence and augmented reality have the potential to transform preventative health care. They discuss how ambient AI, wearables, and smart glasses can capture valuable health information from “lived experience” that is often missed in medical records, helping to avert or manage chronic ...

S9 Ep6: Microsoft Chief Scientific Officer Eric Horvitz on Preparing for a Future Where AI Increasingly Trains AI

April 22, 2026

Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes Eric Horvitz, MD, PhD, chief scientific officer at Microsoft, for a conversation about the rapid evolution of AI and its implications for how we think, work, and make decisions. They discuss the accelerating pace of AI advances, the need to safeguard human judgment and agency, and the growing role of these technologies in health care — from easing administrative burden to supporting complex clinical decisions. They also explore how AI is reshaping scientific discover...

S9 Ep5: Physician-Journalist Dhruv Khullar on How AI Is Rewriting the Clinician and Patient Experience

February 18, 2026

Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes Dhruv Khullar, MD, contributing writer to The New Yorker and associate professor at the Weill Cornell School of Medicine, for a conversation about AI’s evolving role in health care. They discuss its potential to enhance diagnosis, reduce administrative burden, improve the patient experience, and accelerate drug discovery, while also examining the risks of overreliance and clinician de-skilling. They also explore how AI will reshape medical education, and why communic...