Peter Lee
President, Microsoft Research
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Laws, norms, and ethics for AI in health
| Peter Lee, Vardit Ravitsky, Laura Adams, and Dr. Roxana Daneshjou
Healthcare experts Laura Adams, Vardit Ravitsky, and Dr. Roxana Daneshjou discuss responsible AI implementation in medicine, examining governance approaches, shifting patient-provider relationships, and the identification of bias to ensure equitable deployment.
Empowering patients and healthcare consumers in the age of generative AI
| Peter Lee, Dave deBronkart, and Christina Farr
Evangelist for patient empowerment Dave deBronkart and Manatt Heath’s Christina Farr discuss how generative AI is redefining healthcare by empowering patients, challenging traditional care models, and creating new opportunities for innovation and collaboration.
Real-world healthcare AI development and deployment—at scale
| Peter Lee, Matthew Lungren, and Seth Hain
Microsoft’s Dr. Matthew Lungren and Epic’s Seth Hain discuss the challenges and opportunities of leveraging generative AI for enhanced patient care and improved clinical documentation and recordkeeping at scale—plus what’s next for the technology in the field.
The reality of generative AI in the clinic
| Peter Lee, Dr. Sara Murray, and Dr. Christopher Longhurst
UC San Diego Health’s Dr. Christopher Longhurst and UC San Francisco Health’s Dr. Sara Murray explore how generative AI is changing patient care, clinical workflows, and decision-making and how they envision the technology impacting the future of healthcare.
The AI Revolution in Medicine, Revisited: An Introduction
| Peter Lee
Host Peter Lee, Microsoft Research president, discusses the motivation behind the new series and the GPT-4 encounter that helped him view the tech not only as a potential tool for improving healthcare but a chance to reexamine what it means…
In the news | JAMA
Large Language Models Answer Medical Questions Accurately, but Can’t Match Clinicians’ Knowledge
This article is about how these models could be used in medical scenarios, current limitations and future research areas, and the how the medical community should agree on how to use this technology.
AI Frontiers: AI for health and the future of research with Peter Lee
| Peter Lee and Ashley Llorens
The second episode of AI Frontiers features Peter Lee, head of Microsoft Research. Lee was among a group within Microsoft to have early access to GPT-4 for evaluation and experimentation. Here, he applies his philosophy of tackling research from what…
Awards | National Academy of Medicine
Peter Lee inducted into the National Academy of Medicine
Peter Lee was inducted into the Nation Academy of Medicine on Friday, October 14, 2022 at the NAM New Member Class Induction Ceremony. His election was announced in October 2019 along with 90 other regular members and 10 international members.…
Anticipate, absorb, and adapt—introducing the societal resilience research agenda
| Peter Lee
The genetic sequence for COVID-19 was first published in January 2020. Before the end of the year, new vaccines—which typically take five to ten years to develop—were approved for emergency use in multiple nations. This astounding achievement is emblematic of…