Talks and Presentations

William Hersh, MD gives frequent talks and presentations about biomedical informatics, artificial intelligence, information retrieval, and related topics. Recent presentations include:

2025

• Slides and references from panel presentations at MEDINFO 2025, Taipei, Taiwan

  • Accomplishments and Limitations of LLMs in Education in panel, Large Language Models in Clinical and Informatics Education: Accomplishments and Challenges, August 10, 2025

  • The Critical Need for Education in Voice AI, its Potential in Healthcare, and the Ethical Challenges Associated with Using Patient Voice Data in panel, Advancing Biomedical Research through Voice AI: Insights from an Inaugural Multi-Site Training Program, August 11, 2025

  • Competencies and Curricula in AI for Clinicians and Informaticians in panel, Strategies for AI Literacy and Safety among Health Professionals, August 11, 2025

• Slides and references from my talk, Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Healthcare Practice, Research, and Education, American Medical Informatics Association Staff Retreat, July 23, 2025

• Slides and references from my talk, Applying Information Retrieval to the Electronic Health Record for Cohort Discovery, Summer Internship Faculty Presentation, OHSU, Portland, OR, July 17, 2025

• Slides and references from my talk, Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Medicine and Medical Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal WASHA Takwimu Seminar (virtual), Johannesburg, South Africa, March 19, 2025

• Slides and references from my talk, Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Healthcare Practice, Research, and Education, University of Cape Town School of IT, Cape Town, South Africa, March 6, 2025

• Slides and references from my panel talk, Tech-Empowered Health Workers: Skills for the Future Competencies and Curricula Across the Spectrum of Learners in Health/Clinical Informatics, Prince Mahidol Award Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, January 31, 2025

• Slides and references from my talk, Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Medicine and Medical Education, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine MedEd eForum Webinar (virtual), January 21, 2025

2024

• Video (password: iCEJMS2s) and slides and references from my talk, Results and Implications for Generative AI in Education, Improving Primary Care Through Industrial and Systems Engineering (I-PrACTISE) Virtual Colloquium, University of Wisconsin (virtual), December 6, 2024

• Slides and references from my Keynote Talk, Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Clinical Practice, Research, and Education, 5th Annual Medical Research Society Symposium (video highlights), Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, University of Nevada Las Vegas, October 5, 2024

• Slides and references from my talk, Information is Different Now That You're a Doctor, my annual lecture to first-year medical students at OHSU, Portland, OR, August 30, 2023

• Video and slides and references from my talk, AI in Medicine and Medical Education: Critical Issues and Potential Solutions, Bridge2AI Voice AI Webinar (virtual), April 23, 2024