Artificial Intelligence for the Clinician Ep. 2: Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models
Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast
Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast
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🗓️ 2 June 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Hosts:
Ayman Ali, MD
Ayman Ali is a Behind the Knife fellow and general surgery PGY-3 at Duke Hospital in his academic development time where he focuses on data science, artificial intelligence, and surgery.
Ruchi Thanawala, MD: @Ruchi_TJ
Ruchi Thanawala is an Assistant Professor of Informatics and Thoracic Surgery at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) and founder of Firefly, an AI-driven platform that is built for competency-based medical education. In addition, she directs the Surgical Data and Decision Sciences Lab for the Department of Surgery at OHSU.
Phillip Jenkins, MD: @PhilJenkinsMD
Phil Jenkins is a general surgery PGY-3 at Oregon Health and Science University and a National Library of Medicine Post-Doctoral fellow pursuing a master’s in clinical informatics.
Steven Bedrick, PhD: @stevenbedrick
Steven Bedrick is a machine learning researcher and an Associate Professor in Oregon Health and Science University’s Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology.
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| 0:00.0 | Behind the Knife, The Surgery Podcast, relevant and engaging content listening to Behind the Knife. |
| 0:24.3 | This is Patrick Georgoff. |
| 0:25.6 | We love our APP colleagues, and we know that you do too. |
| 0:28.8 | But when we surveyed the barren landscape, there wasn't a single high-quality |
| 0:32.9 | surgical education resource made just for NPs and PAs. |
| 0:36.7 | And that's why we created Dominate Surgery for |
| 0:38.7 | APPs. This kick-ass resource has it all from core rotation-specific knowledge to practical |
| 0:44.9 | tips and tricks like how to present a consult, insert a labroscopic port, and find your first job. |
| 0:51.1 | It contains short, high-yield text, beautiful illustrations, tons of practical |
| 0:55.1 | audio, and professional grade videos. Group discounts are available. Now, enjoy the episode |
| 1:00.7 | and dominate the day. Hey all, I'm I'm an Ali. I'm one of the behind-the-knife fellows. Welcome |
| 1:06.0 | back to our series on artificial intelligence and medicine, where we break down exactly what you |
| 1:10.6 | need to know |
| 1:11.2 | as a clinician. Today I'm joined with a couple of guests from Oregon Health and Science University. |
| 1:17.1 | First is Phil Jenkins. He's a general surgery resident and a National Library of Medicine |
| 1:21.8 | postdoctoral fellow who's pursuing his master's in clinical informatics. Welcome, Phil. |
| 1:26.8 | Thanks for having me. And for faculty, |
| 1:30.6 | we're joined by Dr. Rucci, Theranalo, a thoracic surgeon with a background in AI and informatics. |
| 1:36.7 | Dr. Thanah, welcome back to the podcast. Hey, I'm in. I'm very excited to be back on Behind the Knife |
| 1:42.1 | with you, and I'm really looking forward to the conversation discussion today. |
| 1:46.1 | And lastly, we are also joined by Dr. Stephen Bedrick, an associate professor of biomedical informatics and machine learning researcher. |
| 1:54.1 | Thanks so much for having me. It's a real pleasure to be here talking with y'all. |
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