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I first learned of cardiologist, geneticist, and digital healthcare expert Eric Topol while listening to an episode of Armchair Expert, a podcast hosted by comedian Dax Shepard. On Mondays Shepard interviews, with great candor, celebrities and other recognizable individuals about their rise in the entertainment industry. But each Thursday Shepard satisfies his own insatiable curiosity about the world around him by featuring experts in diverse disciplines who are doing transformative work in their highly specialized fields.

As a child and into my adolescence I would pore over my parents鈥� medical books that lined the dark shelves in their shared office. I had so many questions, and the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy held the key to my answers (and subsequent questions) in great photographic detail. On one memorable occasion, my 14-year-old self was convinced of yet another self-diagnosed ailment and was almost disappointed to discover, thanks to the determination made by a highly amused pediatrician, that it was nearly impossible at my age to develop spina bifida, a birth defect that occurs when a baby鈥檚 spinal cord doesn鈥檛 form properly.

Now both retired, my mom鈥攁 pre-med graduate who recently completed an incredible 47-year career as a high school biology teacher鈥攁nd dad鈥攚ho, with a PhD in immunology, inspired many of his high school and college chemistry students to pursue careers in the medical field鈥攚ere unable to influence my career path in a way that harnessed my curiosity about genetic engineering as a (short-lived) biology major in college before I transferred to the English department. But as a journalist, I constantly tap into that childlike inquisitiveness by picking the brains of the individuals and covering the stories that interest me most.

As I listened to the Topol episode, my questions were endless. 鈥淪hould patients own their own data?鈥� 鈥淎re younger physicians at an advantage in the age of artificial intelligence due to their advanced technical literacy?鈥� 鈥淲hen will those personal smartphone- powered ultrasound body scanners he talked about be available for purchase?鈥� I took feverish notes while gasping at the staggering data Topol presented about modern medicine and the ways in which artificial intelligence will transform how we engage with those responsible for managing our healthcare. I could listen to him talk forever. So when I learned that he was the keynote speaker at the 2019 Future of Healthcare Symposium hosted by the Graziadio Business School, I knew I had to marry my personal interest in healthcare AI and 老司机视频鈥檚 vested interest in this emerging field.

Believe me. When I interviewed the experts for this issue鈥檚 cover story, I asked all of the questions and geeked out over the overwhelming promise of a new age of medicine. I was fascinated by the advances in remote healthcare currently being used by patients recovering from major medical procedures, and I remain intrigued by the potential of deep learning, which enables computers to adopt the innate behaviors and habits that only humans possess. I hope you鈥檙e as excited as I am about applications of AI in healthcare. They will make a significant impact on how we take care of ourselves in ways we were able to only imagine a few years ago.

Gareen Darakjian
Editor