Event Details
Topic:
Pediatric Innovation and Medical Intelligence: From Jeopardy to Transformation of Pediatric Care
Topic Description
With the advent of artificial intelligence tools such as cognitive computing with IBM Watson and deep learning with Google, the application of artificial intelligence to the practice of medicine has enormous potential. This potential needs to be coupled to innovation for exponential convergence of all these advances.
Speaker Info
Internationally-recognized as an expert in the field of pediatric cardiology, Dr. Chang leads pediatric heart teams all over the world. He was one of the founding members of the Asia-Pacific Pediatric Cardiac Society (APPCS) and will be initiating the foundation arm of the society at the bequest of the board. Dr. Chang has been voted Physician of Excellence by the Orange County Medical Association and also selected as one of America’s Top Doctors, Top Pediatricians, and Best Cardiologists by several organizations.
A world-renown leader in pediatric cardiology innovation, Dr. Chang is a member of the grant review committee for pediatric research at the National Institutes of Health. Respected in his field, he is a member the board of directors for the American Heart Association. Providing leadership in education, he has served with the faculty of UCLA School of Public Health (eMPH program) and has taught global health for UCLA’s eMPH. He also teaches pediatric cardiology to cardiology fellows and holds a volunteer faculty appointment at the UCLA School of Medicine..
A prolific author, Dr. Chang is the chief editor of the textbook Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care and the past president-elect of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (PCICS). He is the chief editor of the textbook Heart Failure in Children and Young Adults. He is an associate editor of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and is on the editorial board of cardiology in the Young and Congenital Heart Today. He is a regular reviewer for Circulation, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, and numerous other journals. He publishes and lectures widely on topics of pediatric cardiac intensive care, heart failure, sudden cardiac death, adult congenital heart disease, and other aspects of congenital heart disease. He has served as program director for numerous large international conferences and symposia.
Dedicated to clinical excellence, Dr. Chang is board certified in pediatric cardiology. Prior to joining CHOC Children’s, Dr. Chang attended medical school at Georgetown University Medical School in Washington, D.C. He completed his residency training in pediatrics at Children’'s Hospital National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and served his fellowship in cardiology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Chang has a master’s degree in healthcare administration from University of Miami School of Business, from which he graduated with the McGaw Prize for academic excellence. He has a master’s degree in public health from UCLA, from which he graduated with the Dean’s Award for academic excellence. He is enrolled in the master’s in biomedical informatics (MS-BMI) program at Stanford University.
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- Wednesday — May 13, 2015
6:30PM - 8:30PM - Cross Campus Pasadena
87 N Raymond Ave
Pasadena, CA 91103
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