{"id":131830,"date":"2026-05-05T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=131830"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:41:49","slug":"unmc-holds-inaugural-conference-on-ai-in-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/05\/05\/unmc-holds-inaugural-conference-on-ai-in-health\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC holds inaugural conference on AI in health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>UNMC leaders across education, research and patient care showed how the institution is ready to make major advances in artificial intelligence at UNMC\u2019s first-ever AI in health conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inaugural \u201cAI in Health Conference 2026: Shaping the Future of Care,\u201d held at UNMC\u2019s Truhlsen Events Center, drew some 300 attendees to hear presentations on the quickly evolving state of AI, see current research happening right here and connect with colleagues delving into the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AI event ranged from the fun \u2013 emcee Pooneh Bagher, PhD, producing her own walk-up music using AI, for instance \u2013 to the deeply detailed, with some 67 healthcare-related research presentations discussing chatbots, robotics, large language models and more.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AIconference1050426-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"UNMC Interim Chancellor H. 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Dele Davies, MD, gives introductory remarks at the AI in Health Conference.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, welcomed attendees from around UNMC and from UNMC\u2019s partners, including Nebraska Medicine, Children\u2019s Nebraska, the VA, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Nebraska at Omaha, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Davies traced UNMC\u2019s AI development from the 2018 \u201cBig Ideas Initiative\u201d to the 2020 creation of the Center for Intelligent Health Design. By 2023, UNMC convened its AI Task Force and has since incorporated AI into its strategic planning, all of which led to convening the AI conference, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He compared the evolution of AI at UNMC to the growth of the Chinese bamboo tree. As Dr. Davies described, the bamboo tree when first planted can go years without sprouting \u2013 before growing 70 feet in the seventh year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s a lot of activity going on right now, and I believe that we are poised to grow what seems to be the equivalent of 70 feet in one year,\u201d Dr. Davies said. \u201cAnd it&#8217;s not because of overnight success \u2013 it\u2019s because of hard work done over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AIconference2050126-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Lee, MD, chair of the UNMC Department of Radiology, gives the keynote speech at UNMC's &quot;AI in Health Conference 2026: Shaping the Future of Care.&quot; He is speaking from behind a podium with an image of medical scans behind him in the frame.\" class=\"wp-image-131836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AIconference2050126-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AIconference2050126-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AIconference2050126-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AIconference2050126-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AIconference2050126-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AIconference2050126-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ryan Lee, MD, chair of the UNMC Department of Radiology, gives the keynote speech at UNMC&#8217;s &#8220;AI in Health Conference 2026: Shaping the Future of Care.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Keynote speaker Ryan Lee, MD, chair of the UNMC Department of Radiology, described some of the journey to deploying AI tools in radiology to analyze patient scans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Lee said early predictions in the field suggested AI would put all radiologists out of work. The reality today, he said, is that he can\u2019t hire enough radiologists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also offered analogies to help frame the state of AI and the adoption of new technology \u2013 as he looked back on tech\u2019s impact on Kodak, Blockbuster Video, self-driving cars and aviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He concluded that the amount of good AI can do in health care is limitless \u2013 if people work together and use AI as a tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the current state of AI, you have to be vigilant,\u201d he said, then describing his personal experience trying all kinds of technology, which often ends up not working. \u201cThat\u2019s something you have to consider. It doesn&#8217;t mean you ignore it all together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference also included sessions on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Getting to know the University of Nebraska AI Institute, with co-directors Santosh&nbsp;Pitla, PhD&nbsp;and Adrian Wisnicki, PhD.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Early experiments on the evolution of work with generative AI, with Ben Armstrong, PhD, executive&nbsp;director of the&nbsp;Industrial Performance Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cVibe coding,\u201d the term for writing computer code through AI prompts, with Victor Winter, PhD, a computer science professor at UNO.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Davies urged the attendees to build their connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you leave here with nothing more than having met somebody else who has a tool, an idea or something that you feel is going to be a value to your education, your ability to teach, your research, provide better patient care, then that\u2019s a successful day. 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