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AI Will Make Your Doctor Smarter
- Bostonian 5y agosubtitle: 'From suicide prevention to infection tracking, the U.S. military is applying the latest technology to a host of medical challenges.' 'Hassan Tetteh has one of the coolest-sounding jobs in medicine. His official title is Warfighter Health Mission Chief for the Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. The Pentagon established the JAIC, or “Jake” as he pronounces it, in 2018 to ensure that America’s combat operations don’t fall behind rivals in using machine learning to enhance troop readiness, cybersecurity, joint maneuvers and “lethality.” Dr. Tetteh, 49, heads the JAIC’s health mission. A decorated Navy captain, he’s also a cardiothoracic surgeon who has deployed in Afghanistan and on warships in the Persian Gulf as well as at Walter Reed hospital. He’s an unabashed medical “nerd,” part of a cadre of physicians board-certified in clinical informatics—the use of statistics and information technology to improve patient care. “What the X-ray or anesthesia were to medicine generations ago, AI is today in its essentiality,” he says. “You can call me an evangelist, a proselytizer or a broken record—it’s all fine. Vladimir Putin had it right when he predicted whichever nation leads in artificial intelligence will dominate. In the arms race for healthcare AI, I want to make sure the United States doesn’t come in second.” At the JAIC, Dr. Tetteh (rhymes with “meta”) has had a guiding hand in 30-plus projects using AI tools to fortify war-fighter health, from early cancer detection to improving point-of-injury treatment and suicide prevention. Some of that work is described in his book published this year, “The Art of Human Care With Artificial Intelligence.”'