AI detects warning signs in critically ill patients first ... Eulji University Medical Center shares real-world medical AI cases

[Financial News] AI detects warning signs in critically ill patients first, while AI can analyze pathology slides pooled from multiple hospitals. A forum will be held to share the achievements and challenges of medical AI already being used in hospitals. 
Eulji University Medical Center said on the 28th that it will hold a symposium on the 30th at the Sapphire Ballroom at The Grand Lotte Seoul in Jung-gu, Seoul, under the theme “Future Medicine with AI.” The event will consist of a keynote address and three sessions.

Park Jun-young, chairman of the Eulji Foundation, is expected to stress in his congratulatory remarks that the foundation must prepare for the next 100 years, drawing on the medical and educational capabilities it has built over the past 70 years. The address will also outline a vision to boost the competitiveness of future medicine through AI, data and digital technology while upholding the foundation’s core values of “love for humanity and respect for life.”

In the keynote address, Professor Seo Jun-beom of Asan Medical Center will discuss changes AI has brought to medicine over the past decade and the way forward under the theme “Ten Years of Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Medical Innovation.” KAIST Professor Jaeseung Jeong will examine changes in the medical paradigm in the age of AI, focusing on advances in AI technology and the future of humanity, society and medicine.

Session 1, “Healthcare Led by Data,” will cover healthcare data and AI policy in medicine. Park Jeong-hwan, director of the Medical AI and Data Policy Division at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, will present “AI-Based Medical Strategies and Future Challenges”; Lee Dae-yeon, head of the Biobank Division at the Korea National Institute of Health under the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, will discuss the present and future of the health and medical research data-sharing platform CODA; and Professor Kim Hyun-chang of Yonsei University’s Department of Preventive Medicine will present a data-driven AI strategy for medicine.
Session 2, “The State of Medical AI: Clinical Applications and Outcomes in Hospitals,” will look at AI technologies used in actual patient care. Professor Sun Hyun-woo of Uijeongbu Eulji Medical Center will present an AI-based rapid response system and the early identification of critically ill patients; Professor Park Seong-ho of Asan Medical Center will discuss the role of AI in radiology; and Professor Jeong Yo-sep of Uijeongbu Eulji Medical Center will present next-generation AI pathology diagnosis based on multicenter integrated digital pathology.
At the lunch session, Joo Seong-hoon, chief technology officer (CTO) of VUNO, will introduce examples of medical AI applications spanning hospitals and homes, as well as the technology’s development prospects.

Session 3, “Integration and Evolution of AI- and Robot-Based Medical Systems,” will feature Koonho Rha, head of Naver’s Healthcare Research Institute, discussing the present and future of robotic surgery in the era of physical AI, and Dr. Ji-woong Kim of Stanford University in the United States presenting the development prospects for general-purpose medical robots, from surgical robots to humanoids. Professor Cha Won-cheol of Samsung Medical Center will share the center’s experience with digital transformation, while Eulji University Professor Kang Min-su will discuss the use of AI in patient care systems.
A representative of Eulji University Medical Center said, “Marking the 70th anniversary of our founding, we have organized a forum to discuss the future direction of medicine with experts, focusing on AI, data and digital technology,” adding, “We hope it will be an opportunity to share the experience and knowledge of experts from Korea and abroad and explore new possibilities in medicine.” 


[email protected] Myeong-jin Jeong, Medical Correspondent Reporter