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How to embrace AI responsibly with Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD

Beneath the Surface

Release Date: 05/07/2025

In this episode, guest Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD, discusses the role of artificial intelligence in dermatology practice, and the future of AI models in medicine.

•    Intro 0:29
•    Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD 0:45
•    What is artificial intelligence?  1:10
•    What led to this largely academic endeavor becoming deployable?  2:36
•    How is AI being deployed in health care today? 5:36
•    What is currently deployable about AI in the dermatology space? 7:56
•    How long do you think it will be before dermatologists are using AI in their typical practice? 12:23
•    Gelfand and Daneshjou on the dangers of AI models in health care.  17:06
•    How much of a concern is diversity in clinical practice when it comes to AI and how do we navigate this as clinicians?  20:28
•    Can you predict how long it will take for patients to come into a physician’s office with an AI-generated diagnosis and treatment plan?  23:18
•    Thank you, Dr. Daneshjou. 26:35

Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor of biomedical data science and dermatology at Standford University.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Gelfand at [email protected]. Follow Dr. Gelfand on LinkedIn. Daneshjou can be found @RoxanaDaneshjou on X and on Instagram.

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Disclosures: Gelfand reports no relevant financial disclosures. Daneshjou reports having stock options from Revea and MDalgorithms; receiving personal fees from Pfizer, Frazier Healthcare Partners and L'Oreal outside the submitted work; having a patent pending for 17/937 714; and serving as a member of American Academy of Dermatology Augmented Intelligence Committee.