• Why Medicine Must Become a Knowledge-Processing Discipline

    Isaac S. Kohane, M.D., Ph.D., Andrew L. Beam, Ph.D., and Arjun K. Manrai, Ph.D.

    Abstract

    This Perspective summarizes the episode of NEJM AI Grand Rounds where Drs. Andrew Beam and Arjun Manrai hosted Dr. Isaac Kohane.1 Dr. Kohane shares his career journey and reflects on the progress of AI in medicine over the past several decades. We also discuss the importance of multidisciplinary training in AI and medicine and the motivation behind the founding of NEJM AI and the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School.