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Celebrating the 2025 AAMC Award Winners

Throughout their careers, these academic medicine faculty have had an outsize impact on medical education, the biomedical sciences, and patient care.

  • Oct. 23, 2025
Faisal Al-Juburi
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As immigration enforcement increases, so do health risks to detainees, advocate says

Faisal Al-Juburi, of legal aid nonprofit RAICES, sounds the alarm about the inhumane treatment of detained immigrants.

  • Oct. 21, 2025
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Medical schools train faculty on AI best practices

Faculty are training one another to understand artificial intelligence and use it to build curricula, develop quizzes, create presentations, and more.

  • Oct. 16, 2025
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Hospital food gets a healthy makeover

From hiring Michelin-star chefs to sourcing produce from local farmers, academic health systems are transforming their culinary services to help patients heal.

  • Oct. 14, 2025

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As AI transforms medical education and care, leaders must adapt but be wary of pitfalls

Microsoft exec James Weinstein, DO, tells LSL attendees about how AI is transforming the medical field, but shares concerns about transparency and equity.

  • Nov. 10, 2024
James Weinstein, DO, MS, talks about the potential of AI to fundamentally change medical education and practice, and the challenges it presents at Learn Serve Lead 2024: The AAMC Annual Meeting on Nov. 10 in Atlanta.
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Can AI fundamentally improve patient care?

Microsoft exec and Learn Serve Lead 2024 speaker James Weinstein, DO, says the technology could one day expand access and quality, but privacy concerns remain.

  • Oct. 15, 2024
James Weinstein
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How AI is helping doctors communicate with patients

Hospitals are using chatbots to monitor patient health at home and to reply to patient messages. Do the benefits outweigh the risks?

  • Aug. 8, 2023
Artificial intelligence chatbot on mobile device
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5 medical advances that will change patient care

Every day, scientists strive to solve some of medicine’s toughest questions. Here are recent breakthroughs that tackle painful conditions and deadly diseases.

  • May 4, 2023
Suchi Saria, PhD, director of the Machine Learning, AI and Healthcare Lab at Johns Hopkins (right), studies patient data produced by an artificial intelligence system that quickly detects sepsis to help save lives.
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How the war in Ukraine threatens hospital cybersecurity — and what to do about it

The war in Ukraine endangers the security of life-saving medical devices and other crucial digital tools in the U.S. Here’s what every hospital needs to know.

  • May 24, 2022
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How smartphones and wearables are advancing clinical research and treatment

Academic researchers partner with tech companies to make research more accessible, include more data.

  • May 18, 2022
Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) system with sensor attached in arm controlling information and alerts with mobile phone app.
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The growing threat of ransomware attacks on hospitals

Cyberattacks on hospitals have spiked during the pandemic, threatening patient care and private data. Here's how teaching hospitals are fighting back.

  • July 20, 2021
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Viewpoints
What every doctor needs to know about telemedicine

Telemedicine soared during the pandemic, and experts say it’s here to stay. How can providers and future physicians prepare to provide quality care from afar?

  • March 24, 2021
Kimberly Noel, MD, MPH, talks to a patient through a computer in her office
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Delivering more care remotely will be critical as COVID-19 races through communities

Even before Congress lifted restrictions on reimbursement for telehealth through Medicare, academic medical centers were expanding telemedicine services.

  • March 23, 2020
A male doctor consults with an elderly female patient through the computer.
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Women Were Majority of U.S. Medical School Applicants in 2018

New AAMC data show that U.S. medical schools made notable gains in diversifying their entering classes in 2018.

  • Dec. 3, 2018