Robert Wachter, MD, UCSF

Bio:- Robert M. Wachter, MD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and is widely regarded as the “father” of the hospitalist movement, a term he coined in 1996. He is the author of more than 300 articles and six books, including the New York Times science bestseller The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age, and has served as president of the Society of Hospital Medicine, chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine, and a member of the National Academy of Medicine. Recognized as the most influential physician-executive in the U.S. by Modern Healthcare, he was also a widely trusted voice during the COVID-19 pandemic, and his new book A Giant Leap: How AI is Transforming Healthcare – and What That Means for Our Future, explores how AI is transforming healthcare.