Why Doctors Will Not Be Replaced: The Future of Humanistic Medicine in an AI-Driven World

This session is part of the Smart Health Transformation Forum and additional registration is required.

AI is reshaping clinical practice—but it is not replacing the clinician. In this dynamic lecture, Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Cedars‑Sinai Center for Virtual Medicine and Health System Transformation, reveals how blended intelligence (BI) pairs human judgment and empathy with machine speed and precision. Through real-world cases from across medicine, Dr. Spiegel shows where AI can safely automate routine tasks, amplify clinical insight, and relieve administrative burden—while strengthening trust and the patient–physician relationship. Internists will leave with a pragmatic framework to evaluate AI tools, decide what to automate versus what to keep human, and deploy BI to deliver more effective, equitable, and deeply humanistic care in an AI-enabled future.