AI, Patient Safety, and the Future of Precision Surgery: March 2023- UofL Research Town Hall Meeting

This important University of Louisville research presentation explores how artificial intelligence and machine learning can improve patient care before, during, and after surgery. By analyzing information from medical records, monitors, imaging systems, medications, and wearable sensors, AI may help clinicians identify high-risk patients, predict dangerous drops in blood pressure, detect complications earlier, and personalize anesthesia and pain management. The discussion also emphasizes that AI should support—not replace—clinical judgment. Researchers must address transparency, bias, patient trust, data quality, and the need for collaboration among physicians, engineers, and data scientists. The video further highlights innovative cardiac-tissue research designed to test how medications affect the human heart before they reach early clinical trials. Together, these advances demonstrate how interdisciplinary research can make surgery safer, reduce drug-related harm, and improve outcomes for patients.