Smart Medicine

Is AI actually making radiologists faster, or is it just creating more pop-up windows? In this episode of Smart Medicine, Dr. Ali Fatemi sits down with Dr. Woojin Kim—MSK radiologist, former CMIO at Rad AI, CMO of the ACR Data Science Institute, and co-founder of three successful healthtech companies. They dive deep into why billions of dollars have been poured into clinical AI, yet real-world ado...

Welcome to the Smart Medicine Podcast hosted by Dr. Ali Fatemi! In this episode, senior medical physicist Dr. Jihong Wang from MD Anderson shares his perspective on AI in medical imaging, the need for clinical validation, healthcare leadership, and why international scientific collaboration is vital to future medical breakthroughs.⏱️ Timestamps & Key Topics:00:00 - AI in Medical Imaging &...

AI is the hottest topic in medicine, but why are so many clinical AI tools failing to deliver a real ROI?In this premier episode of the Smart Medicine Podcast, host Dr. Ali Fatemi (clinical medical physicist) sits down with Dr. Khan Siddiqui—a rare "quadruple threat": a practicing radiologist, academic researcher, software engineer, and deep-tech entrepreneur. Dr. Siddiqui has spent his...

In this episode of Smart Medicine, host Dr. Ali Fatemi sits down with Dr. John Roeske, Division Chair of Medical Physics at Mayo Clinic Arizona. Together, they explore the 30-year transformation of radiation oncology—moving from manual 2D wire contours to advanced AI integration, real-time MR-guided radiotherapy, and adaptive treatments. Dr. Roeske shares key clinical insights on dual-energy subtr...

Historically, we’ve used MRI to take subjective "pictures" of the body. But a major revolution is happening in medical imaging: moving from qualitative pictures to objective, quantitative measurements (qMRI).In our latest episode of the Smart Medicine Podcast, clinical medical physicist Dr. Ali Fatemi sits down with the experts at CalibreMR (President Kelly and Chief Scientist Dr. Teodor...

Welcome back to Part 2 of our exclusive conversation with Dr. Mark Haacke, a pioneering force in vascular neuroimaging and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). In this episode, we explore the cutting-edge future of Quantitative MRI (QMRI), the role of artificial intelligence, and how we are moving toward a new era of personalized, predictive medicine. Dr. Haacke shares exciting breakthroughs, inc...

Welcome to another episode of the Smart Medicine Podcast! 🎥In Part 1 of this exclusive interview, host Dr. Ali Fatemi sits down with the legendary physicist Professor Mark Haacke. With over 500 publications, 50,000+ citations, and a lifetime of groundbreaking achievements, Dr. Haacke is a true pioneer of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). From inventing Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (SWI) to wri...

In this episode of  Smart Medicine , host Dr. Ali Fatemi sits down with a true pioneer at the intersection of clinical medicine, entrepreneurship, and venture capital. Today’s guest is  Dr. Jesse Courtier , a Pediatric Radiologist, Stanford Adjunct Clinical Professor, and healthcare investor based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the Founder of  Sira Medical —an FDA-cleared, venture-backed aug...

Welcome to another episode of the Smart Medicine Podcast with Dr. Ali Fatemi! In this episode, we have the great pleasure of hosting Dr. Paul Polak, an MR Physicist, biomedical engineer, and imaging scientist at Philips. Dr. Polak shares his fascinating journey from working as an IT consultant in software engineering to diving into the complex world of MR physics and biomedical engineering. We dis...

Welcome to another episode of the Smart Medicine Podcast! 🎙️ In this episode, host Dr. Ali Fatemi sits down with his good friend Dr. Dharanipathy Rangaraj PhD MBA , a medical physicist, entrepreneur, healthcare strategist, and venture builder who has led over $100 million in commercialization initiatives across oncology and medical technologies. In this deep dive, Dharanipathy Rangaraj PhD MBA sha...

Description: Welcome to Episode 1 of the Smart Medicine Podcast! 🎙️ Today, Dr. Ali Fatemi is joined by tech powerhouse Nader Dabit to explore the bleeding edge of AI: Agentic Software Engineering .Can an AI really plan, write, test, and ship production code entirely on its own? Yes! Nader takes us behind the scenes of Cognition's autonomous AI developer, "Devon," to explain how AI is...

Every patient is unique, and no two tumors are identical—yet in radiotherapy, we often try to treat all tumors with a single, standard dose. How can we change this? I am thrilled to share the latest episode of The Smart Medicine Podcast , featuring my good friend and colleague, Dr. Oliver Gurney-Champion, Associate Professor at UMC Amsterdam. Oliver's research group is doing incredible work at...

What if a radiation treatment that normally takes minutes could be safely delivered in under a second? In this episode of Smart Medicine, Dr. Ali Fatemi sits down with medical physics expert Dr. Magdalena Bazalova to discuss the absolute bleeding edge of cancer treatment and medical imaging. In this video, we break down: ✅ FLASH Radiotherapy: How ultra-high dose rate radiation is sparing healthy...

our latest episode of Smart Medicine, we are joined by MRI experts Dr. Ricardo Latanzi and Dr. Mike Hoff to dive into the mind-blowing future of medical imaging. We are moving away from treating MRI as just a camera, and instead transforming it into a quantitative scientific instrument designed to make medicine an exact science. In this video, we explore how AI and physics are pushing the boundari...

What if a life-saving stroke diagnosis could happen in the back of an ambulance? In this episode of Smart Medicine, Dr. Ali Fatemi sits down with medical physicist and entrepreneur Dr. Sergei Obruchkov to discuss the radical hardware innovations his companies are bringing to the MRI world. In this episode, we shine a spotlight on two game-changing products: 🧲 The Axana System: We discuss his spin...

Welcome to another episode of Smart Medicine! Hosted by clinical medical physicist Dr. Ali Fatemi, this episode features a special interview with David Gammel, Executive Director of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). In this conversation, we dive deep into how the medical physics community is preparing for the rapid advancements of AI and computational medicine. We explore...

Welcome to another episode of Smart Medicine! Today, host Dr. Ali Fatemi (Clinical Medical Physicist & Founder of SpenTex and PrecisionM.ai) is joined by Dr. Ramin Hamid, an Assistant Professor of Neuroradiology at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. With a unique background spanning neuroradiology and an MBA in healthcare operations. Dr. Hamid shares fascinating insights into how...

Today’s guest is Dr. Percy Lee , Senior Physician Executive and Medical Director of Radiation Oncology (Orange County) at City of Hope, and Vice Chair of Clinical Research. Dr. Lee is a nationally recognized leader in radiation oncology, with extensive experience building and scaling clinical programs, integrating research into practice, and expanding access to high-quality cancer care. His leader...

In this episode, I speak with Professor Nico Van Den Berg , Director of the Centre of Image Science at UMC Utrecht and Scientific Co-Lead of the IMAGINE Consortium—one of the leading voices at the intersection of MR physics, computational imaging, and AI-driven clinical translation . We explore how MRI is evolving from a hardware-driven modality into a computational and intelligent system , and wh...

Dr. Mahesh, Board Chair of AAPM, joins the Smart Medicine Podcast to discuss how medical physics is evolving in the era of AI. We explore: • The shift beyond traditional QA • AI in clinical workflows • Future skills for physicists • Training and education gaps • Patient safety in autonomous systems A forward-looking conversation on the future of the field.

Smart Medicine Podcast – Episode: Kevin Brown In this episode of the Smart Medicine Podcast , Ali Fatemi sits down with Kevin Brown , retired Distinguished Scientist at Elekta , following an extraordinary 45-year career helping shape modern radiation therapy technologies . Kevin has played a key role in advancing radiotherapy systems—from early hardware and imaging innovations to leading global sc...

In this episode of the Smart Medicine Podcast , I speak with Thomas “Rock” Mackie , medical physicist, entrepreneur, and Professor of Medical Physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison . Dr. Mackie is one of the key innovators in modern radiation medicine. As a co-founder of TomoTherapy and founder of Leo Cancer Care , he has helped translate medical physics research into technologies that hav...

Dr. Sasa Mutic, President of Radiation Oncology Solutions at Varian Medical Systems, joins the Smart Medicine Podcast to discuss leadership, AI, and the future of radiation oncology. We explore the transition from academia to global industry leadership, the real impact of automation, and how medical physicists can shape — not fear — the future of intelligent healthcare systems.

In this episode of the Smart Medicine Podcast, Dr. Ali Fatemi speaks with Dr. Yujan Shrestha, MD, physician–engineer and Partner at Innolitics, about AI medical device regulation and clinical validation. We discuss FDA pathways, including 510(k), De Novo, and Breakthrough programs, common regulatory pitfalls in AI/ML software as a medical device (SaMD), post-market model updates, and how AI will r...

In this episode of the Smart Medicine Podcast, Dr. Ali Fatemi speaks with Dr. Matthew Rosen of Harvard Medical School and Dr. Michael Hoff of UCSF about low-field MRI, quantitative imaging, AI-driven reconstruction, and the future of smart imaging systems. We explore reproducibility challenges, hybrid physics–AI approaches, and the evolving role of medical physicists in clinical AI validation.