Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming healthcare delivery, from diagnostics and treatment pathways to leadership models and patient engagement. As these technologies advance, leaders face fundamental questions: How do we ensure AI augments, rather than replaces, human judgement, compassion, and wellbeing?
Our panel moves from innovation at the sharp edge of surgical AI, to system-wide transformation, to global ethical trade-offs, before grounding us in the lived realities of clinical practice, and finally reflecting on what all this means for leadership, wellbeing, and professional identity in healthcare. Together, these perspectives ask: What does it mean to be human in an age of AI?
This opening event in the UCL GBSH Leadership Series brings together four distinct voices shaping the AI and healthcare agenda:
- Dr Christin Henein, Consultant Ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital, on the clinical realities of introducing AI into patient pathways and its impact on trust, safety, and patient experience.
- Dr Dimitrios Kalogeropoulos, CEO of the Global Health and Digital Innovation Foundation, on the global opportunities and ethical trade-offs of embedding AI in health delivery.
- Dr Katerina Spranger, founder and CEO of Oxford Heartbeat, on AI tools that support surgical decision-making.
- Mike Sanders, CEO of VitalHub UK, on how digital platforms can re-engineer healthcare systems to deliver efficiency, access, and scale.
Moderated by Professor Nora Colton, the panel will explore how systems and cultures augmented with AI can enable frontline workers to be more productive, resilient, and compassionate.
