Should AI Be Your Doctor?

Event Details

This Continuing Education debate, “Should AI Be Your Doctor?”, will explore the evolving role of artificial intelligence in healthcare and its potential impact on clinical practice. Participants will examine real-world examples of AI applications in medicine to better understand how these technologies are currently being used and whether they meaningfully improve patient outcomes. Through evidence-based discussion and debate, attendees will consider and defend positions on whether AI should replace physicians, assist them in clinical decision-making, or remain limited in its role in patient care.

The session will also encourage participants to reflect on the broader implications of AI in healthcare, including how its use may reshape medical training, influence patient trust, and transform healthcare systems. By engaging with differing perspectives presented during the debate, attendees will be guided toward forming a balanced and informed view on the question at the center of the discussion: Should AI be your doctor?

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Learning Outcomes

After attending this activity, the learners will be able to:

• Assess real-world examples of AI in medicine to understand how AI is currently being used in healthcare and whether it improves patient outcomes.
• Develop and defend a clear position on whether AI should replace, assist, or never act as a doctor, using evidence and logical reasoning.
• Consider the future implications of AI in healthcare, including how medical training, patient trust, and healthcare systems might change.
• Formulate a balanced conclusion about the role AI should play in healthcare based on arguments presented during the debate.

Disclosures

Planners, faculty, and others in control of content (either individually or as a group) have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

CE Credit Information

Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University designates this live activity for continuing education credit as below:

• 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• 1.5 hours of CPE (Continuing Pharmacy Education) credit for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
• 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for Nursing
• 1.5 contact hours toward continuing competence for Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists

For questions about accreditation, contact Bouvé College of Health Sciences Office Continuing Education and Professional Development: 617-373-5418 or [email protected]. 

Please note, seating is limited.

NU Alumni registration is $35

Registration is $75

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CE Credit Information

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Schedule

Monday, May 4, 2026

8:30 – 9:00 AM Registration/breakfast

9:00 – 10:30 AM
Debate

10:30 – 11:30 AM
Networking

Directions & Parking Information

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Speakers

Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD

Eugene (Gene) Tunik, PT, PhD

Moderator

Carmen Castañeda Sceppa, MD, PhD, FGSA

Debate Participants

Isaac (Zak) Kohane, MD, PhD, is the inaugural Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics and the Marion V. Nelson Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School. For more than three decades, his research has focused on transforming health data into knowledge — and knowledge into care — through computational medicine, precision medicine, and Al. He coauthored the Institute of Medicine Report on Precision Medicine that shaped national policy, and his work has produced internationally adopted frameworks for using healthcare systems as living research environments. A pediatric endocrinologist and prolific author, Kohane’s publications include The Al Revolution in Medicine; GPT-4 and Beyond (2023), and he currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of NEJM Al.

Eugene (Gene) Tunik, PT, PhD, is Senior Associate Dean of Research and Innovation and a tenured Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences at Northeastern’s Bouvé College of Health Sciences. He also serves as Director of the Al + Health & Human Performance division at Northeastern’s Institute for Experiential Al. His research sits at the intersection of movement neuroscience, rehabilitation technology, and Al — exploring how the brain controls movement and how that knowledge can be applied to improve outcomes for people with neurological conditions. The work done at the Movement Neuroscience Lab spans virtual reality, brain stimulation, computational modeling, and human-robot interaction.

Moderator

Carmen Castañeda Sceppa, MD, PhD, FGSA, is the Dean of Bouvé College of Health Sciences and Professor of Health Sciences at Northeastern University. She is a clinician, researcher, educator, mentor, and leader. Her work centers around advancing and prolonging health for all. Her research seeks to understand the role of lifestyle interventions on advancing overall health and quality of life. Dr. Sceppa serves as senior faculty mentor for the Network of Minority Research Investigators (NMRI) at the National Institutes of Health. She is an active and long-time member and contributor of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and is a GSA Fellow.