Artificial Intelligence in Surgery Symposium
Target Audience
- Surgeons, All Specialties
- Residents
- Medical Students
- Hospital Administration
- Medical Researchers
Learning Objectives
- Review the fundamental mechanisms and capabilities of recent advances in artificial intelligence, specifically generative-type models, and how they potentially can be integrated into surgical practice.
- Interpret ethical considerations that are associated with the use of artificial intelligence in surgical practice, including strategies to navigate ethical dilemmas and maintain trust when using artificial intelligence in surgical practice.
- Use existing and emerging data standards, data ontologies, and regulations related to data sharing that support the implementation of artificial intelligence in surgical practice.
The Department of Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin is excited to host the Inaugural Selig Artificial Intelligence in Surgery Symposium! This national conference will highlight recent innovations and advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) as they relate to surgical practice. Specific areas that will be highlighted are: surgical data science, health-system implementation, and innovation/entrepreneurship. The program will be highly interactive, featuring keynote talks from national surgical AI thought leaders and local experts, research-in-motion session, and a hack-a-thon. Please reference the Call for Participation if you are interested in presenting during the research-in-motion session.
Symposium Agenda | ||
Friday, September 27 | ||
7:10 PM | Pre-Conference Social Event Milwaukee Brewers Host New York Mets | American Family Field Milwaukee, WI |
Saturday, September 28 | ||
Time | Session | Speakers |
8:00 AM | Arrival, Check-In, Breakfast | |
8:30 AM | Introduction & Opening Remarks | Douglas B. Evans, MD Professor of Surgery Chair, Department of Surgery Medical College of Wisconsin |
Surgical Data Science | ||
8:45 AM | Keynote: Powering Surgical AI with High Quality and Standardized Data | Heather Lyu, MD, MBI Assistant Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology Director, Surgical Clinical Research Informatics University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
9:30 AM | Panel: Improving the Science of Surgical Data | William Hogan, MD, MS Professor of Medicine Director, Data Science Institute Medical College of Wisconsin Tyler Loftus, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Acute Care Associate Director, UF Intelligent Critical Care CenterUniversity of Florida Bradley Taylor, MBA Chief Research Informatics Officer Medical College of Wisconsin |
10:15 AM | Break | |
10:30 AM | MCW & Selig Hub AI & Data Science Overview | Anai N. Kothari, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology Director, Bud and Sue Selig Hub for Surgical Data Science Medical College of Wisconsin |
Research in Motion | ||
10:45 AM | Invited Research in Motion | Moderator: Tyler Loftus, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Acute Care Associate Director, UF Intelligent Critical Care Center University of Florida |
AI Innovation and Entrepreneurship | ||
11:15 PM | Keynote: From Scalpel to Silicon: Empowering Surgeons in AI and Entrepreneurship | Kevin W. Sexton, MD Professor of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
12:00 PM | Lunch & Networking Session Research in Motion Feedback | |
1:00 PM | Panel: AI Discovery to Commercialization | Kevin P. Boggs, MBA, PhD, RTTP Director, Office of Technology Development Medical College of Wisconsin Rachel S. Morris, MD Assistant Professor, General Surgery Medical College of Wisconsin |
1:45 PM | Break | |
Integrating AI at a Health System Level | ||
1:45 PM | Keynote: Integrating AI at a Health System Level | Christopher Tignanelli, MD, MS, MBA Associate Professor, Division of Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery Scientific Director, Program for Clinical AI University of Minnesota - Twin Cities |
2:30 AM | Break | |
2:45 PM | Hack-a-thon | |
3:45 PM | Panel: Models to Impact at the Health System | Majid Afshar, MD, MSCR Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Director, ICTR Learning Health System, UW Madison Deborah Cray Vice President, Enterprise Analytics Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin Melek Somai, MD, MPH Vice President, Chief Technology and Product Officer Inception Health, Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin |
4:15 PM | Networking Reception |

The Artificial Intelligence in Surgery Symposium will be held on September 28, 2024, at the Medical College of Wisconsin Main Campus, located at 8701 W. Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee WI, 53226. The event will take place in the Alumni Center. See parking and building entry directions below, as well as photos in the brochure attached under the "agenda" tab.
Parking: Complimentary lot parking is available across 87th Street from the Medical College of Wisconsin. Follow signage to employee parking lot, pull up to entrance gates.
- If you do not have an MCW Badge:
- At the gate, click the gray button that will ring to Public Safety.
- Wait until someone picks up, and let them know that you are here for the symposium. They will open the gate.
- Park in any surface lot spot or in the covered parking structure.
- Cross 87th St. towards the MCW Building in the photo above.
- Proceed to the MCW main entrance, as seen in the photo.
- The revolving doors will be locked, to the left and right there are entrances with intercoms. Press the button and tell security you are here for the symposium.
- Follow signage to the Alumni Center.
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Available Credit
- 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- 6.25 Hours of ParticipationHours of Participation credit.
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