Munjal Shah, CEO of healthcare AI startup Hippocratic AI, will deliver a keynote presentation at the upcoming 3rd Annual West Coast Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit on February 6-7 in La Jolla, California. Shah plans to discuss the transformative potential of generative AI to expand access and radically enhance health outcomes.
Since co-founding Hippocratic AI in 2022, Shah has positioned the company at the vanguard of developing large language models specifically for non-diagnostic healthcare applications. By deploying AI to provide services like patient education at scale, Hippocratic AI aims to help alleviate critical staffing shortages in the healthcare system through an approach Shah calls “super-staffing.”
In his talk, Shah will likely address topics such as ensuring patient safety when integrating AI into healthcare, AI’s promise to address systemic inequities in healthcare access, and the role of regulation in guiding responsible AI development. With his extensive background in founding AI and computer vision startups, Shah brings a unique dual perspective encompassing both the technological possibilities and ethical implications.
The Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit convenes healthcare leaders across domains—from clinicians to technologists to policy-makers—to discuss the digital transformation of the industry. Other sessions will cover trends in healthcare enterprise partnerships, innovative funding models for health tech, new paradigms for clinical trials, and intersections between emerging digital health, financial, and value-based care technologies.
Shah’s keynote will argue that generative AI, while requiring careful governance, could help resolve entrenched challenges like expanding access, improving coordination and quality, and reducing patient costs. By conveying a thoughtful, safety-focused approach, he aims to galvanize momentum behind developing life-changing healthcare AI applications.
