Becker's Healthcare January 9, 2026
As healthcare organizations move from AI experimentation to enterprise deployment, leaders are grappling with how to balance innovation with governance, safety and real operational impact.
At Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare, that responsibility sits with Nabile M. Safdar, MD, chief AI officer for Emory Healthcare and Emory University. A radiologist by training, Dr. Safdar oversees AI governance, portfolio management and performance evaluation across clinical, operational and patient-facing use cases.
“Radiology is one of the most digital specialties and one of the areas where early adoption of AI has been really prominent, to the point where many people have speculated that we could go away as a profession,” he said during an interview with the “Beker’s Healthcare Podcast.” “Well, I was interested in...
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