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Scope ForwardAuthor: Praveen Suthrum
No one in the medical field is free from the impact of COVID-19, including gastroenterologists. But the pandemic has only accelerated trends that started years ago. In this podcast, Praveen Suthrum interviews leaders in the gastroenterology space. Each episode will take you through different perspectives and help you ask the right questions. Praveen is the President of NextServices and author of Private Equity in Gastroenterology and Scope Forward (both Amazon #1 new releases). Language: en Genres: Health & Fitness, Medicine Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Is This the AI Endgame? What Happens to GI?
Saturday, 19 September, 2026
In the latest edition of The Scope Forward Show - AI Edition, I’m joined by my co-hosts, Matt Schwartz, Founder & CEO of Virgo and Dr. Neil Parikh, Chief Innovation Officer, Connecticut GI and Chair of Innovation, GI Alliance. Together we discuss the widening gap between AI capabilities and clinical adoption in gastroenterology - from precise polyp segmentation and personalized surveillance to agents handling referrals and patient calls. We explore patient data security, the risks of self-improving AI, and why clinicians must participate while reflecting on what they want this technology to solve. More importantly, we discuss the recent risks of AI that are appearing everywhere - is this really the end-game?A few insights from the interview: 03:08 - AI is accelerating. Is GI keeping up?A widening gap between what AI can do and what practices actually use.10:09 - Beyond polyp detection.How AI could guide resection, personalize surveillance, and connect findings to better patient outcomes.35:05 - More patient data. More responsibility.EHR integration raises questions about privacy, accountability, and where human judgment matters most.44:44 - AI agents are taking on the administrative workflow.From fax referrals and patient calls to questionnaires and scheduling.53:59 - What happens when AI improves itself?The debate over control, a proposed pause in frontier development, and what we actually want this growing power to solve.Articles discussed in this podcast:Healthcare organizations can now connect EHR and additional industry data to ChatGPTSymptomAI: Towards a conversational AI agent for everyday symptom assessmentThe Most Important Thing AI Can’t Do in MedicineWestworld | Season 1- Episode Clip: Welcome To Westworld | Warner Bros. EntertainmentInside a $7 billion startup’s mad dash to automate the business of health care | STATBAASNet: boundary-aware deep learning for accurate polyp segmentation in colonoscopyAI in GI cancer care: From recognition to clinical valueAnthropic Could Aim to Raise $100 Billion in Blockbuster I.P.O.Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess) on XThe OpenAI-Hugging Face hack was just the beginning, experts say: "Even more powerful" AI is comingThe Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizationshttps://openai.com/index/gpt-6-astra/On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize ProblemAI researcher says there is 'substantial probability' AI could kill all humans in next decadeYuval Noah Harari on AI, Human Stupidity, and the Future of Civilization#ScopeForward #AIinGastroenterology #HealthcareAI #Gastroenterology #AIAgents #Endoscopy #PatientDataPrivacy #AIinMedicine #AI safety #HealthcareAutomation
