AI & informaticsHow AI Is the Future of Healthcare — and How to Harness It
What AI is actually doing inside health systems today — scribes, prediction, analytics — told by a board-certified informaticist who evaluates it and a physician who works under it. For boards, health systems, and policy audiences that want the operational truth behind the buzzwords.
Keynote · Executive briefing · Panel
Delivered at Texas Department of State Health Services 2024 · DFW Hospital Council Foundation IQSC Data Summit 2024
In-flight emergenciesIs There a Doctor on Board? Medical Emergencies at 28,000 Feet
A flight-physician-turned-writer on what actually happens when the overhead call goes out — and what is (and isn’t) in the medical kit at your feet. Equal parts clinical pearls and policy argument.
Keynote · Conference lecture
Delivered at American College of Emergency Physicians 2022 · American College of Emergency Physicians 2021 · Integrative Emergency Services
Harm reductionHarm Reduction: If You Can’t Quit, At Least Be Safer
Her signature thesis — replace “first, do no harm” with “help with as little harm as possible.” From opioids to e-cigarettes to the exam room, a decade of argument compressed into one talk.
Keynote · Conference lecture · Grand rounds
Delivered at American College of Emergency Physicians 2022 · American College of Emergency Physicians 2021 · American College of Emergency Physicians 2020 · Texas Medical Association 2021
Clinical creativityIf MacGyver Was an Emergency Physician
Bedside problem-solving with what’s actually in the room — the perennial conference favorite that became a recurring Medscape video series.
Conference lecture · Workshop
Delivered at American College of Emergency Physicians 2017 · American Academy of Emergency Medicine 2019
Narrative medicineNarrative Medicine: Combating Burnout One Story at a Time
Why storytelling is her preferred treatment for burnout and second-victim syndrome — from the host of MedPage Today’s Anamnesis.
Keynote · Workshop · Fireside
Delivered at HIMSS 2022
Healthcare violenceViolence in Healthcare: Why Is Everyone So Angry?
The data and the bedside reality of violence against healthcare workers — and what systems owe the people they put in the room.
Keynote · Conference lecture
Delivered at American Epilepsy Society 2023