Artificial intelligence is rapidly entering the pediatric emergency department – reshaping how we think about clinical decision support, medical education, and the future of physician practice. To explore what this actually means for clinicians on the ground, I’m launching a new interview series on HipPEMcrates featuring conversations with pediatric emergency medicine physicians and educators who are actively thinking about, studying, and building in this space.
This post kicks off the series with Dr. Selin Sagalowsky (Vice Chair for Education, NYU Emergency Medicine), who shares how AI is being leveraged in medical education today, where it may meaningfully change day-to-day practice in the pediatric ED, and what risks we need to thoughtfully navigate as these tools become more integrated into clinical care.
Check out the video interview, video clips, and audio-only version below!
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Artificial Intelligence in Pediatric Emergency Medicine | A Conversation with Dr. Selin Sagalowsky – Doctors Are People Too
Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from theory to the bedside in pediatric emergency medicine. In this episode, Dr. Selin Sagalowsky – Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Emergency Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine – joins the show to discuss how AI is already being used to support medical education and how it may soon reshape day-to-day clinical care in the pediatric emergency department.We explore how AI and educational informatics can help better understand trainee clinical exposure, personalize learning, and potentially link education to patient-centered outcomes. Dr. Sagalowsky also shares her vision of AI as a future “co-pilot” in the ED, offering real-time clinical decision support, while highlighting important risks around de-skilling, safety, validation, and the preservation of adaptive expertise and professional identity.This conversation kicks off a broader interview series with pediatric emergency physicians and educators exploring what AI means for the future of PEM – both the opportunities and the challenges as these tools become more integrated into clinical practice and training.Check out the video conversation and additional AI and Pediatric Emergency Medicine content at http://www.HipPEMcrates.com
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Dr. Joshua Belfer, MD, is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of HipPEMcrates. He can be reached at HipPEMcrates@gmail.com.