Beth Beadle, MD, PhD is the Director of Head & Neck Radiation Oncology at Stanford and co-creator of the Radiation Planning Assistant, a fully automated treatment planning assistant.
00:56 How did you come to the intersection of medicine and AI?
03:20 What is radiation oncology and why does it fit well with AI?
05:54 How has radiation changed in your lifetime?
09:19 What is the Radiation Planning Assistant?
13:10 Describe radiation oncology workflow before the use of the radiation planning assistant
20:45 How does the model compare humans?
23:45 Where was the data source for the radiation Planning Assistant Model?
26:45 What safeguards exist for RPA?
28:00 What has been the response from other physicians, physicists, and patients to this model?
33:30 Timeline for implementation of the radiation planning assistant?
34:45 Background of the Radiation Planning Assistant
38:25 Future of Radiation Planning Assistant implementation
40:55 Adaptive planning in radiation oncology
43:15 Future of the Radiation Planning Assistant in the next 10 years
44:50 Are there any other projects being planned currently?
47:00 How has mentorship shaped your path?
50:25 What is the future of AI in medicine in 10-20 years
51:48 What advice would you tell yourself when you were graduating from medical school
53:20 What brings your life joy and meaning?
54:50 What are your greatest fears?
55:15 Favorite places to travel?