Penn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): "Trust, But Verify: How AI is Changing Radiology Practice" - Tessa Cook, MD, PhD
12:00pm - 1:00pm • 3600 Civic Center Blvd., 8-031 (hybrid)
2026-10-20 12:00:00 2026-10-20 13:00:00 America/New_York Penn Bioethics Seminar (PBS): "Trust, But Verify: How AI is Changing Radiology Practice" - Tessa Cook, MD, PhD Trust But Verify: How AI is Changing Radiology Practice Tessa Cook, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Radiology Vice Chair of Practice Transformation Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania AI in healthcare is spreading rapidly, and radiology as a specialty is no stranger to this technology. More than 75% of FDA-authorized software-as-a-medical-device tools in healthcare are for radiology, and 90% of radiologists in a recent ACR survey reported using some form of AI in their practice. Aside from the myriad questions about how and whether to deploy AI in the clinic and how to maximize the return on investment in both financial and non-financial terms, several ethical questions arise. In this talk, we’ll consider two: 1) do patients have a right to know when AI is used in the course of their care, and 2) what are the ethical and medicolegal considerations at play when a radiologist’s expert judgment disagrees with an AI result? 3600 Civic Center Blvd., 8-031 (hybrid) Penn Medical EthicsTrust But Verify: How AI is Changing Radiology Practice
Associate Professor of Radiology
Vice Chair of Practice Transformation
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
AI in healthcare is spreading rapidly, and radiology as a specialty is no stranger to this technology. More than 75% of FDA-authorized software-as-a-medical-device tools in healthcare are for radiology, and 90% of radiologists in a recent ACR survey reported using some form of AI in their practice.
Aside from the myriad questions about how and whether to deploy AI in the clinic and how to maximize the return on investment in both financial and non-financial terms, several ethical questions arise. In this talk, we’ll consider two: 1) do patients have a right to know when AI is used in the course of their care, and 2) what are the ethical and medicolegal considerations at play when a radiologist’s expert judgment disagrees with an AI result?