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AI in Healthcare

AI across the care continuum — clinical diagnostics, mental health, community health, and the regulatory path to safe deployment. Conversations with the clinicians, founders, and regulators putting healthcare AI to work.

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Rep. Bob Morgan — Behind the Bill: Illinois is the First in the Nation to Regulate AI in Mental Health with Rep. Bob Morgan
Ep 1 · September 29, 2025 · 55 minutes

Behind the Bill: Illinois is the First in the Nation to Regulate AI in Mental Health with Rep. Bob Morgan

In this episode, host Khullani Abdullahi speaks with State Representative Bob Morgan, Assistant Majority Leader and Floor Whip, about Illinois's groundbreaking first-in-the-nation AI mental health law. They discuss the journey from healthcare attorney to legislator, the political process of passing AI regulation, and why protecting mental health from unregulated AI therapy bots became urgent.

Bobby Reddy Jr., Ph.D. — Breaking Through Healthcare's Most Challenging Frontier with Bobby Reddy Jr.
Ep 8 · September 25, 2025 · 52 minutes

Breaking Through Healthcare's Most Challenging Frontier with Bobby Reddy Jr.

In this episode, host Khullani Abdullahi speaks with Bobby Reddy Jr., CEO and co-founder of Prenosis, about his decade-long journey to develop the first FDA-approved AI tool for sepsis diagnostics. They discuss innovation in acute care, the realities of building healthcare AI, and what it takes to solve truly complex problems.

Dr. Heather McCombs-Chait — From Hardware to Intelligence: Charting the Course for AI in Medical Device
Ep 4 · June 20, 2025 · 63 minutes

From Hardware to Intelligence: Charting the Course for AI in Medical Device

In this episode of AI in Chicago, host Khullani Abdullahi sits down with Dr. Heather McCombs-Chait, a clinician turned enterprise AI leader. Dr. McCombs-Chait shares her unique career journey from managing her own successful private medical practice to leading strategic AI initiatives at major healthcare and medical device corporations like Philips and GE Healthcare.

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