AI in Medicine
Friday, April 10, 2026
8:00 - 8:20 AM Registration and Breakfast
8:20 - 8:30 Welcome
Jennifer Kelly, DO
Division Chief, Endocrinology and Diabetes
Professor of Medicine
University of Vermont
Part 1: Foundations
8:30 - 9:15 Neural Network and Transformers Topic
Jason Bates, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine
University of Vermont
9:15 - 10:00 Large Language Model (LLM) Topic
Nick Cheney, PhD
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Core faculty in Complex Systems and Data Science
University of Vermont
10:00 - 10:15 Break
Part 2: Applications
10:15 - 11:00 From Proof of Concept to Practice: Deploying AI in Real Clinical Environments
Matt Troup, PA-C
Clinical Strategy Principal
Abridge
11:00 - 11:45 Can AI (Help Us) Find Moments of Human Connection in Serious Illness?
Bob Gramling, MD, DSc
Professor & Vice Chair for Research
Department of Family Medicine
Head, Vermont Conversation Lab
University of Vermont
11:45 - 12:30 PM Artificial Intelligence for Medical Image Interpretation
Peter Savadjiev, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
University of Vermont
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch, Networking and Exhibitors
Part 3: Ethics and Future
1:45 - 2:15 Identifying Clinical Practice Guideline Gaps Through Real-World Clinician Queries
Mondira Ray, MD, MBI
SVP, Clinical Informatics
OpenEvidence
2:15 - 3:00 AI and the Environment
Havaleh Gagné, MD
Radiation Oncology Biomedical and Clinical Informatics
University of Vermont Medical Center
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 3:35 AI Intake and Evaluation at the State of Vermont
Miles Latham
Director of Artificial Intelligence
State of Vermont
3:40 - 4:35 Panel Discussion
Moderated by Justin Stinnett-Donnelly, MD
Chief Health Information Officer
University of Vermont Health