Carney Says AI Will Not Replace the Physician’s Role

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2026–27 American College of Physicians President Jan Carney, M.D., M.P.H., professor of medicine, associate dean for public health and health policy, and chief of the Division of Public Health at the Larner College of Medicine, says that while AI holds clinical promise, it cannot replace physicians’ trust, judgment, and the patient-physician relationship.