Girish N. Nadkarni, MD, MPH, CPH, an accomplished physician-scientist driving advances in artificial intelligence, has been appointed Chair of the Windreich Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The department is the first of its kind at a U.S. medical school, underscoring Mount Sinai's leadership in integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into health care. Dr. Nadkarni will also serve as Director of the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health. The appointment marks the latest milestone in a series of progressive initiatives by Mount Sinai to harness and optimize artificial intelligence for transformative health care solutions. Recent developments include the launch of its state-of-the-art AI facility, designed to accelerate innovation and collaboration in translational medicine. Other developments include an exciting, soon-to-be-announced tool exclusively available to students at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. This initiative is poised to redefine how AI is integrated into medical education and research, empowering students with cutting-edge resources. The institution has also significantly expanded its computational and data ecosystem, highlighted by its supercomputing cluster—the largest at any academic medical center in the world.

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