February 01,2024

Wyden Announces Finance Committee Hearing on AI in Health Care

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will convene a hearing on Thursday, February 8, 2024, to hear testimony on “Artificial Intelligence and Health Care: Promise and Pitfalls.” The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. 

The following witnesses at Thursday’s hearing will be:

  • Peter Shen, Head of Digital & Automation for North America, Siemens Healthineers, Washington, DC
  • Mark Sendak, MD, MPP, Co-Lead, Health AI Partnership, Durham, NC
  • Michelle M. Mello, JD, Ph.D., Professor of Health Policy and of Law, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  • Ziad Obermeyer, MD, Associate Professor and Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor, University of California – Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  • Katherine Baicker, Ph.D., Provost, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Who: Senate Finance Committee

What: Committee hearing on the use of algorithms and artificial intelligence systems in health care

Where: 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

              Washington, D.C. 20510

When: Thursday, February 8, 2024

             10:00 a.m.

Media are encouraged to attend the hearing or to view the webcast and witness testimony at http://finance.senate.gov/hearings.

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