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MH Conversations and Connections Series (Contemporary Issues in Bioethics) – Lunchtime Seminar

Title: The Ethics of AI and The Evolution of The Doctor-Patient Relationship

Date:  26 June 2026 (Friday)
Time:  12:00 – 1:30 pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, 1/F, HKUMed Academic Building, 3 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam

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About The Seminar
This seminar will consider how AI is reshaping the doctor-patient relationship, how it might continue to change in the years to come, and the role that medical education might play in preparing doctors for this change. For example, as general purpose LLMs are more frequently accessed by the public and AI systems are increasingly integrated into diagnosis and patient management, what forms of knowledge, judgment, and presence will remain distinctively human? How can physicians of the future adapt to work ethically and effectively with AI? We welcome you to join us as we discuss the evolving ethics of AI and the doctor-patient relationship with our distinguished guests.

Speakers:
Dr Rebecca Weintraub BRENDEL
Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics
Frances Glessner Lee Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine In the Field of Legal Medicine
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Prof Carl HILDEBRAND
Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics & Humanities Unit, HKUMed

Panelists:
Prof Roger CHUNG
Co-Director, CUHK Centre for Bioethics
Associate Professor, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, CU Medicine

Prof Emmanuel CHEUNG
Clinical Assistant Professor of Practice
Critical Care Medicine Unit/ Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit, HKUMed

Moderator:
Dr Johanna GUTLERNER
Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Harvard Medical School

Welcome to join us!