AI and Robotics in IR: Current and Future Applications

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

9:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET

Location: 718B

Coordinator(s)

Bradford Wood, MD, FSIR

Visiting Professor
Univ Milan, United States
Jacqueline Brenner (she/her/hers)

Medical Student MD/MPH
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, United States

Latest AI, Robotics, automation, augmented reality, and how these video game and sci fi tools might be applied to IR for practical impact. Walk out with a better understanding of LLM engines, Agentic AI, Autonomous procedures, smart procedures, instruments and imaging, Augmented Reality, prescriptive analytics, tokens, how do LLMs work? ...and the basics of AI building blocks and terminology in the context of IR and procedural medicine. Cool stuff!

Learning Objectives:

Better appreciate the rapidly evolving tools of AI, AR and robotics towards clinical utility in IR.
Identify ways in which proceduralists might help assess clinical value of specific AI and automation tools with higher level evidence.
Understand what is an LLM, how does it work, & how IR interfaces.

Presentations:

9:45 AM - 9:55 AM ET

What Happens When AI Merges with Robotics?
Speaker: Seetharam Chadalavada, MD, FSIR, MS – University of Cincinnati | UC Health
9:55 AM - 10:05 AM ET

How is AI Already Helping Us in Our Clinical IR Practice
Speaker: Dania Daye, MD, PhD – University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
10:05 AM - 10:15 AM ET

From LLMs to AI-augmented Semi-autonomous Procedures
Speaker: Bradford J. Wood, MD, FSIR – Univ Milan
10:15 AM - 10:25 AM ET

AI LLMs for Medicine: Help, Hype or Hot Mess?
Speaker: Jacqueline Brenner (she/her/hers) – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
10:25 AM - 10:35 AM ET

AI-powered Augmented Reality for IR
Speaker: Laetitia Saccenti, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Henri Mondor Hospital
10:35 AM - 10:45 AM ET

Evolving AI Applications in IR
Speaker: Mina S. Makary, MD (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET

Q&A