Downstate Charts a Responsible Path for AI in Medicine
By Office of the President | Nov 18, 2025
Enitza George, M.D., MBA, MSAI, Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine and Chief Population Health
Officer, was an invited panelist at Becker’s Hospital Review’s national webinar, “Proactive, Personalized, Preventive: Redefining Value in Precision Medicine."
The 60-minute discussion brought together healthcare leaders to examine how artificial intelligence (AI) and precision medicine are transforming care from a reactive to a proactive, predictive, and preventive model. AI plays a central role in precision medicine, as it helps clinicians interpret complex data, identify patterns that signal risk, and guide the development of timely, individualized care plans.
By analyzing information that is often too extensive for manual review, AI supports decisions that enhance accuracy, reduce treatment delays, and tailor interventions to each patient’s needs, thereby strengthening preventive care and addressing inequities.
Dr. George noted that AI functions as a strategy that helps clinicians anticipate risk, tailor interventions, and strengthen the human connection central to clinical care.
Dr. George is a Certified Chief AI Officer and holds master’s degrees in software engineering and AI in healthcare. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Binghamton University. Her participation reflects Downstate’s commitment to integrating artificial intelligence and digital transformation into academic medicine, supporting the Department’s work toward establishing a Family Medicine AI Center of Excellence by 2027.
Under Dr. George’s leadership, Downstate is preparing future family physicians to utilize intelligent systems ethically and effectively, thereby advancing innovation, equity, empathy, and community health.
Note: The webinar will be publicly available on November 20.
Proactive, Personalized, Preventive:
Redefining Value in Precision Medicine Webinar
Tags: Family Medicine