Trailblazing consultant named as Scotland's first 'Head of AI in Medicine'

Trailblazing consultant named as Scotland's first 'Head of AI in Medicine'

A trailblazing consultant radiologist who has led pioneering trials of artificial intelligence to detect breast cancer has been appointed Scotland’s first ‘Head of AI in medicine’. Dr Gerald Lip will take up the inaugural post at the University of Aberdeen – named the UK’s top medical school by the Guardian last year, in a sign of the growing influence of AI in medical science. Dr Lip, who oversees the North East Scotland breast screening progra…