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 programme, said: “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Professor at University of Aberdeen. This post also comes with responsibility as Head of AI in the University of Aberdeen Medical School – ranked no 1 of all UK medical schools in the Guardian rankings 2024. We will equip the next generation of doctors to be AI ready and capable.”
In a Linked post, the university said Dr Lip will ’empower future doctors to harness the power of AI to enhance modern healthcare.’
“Dr Lip is a trailblazer in the field of AI in healthcare and has been at the helm of many large-scale clinical trials including the highly publicised GEMINI project in which [the] AI tool, Mia, was found to be effective in detecting an additional 12 percent more cancers than in routine practice.
Dr Gerald Lip, who works for NHS Grampian, will take up the part-time appointment while continuing in his role as clinical director for breast screening in the North East of Scotland.
He spoke last week at Futurescot’s annual Health & Social Care Transformation conference, where he outlined the next stage of the clinical trials, in which Scotland will take a leading role across the UK.
