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In 1923 Karandeep Singh, MD, was recruited as the Joan and Irwin
Jacobs Endowed Chair in Digital
Health Innovation at University of
California San Diego School of Medicine
and named as the inaugural chief health
artificial intelligence (AI) officer at UC
San Diego Health, a newly developed
position for the region's only academic
medical center.
In this position, Dr. Singh focuses on
implementing change that advances
safety and health outcomes in acute and
ambulatory settings. His contributions
are pivotal in bringing innovation to the bedside, connecting the science
and discovery that arise from academic and industry partners.
His medical background is in Nephrology. He also holds a master's degree
in biomedical informatics from Harvard Medical School. He achieved his
medical education at the University of Michigan Medical School and
completed his internal medicine residency at UCLA Medical Center.
In 2022, Singh participated in the first invite-only Google Health Bioethics
Summit, an exclusive conference of national experts encouraged to assist
Google Health in developing policies and principles related to AI’s use in
health care. He used this opportunity to advocate for transparency in
Google's approach.
His research has been cited in several policy documents, including the
White House's Blueprint for an Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights,
U.S., The Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Government
Accountability Office, the National Academy of Medicine, the UK

Government Regulatory Horizons Council, New Zealand Ministry of
Health, and in New York City's Artificial Intelligence Strategy.
Additionally, he has published several high-impact evaluations highlighting
key issues in the use of proprietary AI models.
Dr. Singh's commitment to discovering new ways for technology to
positively serve the public aligns with UC San Diego Health's mission to
deliver outstanding patient care through commitment to the community,
groundbreaking research and inspired teaching. The role supports UC San
Diego Health's efforts to champion AI and lead the way in integrating the
power of leading-edge technology in health care with the research lab
embedded within the health system.
AI is already being utilized in the emergency departments at UC San Diego
Health to analyze clinical and electronic health record data to predict which
patients are most at risk for developing sepsis, resulting in more lives
saved.
By adding his position, UC San Diego Health joins UCSF Health and UC
Davis Health, which incorporated the chief health AI officer role in their
health systems in 2023.