From Classroom to Care: Building AI-Ready Health Professionals

Join the AHA’s Center for Health Technology and Innovation for a conversation exploring how we prepare health care professionals for an AI enabled future. As artificial intelligence and digital tools become integral to care delivery, health professionals need new competencies to confidently and responsibly leverage these technologies. Our panel of educators, clinical leaders, and innovation experts will discuss how they are approaching keeping up with AI training, highlight real world examples from academic and health system settings, and examine how workforce readiness is shaping the future of patient care. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how education, practice, and technology are coming together to build AI ready health professionals—and what it might mean for a smarter, more resilient health care system. Moderator: • Bernard Esquivel, MD, PhD, CEO, GenXys Speakers: • Antonio Cabrera, MD, FAAP, FAHA, FACC, FHFSA, Chief of Pediatric Cardiology, Co-director of Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital • Lisa Kitko, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, Dean, Vice President, University of Rochester School of Nursing, University of Rochester Medical Center • Wendy Chapman, PhD, Associate Dean for Health Informatics and Chief Learning Health Officer, UT Southwestern This webinar was originally recorded on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 12:00pm EST.