Stanford Department of Medicine Chair Euan Ashley in conversation with Errol Ozdalga

Effective September 18, Euan Ashley, MB ChB, DPhil, is officially chair of the Stanford Department of Medicine. To learn about Dr. Ashley’s vision for the department and for medicine as a whole, Associate Chair of Communications Errol Ozdalga, MD, sat down with Dr. Ashley for a wide-ranging, candid conversation.

00:00 Introduction
00:22 Clinical work
03:15 What drove Dr. Ashley's decision to become chair
04:44 Parents’ influence on career
07:20 Decision to leave Scotland for Stanford
09:08 The importance of family
12:22 Supporting research in the department
14:39 Importance of teamwork and Team Science in research
15:44 The present and future of genome sequencing
18:33 Incorporating AI into medicine
21:51 Directions in technology and medicine over the next five years
24:17 Collaboration as a leadership theme
27:36 Integrations with industry
29:18 Supporting mentors and teachers in the department
31:03 Moving medicine forward with technology and human interaction
32:20 Supporting clinicians in the department