I’m thrilled to share that I have joined the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA) as a Visiting Professor. In this new role, I’ll be working closely with faculty, students, and partners
This was the general theme of a meeting that Dr Andreas Keck (Syte Institute, Germany) and I held a few days ago at SINDUSFARMA, in São Paulo, with leaders from the pharmaceutical industry in Brazil.
At the end of October 2025, Professor Dame Linda Partridge went to Porto Alegre, Brazil, to participate in another edition of The Future of Medicine event. I took the opportunity to have a conversation with
We had another edition of The Future of Medicine (FoM), this time in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, in October, with the participation of the British scientist Prof. Dame Linda Partridge.
In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, digital transformation is redefining how care is delivered, monitored, and managed. From telemedicine and artificial intelligence and data analytics, the integration of digital tools demands that health professionals acquire
This is another episode of the joint podcast series from the International Society of Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH) and the journal Telehealth and Medicine Today (THMT)
It offered valuable insights for healthcare professionals, technology
The Digital Health Commission (CSD) of the Brazilian Medical Association (AMB) organized the panel “Telemedicine: The Art of Healing from a Distance” on July 25th, during the 3rd Annual AMB Medicine Congress, in São Paulo,
Digital transformation has reached Brazil’s pharmaceutical sector – though under different conditions at global headquarters and within local affiliates. While global centers focus on platform strategies and AI infrastructure, local teams are looking for fast,
This event, organized by SINDUSFARMA and held at the end of June/25, was tailored to pharmaceutical industry professionals, focused on understanding the impact and opportunities of Digital Innovation and Artificial Intelligence in this industry.
First in a series of digital health podcasts produced through a partnership between the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth – ISfTeH (CH) and the scientific journal Telehealth and Medicine Today – THMT (US).
THMT
The world of medicine is standing at the edge of a revolution—one driven not by new drugs or surgical techniques, but by something far more transformative: generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). At the forefront of this
I recently came across two excellent articles that have contributed to my reflections about artificial intelligence. The first, “Fossilized Cognition and the Strange Intelligence of AI,” written by John Nosta is a philosophical and conceptual
On the last day (April, 2) of the outstanding NextMed Health 2025 event – https://www.nextmed.health/, another famous exponent of innovation in health took part: Ray Kurzweil. He participated live, online, from Boston, and here are
Eric Topol participated yesterday in NextMed Health 2025, an excellent event organized by Daniel Kraft, held in San Diego, California, which ended today – https://www.nextmed.health/. This is a unique event dedicated to catalysing and accelerating
For those interested in telemedicine, telehealth, and digital health, find below access to a recent podcast (English subtitles need activation) in which various aspects of these topics are addressed, with a special focus on Brazil.
This was the title of a wonderful lecture given today at the University of São Paulo by Prof. Randy Schekman, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Medicine. He took us on a fascinating journey
The recent development of artificial intelligence has been extraordinary. I myself am directly involved in AI projects for the medical and healthcare fields. However, reflections on some aspects of AI are necessary. When some people
A sick care system primarily focuses on treating illness. A healthcare system promotes health and prevents disease. AI agents can help shift this paradigm towards a real-world healthcare system that prioritizes proactive, personalized, and value-based
The failure rate among startups, including Health Techs, is notoriously high.Some of the main reasons for such failure rate are: However, I would like to draw attention to an issue that is often not valued
