Lectures and Media Appearances
Lectures
2026 appearances
How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future, The Commonwealth Club of California, February 9, 2026
Healthcare AI in 2026: From Novelty to Normalcy
(Grand Rounds at UCSF, Stanford, Wake Forest, Montefiore Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine Retreat, Scottsdale Institute, others)
Selected past lectures
Thought-provoking Session with Dr. Robert Wachter, SF Campus for Jewish Living, December 2, 2025
Generative AI in Healthcare: Is This Our Hemingway Moment?, UCSF Medical Grand Rounds, January 22, 2024
Robert Wachter and Katie Hafner: Creating the Science, Covering the Science. Commonwealth Club World Affairs, September 5, 2023
Video Appearances
Good News You Might Have Missed in 2025, CBS Sunday Morning, December 27, 2025 (at 5:10)
What’s Next for the Omicron Surge, Fareed Zakaria GPS (CNN), January 9, 2022
Erratic Trump Behavior Raises Concerns Covid, Treatments May Be Warping His Judgment, Rachel Maddow (MSNBC), October 6, 2020
Robert Wachter on The Digital Doctor, March 19, 2015
Podcast Appearances
The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine, Geripal, April 18, 2024
Bob Wachter’s Viral Tweet and Thoughts on AI in Medicine, Medicine and the Machine, July 25, 2023
Why is July a Bad Month to Visit the Hospital?, Freakonomics podcast, July 7, 2022
What’s the Covid Risk Right Now (with Bob Wachter), In the Bubble, November 15, 2021