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
UCSF, February 10, 2026
Stanford, February 11, 2026
University of Colorado, March 4, 2026
Kaiser Permanente, March 6, 2026
Society of Hospital Medicine (Keynote), March 30, 2026
Wake Forest, April 21, 2026
Scottsdale Institute, April 28, 2026
American Thoracic Society (Keynote), May 16, 2026
Academy Health (Keynote), May 31, 2026
American Academy of Ophthalmology (Keynote), Oct 10, 2026
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
UCSF’s Dr. Bob Wachter on AI’s Healthcare Transformation, KQED Forum, February 5, 2026
AI and Healthcare: Bob Wachter, GeriPal, February 5, 2026
Beyond the Hype: How AI Is Finally Delivering on Digital Health’s Promise, NEJM Catalyst, February 4, 2026
Robert Wachter & Eric Topol Discuss A Giant Leap, Ground Truths, February 4, 2026
Robert Wachter: AI is Already Remaking Healthcare, Health & Veritas, February 3, 2026
Can AI Save Your Life? Freakonomics, January 30, 2026
What Doctors Get Wrong About AI with Robert Wachter, MD, How I Doctor with Dr. Graham Walker, January 29, 2026
What’s the Covid Risk Right Now (with Bob Wachter), In the Bubble, November 15, 2021