# Are AI Doctors coming soon? A Discussion about AI in Medical Devices. - with Dr. Alex Friedman Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/biotalk-unzipped-6702602/are-ai-doctors-coming-soon-a-discussion-about-ai-in-medical-devices-with-dr-alex-friedman Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/biotalk-unzipped-6702602/are-ai-doctors-coming-soon-a-discussion-about-ai-in-medical-devices-with-dr-alex-friedman.md Podcast: [BioTalk Unzipped](https://stenobird.com/podcast/biotalk-unzipped-6702602) Published: 2025-02-03T07:39:00+00:00 Episode link: https://biotalk-unzipped.captivate.fm/episode/are-ai-doctors-coming-soon-a-discussion-about-ai-in-medical-devices-with-dr-alex-friedman Audio file: https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/c2a8739d-42c9-49eb-8da5-28ed455953de/https-3a-2f-2fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl-cloudfront-net-2fstaging-2f2025-1.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/biotalk-unzipped-6702602/episodes/are-ai-doctors-coming-soon-a-discussion-about-ai-in-medical-devices-with-dr-alex-friedman Duration seconds: 4229 ## Resource In this episode of BioTalk Unzipped, hosts Gregory Austin and Dr. Chad Briscoe welcome Dr. Alex Friedman, a seasoned expert in regulatory affairs for medical devices and AI as Software as a Medical Device. Chapters 02:26 Introduction to BioTalk Unzipped 03:40 Charity Spotlight: Americares 05:01 Dr. Alex Friedman's Career Journey 11:52 The Regulatory Landscape of Medical Device Classifications 18:52 Regulatory Gameshow!: Classifying Medical Devices 22:28 AI Enabled Software as a Medical Device: An Overview  25:25 New News!! - Innovative Cardiac Health App: The Case of Antshrike 30:31 The Evolution of Wearable Health Technology 41:17 Liability and Risk in Medical Device Development 43:57 Clinical Decision Support Software - Challenges in Regulating AI in Healthcare 47:13 Self Updating AI Doctors?? - The Future of AI in Public Health 49:00 Navigating FDA Regulations for AI Technologies and Doc in a Box 56:27 New News!! - The Intersection of AI, Regulation, and Innovation 01:07:28 Measuring Success in Life and Work HOW TO REACH US: Alex Friedman https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexfriedman/   Alex’s Charity: Americares https://www.americares.org/   Dr. Chad Briscoe https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadbriscoe/   Celerion - https://www.celerion.com/    Gregory Austin https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregoryaustin1/   Celerion - https://www.celerion.com/    New News Story - Innovative app from Before Health Intelligence identifies early signs of cardiac issues using wearable device data https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/computers-technology-and-internet/new-ai-powered-mobile-app-delivers-early-prediction-of-heart-attack-or-stroke-944424 New News - 2025 forecast: How will AI, regulators and the government intersect? From Fierce MedTech… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/biotalk-unzipped-6702602/episodes/are-ai-doctors-coming-soon-a-discussion-about-ai-in-medical-devices-with-dr-alex-friedman/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/biotalk-unzipped-6702602/are-ai-doctors-coming-soon-a-discussion-about-ai-in-medical-devices-with-dr-alex-friedman.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.