AI, Medicine, Education and the Physician of Tomorrow -An Evening with USF Morsani College of Medicine's Vice Dean Bryan Bognar, MD, MPH, FACP
Explore the intersection of generative AI, medical education, research, and clinical care with the top medical school in the country.
AI, Medicine, Education and the Physician of Tomorrow
Artificial intelligence is transforming medicine on two fronts simultaneously: how physicians are trained, and how physicians practice. Most institutions are grappling with one side of that equation. USF Morsani College of Medicine is grappling with both — and Dr. Bryan Bognar, Vice Dean for Education, sits at the center of it. Join us for an evening exploring how generative AI is reshaping medical education, research, and clinical care, and what it means that USF finds itself at the leading edge of both.
What happens when an AI chatbot represents itself as your physician? Will the next generation of doctors train alongside tools so powerful that they may never develop the diagnostic instincts that their predecessors spent years honing? These are not fictional scenarios. These aren't hypotheticals — one is a question about patient care, the other about the training that shapes it, and both are playing out right now in hospitals and medical schools across the country, USF included.
Dr. Bognar will explore what generative AI means for how doctors are trained, how medical research is conducted, and how clinical care is being reshaped at unprecedented speed — and why USF's dual position, educating the next generation of physicians while delivering care today, gives it a unique vantage point on both. He'll walk through the legal grey zones, the ethical fault lines, and the extraordinary opportunities, and invite the audience into a conversation about what kind of medicine we actually want AI to help us build.
The evening will feature networking with fellow members, hors d'oeuvres, and a lively presentation and discussion with Dr. Bognar.
Location: Renaissance Tampa International Plaza Hotel & Conference Center
Date: Thursday September 24, 2026
Networking: 6:00-6:45
Presentation: 7:00-8:00
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About Dr Bognar:
Dr. Bognar is the Senior Associate Vice President of Student Success, USF Health; Vice Dean for Education, Morsani College of Medicine; Founding Chair, Department of Medical Education; and professor of Internal Medicine. In his role as vice dean, Dr. Bognar provides direction and oversight for USF MCOM’s curricula including students enrolled in the MD, physician assistant, physical therapy, athletic training, masters and PhD programs.
Throughout his tenure, he has remained focused on advancing and implementing technology and future-facing pedagogy for the benefit of students, faculty, and patient care. An award-winning educator, he has devoted his career to preparing future physicians for practice in a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape. Dr. Bognar is an authority on medical education accreditation and currently spearheads the college’s integration of artificial intelligence into both curriculum design and administrative strategy. Clinically, his focus for the past decade has been cancer survivorship care, practiced at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, where he previously served as Chair of Internal Medicine from
2010 to 2014.
More info on USF Health and the Morsani College of Medicine is at: https://health.usf.edu/
