DIGITAL HEALTH MEETS INTERNAL MEDICINE
AI Innovation led Healthcare Transformation
DIGITAL HEALTH MEETS INTERNAL MEDICINE
AI - Telehealth Innovation led Healthcare Transformation
Venue: Royal College of Physicians, London
When: 22nd June. 2026, Monday - Time: 0830 – 1700
Organizer: UKDHC in collaboration with PSIM, supported by VMLP AI Healthcare UK
CONFERENCE THEME
AI & Telehealth empowered intersection of Digital Health & Internal Medicine
Practical, outcome-focused, patient-centred topics
CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP
Dr Suhail Chughtai Conference Chair - UKDHC
Dr Somia Iqtadar Conference Co.chair - PSIM
Prof Angus Wallace UKDHC Chairman
Prof Aftab Mohsin PSIM President
Mr David Wright UKDHC CEO
Dr DJ Hamblin-Brown UKDHC Director
Conference Management & Coordination Team
Dr Fiona Hasan (Lead Coordinator)
Miss Nida Suhail (Assistant Coordinator)
Volunteers x 2
Conference Management & Coordination Team
Mr Mathew Ngime, Miss Kate Cabello (Joey)
REGISTRATION - NETWORKING
08:30 – 09:10 | Registration
PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
09:10 – 09:15 | Conference Introduction: Conference Chair
09:15 – 09:20 | PSIM Welcome Note: PSIM President
09:20 – 09:25 | UKDHC Introduction: UKDHC Chairman
09:25 – 09:30 | PSIM Introduction: PSIM Senior Vice President
09:30 – 09:45 | KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY THE RCP PRESIDENT
Keynote Speaker: Prof Mumtaz Patel
Focus: AI for Future Doctors - Transforming Medical Education and Clinical Practice
09:45 – 10:00 | UKDHC Lecture
Speaker: Dr Suhail Chughtai
Focus: Virtual Global Hospital: Leveraging AI, Telecare, and Embedded Point-of-Care Diagnostics to redefine Healthcare Delivery across distance
10:00 – 10:15 | PSIM Lecture
Speaker: Prof Aftab Mohsin
Focus: Paradoxical revival of Clinical Medicine through Digital Health Technology
10:15 – 10:30 | UKDHC Lecture
Speaker: Prof Angus Wallace
Focus: Risks of Relying on Generative AI in Day-to-Day Medical Practice
10:30 – 10:45 | PSIM Lecture
Speaker: Dr Somia Iqtadar
Focus: Antimicrobial Stewardship in the age of AI & Digital Health - Evolving Practices in Internal Medicine
10:45 – 11:00 | UKDHC Lecture
Speaker: Mr David Wright
Focus: "Doctor in the Loop or Doctor on the Hook?"
11:00 – 11:15 | PSIM Lecture
Speaker: Dr Asif Humayun Malik
Focus: Sensor to self-learning - Diabetes Care in Algorithmic Age and AI enabled Medicine
11:15 – 11:30 | UKDHC Lecture
Speaker: Dr Shane Mckeown
Focus: AI coding agents in Healthcare Software: What they can do, What they can't, and How fast the workflow is changing ?
11:30 – 11:40 | Sponsored Talk by CEO Whetstone Healthcare
Speaker: Kevin Culliney
Focus: Insurance implications of AI in Clinical Settings
11:40 – 12:45 | Lunch – Networking
12:45 – 13:15 | UKDHC Session
Moderator: Tom Clarke
Panellists:
Focus: Can AI be used in an EMR Setting: The Pros & Cons
13:15 – 13:30 | PSIM Lecture
Speaker: Prof Muneer Azhar
Focus: AI in healthcare and medical education: smarter, cheaper and faster.
13:30 – 13:45 | UKDHC Lecture
Speaker: Dr Holger Kunz
Focus: What can AI do in healthcare and medicine, and what can't it (yet)?
13:45 – 14:00 | PSIM Lecture
Speaker: Dr. Seemin Afshan Shiraz
Focus: Behind the infiltrates - Diagnostic Challenges, Is AI a real help ?
14:00 – 14:15 | UKDHC Lecture
Speaker: Sonya Cullington
Focus: Clinical Teams readiness to the AI Powered Patient
14:15 – 14:30 | PSIM Lecture
Speaker: Dr Robin Kearney
Focus: If AI can diagnose patients, what are doctors even for?
14:30 – 14:45 | UKDHC Lecture
Speaker: Prof Martin Curley
Focus: From Human to Augmented Intelligence - How new and emerging digital and AI tools will augment clinicians?
14:45 – 15:15 | Tea/Snacks – Networking
15:15 – 15:45 | UKDHC Session
Moderator: Dr Suhail Chughtai
Panellists:
Focus: Using AI to make clinical decisions in day-to-day medical practice, justifiable or not ?
15:45 – 16:15 | UKDHC Session
Moderator: Miss Nida Suhail
Panellists: 3 Medical Students studying in the UK
Focus: AI and Medical Education: How Transformational Is the Shift, and What Does It Mean for the Quality of Modern Medical Education?
CLOSURE
16:15 – 16:25 | Conference sum-up Conference Chair (UKDHC) & Co.chair (PSIM)
16:25 – 16:35 | Awarding of Souvenirs Chairman UKDHC & President PSIM
16:35 – 16:40 | Closing Remarks CEO & Director, UKDHC