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DIGITAL HEALTH MEETS INTERNAL MEDICINE

AI - Telehealth Innovation led Healthcare Transformation

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​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

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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

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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)

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REGISTRATION - NETWORKING

08:30 – 09:10 | Registration  

 

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

​09:10 – 09:15 | Conference Intro – Welcome:  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 SV President

 

09:30 – 09:45 | Keynote Address by the RCP President

Speaker:  Dr Mumtaz Patel   

Focus:  TBC 

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09:45 – 10:00 |  AI & Telecare Virtual Global Hospital - Why, What, How

Speaker:  Dr Suhail Chughtai         

Focus:  Virtual Global Hospital: Leveraging AI, Telecare, and Embedded Point-of-Care Diagnostics to redefine Healthcare Delivery across distance

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10:00 – 10:15 | PSIM Lecture  

Speaker:  Prof Aftab Mohsin     

Focus:  Paradoxical revival of Clinical Medicine through Digital Health Technology

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10:15 – 10:30 | UKDHC Lecture   

Speaker:  Prof Angus Wallace       

Focus:   TBC

   

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

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10:45 – 11:00 | Judicious Use of AI

Speaker:  Mr David Wright    

Focus:  "Doctor in the Loop or Doctor on the Hook?"

 

11:00 – 11:15 | PSIM Lecture

Speaker:  TBC

Focus:   

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11:15 – 11:30 | Limits in creating AI-enabled Healthcare Software

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 the 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 Panel:  Can AI be used in an EMR Setting: The Pros & Cons

Moderator:   Tom Clarke

Panellists:    

Dr Natasha Dole   

Dr DJ Hamblin-Brown    

 

13:15 – 13:30 | PSIM Lecture-4

Speaker: Prof Muneer Azhar

Focus:   AI in Healthcare and Medical Education: smarter, cheaper and faster.  

 

13:30 – 13:45 | AI based Healthcare Transformation - Analysis

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-5

Speaker: Dr. Seemin Afshan Shiraz

Focus:   Behind the infiltrates - Diagnostic Challenges, Is AI a real help ?   

 

14:00 – 14:15 | Choosing Right LLM for AI-Healthcare

Speaker:   Sonya Cullington

Focus: Clinical Teams readiness to the AI Powered Patient

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14:15 – 14:30 | PSIM Lecture 

Speaker:  TBC

Focus: 

 

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:               Dr Marcela Viscaychipi

                                    Dr Ilhama Jafarli

Focus:  In day-to-day medical practice, is use of AI justifiable to make clinical decisions?

 

15:45 – 16:15 | UKDHC Panel:  Medical Education & AI

Moderator:  Miss Nida Suhail

Panellists:    3 Medical Students studying in the UK

Focus:  AI and Medical Education:  How big is the change and how is this influencing the quality of medical education of modern age?

 

CLOSURE

16:15 – 16:25 | Conference sum-up         

Conference Chair (UKDHC) & Co.chair (PSIM)

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16:25 – 16:35 | Awarding of Souvenirs   

Chairman UKDHC & President PSIM

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16:35 – 16:40 | Closing Remarks             

CEO & Director, UKDHC