The Women in MICCAI (WiM) Spring Webinar Series explored the critical challenges of transitioning medical AI from experimental prototypes to real-world clinical practice.

In April, Dr. Judy Gichoya highlighted the technical implementation gap, explaining that high-performing research models often falter in hospitals without robust infrastructure, strict data quality control, and proactive post-market surveillance.

In May, Dr. Netta Avnon shifted the focus to sociology, presenting an ethnographic study on an AI stroke-detection app; she demonstrated how clinicians marginalized the tool because its flat, tech-industry communication style directly clashed with the rigid, hierarchical workflows of emergency medical teams.

Together, these sessions emphasized that successful AI deployment requires looking beyond narrow performance metrics to address both technical infrastructure and deep-seated clinical cultures.

The full recordings and Q&A sessions are now available on the WiM webinar playlist for the community to review:

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Stay tuned for our upcoming autumn sessions!