Dr. Robert Wachter, M.D.

DR. ROBERT WACHTER, M.D., is professor and chair of the University of California San Francisco Department of Medicine. The author of 300 articles and six books, he coined the term “hospitalist” and is often considered the father of the hospitalist field, the fastest-growing medical specialty in U.S. history. An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, Wachter was ranked by Modern Healthcare magazine among the 50 most influential physician-executives in the U.S. more than a dozen times and was No. 1 on the list in 2015. His fourth book, A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future (Portfolio), is a national bestseller.

Dr. Robert Wachter, M.D.

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