Jacob N. Kather, MD, PhD

Professor for Clinical Artificial Intelligence, University of Dresden

The internist and scientist Jakob Nikolas Kather will fill the new Else Kröner Professorship for “Clinical Artificial Intelligence” at the EKFZ for Digital Health at Dresden University of Technology from June 1, 2022. With his expertise and his team the award-winning physician from Aachen strengthens the research on artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical practice at the University Medical Center Dresden.

To ensure a direct link to everyday medical practice, Prof. Kather will work in Medical Clinic I at Dresden’s University Hospital, where he will care for patients. With the new professorship, one of the main concerns of the EKFZ for Digital Health will be implemented – research that goes beyond the medical disciplines as well as collaboration in everyday care: physicians learn programming and researchers from computer science or technical subjects learn in return to identify and solve relevant clinical problems.