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Dr. Gerald Chan

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I’d like to begin by framing the problem. In calling attention to tensions between medicine and healthcare, I am indeed saying that the two are distinct even though they are intimately related and share the same intent of bringing health to people. My thinking is that the tensions between the practice of medicine and the management of healthcare have come to a head that they should be called out and examined in the hopes that we can find pathways forward that are workable for all stakeholders. Medicine is the art and science of healing. People who experience physical ailments come to the physician in search of understanding of what ails them and in search of remediation. The work of a physician is therefore of two parts. The first is to map the patient’s symptomatology onto a system of knowledge, what is known at the time about how the human body functions and how it goes wrong. This mapping informs the physician’s strategy for remediation. Hence, the work of the physician is one of di

Dr. Gerald Chan Dr. Gerald Chan Speech Site Skip to content About Speeches ← Previous Post Next Post → Posted on by The Inaugural McKay Distinguished Lecture, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. October 3 2025 The Tensions Between Medicine and Healthcare: Reflections on Medical Education and AI By Gerald Chan I’d like to begin by framing the problem. In calling attention to tensions between medicine and healthcare, I am indeed saying that the two are distinct even though they are intimately related and share the same intent of bringing health to people. My thi

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