The Future of Medicine
Stanford Department of Medicine
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About This Podcast
Welcome to The Future of Medicine, a podcast from Stanford's Department of Medicine.
We bring you into conversation with the thought leaders who are reshaping how we understand disease, deliver care, and imagine what's possible in human health. This show is built around the extraordinary speakers who join us for Medicine Grand Rounds – one of the longest-running and most respected forums in academic medicine.
Our guests include world-renowned physicians, scientists, innovators, and policy leaders from across the globe, as well as the remarkable faculty at Stanford. Together, they represent the full spectrum of modern biomedical discovery: from breakthrough therapeutics and cutting-edge genomics, to health equity, digital health, global health, neuroscience, AI, and the re-design of care systems.
This is The Future of Medicine.
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S1E21 Anthony Fauci on the Lessons of HIV/AIDS, COVID-19, and The Future of Pandemic Preparedness
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the nation’s most influential public health leaders, joins Stanford Department of Medicine’s…
S1E20 Christopher Murray on the Global Burden of Disease and the Hidden Threats Facing Humanity
Dr. Christopher J.L. Murray — health economist at the University of Washington, physician, and founder of the Global Burden of Disease framework — joins The Future of Medicine to discuss what decades…
S1E19 Samuel Klein on GLP-1 Revolution, Metabolism, and the Future of Obesity Medicine
Dr. Samuel Klein, Division Chief and William H. Danforth Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Science at Washington University Medicine, joins The Future of Medicine for a conversation about…
S1E18 Robert Wachter on the Digital Doctor, the Trust Gap, and Medicine's Next Giant Leap
In this episode of the Future of Medicine, we welcome Dr. Robert Wachter, physician, author, and chair of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, for a conversation about artificial…
S1E17 Crystal Mackall on CAR-T Breakthroughs, Beating Childhood Cancer, and the Future of Cell Therapy
In this episode of the Future of Medicine, we welcome Crystal Mackall, the Ernest and Amelia Gallo Family Professor and founding director of the Stanford Center for Cancer Cell Therapy at Stanford,…
S1E16 Stephen Quake on Safer Prenatal Genetic Testing, and Detecting Disease Earlier
In this episode of The Future of Medicine, we welcome Stephen Quake, a bioengineer, physicist, and serial entrepreneur whose innovations have transformed how we measure biology and deliver care.Dr.…
S1E15 Bonnie Maldonado on Smallpox Eradication, Vaccine Hesitancy, and the Return of Measles
In this episode of The Future of Medicine, we welcome Yvonne "Bonnie" Maldonado, pediatrician and infectious disease expert at Stanford, for a powerful conversation on vaccines, public health, and…
S1E14 Priscilla Chan on AI, Rare Disease, and the “Virtual Cell”
In this episode of The Future of Medicine, we welcome Priscilla Chan, MD, pediatrician and co-founder of Biohub, a first-of-its-kind research initiative combining frontier AI with frontier biology to…
S1E13 Jonathan Chen on AI in Medicine: Promise, Pitfalls, and Practice
In this episode of The Future of Medicine, we welcome Jonathan Chen, MD, PhD, clinician, AI researcher, and Associate Professor at Stanford, whose work focuses on combining human and artificial…
S1E12 Eric Topol on the Future of Healthy Aging
In this episode of The Future of Medicine, we welcome Eric Topol, MD, cardiologist, scientist, bestselling author of Super Agers, and founder of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, whose…
S1E11 Alexis Thompson on Gene Therapy and the Future of Sickle Cell Disease
In this episode of The Future of Medicine, we welcome Alexis Thompson, MD, MPH, pediatric hematologist and internationally recognized expert on sickle cell disease whose work helped lead to the first…
S1E10 Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo on Scientific Publishing, Peer Review, and the Future of Medical Journals
In this episode of The Future of Medicine, we welcome Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, physician, epidemiologist, and Editor-in-Chief of JAMA, whose work sits at the center of how today’s most…
S1E9 Mark Skylar-Scott on Bioprinting Organs, and the Future of Transplant Medicine
In this episode of The Future of Medicine, we welcome Mark Skylar-Scott, PhD, bioengineer and researcher at Stanford University, whose work sits at the forefront of 3D bioprinting, tissue…
S1E8 Anna Lembke on Pleasure, Pain, and Recovery in a Dopamine-Driven World
In this episode of The Future of Medicine, we welcome Anna Lembke, MD, psychiatrist and professor at Stanford School of Medicine, and author of the bestselling book, Dopamine Nation.In this…
S1E7 Miriam Mutebi on Breast Cancer, Barriers to Care, and Empowering Female Surgeons in Africa
In this powerful episode of The Future of Medicine, host Dr Euan Ashley sits down with Dr. Miriam Mutebi, a breast surgical oncologist at the Aga Khan University in Nairobi, Kenya. Dr. Mutebi…
S1E6 Curing vs. Caring: Dr. Kleinman on Communication, Empathy, and the Role of the Physician
What does it really mean to care for patients in an era increasingly shaped by technology?In this episode of The Future of Medicine, host Dr. Euan Ashley is joined by Dr. Arthur Kleinman —…
S1E5 Mark Cuban on Broken Healthcare, Drug Prices, and Reform
In this compelling episode of The Future of Medicine, we dive into an insightful conversation with entrepreneur and philanthropist Mark Cuban. Known for his no-nonsense approach, Cuban brings his…
S1E4 Jennifer Doudna on CRISPR, One-Time Cures, and Science Communication
In this special episode of The Future of Medicine, host Euan Ashley sits down with Jennifer Doudna, Nobel laureate and co-discoverer of CRISPR-Cas9, to explore the dramatic ascent of genome editing…
S1E3 Wearables, Hypertension Prediction, and the Patient–Physician Dyad with Apple's Sumbal Desai
In this episode of The Future of Medicine, we sit down with Dr. Sumbal Desai to explore how consumer health technology is reshaping medicine at scale — and why the human connection between patient…
S1E2 Dr Glaucomflecken on Comedy, Open Access, and the Future of Medical Communication
In this episode of The Future of Medicine, host Dr. Euan Ashley sits down with William Flanary, MD—better known to millions as Dr. Glaucomflecken—for a candid, funny, and deeply human conversation…
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The Future of Medicine has published 21 episodes since November 2025, covering topics in Health & Fitness, Medicine.
The Future of Medicine is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 38m.
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