What Problems Can AI Actually Solve in Oncology? with Dr. Chadi Nabhan
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
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The speaker reports that their AI reads clinical trial protocols and matches them against over 200,000 site digital twins to identify optimal trial sites globally based on qualitative and quantitative capabilities.
The speaker reports that their book on AI in cancer care includes interviews with approximately twenty to twenty-five thought leaders in the AI field, whose insights are presented as dialogues covering the full cancer journey from current applications to future directions.
The speaker reports using AI methodology to identify additional clinical trial sites for a breast cancer study in patients over sixty-five after initial sites failed to enroll rapidly, enabling faster patient enrollment by selecting locations with fewer competing trials.
Nearly 90% of cancer drugs that enter clinical development never make it to market. Sometimes the drug doesn't work. But sometimes, the problem starts much earlier - the trial simply can't enroll enough patients.In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Chadi Nabhan, a medical oncologist, author, and host of the Healthcare Unfiltered podcast. Chadi has spent more than two decades working across oncology, from treating patients to healthcare leadership at Cardinal Health and Caris Life Sciences. He's now Chief Medical Officer at Ryght AI, where he's focused on using AI to tackle the challenge of trial enrollment. We get into why this is a problem in the first place, and how AI can be used to solve it. We also talk about why he started his podcast, what he's learned from asking healthcare leaders the questions they don't always get asked, and where he thinks AI is actually going to have the biggest impact across healthcare.If you're interested in where and how AI is making a difference in healthcare, this is for you.Covered in this episode:Where AI is making a difference in healthcare and what problems it can realistically solve.Which concerns about AI deserve more attention.How AI could transform clinical trial enrollment.Why so many clinical trials struggle to recruit patients.The stories from Chadi’s podcast that changed how he sees healthcare. If you got value from this episode of Beyond the Chart, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform so you don’t miss the next one.LEARN MOREHealthcare Unfiltered podcast - https://www.chadinabhan.com/podcastAI and Cancer Care book - https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/54207/ai-and-cancer-care?srsltid=AfmBOops6lvCVNrV_HmkiPkKCq8mV3bKiySt1Po3xn2uIaCC92Bp_Qsq DeepScribe - https://www.deepscribe.ai/ CONNECTDr. Chadi Nabhan on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadi-nabhan-md-mba-facp-97a85488/ Matthew Ko on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/komatthew/ LISTENSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6IQlU4UeNKLLM4Y1lPTaOV?s
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Nearly 90% of cancer drugs that enter clinical development never make it to market. Sometimes the drug doesn't work. But sometimes, the problem starts much earlier - the trial simply can't enroll enough patients.In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Chadi Nabhan, a medical oncologist, author, and host of the Healthcare Unfiltered podcast. Chadi has spent more than two decades working across oncology, from treating patients to healthcare leadership at Cardinal Health and Caris Life Sciences. He's now Chief Medical Officer at Ryght AI, where he's focused on using AI to tackle the challenge of trial enrollment. We get into why this is a problem in the first place, and how AI can be used to solve it. We also talk about why he started his podcast, what he's learned from asking healthcare leaders the questions they don't always get asked, and where he thinks AI is actually going to have the biggest impact across healthcare.If you're interested in where and how AI is making a difference in healthcare, this is for you.Covered in this episode:Where AI is making a difference in healthcare and what problems it can realistically solve.Which concerns about AI deserve more attention.How AI could transform clinical trial enrollment.Why so many clinical trials struggle to recruit patients.The stories from Chadi’s podcast that changed how he sees healthcare. If you got value from this episode of Beyond the Chart, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform so you don’t miss the next one.LEARN MOREHealthcare Unfiltered podcast - https://www.chadinabhan.com/podcastAI and Cancer Care book - https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/54207/ai-and-cancer-care?srsltid=AfmBOops6lvCVNrV_HmkiPkKCq8mV3bKiySt1Po3xn2uIaCC92Bp_Qsq DeepScribe - https://www.deepscribe.ai/ CONNECTDr. Chadi Nabhan on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadi-nabhan-md-mba-facp-97a85488/ Matthew Ko on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/komatthew/ LISTENSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6IQlU4UeNKLLM4Y1lPTaOV?si=33679e9eb2294adfApple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-chart-exploring-the-ai-frontier-for-oncology/id1832485207YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@deepscribeinc.5623
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