Episode 3: From Ideas to Impact - How to Innovate in Emergency Medicine

What does it really take to innovate in emergency medicine?

In this second episode of our Innovation in EM series, Dr. Matthew Strehlow talks with Dr. Dev Dash and Dr. Andy Chu about how to make AI and technology truly work in the complex, high-stakes world of acute care.

They discuss what separates great ideas from successful implementation, the keys to effective collaboration between clinicians and technologists, and how empathy and communication remain essential to the innovation process.

From identifying real clinical pain points to building partnerships that last, this episode offers practical insight into how emergency physicians can drive meaningful, human-centered change in healthcare.

  • How to make innovation work in real-world clinical settings

  • Common pitfalls in healthcare innovation (and how to avoid them)


  • Bridging the gap between clinicians and tech innovators

  • Training the next generation in an AI-enabled environment

  • The human skills that matter most in the future of medicine

Podcast Platforms

Listen on your preferred platform below!

Stanford EM Podcast (Apple)
Stanford EM Podcast (Spotify)
Stanford EM Podcast (YouTube)
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About Our Guests

Dr. Dev Dash is an emergency physician and assistant professor who loves finding new ways to use technology to improve patient care. He’s a former vice president of the American Medical Informatics Association Clinical Fellows. His projects range from AI tools that predict heart function from real-time systems at the bedside, and helping develop tools that bring patient information closer to frontline workers.

Dr. Andy Chu is an emergency physician and assistant professor who is passionate about bringing innovation and startup ideas into everyday medicine. He has co-led multidisciplinary teams in building award-winning healthcare technologies that are now used in more than 170 countries. Outside of medicine, he channels his passion for storytelling as an independent filmmaker. His film, Life Support, has been screened at many film festivals and has earned multiple jury awards for Best Short Film.