Heart in the right place - AIMed

Cardiologist and Us2.ai co-founder Dr Carolyn Lam talks to AIMed about the potential of AI to democratize heart ultrasound, her experience as an accidental entrepreneur, and the importance of championing women in cardiovascular science. You serve as a senior consultant cardiologist at the National Heart Centre Singapore, a full professor at Duke-National University of Singapore, and co-founder of Us2.ai. How do you split your time between these demanding positions? Time-wise I fortunately don't have to struggle since my time commitments are spelled out very clearly for me (days in clinics, days in clinical research, etc.); the challenge is really in staying ultra-focused on delivering my very best in the time that I have. To do that, I have had to learn the hard lesson of saying "no" – in fact my mission this year is to focus on my "not to do" list rather than on my "to do" list.