Aug 24, 2026 · 29 min · 10 segments
Editor-in-Chief Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MSc, is joined by senior author Ameen Amanian, MD, and Associate Editor Anand Devaiah, MD, to discuss the necessity of transforming the direction of how…
Cecilia SchmalbachHost
Ameen AmanianGuest
Anand DevaiahGuest[on-hold music] Welcome to a podcast from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery on an article entitled Clinical Applications of Multimodal Artificial Intelligence in Otolaryngology: A State-of-the-Art Review.
This article appears in our August 2026 issue of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, which is the official journal for our society and foundation.
My name is Cecilia Schmalbach, and it's truly my honor to serve as your editor-in-chief.
I'm thrilled today to be joined by senior author Dr. Amin Amanian, who's joining us from the division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where he is a fellowship-trained head and neck microvascular surgeon.
But probably more prudent to this discussion, I should note that he has a Master's of Science and Engineering, which focuses on AI in medicine.
I know you've done one prior AI podcast with us about two years ago and really are considered one of the content experts in our field, so I appreciate you being here.
We're also joined by Dr. Anand Devaiah from Boston University, where he is a professor in otolaryngology as well as neurosurgery and ophthalmology, as he specializes in, uh, endoscopic skull base surgery at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.
He is one of our leading AI content experts, and I'm very grateful that he actually has been serving as our inaugural associate editor for artificial intelligence, and he actually managed this manuscript.
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[on-hold music] Welcome to a podcast from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery on an article entitled Clinical Applications of Multimodal Artificial Intelligence in Otolaryngology: A State-of-the-Art Review.
This article appears in our August 2026 issue of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, which is the official journal for our society and foundation.
My name is Cecilia Schmalbach, and it's truly my honor to serve as your editor-in-chief.
I'm thrilled today to be joined by senior author Dr. Amin Amanian, who's joining us from the division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where he is a fellowship-trained head and neck microvascular surgeon.
But probably more prudent to this discussion, I should note that he has a Master's of Science and Engineering, which focuses on AI in medicine.
I know you've done one prior AI podcast with us about two years ago and really are considered one of the content experts in our field, so I appreciate you being here.
We're also joined by Dr. Anand Devaiah from Boston University, where he is a professor in otolaryngology as well as neurosurgery and ophthalmology, as he specializes in, uh, endoscopic skull base surgery at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.
He is one of our leading AI content experts, and I'm very grateful that he actually has been serving as our inaugural associate editor for artificial intelligence, and he actually managed this manuscript.
