CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
Health care professionals from across Canada are invited to attend a series of CME sessions sponsored by the Jewish Medical Association of B.C. featuring exciting topics presented by Israeli researchers and entrepreneurs interacting in real time with a Canadian audience.
All the sessions take place at 10am PCT / 12pm EST / corresponding times across the country.
The following sessions are scheduled:
Sunday, December 13, 2026
Dr. Haggai Eden of Sheba Hospital
Smarter Than Me, Still My Patient: An Emergency Physician on Deciding with AI
Dr. Haggai Eden is a senior emergency physician at Sheba Medical Centre, and a clinical AI product manager at Sheba's ARC Innovation Centre.
Dr. Eden’s talk will look at using AI to improve efficiency and decision making in the emergency room. The collaboration underway between Sheba and Open AI is helping physicians, nurses, researchers, and staff with secure access to an advanced AI-powered clinical reasoning platform that synthesizes the latest medical evidence supporting faster, better-informed clinical decisions.
Dr. Eden leads the clinical side of SMARTER, Sheba's AI platform for record summarization, ambient documentation and decision support. He also connects Sheba's clinical teams with AI companies such as Google and OpenAI on joint clinical projects. He holds an MD and an MBA, and teaches at Reichman University.
Pre-reading
AI in the ED: Assessing the efficacy of GPT models vs. physicians in medical score calculation
These talks will be presented as Journal Club sessions, involving pre-reading and subsequently receiving CME credits.
Sessions will be presented on-line. In addition, we encourage people to meet in small groups to enhance the educational experience. Upon registration, we’ll share your contact info with local organizers to invite you to any small group sessions in your area.
GOALS OF THESE SESSIONS:
Increase exposure to Israeli medical innovations.
Increase medical knowledge
Promote interactions between Israeli and Canadian health-care personnel