{"id":18,"date":"2023-06-21T04:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T08:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/applied-ai-medicine.ca\/certificate\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2025-09-25T07:51:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:51:45","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/applied-ai-medicine.ca\/certificate\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dialog-container\" id=\"speaker-dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"my-dialog-title\" aria-describedby=\"my-dialog-description\">\n        <div class=\"dialog-overlay\" data-a11y-dialog-hide><\/div>\n        <div class=\"dialog-content\" role=\"document\">\n        <button data-a11y-dialog-hide class=\"dialog-close\" aria-label=\"Close this dialog window\">&times;<\/button>\n        <h1 id=\"my-dialog-title\">Biography<\/h1>\n        <div id=\"speakerBioContent\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<h2>Program Director<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speakers\">\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/certificate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/Alireza.jpg\" alt=\"Alireza Sadeghian\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alireza Sadeghian<\/strong> <small>PhD<\/small><br \/>\n\t\t<small>Professor, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Toronto Metropolitan University;<br \/>\n\t\tChair, IEEE Signals &#038; Computational Intelligence Chapter, Toronto Section<br \/>\n\t\tAffiliate Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Keenan Research Centre, St. Michael\u2019s Hospital<br \/>\n\t\tFounding Director, Advanced Artificial Intelligence Lab (AI2)<\/small><br \/>\n\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-biography\">Biography<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"biography\">\n<p>Alireza Sadeghian, PhD is Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Toronto Metropolitan University, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Deep Learning, Soft Computing, and Machine Intelligence. He currently serves as Program Director for the Applied AI in Medicine Certificate Program at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. He is also an Affiliate Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science at St. Michael\u2019s Hospital, where he previously led AI\/ML analytics research in healthcare as part of the Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Technology (iBEST).<\/p>\n<p>His contributions to education and research have been recognized with numerous awards, including the Dean\u2019s SRC Research Award, IEEE Toronto\u2019s Outstanding Leadership Award, and the YSGS Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Education Award. He has also been named among the Top 25 Canadian Scientists by the Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Sadeghian is actively involved in standards development for explainable AI through the IEEE, and serves on editorial boards for leading journals including Information Sciences, Applied Soft Computing, and Expert Systems.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, as part of a team led by Dr. Jane Batt, Alireza Sadeghian won the People\u2019s Choice Award at St. Michael\u2019s Hospital\u2019s Angels Den competition for their presentation, Smart Garments: AI Therapy for Your Muscles.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/86Jd8A9kMPg?si=7BrR0-PifI6Ac5Uz\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Scientific Planning Committee<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speakers\">\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Michael Cusimano<\/strong> <small>MD, FRCSC, DABNS, FACS, PhD, MHPE<\/small><br \/>\n\t\t\t<small>Professor, Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Shahin Hatami<\/strong> <small>MD<\/small><br \/>\n\t\t\t<small>Family Physician<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Alexander Landry<\/strong> <small>BSc<\/small><br \/>\n\t\t\t<small>Resident, Department of Surgery, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Alireza Sadeghian<\/strong> <small>PhD<\/small><br \/>\n\t\t<small>Professor, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Toronto Metropolitan University;<br \/>\n\t\tChair, IEEE Signals &#038; Computational Intelligence Chapter, Toronto Section<br \/>\n\t\tAffiliate Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Keenan Research Centre, St. Michael\u2019s Hospital<br \/>\n\t\tFounding Director, Advanced Artificial Intelligence Lab (AI2)<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Suzan Schneeweiss<\/strong> <small>MD, MEd, FRCPC<\/small><br \/>\n\t\t<small>Professor of Paediatrics<br \/>\n\t\tAssociate Dean, Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto<br \/>\n\t\tDirector of Education and Staff Emergency Paediatrician, Division of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Devin Singh<\/strong> <small>MBBS, MSc (Computer Science)<\/small><br \/>\n\t\t<small>Staff Physician, Lead Clinical AI and Machine Learning in PEM at The Hospital for Sick Children;<br \/>\n\t\tCo-Founder &#038; CEO Hero AI<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>David Wiljer<\/strong> <small>PhD<\/small><br \/>\n\t\t<small>Academic Director, Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto;<br \/>\n\t\tScientist, The Wilson Centre;<br \/>\n\t\tExecutive Director, Education Technology and Innovation, University Health Network;<br \/>\n\t\tProfessor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Faculty Disclosure<\/h2>\n<p>It is the policy of University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Continuing Professional Development to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its individually accredited or jointly accredited educational programs. Speakers and\/or planning committee members, participating in University of Toronto accredited programs, are expected to disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of the continuing education program. This pertains to relationships within the last five (5) years with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic. The intent of this policy is not to prevent a speaker with a potential conflict of interest from making a presentation. It is merely intended that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of facts. It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker\u2019s outside interests may reflect a possible bias in either the exposition or the conclusions presented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Program Director Alireza Sadeghian PhD Professor, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Toronto Metropolitan University; Chair, IEEE Signals &#038; Computational Intelligence Chapter, Toronto Section Affiliate Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Keenan Research Centre, St. Michael\u2019s Hospital Founding Director, Advanced Artificial Intelligence Lab (AI2) Biography Alireza Sadeghian, PhD is Professor in the Department of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"meta_box":{"cpdm3_subnav":"","cpdm3_no_index":"0"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/applied-ai-medicine.ca\/certificate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/applied-ai-medicine.ca\/certificate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/applied-ai-medicine.ca\/certificate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applied-ai-medicine.ca\/certificate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applied-ai-medicine.ca\/certificate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/applied-ai-medicine.ca\/certificate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/applied-ai-medicine.ca\/certificate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}