Medicine, Technology, and the Space Between.
Long-form writing by Dr. Sina Bari, MD - physician, medical executive, and Stanford-trained surgeon - on the forces reshaping healthcare, clinical ethics, and the future of the profession.
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All Essays →The Hidden Ethics of Second Opinions in the Age of AI: Who Is Responsible When the Model Is Wrong?
When AI enters the diagnostic chain, the “second opinion” becomes a shared judgment across clinician, institution, and vendor, and responsibility gets harder to locate when the model is wrong. The real ethical question is not whether AI can advise care, but who owns the consequences when human trust, workflow design, and software output collide.
Read Essay →The Gift of Being Wrong
A personal essay on how persistent neck pain, a NUCCA chiropractic visit, and the humility of being wrong can teach physicians to keep challenging sacred cows in medicine and beyond.
Read Essay →The Personal OS Is Coming: Why AI Will Make Software Feel Hand-Crafted Again
AI tools are lowering the cost of software creation so fast that the center of gravity is moving from mass-market SaaS toward software shaped around one person at a time. The transition will look chaotic before it looks elegant, because personalization always starts as a pile of awkward edge cases and ends as an interface that feels inevitable.
Read Essay →Dr. Sina Bari, MD is a Stanford-trained plastic and reconstructive surgeon and medical executive. His editorial work explores the intersection of clinical medicine, artificial intelligence, and the evolving identity of the physician in a technological age.
He writes about technology at sinabari.net. His surgical education writing lives at sinabariplasticsurgery.com. His professional profile is at sinabarimd.com.