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Curious Minds: Future Medicine

12 episodes 94%4KCC

Where remote care, robotic precision, and human ethics collide.

Explore how emerging medicine is reshaping care through telemedicine, robotic surgery, and increasingly precise treatments at the cellular level. The series also confronts the human and ethical questions raised by life extension, prosthetics, and engineered organs, giving you ideas worth following long after each episode ends.

Episode guide

12 episodes
1
1The History Of Telemedicine
Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, takes a look at the field of telemedicine, and the technology impacting health care worldwide.
2 min
2
2What Is The Next Big Step in Medicine?
Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, describes the technological advancements in energy and big data, and their role on the future of medicine.
1 min
3
3How Will Energy Revolutionize Health Care?
Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, shares some of the innovative ways energy-focused technologies are reinventing the health care system.
1 min
4
4How Has Surgery Progressed In The Last Centuries?
Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, describes the journey from the early days of medical surgery, to the current goal of non-invasive surgery. How close are we to achieving that dream?
2 min
5
5How Has Technology Shaped Personalized Medicine?
Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, details some of the incredible technological breakthroughs that are redefining medicine.
3 min
6
6Will Robotics And Telemedicine Eliminate Surgeons?
Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, looks at the role that physicians will play in medicine as technological advancements produce more "smart" tools.
1 min
7
7Has Health Care Become Too Reliant On Technology?
Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, examines the correlation between emerging medical technology, and the skillsets being taught to new health care professionals.
2 min
8
8Should Patients Be Less Reliant On Physicians?
Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, examines medicine's changing role in our society and our reliance on doctors.
1 min
9
9The Future Of Battlefield Medicine
Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, assesses the necessary changes and developments that must take place to increase the success of battlefield medicine.
1 min
10
10The Future Of Prosthetics
Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, glimpses into the future development and production of artificial limbs and organs.
1 min
11
11What Excites You About Biologically Inspired Technology?
Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, explains the role nature plays in the development of medical technology and practices.
1 min
12
12The Ethics Of Biologically Inspired Technology
Dr. Richard Satava, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University of Washington, explores the ethical issues that arise with the use of bio-technology for extending the human lifespan.
3 min
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