Innovative imaging technology presentation at SIIM Annual Meeting, emphasizing advancements in medical imaging, AI applications, and digital health for radiologists and medical professionals.

Event Speaker

Jameson Merkow, PhD

Principal Data and Applied Scientist

Microsoft

Jameson Minkowitz is Principal Data and Applied Scientist at Microsoft, where he develops healthcare AI solutions that bridge advanced analytics, machine learning, and enterprise-scale implementation. His work focuses on translating complex data into practical clinical and operational tools that improve workflow efficiency, decision support, and technology-enabled care delivery.

Sessions

How to Actually Use Foundation Models: From Classification to Agents Learning Lab

Presented by John Garrett, PhD, Richard J. Bruce, MD, Alan B. McMillan, PhD, Chris Burt , Jameson Merkow, PhD, Ivan Tarapov, MSc , Joshua Warner, MD, PhD in Cardiology, Pathology, Radiology Jun 10, 2026 | 10:00 AM.

Foundation Models—including Vision-Language Models and Large Language Models—are rapidly reshaping what is possible in medical imaging. Yet many imaging informaticists, researchers, and developers find a disconnect between the promise described in the literature and what can realistically be implemented in clinical and research environments. Questions around practical use, efficient adaptation, and system-level integration remain major…