Innovative medical imaging technology at SIIM Annual Meeting for healthcare professionals and radiologists.

Event Speaker

Jeff Lerman, PhD 

Biomedical Knowledge Graph Architect

Sirona Medical

Jeff Lerman is an imaging informatics leader at Sirona Medical, where he helps advance AI-enabled radiology workflow, enterprise imaging connectivity, and next-generation reporting solutions. His work focuses on developing practical technologies that improve radiologist efficiency, streamline clinical operations, and support more intelligent imaging care delivery.

Sessions

Unifying Standards and Ontologies to Enable Transparent, Context-Aware Imaging AI

Presented by Charles Kahn, Jr., MD, MS, FSIIM, Jeff Lerman, PhD  in Radiology Jun 11, 2026 | 4:15 PM.

Imaging informatics has grown far more complex than the systems originally designed to support it. Traditional PACS and RIS environments often lack the context needed to connect studies, findings, and patient history, leaving critical information siloed and workflows fragmented. The result is increased cognitive burden for radiologists, inefficiencies across teams, and barriers to personalization and advanced analytics. This session…