APA AI Bootcamp: Advancing Pancreatology with Artificial Intelligence
Dates: April 11-12, 2026
Location: Stanford University, Stanford Computing and Data Science (CoDa) Building
Host: The Stanford Pediatric Gastroenterology Division
Sponsor: American Pancreatic Association
The APA AI Bootcamp is a 1.5-day, weekend, in-person, hands-on intensive workshop to be held on Saturday–Sunday, April 11–12, 2026, on the main campus of Stanford University. The program is designed to equip pancreatologists with practical skills to responsibly integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into their efforts towards clinical and scientific discovery and innovation in the field.
The Bootcamp aligns with the mission of the American Pancreatic Association (APA) to elevate the rigor, efficiency, and clinical impact of pancreatology clinical care and research. The APA is the event sponsor, and the Stanford Pediatric Gastroenterology Division is the venue host. Stanford is an academic leader in AI, and Stanford sits in the hub of the world’s tech center, Silicon Valley. The meeting will be held at the Stanford Computing and Data Science (CoDa) Building, one of Stanford’s newest interdisciplinary research facilities.
Program Highlights
- Three hands-on modules:
- AI literature search, reviews, writing, prompt engineering
- AI for grant editing
- Agentic AI for biomedical research
- Guided breakouts with TAs
- Ethics and future-looking panels
- Recorded content as APA YouTube tutorials
Audience
- Current APA members
- Trainees, faculty, industry scientists
- International applicants welcome
Executive Leadership
- Course Director: Sohail Husain, MD (Stanford)
- Course Director: Venkata Akshintala, MD, PhD (Hopkins)
- APA Secretary-Treasurer: Ashok Saluja, PhD
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