Westyn Branch-Elliman, MD, MMSc

Professor of Medicine
Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA, United States

I am the chief, infectious diseases at the Greater Los Angeles VA Medical Center and a Professor of Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. I was formerly the acting director of health sciences for the VA National Artificial Intelligence Institute.

Disclosure(s): DLA Piper, LLC/Medtronic: Advisor/Consultant, Expert Testimony; Shiongi: Advisor/Consultant

Presentation(s):

• 1 - AI’s Role in Health Care Epidemiology Surveillance

  Sunday, October 19, 2025
  1:30 PM - 3:15 PM US ET

• 3 - Facing the Challenges and Pitfalls of LLMs, ChatGPT and the Policy Maze in Health Care Epidemiology

  Sunday, October 19, 2025
  2:20 PM - 2:45 PM US ET

• 681 - Compliance with Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Metrics Before and After National Policy Discontinuation: A Nationwide, Retrospective Cohort Study

  Wednesday, October 22, 2025
  3:15 PM - 3:27 PM US ET