CLASSICA Project Case Study: Bringing AI Into the Surgery Room: Medical, Ethical, and Legal Challenges

March 26, 2025 11:30am

Ronan Cahill
Professor of Surgery
University College Dublin

Samo Eržen
Senior Research Engineer
Arctur

Emilia Niemiec
Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Advanced Studies in Bioscience Innovation Law
University of Copenhagen

David A. Simon, Ph.D., J.D., LL.M.
Associate Professor of Law
Northeastern University School of Law

This case study session will bring to life CLASSICA, an EU-Horizon-funded project that evaluates an AI-based clinical decision support tool for cancer surgeons through clinical and technical validation. In addition, this session investigates the regulatory and legal aspects, including:

  • The regulatory landscape pertaining to data privacy, AI regulation, and medical devices
  • Bias and how to mitigate bias in AI-assisted surgery
  • Liability in AI-assisted surgery (including comparison between the US and EU)