Stephen Lu is the 19-year-old Co-founder and Director of Research & Development at the medical startup HeroAI, where he works on building software and systems to automate clinical healthcare. He and his team at HeroAI have worked closely with The Hospital for Sick Children to develop solutions to reduce inefficiencies.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• How to generate more career opportunities
• The idea of medical paternalism
• How Stephen's science fair project eventually lead to co-founding HeroAI
• How Stephen built his first project, EmergenceAI, with data from a hospital's emergency room
• What are causing the inefficiencies in Quebec healthcare?

*DISCLAIMER (Stephen Lu): "I've been really fortunate to be able to learn from the best and to initiate myself in the whole field of medicine and healthcare. I'm still learning and I definitely do not consider myself an expert in any way."

References
The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands | Book by Eric Topol