Commentary|Videos|April 15, 2026

Radiologists Respond to CEO Claim of AI Replacing Radiologists

Author(s)Jeff Hall

In recent interviews with Diagnostic Imaging, Andrew Del Gaizo, MD, Nick Galante, MD and Marc Succi, MD, shared their perspective on the recent comment from NYC Health and Hospitals CEO Mitchell Katz, MD, about potentially replacing radiologists with AI.

While the comment wasn’t something that radiologists haven’t heard before, it nevertheless generated quite a bit of buzz in the radiology community.

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