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Michael Byrne

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michael.byrne@vch.ca
604-875-5474
DrMikeByrne
michael-byrne-satisfai

Biography

Dr. Michael Byrne is a clinical professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of British Columbia and director of the Interventional Endoscopy Fellowship program at Vancouver General Hospital. He is also CEO of Satisfai Health, a company that aims to deliver precision endoscopy to gastroenterology using artificial intelligence and allied technologies. 

Dr. Byrne is a graduate of both Cambridge and Liverpool Universities, and trained in advanced endoscopy at Duke University. He holds a doctorate degree from Cambridge University for his molecular science bench research work on helicobacter pylori and cyclooxygenase. He has presented at many international conferences and is frequently described as one of the pioneers in bringing AI to gastroenterology and endoscopy. Dr. Byrne has published over 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals, over 200 abstracts, and is the lead editor for a Wiley textbook entitled AI in Clinical Medicine.

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Computer-aided detection and diagnosis of colorectal cancer

May 19, 2023

Publications

  • Journal of Crohn's & colitis -

    Artificial Intelligence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Endoscopy: Implications for Clinical Trials.

    Ahmad HA, East JE, Panaccione R, Travis S, Canavan JB, Usiskin K, Byrne MF
  • Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology -

    Implementation of Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Endoscopy Across Canada-The CAG Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group.

    von Renteln D, Byrne MF, Wong C, Menard C, Donnellan F, Barkun A
  • Gastroenterology -

    Artificial Intelligence-Aided Colonoscopy for Characterizing and Detecting Colorectal Polyps: Required, Nice to Have, or Overhyped?

    Byrne MF, Von Renteln D, Barkun AN
  • CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne -

    Artificial intelligence in colorectal cancer screening.

    Roshan A, Byrne MF
  • Journal of Crohn's & colitis -

    Application of Deep Learning Models to Improve Ulcerative Colitis Endoscopic Disease Activity Scoring Under Multiple Scoring Systems.

    Byrne MF, Panaccione R, East JE, Iacucci M, Parsa N, Kalapala R, Reddy DN, Rughwani HR, Singh AP, Berry SK, Monsurate R, Soudan F, Laage G, Cremonese ED, St-Denis L, Lemaître P, Nikfal S, Asselin J, Henkel ML, Travis SP
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