Daniel Yang, MD

Daniel Yang is the vice president of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies for Kaiser Permanente.

Dr. Yang is spearheading Kaiser Permanente's work to advance responsible Al. Under his leadership, Kaiser Permanente is plotting a course of responsible Al use that advances the organization's mission of providing high-quality, affordable care for its 12.9 million members and improving the health of its communities.

In his role, Dr. Yang ensures that the organization is applying Al in ways that are safe, dependable, accurate, and equitable. He establishes quality oversight for all Al applications across the organization, including those used in clinical operations, research, education, and related administrative functions. He also partners with teams across the organization to develop structures and processes to evaluate, prioritize, manage, and monitor Al applications. In 2024, Dr. Yang led the quality assurance testing for the largest deployment of a clinical generative Al technology in the country.

Prior to Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Yang was the program director of patient care at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, where he founded and led a $120 million philanthropic program focused on diagnostic excellence. In this capacity, he helped establish several public-private partnerships to promote the responsible use of Al in health care, including the National Academy of Medicine's health care Al code of conduct, the Coalition for Health Al, and the Health Al Partnership.

Dr. Yang represents Kaiser Permanente as a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center Al health advisory group and the Coalition for Health Al health system and provider advisory board; and previously chaired the National Academies workshop on Diagnosis in the Era of Digital Health and Al. Additionally, Dr. Yang was named one of Modern Healthcare's 40 Under 40, recognizing leaders who are driving innovation, transforming care delivery, and shaping the future of the health care industry. He's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and other prominent publications, and has been published in leading journals such as JAMA, Nature Medicine, and NEJM Al.

Dr. Yang is a practicing internal medicine physician. He completed his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Illinois Chicago, his internal medicine residency at the University of California, San Francisco, and a fellowship in health care systems design at Stanford University.