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Dr. Chris Garcia is the Medical Director in the Division of Computational Pathology and Artificial Intelligence at the Mayo Clinic. He is a pathologist (AP/CP) with subspecialty training in Pathology Informatics. He has over 10 years experience in working in industry, reference labs and academic medicine. He currently focuses on developing, evaluating, and integrating AI/ML solutions into clinical operations and practice in Laboratory Medicine and Pathology.
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in laboratory workflows, the challenge shifts from deployment to oversight. This session brings together real-world insights from institutions actively using AI-enabled analyses to explore how labs monitor performance, detect data drift, and manage out-of-distribution inputs. Speakers will share how QA/QC plans have evolved to accommodate AI, and discuss practical strategies for ensuring reliability, safety, and clinical relevance. Designed as a candid conversation between groups that have experience with running AI-enabled analyses in the lab, this session offers vendors and potential adopters a grounded view of what it takes to make AI work in practice—and what matters most when it does.