Arman Kilic, MD is Professor and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Chief of the Heart and Vascular Integrated Center of Clinical Excellence at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is the John Kratz Endowed Chair in Cardiac Surgery and has published over 350 peer reviewed manuscripts, has served as Principal Investigator on several clinical trials, and is a regularly invited national and international speaker on AI and machine learning in cardiovascular healthcare. He is a member of multiple editorial boards and has received several major extramural grants in AI.