# Beth Israel Lahey Health Forms Center of Surgical and Medical Intelligence to Evaluate Clinical AI

> Beth Israel Lahey Health formed the Center of Surgical and Medical Intelligence to evaluate clinical AI across 6,300 physicians and 36,000 employees.

- Published: 2026-10-23T17:06:07+00:00
- Section: Expansion
- Author: News Desk
- URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-23/beth-israel-lahey-ai-center
- Source: [Beckershospitalreview](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/ai/beth-israel-lahey-health-forms-center-to-test-ais-safety-impact/)

## Key takeaways

- Beth Israel Lahey Health formed the Center of Surgical and Medical Intelligence to develop and evaluate clinical AI.
- Adam Rodman and Gabriel Brat, two Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center physicians, will lead the center.
- The center aims to align AI efforts across the system's 6,300 physicians and 36,000 employees.

Beth Israel Lahey Health has formed the Center of Surgical and Medical Intelligence to develop and rigorously evaluate clinical AI, from the clinic to the operating room, [Becker's Hospital Review](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/ai/beth-israel-lahey-health-forms-center-to-test-ais-safety-impact/) reported on October 23, 2026. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based system includes academic medical centers, teaching hospitals and community and specialty hospitals, with more than 6,300 physicians and 36,000 employees.

## Inside the Center of Surgical and Medical Intelligence

The center sits within BILH's Richard A. And Susan F. Smith Institute for Evidence, Innovation and Policy. Two Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center physicians will lead it: Adam Rodman, MD, a hospitalist in the division of general internal medicine, and Gabriel Brat, MD, a trauma surgeon and intensive care physician in the department of surgery. Researchers from BIDMC and Lahey Clinic will contribute.

The center will build unified data systems covering the full patient journey and develop benchmarks and tools for collaboration with industry, academia and government. One major goal is to align AI efforts across the system.

Dr. Brat said the center will gather clinical data that usually goes unused, adding that AI systems "are going to succeed or fail based on the quality of our data."

The center will use the Smith Institute's expertise in real-world evaluation of medical technology, clinical trials and health policy to produce evidence on AI's safety, effectiveness and impact. Dr. Rodman, who recently published a pre-registered study of a patient-facing AI system in The Lancet, said AI has to be studied "with the rigor that medicine requires."

Peter Shorett, senior executive vice president and COO of BILH, said the system wants to use AI safely and responsibly while helping clinicians adopt new technology.

## Earlier Beth Israel Lahey Health Moves

On October 19, 2026, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Lahey Health said they would begin construction on a $1.68 billion Boston hospital for cancer patients, the first of its kind in New England, the Boston Globe reported. On October 15, 2026, Beth Israel Lahey Health received $80 million in expansion approval for its Burlington campus, which will add 44 new beds and a cardiac catheterization lab, according to American City Business Journals. On October 8, 2026, Beth Israel Lahey Health named Peter Shorett as its next president and CEO, effective January 2027, succeeding Kevin Tabb, Becker's Hospital Review reported.

## What Comes Next for the Center

Shorett's appointment as president and CEO takes effect in January 2027, and he will oversee the integration of cancer care with Dana-Farber. The center's work will draw on researchers from BIDMC and Lahey Clinic.

## Companies in this story

- Beth Israel Lahey Health · website: https://www.bilh.org

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