Niklas Lidströmer

Dr Niklas Lidströmer – Karolinska Institutet
MD, MSc | Specialist Physician | Senior Researcher in AI in Medicine | Senior Advisor

Dr Niklas Lidströmer is a specialist physician, senior researcher, and advisor with two decades of international experience in AI-driven medical innovation, clinical medicine, and strategic investments. His career spans clinical practice in eight countries, offering a unique global perspective on healthcare systems and digital transformation.

He holds an MSc (2000) and an MD (2002), followed by specialised residencies and global clinical assignments – including a year as a maritime doctor during a round-the-world voyage. Fluent in several languages, he is deeply engaged in the translational and educational potential of artificial intelligence in medicine.

Dr Lidströmer is the editor of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (Springer Nature), the most comprehensive reference work in the field, comprising 130 chapters and 1, 858 pages, with a foreword by Professor Eric Topol. He also co-edited Artificial Intelligence in Covid-19 with Professor Yonina C. Eldar, featuring a foreword by MIT and Harvard professor James J. Collins.

He has advised organisations such as United Bankers, DXC Technology, and multiple AI ventures including FLO and Acorai, where he served as Chief Medical Officer. He is also the founder of an AI-powered medical platform and continues to be active at the intersection of clinical practice, AI, and investment.

Artificial intelligence in medicine. AI in medical specialties, such as general medicine, cardiology, epidemiology, public health, primary health care, personal health records (PHRs), and AI platforms. AI in an ethical, regulatory and policy context. AI in the environment of pandemic handling and prediction. AI associated technology such as federated learning, blockchain and cloud computing.

• Lecturer at the Medical Intelligence Society (MIS) Summit in Sydney on the 8th December 2023.

• Lecturer and panellist at Frontiers of Digital Health, MIND Milano, Milano Innovation Week, Event by PlusValue, IRCCAS Ospedale Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio, Milano, May 2023

• Speaker, Panellist, Moderator at TecnoSepsis, 2nd International Meeting on Innovation and Sepsis, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 5-7th October 2022.

• Speaker at Keynote session, Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Sepsis: Perspectives Now and in the Future. Panellist at Artificial Intelligence for Sepsis Detection. Moderator for Artificial Intelligence for Sepsis Management.

• Podcast Interviews, The Authority File, Choice360, with Springer Nature, broadcast in 4 episodes throughout August 2022: Episode 269, 271, 273 and 275.

• Moderator, AI in Heart Failure, Springer Nature, recoded webinar, 1st June 2022.

• Lecturer and Moderator at Global Summit Telemedicine and Digital Health 2021 (GS), Medical Association of São Paulo, Brazil. Lecture on Artificial Intelligence in Primary Healthcare and the moderator of the international panel debate on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare.