Medical Education Beyond the Classroom

Last fall, NexBioHealth devoted an issue to medical education for the first time. That issue featured four remarkable medical students on the cover—each already rethinking how medicine is learned, practiced, and shaped by technology, creativity, and purpose. The response was clear: medical education is no longer confined to lecture halls or training milestones. It is evolving in real time, driven by those willing to question, build, and lead.

This February issue continues that conversation.

In many ways, NexBioHealth itself is a medical education magazine—though perhaps not in the traditional sense. We are interested not only in how physicians are trained, but in how they become doctors over time: through practice, service, mentorship, failure, reflection, and the courage to choose paths that are not always obvious. Learning in medicine does not end at graduation; it unfolds across a lifetime.

That is why we are honored to feature Paul C. Kang, MD on the cover of this issue. Paul Kang is not a conventional figurehead of medical education, yet he exemplifies one of its most powerful forms. There is a saying, echoed across many traditions, that we teach not only through words, but through action. After years of building a highly successful practice in one of the most competitive medical markets in the country, Paul chose to redirect his energy toward mentorship, academia, and sustained global service through his work with Health In Sight Mission. His career reminds us that some of the most enduring lessons in medicine are taught not from podiums, but through lived example.

This issue also reflects the expanding boundaries of medical education today, including the growing role of artificial intelligence in medicine—how it is influencing clinical judgment, training pathways, and the delivery of care while raising important questions about values, responsibility, and trust. With this issue, we are introducing a new section, AI & HealthTech, to NexBioHealth.

To anchor this inaugural section, we spoke with technology journalist and author Sam Greengard, whose outsider perspective offers clarity amid the noise and hype surrounding AI in healthcare. We are also pleased to feature the work of Saahil Chadha and his team, whose innovative applications of AI reflect the kind of thoughtful, practice-grounded work we hope to highlight in this section. In future issues, AI & HealthTech will continue to spotlight emerging voices—students, clinicians, and researchers—applying technology in ways that advance more humane, patient-centered medicine.

Across these pages, you will also find reflections on career development, student growth, mentorship, and the changing culture of medicine—from ivory towers to communities, from hospitals to homes, and from metrics to meaning. Together, these contributions reflect a central belief of NexBioHealth: that medicine must remain a learning profession—one that evolves in response to the needs of patients, communities, and society at large.

Thank you for reading NexBioHealth and for being part of this evolving conversation. We look forward to exploring what medicine can become—together.

Warm regards,

Chul S. Hyun, MD, PhD, MPH