Out & About
Press, posts, and the occasional talk
Podcast
Sam co-hosts the official podcast of npj Digital Medicine. Guests have included former FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, Ziad Obermeyer, Eric Horvitz, Bertalan Meskó, and editor-in-chief Joseph Kvedar.
Talks
npj Digital Medicine
Sam is a Fellow at npj Digital Medicine, where he helps communicate new research in digital medicine and medical AI. The journal announced the fellowship in September 2026.
We’re excited to welcome Sam Margolis (@sammargolis_) as a Fellow at npj Digital Medicine!
— npj Digital Medicine (@npjDigitalMed) September 15, 2026
Sam is a medical AI researcher, Sarnoff Fellow at Stanford, and MD candidate at UCLA. His research focuses on evaluating and building AI systems for medicine, with work spanning healthcare…
Press
- Three medical students earn prestigious research fellowships — UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, May 12, 2026. On Sam's selection to the Sarnoff Fellowship Program.
Commentary
- On a Science study reporting AI outperforming physicians on diagnosis (83% vs 36%), and how the simulated patients' clinical vocabulary affects the result. X, October 22, 2026.
AI just beat doctors 83% vs 36% on diagnosis according to @ScienceMagazine.
— Sam Margolis (@sammargolis_) October 22, 2026
Huge result from @HarshaNori, @erichorvitz & team. I care deeply about this problem and I think the work matters but one assumption may change how we interpret it:
The “patient” talks like a doctor. I…
- Announcing DrugTargetWorld — LinkedIn, 2026.
- Introducing OpenScribe, a free, MIT-licensed AI medical scribe — LinkedIn.
Earlier
- MediBand — presented at the House of Lords, London; the project won more than $15,000 in non-dilutive funding.
- Amazon Comprehend Hackathon — third place, for classifying Missouri nonprofits from IRS Form 990 filings.
For talk invitations or press, email sammarg@stanford.edu.