Brennan Spiegel, MD
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Brennan Spiegel, MD
@brennanspiegel.bsky.social
Chair of Digital Health Ethics at Cedars-Sinai. Professor of Medicine, Public Health, and Biomedical Sciences. GI doctor. Author of VRx & PULL. My lab studies how spatial computing and AI can improve health.
Communal #XR might help.

✨ Shared embodiment
✨ Spatialized co-presence
✨ Emotional narratives

These tools don’t replicate in-person connection — but so long as digital distance remains a modern reality, they may offer a scaffolding for empathy to rebuild.
May 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM