Cover of The Future Patient by John Duffield: a man standing on a hilltop at sunset, a hospital campus in the valley below.

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Not just a patient story. A blueprint.

My story of how love, mindset, and artificial intelligence became a lifeline through two open-heart surgeries — with a foreword by Eric E. Roselli, MD, Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery at Cleveland Clinic.

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Launched in New York City on World Heart Day,
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THE LAUNCH · NEW YORK CITY · WORLD HEART DAY

A room that doesn’t usually sit together.

On Tuesday 29 September, thirty-four floors above Manhattan, the room held patients and their families, caregivers, physicians, life science leaders, marketers and technologists — there for the launch of The Future Patient.

Those groups rarely end up in the same room. The whole point of the evening was to put real patient stories in front of the people building what comes next — and then let them talk to each other. What came from it was magic.

Janet Gomez holding a bouquet and hugging their son, their daughter beside her, John speaking at the microphone.

We highlighted real patient stories, united health stakeholders and connected cutting edge tech with deep human connection.

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John Duffield and Janet Gomez on stage with footage from the ICU on the screen beside them, the audience watching from a packed room.
John and Janet seated on stage, a screen behind them showing an AI prompt asking a model to interpret readings from a mitral valve replacement patient.
The panel on stage in front of a full audience, the New York skyline behind them and a screen reading Welcome to The Future Patient.
Copies of The Future Patient stacked on a table beside a card with a QR code reading scan to purchase.
John Duffield with the evening’s panellists and Janet Gomez, together after the conversation.
John Duffield with three guests, one holding a copy of The Future Patient, the Manhattan skyline behind them.
John Duffield with a group of guests at the reception, drinks in hand and the city behind them.
John Duffield with two guests beside a table with a copy of the book on it.
John Duffield with guests and his two children in the lounge at the venue.

Who was on stage

Hosted by Simon Curtis. Moderated by Steve Madden, Editor-at-Large at MM+M. On the panel: Anna Rathkopf, Walter T. Geer III and Usama Syed, MD. With a filmed conversation from Eric E. Roselli, MD, Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery at Cleveland Clinic, who wrote the foreword.

Janet Gomez — John’s wife and chief caregiver — took the stage with him, which is where the caregiver’s side of this story belongs.

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Space provided by the American Australian Association · Support from DeepIntent · Photography by Brian Zuleta · AV by MicPros Audio Visual and Alexander Rea · Cover and author board design by Thu Nguyen

A book that plays video

QR codes throughout the book link each chapter to the real footage of that exact moment — 49 videos, right where they belong in the story.

Two surgeries in twenty days

Recorded as it happened — the diagnosis, the OR doors, the ICU, the news that it didn’t hold, and the way back.

The blueprint

How to use AI, mindset, and the people who love you to become a partner in your own care — not a passenger.

THE FOREWORD

“Artificial intelligence and digital tools are changing how patients experience illness, recovery, and decision making — and John Duffield demonstrates this with clarity: the experience of the Future Patient.”

Eric E. Roselli, MD
CHIEF, ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY · CLEVELAND CLINIC
John Duffield with Eric E. Roselli, MD, at Cleveland Clinic — Dr Roselli in a white coat and glasses, John beside him, both smiling.

“This book offers a vulnerable and inspiring look at what facing adversity with strength, love, and curiosity can bring about. I am humbled and grateful to have been a small part of John’s story.”

EMMA — FORMER CARDIAC ICU NURSE

“We were on the edge of our seats listening to John describe that he felt he was living proof that AI is the future of the patient experience.”