Dr. Thomas F. Heston is a clinical associate professor at the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University and clinical instructor at the University of Washington School of Medicine. After graduating from St. Louis University Medical School, He went on to complete his internship at Duke University, then completed residencies in nuclear medicine and family medicine. He subsequently completed a fellowship in molecular imaging at Johns Hopkins University and served on the Hopkins faculty as an adjunct assistant professor. His research interests include large language models, prompt engineering, statistical fragility, blockchain technology, and responsible AI.