Learning to Be A Doctor: Searching for Effective Medical Agent Architectures

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Autori principali: Zhuang, Yangyang, Jiang, Wenjia, Zhang, Jiayu, Yang, Ze, Zhou, Joey Tianyi, Zhang, Chi
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Zhuang, Yangyang
Jiang, Wenjia
Zhang, Jiayu
Yang, Ze
Zhou, Joey Tianyi
Zhang, Chi
author_facet Zhuang, Yangyang
Jiang, Wenjia
Zhang, Jiayu
Yang, Ze
Zhou, Joey Tianyi
Zhang, Chi
contents Large Language Model (LLM)-based agents have demonstrated strong capabilities across a wide range of tasks, and their application in the medical domain holds particular promise due to the demand for high generalizability and reliance on interdisciplinary knowledge. However, existing medical agent systems often rely on static, manually crafted workflows that lack the flexibility to accommodate diverse diagnostic requirements and adapt to emerging clinical scenarios. Motivated by the success of automated machine learning (AutoML), this paper introduces a novel framework for the automated design of medical agent architectures. Specifically, we define a hierarchical and expressive agent search space that enables dynamic workflow adaptation through structured modifications at the node, structural, and framework levels. Our framework conceptualizes medical agents as graph-based architectures composed of diverse, functional node types and supports iterative self-improvement guided by diagnostic feedback. Experimental results on skin disease diagnosis tasks demonstrate that the proposed method effectively evolves workflow structures and significantly enhances diagnostic accuracy over time. This work represents the first fully automated framework for medical agent architecture design and offers a scalable, adaptable foundation for deploying intelligent agents in real-world clinical environments.
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spellingShingle Learning to Be A Doctor: Searching for Effective Medical Agent Architectures
Zhuang, Yangyang
Jiang, Wenjia
Zhang, Jiayu
Yang, Ze
Zhou, Joey Tianyi
Zhang, Chi
Artificial Intelligence
Large Language Model (LLM)-based agents have demonstrated strong capabilities across a wide range of tasks, and their application in the medical domain holds particular promise due to the demand for high generalizability and reliance on interdisciplinary knowledge. However, existing medical agent systems often rely on static, manually crafted workflows that lack the flexibility to accommodate diverse diagnostic requirements and adapt to emerging clinical scenarios. Motivated by the success of automated machine learning (AutoML), this paper introduces a novel framework for the automated design of medical agent architectures. Specifically, we define a hierarchical and expressive agent search space that enables dynamic workflow adaptation through structured modifications at the node, structural, and framework levels. Our framework conceptualizes medical agents as graph-based architectures composed of diverse, functional node types and supports iterative self-improvement guided by diagnostic feedback. Experimental results on skin disease diagnosis tasks demonstrate that the proposed method effectively evolves workflow structures and significantly enhances diagnostic accuracy over time. This work represents the first fully automated framework for medical agent architecture design and offers a scalable, adaptable foundation for deploying intelligent agents in real-world clinical environments.
title Learning to Be A Doctor: Searching for Effective Medical Agent Architectures
topic Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.11301