Healthcare AI · Responsible innovation

Building AI systems that make healthcare safer, fairer, and more connected.

I’m an interdisciplinary researcher and technology leader working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, health informatics, public policy, and ethical decision systems.

UCF Postdoctoral Scholar20+ years in AIIEEE Standards

Research profile

My work connects rigorous research with the realities of healthcare delivery—designing systems that clinicians, public agencies, and communities can understand, govern, and trust.

Ph.D. Public HealthM.A. EconomicsOrlando, Florida

Selected research & systems

Research that moves from model to meaningful impact.

Across academic research and national-scale platforms, I focus on explainability, payment integrity, multimodal clinical intelligence, and responsible implementation.

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Current research

CARE SHIELD

Human-augmented claim and payment integrity

A research platform that combines document intelligence, clinical NLP, multimodal models, explainable risk scoring, and provider feedback to prevent avoidable denials and strengthen payment integrity.

Clinical NLPExplainable AIClaim integrity
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Peer-reviewed framework

Ethical Explainability

Turning trust into a measurable system property

A composite metric for connected healthcare systems that brings together human agreement, rationale acceptability, and the reduction of uncertainty after an AI explanation.

Responsible AIHuman oversightGovernance
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Applied public health AI

PM-JAY Integrity Platform

Analytics for the world’s largest public health insurance scheme

National-scale machine learning, utilization analytics, and medical-audit systems designed to detect anomalous claims, prioritize investigation, and inform policy across India’s public insurance ecosystem.

Fraud analyticsPublic policyPopulation health
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Clinical AI leadership

Multimodal Clinical Intelligence

From medical images to decision support

Computer-vision research for cancer detection using CT scans and mammograms, paired with LLM-based clinical NLP systems to support safer and more informed clinical decisions.

Computer visionLLMsClinical decision support

Selected publications

Evidence for more accountable health systems.

Google Scholar

Policy scholarship

Research designed for decisions, not shelves.

  • PM-JAY under lockdown: evidence on utilization trends
  • Cancer care under AB PM-JAY: radiation access and utilization
  • Cataract management under Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY
  • Medical Audits in India: a cross-country learning toolkit

Speaking & recognition

Making complex AI useful to the people who shape systems.

Talks and panels for researchers, clinicians, technologists, government leaders, and global professional communities.

AAPI Convention & Scientific Assembly

Machine Learning for Healthcare Claim Denial Surveillance

Oral Presentation Winner

Women in Tech Global Conference

Hunting the Invisible: Building MuleHunter.ai to Detect Financial Crime at Scale

Featured speaker

UCF Faculty Research Impact Showcase

Ethical AI in Healthcare: Frameworks for Responsible Clinical Decision Support

Research showcase

Society for Design and Process Science · Malta

AI and Machine Learning in Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance

Doctoral Symposium · First place

Development Economics Conference · University of Lincoln

Ethical AI in Health Claims Fraud Detection and Equity in Public Benefits

Research presentation

Teaching & mentoring

Equipping the next generation to build AI responsibly.

I teach from both sides of the bridge: the scientific foundations of AI and the organizational judgment required to deploy it well.

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Graduate & professional education

Healthcare AI program

Industry mentor for the Great Learning–Johns Hopkins healthcare AI program, translating methods into clinical and operational use cases.

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Academic teaching

IIHMR University

Adjunct faculty and master-class instructor in healthcare AI, data analytics, fraud management, and responsible implementation.

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Public-sector capacity building

32 states · 20 countries

Training for PM-JAY state officials and international government professionals in AI, medical audit, and data-driven decision-making.

Standards & governance

Infrastructure for health data that can travel—and still be trusted.

As a member of the IEEE Standards Association P3553 working group and the ICAID global EHR standards group, I contribute to approaches for consistent record formats, system identity, lifecycle traceability, interoperability, and safer exchange.

Global EHR identifiersInteroperabilityLifecycle governancePatient safety

A career across research, industry & public service

2005–2018AI & analytics leadership

American Express · ZS · UnitedHealth Group

2018–2022National health systems

World Bank · National Health Authority

2022–2025Clinical & financial AI

Providence · Reserve Bank Innovation Hub

2025–PresentResearch & education

University of Central Florida · IIHMR

Collaborate

Let’s build AI that earns trust in the real world.

I welcome conversations about healthcare AI research, responsible deployment, standards, invited talks, and interdisciplinary collaboration.