Hi, I'm Vishnu.

I'm a physician & software developer passionate about innovation at the intersection of medicine and technology.

About Me

I'm a practicing, board-certified internal medicine physician and software developer experienced in creating digital health solutions leveraging machine learning, wearables & medical devices, and health data interoperability standards.

I started learning to code at a young age and have always been excited about digital health. During my medical training, I did early work developing clinical applications with conversational AI and wearables as well as extracting insights from unstructured health data using machine learning. I also co-founded a startup that developed software to help physicians prioritize free-text clinical reports. In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, I developed digital solutions that were deployed in the UK, Sweden and Germany.

Currently, I am the lead architect and developer of CardinalKit, a framework for building modern, interoperable digital health applications at Stanford University's Byers Center for Biodesign. I have worked with over 15+ teams at Stanford and other institutions to build and deploy clinical, research, and consumer health applications with CardinalKit. In addition, I have worked with the Stanford Center for Digital Health to create a semi-automated remote hypertension management system integrated with Epic.

I also teach Stanford Biodesign's digital health course (CS342), a unique project-based course in which students build real-world digital health applications in collaboration with Stanford School of Medicine faculty.

I've participated in developing the first family of international mobile health data standards for the IEEE and mentoring engineering students at The George Washington University on applying machine learning to assist in early disease detection for the Children's National Hospital. I am also the technology advisor to Telehelp Ukraine, an initiative started by Stanford students to provide free telehealth services to people displaced by war.

Projects

Featured Work

CardinalKit
CardinalKit

Open-source platform for digital health research and clinical application development.

Developed at the Stanford Center for Biodesign at Stanford University.

BUDI
BUDI

Remote upper-limb therapy device for children with cerebral palsy.

Developed with the CardinalKit Framework.

LifeSpace
LifeSpace

Stanford study on the impact of environment on health based on life-space mapping.

Developed with the CardinalKit framework.

Prior Work

Viranos
Viranos

Platform for studying the long-term effects of COVID-19 with mobile health data and electronic health record integration.

Supported by Google Cloud's COVID-19 Hackathon Fund.

Localing
Localing  🇬🇧

Hyperlocal marketplace platform to help small businesses in the UK survive and recover from the economic shutdown.

Supported by the University of Cambridge Judge Business School · Accelerate Cambridge programme.

Alla Tillsammans
Alla Tillsammans  🇸🇪

Organizing assistance for isolated populations during COVID-19 and preventing social seclusion.

Community-powered platform in collaboration with non-profits in Sweden.

Machbarschaft
Machbarschaft  🇩🇪

AI assistant hotline to help millions in Germany obtain essentials safely during the pandemic.

Winner of the German federal government's #WirVsVirus competition.

Story
Story

Helps patients create a visual symptom timeline to share with their doctors.

Developed for a digital health startup.

Carescribe
Carescribe

Frustration-free patient intake with automatically generated clinical documentation.

Developed for an Otolaryngology practice.

Stablematch
Stablematch

Simulation of the algorithm that matches medical school graduates with residency training programs in the US.

Featured on NPR Planet Money, Doximity DocNews, Medium Top Stories, and Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight.

Navi
Navi

System for incident commanders to monitor the safety of emergency responders using wearable sensors.

Winning Solution for the NIST TechToProtect Challenge NYC 2019.

Whitecoat
Whitecoat

Conversational AI that assists with triage and documentation for urgent care and telehealth encounters.

Developed for an urgent care clinic.

Off the Record
Off the Record

App that helps adolescents bring up sensitive health issues with their doctors using self-destructing messaging.

Developed for the Innovate NewYork-Presbyterian Pediatric App Challenge.

Hermes
Hermes Assistant

Voice assistant that answers questions about patients based on electronic health record data.

Winner of the 2013 AthenaHealth MDP Hackathon.

Prioritas
Prioritas

Sorts radiology reports based on urgency using a machine learning classifier.

Winner of the 2013 Brigham & Women's Innovation Hub Hackathon.

ReginaG
ReginaG

Chatbot that helps teens practice dealing with cyberbullies in a safe environment.

Winner of the #HackHarassment prize sponsored by Intel.

Critical Results
Critical Results

Smartwatch app for physicians that displays customized notifications for critical lab results.

First healthcare app developed for the Pebble smartwatch.

Contact

Please feel free to send me an e-mail at [email protected] or find me on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Instagram!