Research & Publications

100+ Peer-Reviewed Publications

A prolific research career spanning computational modeling, medical imaging, machine learning, and clinical decision support — with work published in The Lancet, JACC, and leading engineering journals.

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AI & Machine Learning

AI/ML Research Publications

Dedicated research in machine learning, deep learning, transformers, and applied AI — from medical imaging to breath-based diagnostics.

Machine learning of 3D right ventricular motion enables outcome prediction in pulmonary hypertension

Radiology2017

Applied ML to complex 3D motion phenotypes from cardiac MR imaging for more accurate prediction of patient outcomes in pulmonary hypertension.

Machine Learning + Cardiac MRI
278
citations

COVID-19 biomarkers in human breath using Proton Transfer Reaction Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

EClinicalMedicine (The Lancet)2021

Developed breath-based COVID-19 detection using ML applied to PTR-ToF-MS data from breath samples collected via silicon microreactors. Identified volatile organic compound biomarkers for non-invasive screening.

ML Classification + PTR-ToF-MS
56
citations

CTEPH AI Diagnostics — CT Pulmonary Angiogram Detector

Bayer Global Digital Innovation Award2019

Built AI detector for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension from CT pulmonary angiograms. Productionized on Google Cloud, submitted for FDA 510(k) as Class 2 medical device. Organized global multi-center clinical trial.

Deep Learning + Medical Imaging + GCP

Classification of Echocardiography Videos Using TimeSformer for Detecting Incipient Heart Failure

AHA Circulation (American Heart Association)2024

Employed TimeSformer video transformer to classify echocardiography videos for detecting incipient heart failure in asymptomatic patients with normal ejection fraction.

TimeSformer Video Transformer

Gradient Boosting Model for Corporate Default

The Journal of Fixed Income2024

Used extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) to predict 1-year corporate default probabilities from 1M+ monthly estimates. 50 input variables achieving 0.8 correlation with DRISK and StarMine PDs. Effective for bond relative value trading.

XGBoost / Gradient BoostingRead Paper

Convolutional Neural Network based Segmentation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

IEEE Conference on Biomedical Engineering2021

Proposed a 3D UNet CNN architecture for voxel-wise segmentation of AAAs including aorta, aneurysm sac, intra-luminal thrombus, and calcifications from CT images.

3D UNet / CNN

Image Transformers with Regional Attention for Classification of Aneurysm Rupture Risk

SPIE Medical Imaging2022

Applied image transformers with regional attention mechanisms to classify abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture risk without requiring explicit segmentation.

Vision Transformers (ViT)

Classification of Abnormal Cardiac Rhythm from Brief Single-Lead ECG Recordings using Transformer Encoders

IEEE2024

Applied transformer encoder models with transfer learning to classify abnormal cardiac rhythms from brief single-lead ECG recordings.

Transformer Encoder + Transfer Learning

cMRI-BED: A Novel Informatics Framework for Cardiac MRI Biomarker Extraction and Discovery Applied to Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Classification

BioMedical Engineering OnLine2015

Novel informatics framework for automated extraction and discovery of cardiac MRI biomarkers, applied to pediatric cardiomyopathy classification using machine learning methods.

Machine Learning + Cardiac MRI Biomarkers
32
citations

Deep learning model for end-to-end stratification of thrombotic risk in left atrial appendage

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence2023

Efficient end-to-end deep learning model for stratifying thrombotic risk in the left atrial appendage from medical imaging data.

Deep Learning + Medical Imaging

Automatic segmentation of the left atrium from computed tomography angiography images

Annals of Biomedical Engineering2023

Automated segmentation framework for the left atrium from CTA images, enabling cardiac function analysis.

CNN Segmentation
6
citations

3D Segmentation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Walls from CT Angiograms

IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine2022

AAA wall segmentation from CT angiography imaging for understanding disease size, location, and geometry. Addresses the challenge of segmenting thin, annular vascular structures.

3D UNet / Deep Learning
3
citations
Top Cited

Highest-Impact Publications

Selected publications ranked by citation count from Google Scholar.

1

Machine learning of 3D right ventricular motion enables outcome prediction in pulmonary hypertension: a cardiac MR imaging study

Radiology2017
278
citations
2

Variability of CFD solutions for pressure and flow in a giant aneurysm

J. Biomechanical Engineering2013
194
citations
3

Real-world variability in prediction of intracranial aneurysm wall shear stress

Cardiovascular Eng. & Technology2018
137
citations
4

Alk1 controls arterial endothelial cell migration in lumenized vessels

Development2016
137
citations
5

The CFD rupture challenge 2013 — Phase II

J. Biomechanical Engineering2015
125
citations
6

COVID-19 biomarkers in human breath using PTR-ToF-MS

EClinicalMedicine (The Lancet)2021
56
citations
7

Effects of intraluminal thrombus on AAA hemodynamics

J. Biomechanical Engineering2014
54
citations
8

Physics-based image processing of perfusion images from radiology

US Patent 9,179,8812015
47
citations
9

Neonatal aortic cannula jet flow regimes for improved CPB

J. Biomechanics2013
44
citations
10

Aortic outflow cannula tip design impacts cerebral perfusion during pediatric CPB

Annals of Biomedical Engineering2013
40
citations
Expertise

Research Areas

Core research domains spanning engineering, medicine, and computer science.

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)Cardiovascular BiomechanicsMedical Image AnalysisMachine Learning / Deep LearningNatural Language ProcessingComputer VisionHealthcare AI / Clinical Decision SupportMass Spectrometry AnalyticsKnowledge GraphsTransformer ArchitecturesSignal ProcessingAgentic AI Systems