Rachel D.

Artificial Intelligence Ph.D. + Physician | Startup Advising | Custom AI/ML Solutions Top 1% Expert-Vetted Freelancer. I am a physician entrepreneur with a PhD in Computer Science (AI & Machine Learning). Prior to becoming a consultant, I spent 7 years as the Founder and CEO of an AI startup. I advise organizations across industry and academia on leveraging AI, from integrating AI agents to training custom deep learning models on proprietary data. * After a 30-minute to 1-hour initial meeting, I'll craft a clearly written report outlining a unique AI strategy for your project, taking into account both technical and business considerations. * For long-term engagements, I implement AI solutions end-to-end. I’ve built cutting-edge AI for 2D images, 3D images, video, audio, text, omics data, and more. * One of my specialties is customizing AI for proprietary datasets and niche use cases. Book a 30-minute consultation with me to get immediate answers about your AI project: - How can you leverage AI in your organization? - What kind of AI do you need to solve a particular problem? - What modeling strategy should you use? Do you need generative AI (AI agents or LLMs/LVLMs) or a different type of customized deep learning model? - Do you need custom data? If so, how should you collect and annotate data? How much data will you need? - How should you design your evals or measure performance? Specialties: Healthcare AI: I am an expert in healthcare AI, with a unique background that blends clinical understanding from my MD, deep technical expertise from my AI PhD, and business experience. I have completed AI engagements across radiology, dermatology, cardiology, mental health, family medicine, surgery, dentistry, physical therapy, women’s health, pediatrics, nutrition, neurology, and more. I have created datasets and custom models for diverse forms of biomedical data including x-rays, CTs, MRIs, clinical photographs, patient videos, medical audio, medical notes, EHR data, insurance claims, and omics data. I understand clinical workflows and the unique stakeholder landscape of healthcare, which informs my technical work and business advising in this space. Advising Entrepreneurs: Before focusing on AI consulting, I spent seven years as the founder of a health AI startup. I led my previous company from concept to deployed B2B SaaS product serving medical practices. Our AI history-taking assistant and AI scribe saved clinicians 2+ hours daily. I managed engineering teams of 5-10 (60+ contributors), secured two U.S. patents, and raised competitive grant funding. I enjoy working with entrepreneurs and discussing pitch decks, fundraising, customer discovery, designing an MVP, and evaluating the ROI of an AI product. Computer Vision: I create custom AI systems for 2D images, 3D images, and videos on proprietary datasets, when you need to exceed the performance of off-the-shelf AI. I am excited about projects from multiple industries including healthcare, manufacturing, automotive, and agriculture. I have extensive experience with classification, object detection, segmentation, and keypoint detection, to identify and localize abnormalities or features of interest. Artificial Intelligence R&D: I have led multiple AI research projects across industry and academia. I have developed novel AI methods, including HiResCAM, a convolutional neural network explanation method with mathematical guarantees. I have published original research across multiple areas of AI, including computer vision, natural language processing, explainable AI, expert systems, and applied AI. My research papers have been cited over 1,000 times. My healthcare AI blog Glass Box has over 700,000 readers from 185 countries. AI Agents & Generative AI: I have a deep understanding of generative AI and large language models (LLMs). I’ve completed projects leveraging Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, and Llama. I’ve built customized AI agents, customized chatbots, medical note generation systems, and structured information extraction methods. I can customize AI agents to your company’s needs through prompt engineering, RAG, or fine-tuning. If you’d like to talk with me about your AI project, please feel free to send me a message or book a consultation using the link on my profile.