Research Questions
- How do healthcare AI industry leaders conceptualize the key risks, opportunities, and value drivers influencing AI innovation in healthcare?
- How do current AI product strategies reflect perceived market demand and unmet needs within healthcare systems?
This qualitative study interviews builders, strategists, and investors in healthcare AI to understand how decisions are made, what influences priorities, and how innovation trajectories are shaped.
Team & Responsibilities
Samandika Saparamadu
Principal Investigator · Johns Hopkins
- Primary writing for both papers
- Outreach to interviewees
- IRB/Ethics coordination
- Interview conducting
- Qualitative analysis
- JHU connection to Suchi Saria!
Dr. Dominik Dotzauer
Co-Investigator · APJLM Editor
- Technical solutions & AI workflow
- Ideas, frameworks, review
- Network introductions (China, muShanghai)
- Cultural decoding contacts
- Email research system
- Website & tools
Healthcare AI Leaders Database
21 target leaders across startups, big tech, academia, investors, and China market.
| Name | Organization | Type | Why Important | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiv Rao, MD Founder & CEO |
Abridge | Startup | Cardiologist who built $5.3B AI scribe. TIME 100 AI 2024. Still takes hospital shifts. | LinkedIn Twitter |
| Munjal Shah Co-Founder & CEO |
Hippocratic AI | Startup | Serial entrepreneur (sold to Google & Alibaba). $126M Series C at $3.5B. Safety-first. | |
| Chris Mansi, MD CEO & Co-Founder |
Viz.ai | Startup | Neurosurgeon. Eric Schmidt was his professor. 13 FDA-approved algorithms. TIME 100 AI. | |
| Daphne Koller, PhD Founder & CEO |
insitro | Startup | Stanford's first ML hire. Co-founded Coursera. MacArthur Fellow. TIME 100 2012. | |
| Demis Hassabis, PhD Co-Founder & CEO |
Google DeepMind | Big Tech | 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for AlphaFold. 2M+ scientists use it. | LinkedIn Twitter |
| Karan Singhal Head of Health AI |
OpenAI | Big Tech | Created Med-PaLM at Google. Building "ChatGPT for Healthcare" and HealthBench. | LinkedIn Twitter |
| Eric Topol, MD Executive VP |
Scripps Research | Academic | "Dean of Digital Medicine." 1,300+ papers, 300k citations. 675k Twitter followers. | LinkedIn Twitter |
| Nigam Shah, PhD Chief Data Scientist |
Stanford Health | Academic | h-index 88. 350+ publications. Founded CHAI. Papers in JAMA, Lancet, Nature, NEJM. | |
| Suchi Saria, PhD Director, ML Healthcare Lab |
Johns Hopkins | Academic | ⭐ SAME INSTITUTION AS SAM! Sepsis AI reduces mortality 18%. TIME Best Inventions. | |
| Micky Tripathi, PhD Chief AI Officer |
Mayo Clinic | Health System | Former US National Coordinator for Health IT. Former HHS Chief AI Officer. | |
| Vinod Khosla Founder |
Khosla Ventures | Investor | Controversial "80% of doctors" prediction. Sun Microsystems co-founder. | LinkedIn Twitter |
| Kuan Chen (CK) Founder & CEO |
Infervision | China | Leading medical imaging AI in China. COVID-19 deployment. Largest radiology AI. |
Outreach Tracker
🤝 Warm Intros (Phase 1)
Avi Roy (Longevity Alliance)
Via Olivier's WhatsApp · Already active in chat
Olivier Zolman
Bryan Johnson's Arzt · Ask for more contacts
Suchi Saria (JHU)
Internal connection · Same institution!
muShanghai Network
China AI · Event-Orga connections
📨 Cold Outreach (Phase 2)
Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Twitter DM · Very active, responds to research
Karan Singhal
LinkedIn · Ex-academia, paper-friendly
Nigam Shah (Stanford)
Email · Academic collaboration angle
Vinod Khosla
Twitter DM · Public, vocal, likes attention
Research Clusters & Paper Angles
Six clusters of companies/research areas with potential paper angles for each.
Ambient Scribes
Abridge, Ambience, Nabla, Microsoft DAX
"Impact of Ambient AI on Physician Burnout: A Multi-Site Study"
Diagnostic AI
Viz.ai, Regard, OpenEvidence, Med-Gemini
"Diagnostic AI in Emergency Settings: Barriers and Facilitators"
Patient-Facing Agents
Hippocratic AI, K Health, Ping An
"Safety Frameworks for Patient-Facing AI"
Drug Discovery
Isomorphic Labs, insitro, Insilico, XtalPi
"AI Drug Discovery: US vs China Approaches"
Health System AI
Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser
"AI Governance in Academic Medical Centers"
China Market
Infervision, XtalPi, Tencent AIMIS
"US-China Healthcare AI: A Comparative Analysis"
Speed Strategy Options
Three paths to publication - choose based on Sam's visa timeline needs.
Option A: Minimal Viable Paper
4 Weeks
8-10 text-based interviews, 2 cluster focus, pre-print on medRxiv
- Google Form (10-15 min) statt 45 min
- 30 parallel outreach in einem Tag
- AI-assisted thematic analysis
- medRxiv = kein Peer Review
Option B: Rapid Survey
3 Weeks
Online survey, 50+ responses, quantitative + qualitative
- 15 Fragen, 5 Minuten
- LinkedIn Post + Direct Messages
- Charts-ready data
- "Expert Consensus" Paper-Typ
Option C: Commentary
2 Weeks
Perspective piece based on existing research
- 2000-3000 Wörter
- Keine neue Datenerhebung
- APJLM = schneller Review
- Garantierte Publikation
Next Actions
Email Outreach System is ready!
15 personalized messages for Sam to review and send.
Open Email System →☐
Sam: Email Suchi Saria this week
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Dom: Message Avi Roy in WhatsApp
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Dom: Export LinkedIn connections
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Both: Decide on Speed Strategy (A, B, or C)
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Sam: IRB submission at Hopkins