About
Isaac is completing general surgery residency with the University of Tennessee Chattanooga College of Medicine at Erlanger Medical Center, while building AI tools for physician workflows. His work blends systems thinking, clinical operations, and software design to support accurate documentation and timely decision-making.
Recent efforts include translating hospital policy documentation into trauma decision support, structuring operative notes for CPT review, and mentoring teams on responsible AI integration. Isaac is motivated by tools that keep clinicians focused on patients, not paperwork.
Journey
From across Tennessee, each stop reinforced a commitment to equitable access, data-guided care, and mentorship.
Hometown
Raised in Memphis, a city ridden with persistent health inequities, with a father who worked in law enforcement, and mentors who first welcomed me into a cardiac surgery shadowing experience at 19.
Undergraduate Studies
Built a foundation in diagnostics, physiology, and patient advocacy while serving Memphis communities through hospital-based mentorship programs.
Research Gap Year
Collaborated on ex-vivo porcine liver and kidney transplantation models, streamlining perfusion data capture and supporting translational manuscripts.
Medical School
Focused on surgery, informatics, and global health electives while rotating in academic and community hospitals across Tennessee.
General Surgery Residency
Training at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga as part of the University of Tennessee Chattanooga program, embedding decision support and documentation integrity into perioperative care.
Projects
Each initiative translates frontline surgical experience into practical automation, structured data, and decision support.
High-fidelity continuous renal replacement therapy trainer driven by a coupled-ODE physiology engine — hypotension, clotting, and citrate lock emerge from the math, not scripted outcomes. Six ICU scenarios on a bedside-monitor UI.
Constraint-based optimizer generating year-wide call schedules with vacation blocks, ACGME compliance, and fairness balancing.
RAG-powered trauma decision support querying 80+ institutional PMGs with compliance checking against clinical documentation.
Structured evaluation platform for attending physicians to score resident thoracotomy performance using the 4 Es framework.
Editorial review board for a surgical residency journal club: triage and score candidate articles, select papers for presentation, and capture structured audience commentary across an audit-logged review workflow.
Global Surgery
Collaborative trips focus on systems, sustainability, and keeping local clinicians centered in every decision.
Memorial Christian Hospital
2024
Surgical Team + Mission Support
Malumghat, Bangladesh
Memorial Christian Hospital
Traveled to rural Bangladesh to be mentored by missionary thoracic surgeon Dr. Steve Kelley. Was provided the privilege to assist in surgical care, strengthen perioperative workflows, and support outreach to the surrounding community.
Global Cardiac Alliance
2024
Congenital Cardiac Surgery Collaboration
L'viv, Ukraine
Global Cardiac Alliance
Joined Dr. Bill Novick’s Global Cardiac Alliance to support Saint Nicholas Pediatric Hospital in L'viv, Ukraine. The team assisted in congenital cardiac operations, optimized post-operative pathways, and facilitated training sessions on cardiac critical care with the local surgery teams.
Contact
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