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Data Scientist specializing in ECG-AI and biosignal analysis. Five years building deep learning algorithms for disease detection from physiological signals — from clinical data curation and signal processing through regulatory submission.
Published in Heart Rhythm, The Lancet, and ACM CHI. FDA Breakthrough Device Designation. CE mark (SaMD). Partnerships with Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Novartis.
Experience
Senior Data Scientist (Level III)
Idoven · Remote (Madrid, Spain)
- Led early detection research for cardiac amyloidosis on ~21K ECGs from ~3K patients; compared 9 deep learning architectures with Bayesian optimization, achieving AUC 0.88; co-authored publication in Heart Rhythm (2026)
- Tuned model operating thresholds and calibration for regulatory performance targets; extracted clinical validation metrics across patient subgroups; prepared SaMD technical documentation for CE mark submission
- Built reproducible data pipelines to ingest and clean multi-site clinical data from European and US hospitals, achieving 4.4x processing speedup; designed data collection forms for AstraZeneca partnership
Data Scientist
Anumana · Boston, MA
- Developed deep learning algorithm for early cardiac amyloidosis detection in partnership with Pfizer; defined target population, clinical indication for use, and statistical validation protocol contributing to FDA Breakthrough Device Designation
- Curated patient cohorts from 7M+ EHR records across multiple US hospitals (Spark SQL, Kedro); trained CNN and Transformer models on GPU clusters for coronary disease risk stratification with Novartis; published in eClinicalMedicine (The Lancet, 2023)
- Deployed BERT-based NLP pipeline on Mayo Clinic data to extract structured data from unstructured patient notes at scale; disease-agnostic design enabled reuse across any cardiac condition
- Rebuilt flagship LVEF detection model from scratch — new cohorts (500K patients), updated architectures, and retraining — then built a lifetime Markov model projecting QALY gains and cost savings for payer adoption
Machine Learning Instructor
United Nations International School & Inspirit AI · New York, NY
- Taught ML and deep learning to 200+ students; developed curriculum covering supervised/unsupervised learning, neural networks, computer vision, NLP, and ML ethics
- Led one-on-one research projects in EEG signal analysis, Parkinson's disease detection, and skin cancer classification
Data Scientist Intern
CCC Intelligent Solutions · Chicago, IL
- Built deep learning architecture using RNN and pre-trained MobileNet for vehicle damage classification on 270K images; 5-point sensitivity improvement
- Evaluated telematics data inclusion in production models; presented integration recommendations to senior data science leadership
Research
Deep Learning Graduate Researcher
University of Chicago SAND Lab · Chicago, IL
Prof. Heather Zheng
- Developed invisible adversarial ML patches for jamming facial recognition cameras; translated digital FGSM attacks to physical domain on robust body pose models
- Trained PixelCNN generative model to generate synthetic biometric sensor maps for testing impersonation attacks on EMS authentication devices; contributed to CHI 2021 publication
Computer Vision and Optimization Researcher
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL
Prof. Tingran Gao
- Developed non-convex optimization algorithms extending total variation methods to 3D graph domains; applied to filtering patterns from marine biology specimens (Bivalvia shells)
Education
The University of Chicago
M.S. Computational and Applied Mathematics (ML specialization) · 2020–2022
B.S. Computational and Applied Mathematics · 2016–2020
B.A. Statistics · 2016–2020
Publications
Improving Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis detection from electrocardiograms through Willem AI platform. ↗
González-López E., Abbou R., et al.
Heart Rhythm
Deep Learning for Early Detection of ATTR Amyloidosis from ECG. ↗
Abbou R., et al.
ESC Digital & AI Congress
ePoster
Risk stratification of coronary disease by AI-enabled ECG. ↗
Awasthi S., et al., Abbou R., et al.
eClinicalMedicine (The Lancet)
User Authentication via Electrical Muscle Stimulation. ↗
Chen Y., Zheng H., et al., Abbou R., et al.
ACM CHI 2021
Conferences
Deep Learning for Early Detection of ATTR Amyloidosis from ECG ↗
ESC Digital & AI Summit 2025
Berlin, Germany
WILLEM: an AI-powered ECG analysis platform for arrhythmia detection
ESC Digital & AI Summit 2025
Berlin, Germany
Collaborators
Mayo Clinic
Chair of Preventive Cardiology, Co-director AI in Cardiology
Pfizer cardiac amyloidosis partnership ↗
Paul A. Friedman, M.D.Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine
Pfizer cardiac amyloidosis partnership ↗
Zachi I. Attia, Ph.D.AI Researcher, Cardiovascular Medicine
Pfizer cardiac amyloidosis partnership ↗
Martha Grogan, M.D.Consultant, Cardiovascular Medicine
Amyloidosis clinical trial deployment ↗
Angela Dispenzieri, M.D.Hematologist
Amyloidosis clinical trial deployment ↗
Surendra Dasari, Ph.D.Researcher, Amyloidosis
Amyloidosis clinical trial deployment ↗