From Risk Scores to Agents: What "AI" Really Means in Nephrology
A clinician-facing lecture that moves from classical risk scores and machine learning toward deep learning, retrieval, and agentic systems in nephrology.
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Project Quintessence
Collaborative medical AI research and development across clinical language, specialist agents, imaging, forecasting and physiology, with projects at distinct stages of research and evaluation.
Renulus
An open-source Windows learning application for nephrology, bringing study, case discussion, examination preparation and evidence-based reference material into one desktop workspace.
2026
41 recordsJournal articles (3)
Journal articles
The Impact of COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions on Notifiable Infectious Diseases in Poland: A Comprehensive Analysis from 2014-2022
A population-level analysis of notifiable infectious disease trends in Poland from 2014 to 2022, covering the period shaped by COVID-19 interventions.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Author
- Status
- Published journal article
- Contributors
- Abdulla Zahi Hourani; Abdelrahman Abdelsalam; Arman David Surmeli
Journal articles
Forecasting ICU Acute Kidney Injury with Actionable Lead Time Using Interpretable Machine Learning: Development and Multi-Center Validation
Interpretable machine-learning models are developed to forecast ICU acute kidney injury with actionable lead time, including multi-center validation to test generalizability.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Author
- Status
- Published journal article
- Contributors
- Abdulla Zahi Hourani; Zuzanna Jakubowska; Jolanta Malyzsko
Journal articles
Prognostic Value of Different Iron Status Definitions in Congestive Heart Failure: A Retrospective MIMIC-IV Analysis of Risk Stratification and Mortality
Retrospective MIMIC-IV analysis compares multiple iron-status definitions for one-year mortality risk stratification in congestive heart failure.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Author
- Status
- Published journal article
- Contributors
- Hourani A; Surmeli A; Devarapalli S
- Note
- First published online in December 2025; journal citation year 2026.
Conference abstracts (9)
Conference abstractsStudent & supervision
CardioAtlas: Evidence-Grounded Multimodal AI for Cardiology Workflows
A prototype cardiology assistant integrating longitudinal clinical context, imaging, retrieval and specialised model tools with clinician review.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Coauthor
- Status
- Conference abstract
- Contributors
- Arman Sürmeli; Abdulla Zahi Othman Hourani
- Students / collaborators
- Arman Sürmeli
- Note
- This IMSC record explicitly names Hourani. The separate WIMC CardioAtlas abstract names Arman Sürmeli alone.
Conference abstractsStudent & supervision
Chest X-Ray–Predicted Age as a Biomarker for Short- and Long-Term Mortality: Development and Validation of a Deep Learning Model
Deep-learning research using chest-radiograph-predicted age as an imaging biomarker of mortality risk.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Coauthor; named trustee of the paper
- Status
- Conference abstract
- Contributors
- Deya aldeen Mohammed Belal; Adrian Bednarek; Abdulla Hourani (as printed)
- Students / collaborators
- Deya Aldeen Anas Turki Al Drabee
- Note
- The abstract's printed author string and Hybrid Session placement differ from the Radiology result naming Deya aldeen Al drabee. These source differences are retained; the student prize is not a personal award for Hourani.
Conference abstractsStudent & supervision
CheXGPT: A Multimodal Reasoning Language Model for Chest X-Ray Labelling and Report Generation
A compact multimodal model for radiology report classification and image-grounded report generation across languages.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Coauthor; named trustee of the paper
- Status
- Conference abstract
- Contributors
- Sai Keertana Devarapalli; Mohammed Belal; Abdulla Hourani
- Students / collaborators
- Sai Keertana Devarapalli
Conference abstractsStudent & supervision
CXR-Age Gap: Deep Learning Biological Age Estimation from Chest X-Rays Predicts Mortality
Student research examining whether the gap between radiograph-predicted age and chronological age relates to mortality.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Named work's tutor
- Status
- Supervised conference abstract
- Contributors
- Deya aldeen Anas Turki Al drabee
- Students / collaborators
- Deya Aldeen Anas Turki Al Drabee
- Note
- An abstract-book entry is verified. Actual presentation delivery has not been established.
Conference abstracts
HALP and mHALP as Effective Tools for 90-Day Mortality Prediction in Heart Failure
MIMIC-IV cohort analysis of inflammatory and nutritional indices for 90-day mortality prediction in heart failure.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- First author; named trustee of the paper
- Status
- Conference abstract
- Contributors
- Abdulla Hourani; Sai Keertana Devarapalli; Arman David Sürmeli; Michał Oręziak
- Note
- The book establishes authorship and trustee status; it does not name the individual presenter.
Conference abstractsStudent & supervision
Multimodal Deep Learning to Differentiate Viral vs Bacterial Pneumonia Using Chest Radiographs and Early Clinical Data: Development and External Validation on Open Datasets
Research combining chest radiographs with clinical variables available near imaging to distinguish viral from bacterial pneumonia.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- First author; named trustee of the paper
- Status
- Conference abstract
- Contributors
- Abdulla Hourani; Mohammed Al-azzawi
- Students / collaborators
- Mohammed Al-azzawi
- Note
- Official results name Mohammed Al-azzawi for the first-place Infectious Diseases presentation.
Conference abstracts
The Impact of COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions on Notifiable Infectious Diseases in Poland: A Comprehensive Analysis from 2014–2022
Conference abstract reporting population-level changes in infectious-disease notifications during and after pandemic interventions.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- First author; named trustee of the paper
- Status
- Conference abstract
- Contributors
- Abdulla Zahi Hourani; Abdelrahman Abdelsalam; Arman David Sürmeli
- Note
- The book does not independently establish the individual presenter or delivery.
Conference abstracts
The Impact of COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions on Notifiable Infectious Diseases in Poland: A Comprehensive Analysis from 2014–2022
The IMSC abstract of the Polish infectious-disease surveillance study, with the author order printed in that book.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Coauthor
- Status
- Conference abstract
- Contributors
- Arman Sürmeli; Abdulla Zahi Othman Hourani; Abdelrahman Abdelsalam
- Note
- Scheduled in Public Health & Epidemiology on 24 April 2026; listing does not independently establish delivery.
Conference abstracts
WCN26-8052 Transparent AI-Based Early Warning for Acute Kidney Injury: Multi-Centre Validation with a 24-Hour Actionable Horizon
Conference abstract describing transparent early warning for acute kidney injury with multicentre validation and a 24-hour prediction horizon.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- First author; listed poster presenter
- Status
- Published conference abstract
- Contributors
- Abdulla Hourani; Zuzanna Jakubowska; Jolanta Małyszko
- Note
- WCN lists abstract 8052, board P108, for 28 March 2026 in Yokohama. The organiser's masterlist establishes the scheduled slot.
Talks & posters (11)
Talks & postersStudent & supervision
Chest X-Ray–Predicted Age as a Biomarker for Short- and Long-Term Mortality
Deyaa presented the chest X-ray age study in COPM’s online oral session. The certificate and programme document the student’s presentation.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Supervision of the related CXR-age project
- Status
- Student oral presentation
- Presenter
- Deyaa Aldeen Al Drabee
- Students / collaborators
- Deya Aldeen Anas Turki Al Drabee
- Note
- The COPM book and certificate name the student without a Hourani author or tutor credit. Project supervision is documented separately at LIMC and SIMC; it is not asserted as an event-specific COPM credit.
Talks & postersStudent & supervision
CardioAtlas: An Evidence-Grounded, Multimodal Agentic AI Co-Pilot for Cardiologists
Arman Sürmeli’s WIMC presentation of an evidence-grounded multimodal cardiology assistant; the related IMSC abstract names Hourani as coauthor.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Related project coauthor at IMSC 2026
- Status
- Collaborator presentation
- Presenter
- Arman Sürmeli
- Students / collaborators
- Arman Sürmeli
- Recognition
- Presenter prize — Arman Sürmeli: 2nd place, Cardiology session
- Note
- The WIMC abstract names Arman Sürmeli alone as author and trustee. Hourani is a named coauthor of the separate IMSC CardioAtlas abstract; WIMC-specific authorship or supervision is not established by this book.
Talks & postersStudent & supervision
Chest X-Ray-Predicted Age as a Biomarker for Mortality: Development and Validation of a Deep Learning Model
A mentee-presented deep learning project validating chest X-ray-predicted age as an imaging biomarker for mortality.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Research mentor
- Status
- Mentee presentation
- Presenter
- Deya Aldeen Anas Turki Al Drabee
- Students / collaborators
- Deya Aldeen Anas Turki Al Drabee
- Recognition
- Student/presenter prize — Deya aldeen Al drabee: 1st place, Radiology session
Talks & postersStudent & supervision
CheXGPT: A Multimodal Reasoning Language Model for Chest X-Ray Labelling and Report Generation
A mentee-presented multimodal reasoning model for chest X-ray labelling and report generation.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Research mentor
- Status
- Mentee presentation
- Presenter
- Sai Keertana Devarapalli
- Students / collaborators
- Sai Keertana Devarapalli
Talks & postersStudent & supervision
COVID-19 interventions and notifiable infectious diseases in Poland · P4447
Arman Sürmeli’s presentation of the NPI study is retained as related student research, with both supplied and official abstract versions available.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Related research contribution; author lists differ between versions
- Status
- Related student presentation
- Presenter
- Arman Sürmeli
- Students / collaborators
- Arman Sürmeli
- Note
- The supplied P4447 abstract lists Hourani among three authors; the official abstract book lists A. Sürmeli alone. This entry credits the student presentation and preserves the unresolved event-specific author difference.
Talks & posters
Forecasting ICU Acute Kidney Injury with Actionable Lead Time Using Interpretable Machine Learning: Development and Multi-Center Validation
A multi-center validation presentation on interpretable machine learning for forecasting ICU acute kidney injury with clinically actionable lead time.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Presenter
- Status
- Conference presentation
- Presenter
- AZ Hourani
Talks & posters
Generative Echocardiography from ECG and Clinical Context: Uncertainty-Aware Synthesis of a Full 9-View Echo Study
A generative multimodal AI presentation on synthesizing a full nine-view echocardiography study from ECG and clinical context with uncertainty awareness.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Presenter
- Status
- Conference presentation
- Presenter
- AZ Hourani
- Recognition
- 3rd place, PhD session
Talks & postersStudent & supervision
Multimodal Deep Learning Model to Differentiate Viral from Bacterial Pneumonia Using CXR and Early Clinical Data
A mentee-presented multimodal model combining chest X-ray and early clinical data to distinguish viral from bacterial pneumonia.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Research mentor
- Status
- Mentee presentation
- Presenter
- Mohammed Al-azzawi
- Students / collaborators
- Mohammed Al-azzawi
- Recognition
- Student/presenter prize — Mohammed Al-azzawi: 1st place, Infectious Diseases session
Talks & posters
Transparent AI-Based Early Warning for Acute Kidney Injury: Multi-Centre Validation with a 24-Hour Actionable Horizon
A WCN poster listing and published abstract on transparent AKI early warning with a 24-hour actionable horizon.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- First author; listed poster presenter
- Status
- Listed poster presentation
- Presenter
- Abdulla Hourani (listed presenter)
- Note
- The organiser's masterlist verifies the scheduled presenter and slot. This record is labelled as a listing rather than independent proof of on-site delivery.
Talks & postersStudent & supervision
Chest X-Ray–Predicted Age as a Biomarker for Short- and Long-Term Mortality: Development and Validation of a Deep Learning Model
Student-presented research on chest-radiograph-predicted age and mortality, with Hourani named as coauthor and supervisor.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Coauthor and supervisor
- Status
- Supervised student presentation
- Presenter
- Deya Aldeen Anas Turki Al Drabee
- Students / collaborators
- Deya Aldeen Anas Turki Al Drabee
- Recognition
- Student/team first place — presenter Deya Aldeen Anas Turki Al Drabee
- Note
- The prize belongs to the student/team presentation; it is not a personal presenter award for Hourani.
Talks & posters
From Risk Scores to Agents: What "AI" Really Means in Nephrology
A clinician-facing lecture that moves from classical risk scores and machine learning toward deep learning, retrieval, and agentic systems in nephrology.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Presenter
- Status
- Invited lecture
- Presenter
- AZ Hourani
- Recognition
- Best Young Nephrologist Award
Projects & software (13)
Projects & software
Benchmarking language models for chest X-ray report labelling
A benchmark of language models assigning structured CheXpert-style labels to chest-radiograph reports, examining reliability in report-labelling workflows.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Research and technical development
- Status
- Completed research project
Projects & softwareStudent & supervision
Chest X-ray age as a marker of mortality
Research on age predicted from chest radiographs and its relationship with mortality, including supervised student abstracts, presentations and recognition.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Research, coauthorship and documented project supervision
- Status
- Research with conference outputs
- Students / collaborators
- Deya Aldeen Anas Turki Al Drabee
Projects & software
ChexQwen: a post-trained multimodal CXR model
A multimodal language-model project developed through additional training for chest X-ray understanding and radiology report interpretation.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Research and technical development
- Status
- Completed research project
Projects & software
Computer vision for robotics and agentic systems
Perception-oriented work connecting vision models, tool use, and system orchestration for embodied and agentic workflows.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Research and technical development
- Status
- Prototype
Projects & software
EchoWorld: generative echocardiography
An ongoing study of generating nine echocardiographic views from ECG and clinical context, with uncertainty represented in the generated outputs.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Research and technical development
- Status
- Ongoing study
Projects & software
Evidence-grounded AI co-pilot for cardiology
An agentic research project combining clinical information in several forms with external tools to investigate cardiology decision workflows.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Research and technical development
- Status
- Ongoing research
Projects & software
Infectious-disease surveillance and pandemic interventions
Population-level time-series work examining notifiable infectious diseases in Poland and the timing of COVID-19 interventions, connected to the preprint, journal article and conference outputs.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- First author and statistical analysis
- Status
- Published study
Projects & software
Liver transplant registry modeling at EU scale
Clinical registry curation and outcome modelling with liver-transplant cohorts, supporting reproducible translational analysis.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Research and technical development
- Status
- Ongoing research
Projects & software
MMLM post-training for clinical reasoning
Post-training multimodal models with attention to grounded reasoning, evaluation quality, and deployment-minded reliability.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Research and technical development
- Status
- Ongoing research
Projects & software
NephroGPT: nephrology training and continuing education
A tool-augmented language-model research project for specialist education, with answers grounded in medical evidence and external references.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Research and technical development
- Status
- Research · validation planned
Projects & software
Project Quintessence
Collaborative medical AI research and development across clinical language, specialist agents, imaging, forecasting and physiology, with projects at distinct stages of research and evaluation.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Collaborative research and technical development
- Status
- Research & development
Projects & software
Renal outcome prediction with clinically usable lead time
Doctoral work on prediction of renal outcomes with an emphasis on fairness, interpretability, and decisions that can be acted on in practice.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Doctoral researcher
- Status
- Ongoing research
Projects & software
Renulus
An open-source Windows learning application for nephrology, bringing study, case discussion, examination preparation and evidence-based reference material into one desktop workspace.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Project owner and developer
- Status
- Desktop application · ongoing development
- Note
- Built on a scoped fork of Nous Research’s Hermes, with upstream attribution. Original teaching content and dated implementation evidence are available in the repository.
Writing & essays (3)
Writing & essays
The Patient Is Not a Label: Toward World Models of Physiology
Clinical AI has spent a decade scoring labels. The next frontier is action-aware patient-state modeling: physiology, measurement, intervention, uncertainty, and consequence.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Author
- Status
- Essay
Writing & essays
Clinical Note Extraction in the Age of Generative AI: Error Patterns, Methodological Architectures, and Strategic Implementation
An in-depth survey of clinical note extraction methods--rule-based, BERT, and LLMs--with error patterns, taxonomy of failures, and implementation strategy.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Author
- Status
- Essay
Writing & essays
The Psychology of Risk: Why Smart People Still Gamble Badly in Trading
Behavioral finance explains how cognitive shortcuts and emotional responses distort risk perception and lead even highly educated traders to gamble badly.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Author
- Status
- Essay
Work & appointments (2)
Work & appointments
Board Member · Artificial Intelligence Committee
Inaugural committee board supporting responsible, evidence-based AI in nephrology.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Board member appointed by ERA Council
- Status
- Ongoing appointment
Work & appointments
Postgraduate Medical Intern · Staż podyplomowy
Postgraduate medical training appointment.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Postgraduate medical intern
- Status
- Ongoing
2025
24 recordsJournal articles (1)
Journal articles
Clinical Picture and Outcomes in Patients Diagnosed with Brain Abscess
Retrospective cohort study characterizes the presentation and outcomes of patients with brain abscess, highlighting factors linked to hospital course and prognosis.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Coauthor
- Status
- Published journal article
- Contributors
- Furman-Dlubala A; Bednarska A; Radkowski M; Paciorek M; Kolodziejska J; Laskus T; Bursa D; Porowski D; Makowiecki M; Hourani A et al.
Preprints (4)
Preprints
Neutrophil Lymphocyte Platelet Ratio (NLPR) As A Novel Marker For Predicting Mortality In Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
A retrospective study of a blood-cell-derived inflammatory marker for mortality risk assessment in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Author
- Status
- Preprint
- Contributors
- Abdulla Z. Hourani; Omar Rahal; Abdelrahman Abdelsalam; Alexander Steiner
Preprints
HALP and mHALP as Effective Tools for 90-Day Mortality Prediction in Heart Failure
Retrospective MIMIC-IV analysis evaluates HALP and modified HALP scores for ninety-day mortality prediction in heart failure.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Author
- Status
- Preprint
- Contributors
- Abdulla Hourani; Arman David Sürmeli; Sai Keertana Devarapalli; Michał Oręziak
Preprints
The Impact of COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions on Notifiable Infectious Diseases in Poland: A Comprehensive Analysis from 2014-2022
Preprint version of the infectious disease surveillance analysis, emphasizing how NPIs coincide with shifts in reported incidence across multiple conditions.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Author
- Status
- Preprint
- Contributors
- Abdulla Hourani; Abdelrahman Abdelsalam; Arman David Surmeli
Preprints
Prognostic Value of Different Iron Status Definitions in Congestive Heart Failure: A Retrospective MIMIC-IV Analysis of Risk Stratification and Mortality
Preprint investigating ferritin and transferrin saturation thresholds against mortality outcomes in congestive heart failure.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Author
- Status
- Preprint
- Contributors
- Abdulla Hourani; Arman David Surmeli; Sai Keertana Devarapalli
Conference abstracts (4)
Conference abstracts
A Multimodal Transformer-Based LLM for Predicting Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Cardiac Patients
A conference abstract on integrating signals, imaging, structured measurements and clinical notes for cardiac ICU outcome prediction.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Author
- Status
- Listed conference abstract
- Contributors
- Abdulla Zahi Othman Hourani
- Note
- Listed in the abstract book; not presented. This record is not added to the speaking archive.
Conference abstractsStudent & supervision
Does Refined Iron Deficiency Classification Improve Risk Prediction in Congestive Heart Failure? A Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective analysis examining whether iron-deficiency classifications improve risk stratification in congestive heart failure.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Coauthor
- Status
- Conference abstract
- Contributors
- Arman Sürmeli; Abdulla Hourani; Karolina Puerto-Cardozo; Abdelrahman Abdelsalman
- Students / collaborators
- Arman Sürmeli
- Note
- The first-place Internal Medicine result names presenter Arman Sürmeli.
Conference abstracts
Meta AI-Driven Prediction and Decision Support System for Heart Failure for Comprehensive Clinical Insights
A multimodal heart-failure decision-support research proposal using ECG, chest radiographs and clinical data.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Author
- Status
- Listed conference abstract
- Contributors
- Abdulla Zahi Othman Hourani
- Note
- Listed in the abstract book; not presented. This record is not added to the speaking archive.
Conference abstractsStudent & supervision
The Impact of Chronic Anticoagulation on ICU Outcomes in Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis from MIMIC-IV
A retrospective cohort analysis of pre-ICU anticoagulation and outcomes in patients with ischaemic stroke.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Coauthor
- Status
- Conference abstract
- Contributors
- Arman Sürmeli; Abdulla Hourani; Abdelsalman Abdelrahman; M. Bilal
- Students / collaborators
- Arman Sürmeli
- Note
- The third-place Neurology & Neurosurgery result names presenter Arman Sürmeli.
Talks & posters (5)
Talks & postersStudent & supervision
Does Refined Iron Deficiency Classification Improve Risk Prediction in Congestive Heart Failure? A Retrospective Cohort Study
Coauthored research presented by Arman Sürmeli on iron-deficiency phenotyping and risk prediction in congestive heart failure.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Coauthor
- Status
- Coauthored student presentation
- Presenter
- Arman Sürmeli
- Students / collaborators
- Arman Sürmeli
- Recognition
- Student/presenter prize — Arman Sürmeli: 1st place, Internal Medicine session
- Note
- The abstract lists Hourani as coauthor; official session results name Arman Sürmeli as the prize-winning presenter.
Talks & posters
Dynamic Prediction of Mortality in ACS Patients
A time-aware prediction project focused on mortality risk in acute coronary syndrome patients.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Presenter
- Status
- Conference presentation
- Presenter
- AZ Hourani
- Recognition
- 1st place, Internal Medicine session; Best project by Cardiology Journal
Talks & posters
GPU-Accelerated Real-Time Prediction of Critical Complications in MI Patients Using Multi-Modal AI: A Novel Continuous Early Warning System
A hardware-aware multimodal early-warning concept for myocardial infarction patients, built around real-time prediction of critical complications.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Presenter
- Status
- Conference presentation
- Presenter
- AZ Hourani
- Recognition
- 1st place, Cardiology session; 2nd place, Plenary session
Talks & posters
Multi-Modal AI for Predicting Echocardiographic Parameters: Transforming Cardiac Assessment with ECG and Vital Signs
A multimodal prediction talk on estimating echocardiographic parameters from ECG and vital-sign signals.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Presenter
- Status
- Conference presentation
- Presenter
- AZ Hourani
Talks & postersStudent & supervision
The Impact of Chronic Anticoagulation on ICU Outcomes in Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis from MIMIC-IV
Coauthored MIMIC-IV research presented by Arman Sürmeli on chronic anticoagulation and ICU outcomes in ischaemic stroke.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Coauthor
- Status
- Coauthored student presentation
- Presenter
- Arman Sürmeli
- Students / collaborators
- Arman Sürmeli
- Recognition
- Student/presenter prize — Arman Sürmeli: 3rd place, Neurology & Neurosurgery session
- Note
- The abstract lists Hourani as coauthor; official session results name Arman Sürmeli as the prize-winning presenter.
Awards & academic recognition (2)
Awards & academic recognition
First Place, Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery Session
Awarded for presenting the AI-accelerated early-warning prediction study in the cardiology session.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Presenter
- Status
- Recognition
- Recognition
- First place
- Note
- Personal award.
Awards & academic recognition
Second Place, Plenary Session
Recognised for the same presented study in the congress plenary session.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Presenter
- Status
- Recognition
- Recognition
- Second place
- Note
- Personal award.
Education (2)
Education
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Medical education at the Medical University of Warsaw, grounding subsequent work in clinical research and medical AI.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Medical graduate
- Status
- Completed
- Note
- Programme dates confirmed by AZ Hourani on 25 October 2026.
Education
PhD · Doctoral Researcher in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Doctoral research on clinically useful prediction of kidney outcomes, with attention to interpretability and actionable evaluation.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- PhD candidate / doctoral researcher
- Status
- Ongoing
- Note
- Start month confirmed by AZ Hourani on 25 October 2026; the doctoral researcher appointment forms part of the same period.
Work & appointments (2)
Work & appointments
Applied AI & Clinical Data Scientist · Research Collaborator
Study design and methodological planning across clinical specialties and departments.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Research collaborator · part-time
- Status
- Historical role
Work & appointments
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Production GPU-backed machine-learning services, Kubernetes, Kubeflow and autoscaling infrastructure.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Senior machine learning engineer · full-time
- Status
- Historical role
Leadership, mentoring & service (4)
Leadership, mentoring & service
Clinical AI Solutions Event Organising
Acknowledgement for organising support for the Clinical AI Solutions Event 2025.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Organiser
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
Leadership, mentoring & service
Invited Scientific Peer Reviewer
Scientific peer review.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Invited scientific peer reviewer
- Status
- Ongoing service
Leadership, mentoring & service
Mentor · IFMSA-Poland
Long-term mentoring of medical students.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Mentor
- Status
- Historical service
Leadership, mentoring & service
Volunteer · Polish Red Cross Academic Circle
Health outreach and first-aid education.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Volunteer
- Status
- Historical service
2024
6 recordsTalks & posters (1)
Talks & posters
A Novel and Contemporary Machine-Learning Based Score to Assess Bleeding in AF Patients Undergoing OAC Treatment
A machine-learning based bleeding-risk score for atrial fibrillation patients receiving oral anticoagulation.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Presenter
- Status
- Conference presentation
- Presenter
- AZ Hourani
- Recognition
- 3rd place, Cardiology session
Awards & academic recognition (1)
Awards & academic recognition
Third Place, Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery Session
Third place for the presented atrial fibrillation bleeding-risk study in the cardiology session.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Presenter
- Status
- Recognition
- Recognition
- Third place
- Note
- Personal award.
Leadership, mentoring & service (3)
Leadership, mentoring & service
Chair · MACR-S
Clinical microbiology teaching and student research coordination.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Chair
- Status
- Historical service
Leadership, mentoring & service
Founder & President · Mathematics and Biostatistics Circle
Curriculum and seminar coordination across biostatistics, time-series analysis and machine learning, as described in the archived Europass CV.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Founder and president
- Status
- Historical leadership / teaching
Leadership, mentoring & service
President · Infectious Diseases Research Circle
Student–department coordination, research-project management and statistical work, as described in the archived Europass CV.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- President
- Status
- Historical leadership / teaching
Courses & qualifications (1)
Courses & qualifications
CITI Human Research Refresher
Refresher-course completion certificate for human research training.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Learner
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
2023
26 recordsTalks & posters (2)
Talks & posters
Exophiala dermatitidis: A Case Report of a Rare Fungal Infection
A clinical case report on a rare fungal infection, presented within the early WIMC conference work.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Presenter
- Status
- Conference presentation
- Presenter
- AZ Hourani
Talks & posters
The Effect of NPIs on 17 Notifiable Infectious Diseases in Poland
An early epidemiology presentation on how non-pharmaceutical interventions reshaped incidence patterns across notifiable infectious diseases in Poland.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Presenter
- Status
- Conference presentation
- Presenter
- AZ Hourani
Conferences & professional participation (4)
Conferences & professional participation
ECG Workshop Appreciation
Appreciation for participation in the WIMC ECG workshop.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Workshop participant
- Status
- Professional participation
Conferences & professional participation
ESC Congress CME Participation
Continuing medical education participation at ESC Congress 2023.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Participant
- Status
- Professional participation
Conferences & professional participation
OpenCARDIO Participation
Active participation certificate from OpenCARDIO 2023.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Participant
- Status
- Professional participation
Conferences & professional participation
Symbioza Active Participation
Active participation certificate from the Symbioza conference.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Participant
- Status
- Professional participation
Projects & software (3)
Projects & software
Commercial property portfolio risk analysis
A quantitative framework for assessing market, economic and tenant-related risks in commercial property portfolios.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Risk analysis and statistical modelling
- Status
- Historical quantitative project
- Note
- Historical project described in the archived Clinical and Quantitative CV.
Projects & software
Market trends and predictive property valuation
Quantitative analysis of property-market trends using time-series, regression and machine-learning models to inform investment decisions.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Lead data analyst
- Status
- Historical quantitative project
- Note
- Historical project described in the archived Clinical and Quantitative CV.
Projects & software
Sepsis and cardiovascular complication risk scores
Exploratory development of machine-learning risk scores using MIMIC-IV and eICU, investigating sepsis and cardiovascular complications.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Lead statistical analysis and research design
- Status
- Historical research project
- Note
- Project description retained from the archived Clinical and Quantitative CV. It is presented as historical work rather than an additional published paper.
Awards & academic recognition (1)
Awards & academic recognition
Pathomorphology Highest Result: 96/100
Departmental confirmation and examination record showing the best pathomorphology result of the year.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Student
- Status
- Recognition
Work & appointments (1)
Work & appointments
Data Scientist
Data collection, governance and time-series analytics supporting property portfolio decisions.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Data scientist · full-time
- Status
- Historical role
Leadership, mentoring & service (10)
Leadership, mentoring & service
AMSA MUW Volunteering Coordinator
Recognition for coordination and contribution to AMSA MUW volunteering initiatives.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Coordinator
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
Leadership, mentoring & service
Cardiology Club President Recognition
Recognition for organising and delivering cardiology seminars and workshops.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- President
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
Leadership, mentoring & service
IFMSA-Poland Warsaw Volunteer Service
Recognition for peer-support mentoring and coordination of ultrasound, research and active oral session projects.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Member and volunteer
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
Leadership, mentoring & service
IMSC Ambassador
Organisational and promotional support as ambassador for the first edition of IMSC in Kraków.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Ambassador
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
Leadership, mentoring & service
MACR-S Participation
Participation certificate for the 2022–2023 MACR-S programme.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Participant
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
Leadership, mentoring & service
MACR-S President Leadership Appreciation
Appreciation for outstanding leadership as MACR-S club president.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- President
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
Leadership, mentoring & service
MUW Students Research Program President
Confirmation of leadership of the MUW Students Research Program and research-methodology teaching support.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Co-founder and president
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
Leadership, mentoring & service
Teaching data science, statistics and research methodology
Teaching and research-methodology support in the biostatistics and telemedicine department, documented in the archived Clinical and Quantitative CV.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Tutor
- Status
- Historical leadership / teaching
Leadership, mentoring & service
uSURG Active Oral Presentation Division Leadership
Certificate recognising leadership of the active oral presentation participant division; it does not identify a delivered talk.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Head of the Active Oral Presentation Participant division
- Status
- Professional participation
Leadership, mentoring & service
Volunteering Administrator · AMSA
Volunteer coordination and community service.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Volunteering administrator
- Status
- Historical service
Courses & qualifications (5)
Courses & qualifications
Basic Life Support Provider Training
Completed Basic Life Support training at the University of Sharjah Clinical Training Center in August 2023, documented by an AHA provider eCard and the course attendance certificate.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Provider
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
Courses & qualifications
CITI Conflicts of Interest
Basic-course completion certificate for conflicts of interest training.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Learner
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
Courses & qualifications
Healthcare Associated Infections — HAIx 2022/2023
Participation certificate for the healthcare-associated infections course.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Learner
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
Courses & qualifications
Palliative Medicine E-learning
E-learning completion certificate for palliative medicine.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Learner
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
Courses & qualifications
Patient Education E-learning
E-learning completion certificate for patient education.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Learner
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
2022
9 recordsConferences & professional participation (3)
Conferences & professional participation
17th WIMC Attendance
Attendance certificate for the 17th Warsaw International Medical Congress.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Attendee
- Status
- Professional participation
Conferences & professional participation
ESC Congress CME Participation
Continuing medical education participation at ESC Congress 2022.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Participant
- Status
- Professional participation
Conferences & professional participation
POCUS RUSH Workshop
Workshop certificate for point-of-care ultrasound and RUSH protocol training.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Workshop participant
- Status
- Professional participation
Awards & academic recognition (1)
Awards & academic recognition
Highest Dermatology Grade
Departmental confirmation of the highest dermatology grade for the 2021–2022 academic year.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Student
- Status
- Recognition
Work & appointments (1)
Work & appointments
Accounting Intern
Financial analysis, cross-department accounting support and real-estate tax reporting.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Accounting intern
- Status
- Historical role
- Note
- A non-clinical work placement from the archived CV. Only the season and year are documented; the strip spans the recorded year.
Leadership, mentoring & service (4)
Leadership, mentoring & service
Cardiology Club Participation
Participation certificate for the English Division Cardiology Club.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Member
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
Leadership, mentoring & service
Carolina ED Student Scientific Circle Membership
Membership recognition including seminars on shoulder fractures and observation of elective orthopedic surgeries.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Member
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
Leadership, mentoring & service
Internal Medicine Club Membership
Participation certificate for the Internal Medicine Club 7th Floor.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Member
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
Leadership, mentoring & service
Life support and ultrasound teaching
Basic and advanced life support and ultrasound tutoring, documented as a past teaching role in the archived Clinical and Quantitative CV.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Tutor
- Status
- Historical leadership / teaching
2021
1 recordsLeadership, mentoring & service (1)
Leadership, mentoring & service
Cardiology Club Member Recognition
Recognition for active membership in the English Division Cardiology Club.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Member
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution
2020
1 recordsCourses & qualifications (1)
Courses & qualifications
Work Safety and Hygiene During COVID-19
E-learning completion certificate for work safety and hygiene during COVID-19.
Contributions & evidence
- Role
- Learner
- Status
- Documented credential / contribution