Pulmonary & Critical Care — Clinical AI

Jawad Abukhalaf MD

US Board-Certified Pulmonologist & Intensivist

I work with healthcare AI companies building in respiratory medicine and critical care — providing the specialist clinical judgment that grounds model development, supports regulatory validation, and keeps AI outputs defensible in real clinical settings.

ABIM Critical Care ABIM Pulmonary ABIM Internal Medicine 11 yrs clinical practice

Schedule a Call → j.abukhalaf@prosperclinical.com

Services

What I do

Model Validation & Ground Truth

Clinical ground-truth generation, sensitivity and specificity review, inter-rater reliability, and physician-level annotation for FDA 510(k) and De Novo submissions. Available for both pre-clearance validation studies and post-market surveillance review.

Regulatory

Dataset Annotation

Case-by-case physician review of chest CT, CXR, ICU time-series, and clinical notes. Ground truth generation for AI training datasets where specialist clinical judgment — not general medical knowledge — is what the label requires.

Training Data

Clinical Advisory

Advisory board participation, clinical workflow review, use-case validation, and failure-mode identification for companies building in my domain. Structured as hourly, retainer, or equity-plus-retainer depending on stage and scope.

Advisory

Medical Director

Ongoing Medical Director relationships for companies that require a US-licensed physician as the accountable clinical oversight layer — prior authorization review, utilization management, or regulatory compliance infrastructure.

Oversight

Clinical Scope

Where my input carries specialist authority

Mechanical Ventilation & ARDS

Ventilator management AI, lung-protective strategy, driving pressure monitoring, P-SILI detection, weaning and extubation models

Sepsis & Hemodynamic Management

Sepsis prediction models, early warning systems, hemodynamic instability alerts, vasopressor titration decision support

ICU Deterioration & Early Warning

Clinical alarm adjudication, deterioration prediction validation, real-world performance review in Level 1 trauma ICU settings

Respiratory Failure & Airway

Intubation decision support, NIV failure prediction, oxygen therapy protocols, respiratory monitoring wearables

Lung Nodule Assessment

Lung nodule AI validation from the pulmonologist's perspective — functional disease assessment, Fleischner adherence, lung cancer staging workflows

Obstructive Lung Disease

COPD and asthma management AI, exacerbation prediction models, chronic disease monitoring, prior authorization for respiratory DME and pulmonary rehab

Training

Clinical background

Critical Care Attending

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center · Level 1 Trauma · 60-bed ICU
2025 — Present

Pulmonary & Critical Care Attending

Freestate Healthcare, Kansas · Arizona Lung, Sleep & Valley Fever Institute
2018 — 2025

Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship

University of New Mexico School of Medicine
2015 — 2018

Hospice & Palliative Care Fellowship

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
2014 — 2015

Internal Medicine Residency — Chief Resident

Icahn School of Medicine · Englewood Medical Center
2012 — 2014

Board Certifications

ABIM Critical Care Medicine · Pulmonary Disease · Internal Medicine
Board Eligible: Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Engagement

How to work together

Hourly

Discovery calls, model review sessions, clinical evaluation discussions. No minimum commitment.

Project-Based

Fixed-scope validation studies, annotation batches, and FDA submission support with defined deliverables and timelines.

Monthly Retainer

Ongoing clinical advisory, post-market surveillance, and Medical Director relationships with predictable monthly scope.

Advisory Board

Equity-plus-retainer arrangements considered for early-stage companies where long-term alignment makes sense.

Jawad Abukhalaf MD

What I do

Where my input carries specialist authority

Clinical background

How to work together

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