About Us

We are excited to bring clinically relevant discussions about the impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning on healthcare, aimed for healthcare workers without a technical background. We are aiming to empower people in healthcare to participate in this field so we’ll strive to keep our content accessible and free.

Every month, we’ll be releasing an episode discussing recent papers and updates in the medical informatics field. If you have paper suggestions, please get in touch at info@medicalattention.ai

Our AI “bolus dose” is an introductory series of 5 episodes covering some core concepts. Listen here.

Meet the Team

  • Adjunct Professor Malcolm Pradhan

    Malcolm is a Health Informatics specialist with over 25 years of experience in research and commercialising clinical products. He is currently an Adjunct Professor in Digital Health at the University of Sydney. He holds a medical degree from the University of Adelaide and a PhD in Medical Informatics from Stanford University, California, where he specialised in clinical AI and decision theory. He is a founding fellow of the Australian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH).

    Malcolm is passionate about improving healthcare for both clinicians and patients. He co-founded the ASX-listed Alcidion Group and served as Chief Medical Officer  (2001-2022). He was instrumental in shaping the product vision, system architecture, and design of solutions for electronic medical records, patient flow, patient safety, clinical decision support, natural language processing, virtual care, and mobile apps. Malcolm is a strong advocate for interoperability and standards.

    Malcolm believes safe and equitable healthcare relies on interoperability and intelligent systems assisting clinicians and patients and hopes to contribute to a better understanding of AI's potential and limitations.

    Malcolm continues to be active in health informatics. He is a Digital Health advisor for Healius Pathology and advises various start-ups on go-to-market and AI strategy. Recently, he started a new company, Wattle AI, that aims to help organisations automate workflows using responsible AI methods.

  • Dr Alyssa Pradhan

    I’m a medical doctor, specialising in Infectious Diseases. I obtained a Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Adelaide and undertook physician training in Sydney, including work in rural NSW and Mparntwe / Alice Springs. 

    I am passionate about the role of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to improve health access and equity, particularly in underserved populations. I’m excited to be starting a Masters of Biomedical Informatics via the Vilcek Institute at New York University, New York.