Meet Our Researchers
Ophthalmologists, an ocularist, ultrasound researchers and software engineers in Bengaluru and the United States, organised by what each person does on MERIT AI.
Medical & Clinical
4 membersClinicians, researchers, and coordinators driving patient-centred ophthalmic care and data collection.
Dr. Hadi M. Khazaei
MBBS, MS, MCR, FRSPHChief Medical Scientist
Founder and Chief Medical Scientist of Athreya MedTech. Translational researcher in ophthalmic AI, orbital ultrasonography, and point-of-care diagnostics. Visiting Professor at Portland State University.
Kaneez Abbas
Healthcare AnalystHealthcare Analyst & Researcher
Healthcare Analyst and ophthalmic imaging researcher at Athreya MedTech. 4 years of ophthalmic technology experience at Legacy Devers Eye Institute. Leads Biometry and Ocular Ultrasound training in the APPL Academy.
Jibran Munaver
Consultant OcularistClinical Implementation Lead & Consultant Ocularist
Director of De Cure Center, Bengaluru. 12+ years of ocular and facial prosthetics expertise, 5,000+ patients, 100+ hospital affiliations. Founding member, Ocularist Society of India.
Aasima Tamkeen
Research CoordinatorResearch Coordinator, MERIT AI
Paid Clinical Research Intern at DMF / Athreya MedTech. Handles patient enrollment, clinical data coordination, and de-identified data management across the MERIT AI research pipeline.
Research & Accreditation
2 membersResearch methodology, regulatory accreditation, training validation, and data annotation.
Dr. Majd Oteibi
MD, DHSc, CCRP, FRSPHCEO & Clinical Research Director
CEO of Validus Institute Inc. (San Diego, CA). Leads research methodology training, is co-applicant on the NIH SBIR submission, and issues APPL Academy certificates.
Yaseen Ahmed
CEO, Aider DigitalResearch Validation Lead & CEO, Aider Digital
Founder & CEO of Aider Digital Pvt Ltd. Hosts the Digital Ophthalmology Dialogues on the Aider Digital learning platform. Manages student pipeline for medical research internships.
AI & Technology
5 membersAI architecture, infrastructure, hardware, and interface engineering for the MERIT AI platform.
Moinuddin Qureshi
BCA, Co-Founder & AI Systems Architect, DMFAI Systems Architect
AI Systems Architect at Digital Mega Factory (DMF). Designs and maintains the MERIT AI system architecture, on-premise infrastructure, and full-stack deployment pipeline.
Faisal Shariff
Networking & Hardware ExpertHardware & Networking Expert
Hardware and Networking Expert at Digital Mega Factory (DMF). Manages on-premise server infrastructure, networking, and hardware security for the MERIT AI deployment.
Sajid Akhtar
GPU Infrastructure ExpertGPU Infrastructure Expert
Founder of OpenStack India Group (10,000+ APAC members). GPU Infrastructure Expert at USD Global. Provides advisory support on GPU infrastructure scaling for MERIT AI.
Kunal Athreya
UI/UX DeveloperUI/UX Developer
UI/UX Developer at Athreya Inc. (Edison, NJ). Contributes interface design and user experience to the MERIT AI platform and Athreya MedTech digital presence.
Dan Khazaei
Segmentation SpecialistSegmentation & Annotation Lead
Segmentation & Annotation Lead at Portland State University. Manages the phantom lab dataset annotation and image segmentation pipeline for MERIT AI Phase 2.
Business & Operations
3 membersBusiness strategy, clinical operations, grant management, and consortium leadership.
Bala Balaguru
MDCEO & Business Lead
CEO and Business Lead of Athreya Inc. (Edison, NJ). Leads business operations, investor relations, NIH SBIR grant management, and hardware procurement for the consortium.
Dr. Hadi M. Khazaei
MBBS, MS, MCR, FRSPHChief Medical Scientist
Founder and Chief Medical Scientist of Athreya MedTech. Translational researcher in ophthalmic AI, orbital ultrasonography, and point-of-care diagnostics. Visiting Professor at Portland State University.
Join Our Team
We need ophthalmologists to review validation cases, sonographers and optometrists who scan, and engineers who can work on segmentation and biometry.
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