Shiv Rao, MD, is the Founder and CEO of Abridge, an AI company that structures and summarizes medical conversations to unburden clinicians from clerical work, and focus on what matters most—their patients. Recently recognized by Forbes in the “AI 50” list, Abridge’s science-centered technology platform transforms conversations into structured data and clinical documentation across over 50 specialties, 14 languages, and several care settings. Abridge’s documentation solution is now saving clinicians 3 hours a day, and its EMR integrated patient-facing summaries are helping people better understand and follow through on their care plans.

Dr. Rao is a practicing cardiologist at UPMC and previously led the provider-facing investment portfolio for UPMC where he invested in startups, and also helped fund a Machine Learning in Health program at Carnegie Mellon University. He completed his medical education and training at the University of Michigan and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and studied at Carnegie Mellon where he programmed virtual synthesizers, and skateboarded in IMAX movies.