Internal Medicine · Bayhealth Medical Center · Dover, DE

Rahul
Gaiba, MD

Building open clinical tools and frameworks where evidence and technology intersect.

Projects

Open clinical tools

Framework · Calculator · AI

Net Beneficial Influence

A 2×2 adjudication framework and five-metric calculator for evaluating cooperative human-AI clinical decision-making. Asks not “Is AI better?” but “Does using AI make clinicians better?”

DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20043914 MIT + CC BY 4.0

Quality Improvement · Dashboard

STEMI Fast

A real-time dashboard and interval calculator for STEMI ischemic time tracking: from first medical contact to device activation. Built to help cath lab teams reduce FMC-to-balloon time.

FMC-to-device QI tool

Evidence-Based Medicine · EBM Tool

Cardiology Trial Match

Browser-based educational tool matching patient profiles against 39 landmark cardiology trials across heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and valvular disease. All evaluation runs in-browser: no PHI transmitted.

39 trials DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19803459

Research Platform · SaaS

Curiosity Clinic

A structured research platform for residents and medical students: from clinical observation to complete study plan. PICO framework builder, study design matching, team task tracking, and conference-deadline-aware timelines.

2,000+ monthly members In development
Research output

Open tools & frameworks

The Net Beneficial Influence Framework: Quantifying Cooperative Human-AI Decision-Making

Gaiba R. · Version 1.0 · Zenodo · 2026
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20043914

Published

Cardiology Trial Match: an interactive tool for matching patient profiles against landmark cardiology trial criteria

Gaiba R. · Version 1.0.0 · Zenodo · 2026
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19803459

Published

STEMI Fast: First Medical Contact to Device Time Dashboard for Primary PCI Quality Improvement

Gaiba R. · Bayhealth Medical Center · 2026

In preparation

Peer-reviewed abstracts & posters

Reverse takotsubo cardiomyopathy masquerading as an acute coronary syndrome

Gaiba R, Boyer B, Jacob D. · J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 May 11;77(18_Supplement_1):2972

JACC 2021

PCI provides costly mortality reductions for breast cancer patients: Propensity score and machine learning augmented nationally representative case-control study of 30 million+ hospitalizations

Monlezun D, Gaiba R, et al. · J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Mar;75(11_Supplement_1):3625

JACC 2020

CRT-101.02 PCI provides costly mortality reductions for colon cancer patients: Propensity score and machine learning supported nationally representative case-control study of 30+ million hospitalizations

Monlezun DJ, Folivi M, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim P, Chauhan S, Hoang K, Gaiba R, et al. · J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020

JACC 2020

Impella versus medical management reduces mortality preferentially by primary malignancy without affecting cost: Propensity score and machine learning augmented nationally representative case-control study of over 30 million hospitalizations

Monlezun DJ, Grable C, Hoang K, Gaiba R, Chauhan S, Hostetter L, Thomason N, Jacob R, Palaskas N, Iliescu CA. · SCAI Scientific Sessions 2020

SCAI 2020

Culprit versus multi-vessel PCI preferentially reduces mortality while increasing cost by primary malignancy for STEMI: Propensity score and machine learning supported nationally representative case-control study of 30 million+ hospitalizations

Monlezun DJ, Grable C, Hoang K, Gaiba R, Chauhan S, Hostetter L, Thomason N, Jacob R, Palaskas N, Cilingiroglu M, Marmagkiolis K. · SCAI Scientific Sessions 2020

SCAI 2020

Embolic stroke after embolization of artero-venous malformation (AVM): An unfortunate complication

Hussain A, Gaiba R, Finkel J. · Drexel Discovery Day 2020

Abstract

A rare cause of NSTEMI in atrial fibrillation

Ashish K, Lau HC, Gaiba R, Lashner M. · Drexel Discovery Day 2020

Abstract

Case reports

Pulmonary cryptococcosis complicating interstitial lung disease in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Gaiba R, O'Neill E, Lakshmi S. · BMJ Case Reports CP · 2019
casereports.bmj.com

Published

Reverse takotsubo cardiomyopathy masquerading as an acute coronary syndrome

Gaiba R, Boyer B, Jacob D.

Under review
Experience

Clinical & research

2022 –
Present
Current

Internal Medicine Physician

Bayhealth Medical Center

Dover, Delaware, USA

Inpatient internal medicine with a focus on cardiology and quality improvement. Developing open clinical tools deployed to the department, including a STEMI ischemic time dashboard, a human-AI decision-making framework, and a landmark cardiology trial matcher for bedside evidence translation.

Internal Medicine Cardiology Quality Improvement Clinical Tooling
Jun 2019 –
Jun 2022

Internal Medicine Resident · Chief Resident (2021–22)

Crozer Chester Medical Center · Drexel University College of Medicine

Upland, Pennsylvania, USA

Three-year categorical internal medicine residency at an academic community program. Promoted to Chief Resident in the final year, leading resident scheduling, quality improvement initiatives, and scholarly activity programming for the department.

Published peer-reviewed abstracts at ACC and SCAI scientific sessions on propensity score and machine learning studies in onco-cardiology. Contributed to QI projects addressing heart failure documentation, SGLT2i/GLP-1 utilization in clinical ASCVD, cancer screening gaps, and 90-day readmission trends.

Awards: Best Intern, PGY-1 (2019–20) · Outstanding Resident in a Teaching Role, PGY-2 (2020–21) · Outstanding Resident in a Teaching Role, PGY-3 (2021–22)

Chief Resident Internal Medicine Onco-Cardiology Quality Improvement Teaching
Aug 2018

Clinical Observer

Division of Infectious Diseases, University of South Florida College of Medicine

Tampa, Florida, USA

Clinical observership in the Division of Infectious Diseases, gaining exposure to complex infectious disease management and academic clinical workflows at a major academic medical center.

Infectious Diseases Academic Medicine
Education

Academic training

Aug 2010 –
Jan 2017

Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

Mysore Medical College and Research Institute

Karnataka, India

Six-year integrated undergraduate medical program encompassing pre-clinical, para-clinical, and clinical training. Core rotations in internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics & gynaecology, paediatrics, and community medicine.

MBBS
Coursera

System Science and Obesity

Johns Hopkins University · Coursera

Online

Systems science methods applied to population-level obesity, complex adaptive systems, agent-based modeling, and policy levers in public health.

Certificate
Coursera

Business Models for Innovative Care of Older People

University of Copenhagen & Copenhagen Business School · Coursera

Online

Innovation and business model design in geriatric care, value creation in elder care systems, integrated care models, and healthcare entrepreneurship in the context of an aging population.

Certificate
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