# Eduardo Reis

> Dr. Eduardo Pontes Reis, MD is Vice President of Strategy in the Office of the CEO at Hippocratic AI, a Palo Alto-based generative AI healthcare company with $439M in total funding. A neuroradiologist and AI researcher, he bridges clinical medicine and artificial intelligence through leadership roles at Stanford's Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging (AIMI) and Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Brazil, where he initiated the Health Story medical timeline platform and led AI development for diseases including tuberculosis, COVID-19, melanoma, and head CT analysis. He co-authored the BRAX Brazilian Chest X-ray Dataset published in Nature Scientific Data, built open-source tools for integrating AI plugins into LLMs (plugnplai, 228+ GitHub stars), and served as Founding Radiologist at Cognita Imaging — a Stanford AIMI spinoff acquired by Radiology Partners for $80M — before joining Hippocratic AI in early 2026.

- **Role:** Vice President, Strategy (Office of the CEO) at Hippocratic AI
- **Organizations:** Hippocratic AI, Stanford AIMI, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Cognita Imaging, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
- **From:** Brazil
- **Nationality:** Brazilian
- **Education:** Doctor of Medicine (MD), Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Neuroradiology & Clinical Informatics Fellowship, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Postdoctoral Scholar / Visiting Scholar, Stanford University / AIMI
- **Known for:** Co-authored BRAX, Brazilian Chest X-ray Dataset published in Nature Scientific Data (2022) — 40,967 images, 24,959 studies, Built and released Brain Hemorrhage Extended (BHX) annotations on PhysioNet, Created plugnplai, open-source Python library for integrating AI plugins into LLMs (228+ GitHub stars)

## Career timeline

- **2022** — Published BRAX Brazilian Chest X-ray Dataset in Nature Scientific Data (40,967 images from Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein)
- **2022** — Released Brain Hemorrhage Extended (BHX) annotations on PhysioNet
- **2022-2023** — Built and open-sourced plugnplai, a Python library integrating AI plugins into LLMs (228+ GitHub stars)
- **2023** — Built ConVIRT-pytorch, an open-source contrastive learning method for radiology images and text (155+ GitHub stars)
- **2023-2024** — Serving as Visiting Scholar at Stanford Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine & Imaging (AIMI)
- **2024-2025** — Co-founded Cognita Imaging as Founding Radiologist, developing AI vision language models for CT and X-ray analysis (Stanford AIMI spinoff)
- **2025-11** — Cognita Imaging acquired by Radiology Partners for ~$80M
- **2026-02** — Appointed Vice President, Strategy (Office of the CEO) at Hippocratic AI, announced February 11, 2026

## Achievements

- Co-authored BRAX, Brazilian Chest X-ray Dataset published in Nature Scientific Data (2022) — 40,967 images, 24,959 studies
- Built and released Brain Hemorrhage Extended (BHX) annotations on PhysioNet
- Created plugnplai, open-source Python library for integrating AI plugins into LLMs (228+ GitHub stars)
- Created ConVIRT-pytorch, contrastive learning for radiology images (155+ GitHub stars)
- Co-built Comp2Comp, CT-to-body-composition analysis tool (115+ GitHub stars)
- Founding Radiologist at Cognita Imaging, acquired by Radiology Partners for ~$80M
- Initiated Health Story platform at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein — medical timeline supporting clinical research and personalized patient care
- Led AI development for diseases of national significance in Brazil: tuberculosis, COVID-19, melanoma, and head CT analysis
- Appointed VP Strategy at Hippocratic AI following $141M Series C round
- Contributed to LangChain and Open-Assistant open-source projects

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Appointed Vice President, Strategy in Office of the CEO at Hippocratic AI, announced February 11, 2026
- **2025-11** — Cognita Imaging, where Reis served as Founding Radiologist, acquired by Radiology Partners for ~$80M
- **2025-11** — Hippocratic AI announced $141M Series C funding round (total funding: $439M)

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edreismd/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/edreismd
- GitHub: https://github.com/edreisMD

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Last updated: 2026-05-13