Dr. Javed (Jay) Aslam is the Chief Data Science Officer at CodaMetrix. In his role as CDSO, Jay oversees all Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing at the company. He was part of the team that developed Massachusetts General Brigham’s original medical coding AI system in 2016. Jay is also a Professor at Northeastern University where he most recently served as the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences. Prior to joining Northeastern University, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Dartmouth College, and he held a postdoctoral position in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. Jay received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT, with a focus on machine learning and noise-tolerant computation.
With few workers entering a field dominated by older Gen X-ers and Baby Boomers, there’s a growing gap in skilled medical coders — people who read notes from doctors and apply appropriate codes for billing and reimbursement purposes. So many are turning to AI.