A native of Nalgonda, Sandeep Konam, earned a place in the annual ‘30 under-30’ list of entrepreneurs in North America, published by Forbes earlier this month.
“I feel honoured to be on the list,” Mr. Konam said in an e-mail to The Hindu, informing of his recognition on Monday.
Forbes, one of the leading American-based business magazines, published the 2021 ‘30 under 30’ lists across 20 categories, and Mr. Konam made it to the list in healthcare category for his phone-based application — Abridge — which he co-founded with Shivdev Rao.
Using artificial intelligence, Abridge records and transcribes conversations between a patient and doctor. When reviewed by the user, the app highlights important aspects of the conversation, for instance, symptoms, conditions and medication.
Since every conversation is recorded, the patient has a deeper understanding of one’s health and treatment, and a transcript summary of the same can be securely shared with friends and family, Mr. Konam, who leads Abridge’s machine learning team, explained.
The 25-year-old has a Master’s degree in Robotics from the Carnegie Mellon University. In the past, Mr. Konam built phone applications to aid low-vision patients and detect cancer biomarkers using blood analysis.
