About Us – Galileo

Welcome to Galileo

Galileo CDS is the first clinical decision support tool based on Machine Learning to be used in Radiology. Galileo will simplify image observation and accelerate reporting for most radiology cases.

Automate your non-reimbursable tasks with integrated diagnostic decision support and standardized report generation.

Based on 20+ years of research, our solutions are designed to reduce the risk of human error and increase efficiency while improving the quality of radiology reports.

R. Nick Bryan, MD, PhD

Founder, Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer

Dr. Bryan’s 30+ years of radiography research led to development of an observation checklist that enables rapid analysis of image sets for large population-based studies.

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This research software has steadily improved in performance and operational efficiency, ultimately leading Dr. Bryan to found Galileo CDS, Inc. in order to extend this capability to the clinical environment.
Dr. Bryan is an internationally recognized neuroradiologist, having been Chairman of Radiology at the NIH (1997-1999) and at the University of Pennsylvania (1999-2014). He also served as President and Chairman of the Board of RSNA, served on the Board of the American College of Radiology, and as President of ASNR. These clinical, socioeconomic and administrative responsibilities have provided Dr. Bryan with valuable insights into unmet needs in the practice and business of clinical radiology.

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Abhijeet Pradhan

CEO

Abhijeet has extensive experience in building and scaling businesses, especially technology companies in various verticals including education, IT services and consumer oriented.

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Prior to Galileo, Abhijeet was a cofounder and Chief Technology Officer for iTexico, a nearshore IT services company. During his time there, iTexico grew rapidly from a pre-revenue startup to over 120 employees across three offices.
Previously, Abhijeet was also cofounder and Chief Technology Officer for Classof1, an online tutoring company that was acquired by Knowledge Universe.
Abhijeet has a B.Tech from IIT Mumbai, an M.S. from Texas A&M and an MBA from the Acton School of Business in Austin, TX.

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Stephen R. Popielarski, PhD

VP, Marketing & Business Development

Dr. Popielarski has developed and launched disruptive solutions into US and global healthcare markets for the past 15 years. He has built and led teams across the product lifecycle, from ideation through launch, and growth through end-of-life transitions.

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After receiving his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Caltech, Steve joined diagnostic startup GeneOhm Sciences in business development. GeneOhm pursued parallel IPO and acquisition paths leading to acquisition for $250M with $5M prior year revenue. Steve transitioned into US and global marketing, then joined an internal J&J startup where he successfully developed and launched a SaaS business model to drive adoption of innovative medical devices. Steve also launched the VERV(TM) Patch for overactive bladder at J&J before assuming global marketing responsibility for $2B portfolio of OneTouch(R) diabetes test strips and meters. Steve leads strategic and commercial activities for Galileo CDS.

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Edward Herskovits, MD, PhD

Co-founder and Advisor

Dr. Herskovits has extensive experience in data mining, Bayesian methods for the analysis of multidimensional data (including image data), biostatistics, object-oriented software development, neuroinformatics, and neuroradiology.

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He has over 20 years of experience applying probability theory and information theory to data analysis, and over 15 years of experience applying his expertise to image and temporal data. Dr. Herskovits has been Principal Investigator on the NIH-funded Brain-Image Database project since 1998, and he received funding from Microsoft to develop and analyze a prototype brain-tumor database. Previously Professor of Radiology and director of research for the Neuroradiology division at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Herskovits is now Professor of Radiology and Director of Research at the University of Maryland. Dr. Herskovits leads development of the Bayesian-network expert system.

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