Summary
Bowen Li is an AI entrepreneur and researcher with eight years of experience building medical imaging, multimodal LLM/VLM systems, and clinical informatics tools. A Johns Hopkins–trained computer scientist and NLPer by background, he has moved from hands-on research roles at PingAn AI Institute and ByteDance to founding two startups focused on medical AI and imaging. Bowen has driven translational projects across academia and industry—from ophthalmology informatics and virtual-reality vision testing at Johns Hopkins to quality-assured radiation oncology tools and production-scale recommendation models. He serves as a reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, reflecting credibility in medical AI research while leading product-focused teams as CEO. Notably, his work combines deep technical contributions (algorithms and software) with operational leadership, bridging research prototypes to clinical and commercial deployments. Based in Rockville, MD, he blends entrepreneurial grit with a strong research pedigree to tackle high-impact healthcare AI problems.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at Tsinghua University
Chinese, English, Japanese