Stephen Pfohl is a Senior Research Scientist at Google with eight years of experience merging machine learning and clinical informatics, grounded in a PhD in Biomedical Informatics from Stanford. He focuses on fairness, robustness, and transparent evaluation of ML systems that support clinical decision-making, translating rigorous academic methods into deployable research. His background includes research and teaching at Stanford’s Center for Biomedical Informatics Research and multiple roles at Google, reflecting a blend of deep domain expertise and production-minded experimentation. Based in San Francisco, he brings a biomedical engineering undergraduate foundation from Georgia Tech and a track record of tackling subtle evaluation pitfalls that can undermine clinical trust in AI.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Biomedical Engineering, Alum, Bachelor’s Degree, Biomedical Engineering, Alum at Georgia Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical Informatics at Stanford University
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Stephen Pfohl - Senior Research Scientist at Google