Hojjat Salehinejad, Ph.D.

AI Lead

Mayo Clinic

Leads the AI and machine learning research at A-STAR. Dr. Salehinejad is an Associate Professor of Health Care Systems Engineering at Mayo Clinic. His research focuses on practical, trustworthy AI for healthcare, especially systems that remain reliable in real-world settings and support clinical decision-making under uncertainty. He earned his PhD from the University of Toronto, where he also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in machine learning. He founded and leads the IEEE AI in Healthcare Task Force and serves as an associate editor for leading IEEE journals.