
Reza Shahriarirad, M.D.
Research Fellow
Mayo Clinic
Reza Shahriarirad is a physician-researcher and Research Fellow in Surgical Innovation in the Department of Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. His work sits at the intersection of surgery, data science, and emerging technology, with a focus on how artificial intelligence, computer vision, and wearable sensing can advance surgical decision-making, intraoperative precision, and patient-centered care. He has authored more than 190 peer-reviewed publications spanning surgical innovation, minimally invasive and reconstructive surgery, surgical AI and predictive modeling, and infectious disease. His work also includes two issued patents and recognition among the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford/Elsevier. He has completed 149 peer reviews across more than 60 international journals and serves as Guest Editor for PLOS ONE and Associate Editor for Shiraz E-Medical Journal. He is also the developer of the A-STAR platform and SIRIS, and co-developer of MOSI.
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A-STAR Lab Teaches Hands-On Computer Vision at the ACS Clinical Congress 2026
A-STAR Lab members joined faculty from Moonshot AI and Stanford University to lead the computer vision session of the ACS hands-on AI course for clinicians and surgeons in Washington, DC.
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A-STAR Lab Members Honored at the Mayo Research Fellows' Association Awards
Dr. Abdulrahman Alomar received the Excellence in AI, Data Science, and Computational Biology Award, and the Bariatric Surgery and Aging Team received the Team Collaboration Award.
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A-STAR Team Attends the 2026 AI Research Summit
The A-STAR team attended the 2026 AI Research Summit, where Dr. Reza Shahriarirad presented three posters.
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