Episode notes
MalkeAsaad, plastic surgery resident and founder of Rank RX, shares how he built an AI platform using large language models to revolutionize residency application screening. From med school in war-torn Aleppo to Mayo Clinic and MD Anderson, Malke discusses the unfair filtering system that inspired Rank RX—where Nobel Prize laureates get rejected for missing a cutoff by one point—and how AI can make hiring more objective and efficient.
What you'll learn:
- Why the current residency application system is broken (Nobel Prize winner rejected for 1-point score gap)
- How Rank RX uses AI/LLMs to screen 1,000–2,000 applications (30–80 pages each) in minutes
- Building a tech team as a physician entrepreneur without coding background
- Customer acquisition strategies for healthcare startups (networking, ads, v ...