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Health Enhancement through Artificial Intelligence (HEAL) Core Lab

Formerly known as the Cardiovascular Phenomics Core, we are now the Health Enhancement through Artificial Intelligence (HEAL) Core Lab—redefining cardiovascular care by integrating artificial intelligence into every layer of healthcare research, diagnostics, and delivery.

The HEAL Ethos

The HEAL Core Lab aims to harness the power of AI to revolutionize healthcare delivery—creating timely, precise, and equitable solutions that improve patient outcomes and system efficiency. Our goal is to become a trustworthy leader in AI innovation—bridging data and compassion to empower clinicians and patients through actionable, transparent, and intelligent insights.

Guided by our core values—equity by design, transparency and explainability, privacy protection, collaboration over competition, and integrity in impact—we aim to make healthcare more precise, timely, and fair.

Our state-of-the-art research facility is located within the University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.

Trustworthy Team of Experts Revolutionizing Healthcare

Our research team consists of physicians and scientists specializing in cardiovascular phenomics. Since its inception in 2007, our team has participated in developing, testing and improving of multiple advanced imaging capabilities, both invasive and noninvasive. This includes pioneering merged-image diagnostic modalities to achieve extreme precision and accuracy.

Our team of experts provide:

Unbiased analysis and interpretation of cardiac imaging studies for device and pharmaceutical research trials
Consulting and research trial expertise on imaging-based endpoints for the assessment of cardiac or peripheral medical devices at all phases of development
Turnkey services for the development and implementation of novel, emerging imaging-based surrogates in clinical trials

Why Choose Us

Expertise

All analyses are performed by MD-level physicians, including interventional cardiologists, cardiac imaging cardiologists and research physicians. Our laboratory leaders are nationally renowned for ongoing academic and biomedical research. They have contributed to hundreds of scientific publications in leading journals, such as the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, and European Heart Journal.

Data Security

Specially trained computer programmers manage our network, and our secure electronic data management system features institutional-level virus protection; remote, redundant data backup; and need-to-know-only user access to data. We use 510(k)-approved software and are 21 CFR Part 11- and HIPAA-compliant.

Biostatistician Support

Our full-time PhD-level biostatistician staff assist with protocol design and review and provide support throughout the trial and publication period.

Training

We provide training workshops in modalities such as OCT workshops to train researchers and physicians worldwide. We also offer fellowships in Cardiovascular Phenomics and Data Science to qualified candidates.

Surgeon analyzing patient heart on digital futuristic virtual interface

Why the Shift to AI?

The future of medicine is data-rich, complex, and interconnected. As healthcare systems demand scalable insights, HEAL is evolving to integrate AI and machine learning by transforming how cardiovascular risk is assessed, predicted, and prevented.

The evolving landscape of data-rich medicine
The need for scalable, intelligent insights
Aligning with UH’s commitment to innovation and precision medicine

Clinical Insight Meets Computational Innovation

At the HEAL Core Lab, collaboration is at the heart of innovation. Our team combines deep clinical expertise with world-class capabilities in imaging analytics, EHR data integration, and AI-driven modeling, spanning machine learning, large language models, and vision-language frameworks. We believe collaboration should amplify both scientific rigor and societal benefit. Partnering with HEAL means joining a trusted ecosystem that bridges precision science, technology, and compassionate care transforming data into discoveries that heal.

Location & Contact Info

Thank you for your interest. We welcome your questions or requests for service.

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Lakeside Building, Room 3113, Mailstop 5038
11100 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone: 216-983-5749