Benyamin Gheiji

Benyamin Gheiji

🩺 Medical student & ML/DL developer building AI for medical imaging

about

👋 Machine Learning, Medical Imaging, Uncertainty Quantification

I'm Benyamin Gheiji, a medical student and AI researcher working at the intersection of medicine, medical imaging, and machine learning. My research focuses on developing trustworthy AI systems for healthcare, with particular interests in neuroradiology, uncertainty quantification, and deep learning. I am driven by a simple but critical question: how can we make AI not only powerful, but trustworthy enough to support real clinical decisions? My work centers on building models that are reliable, well-calibrated, and transparent—qualities that become essential when the outcome may influence a patient's diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis. My research has led to publications in peer-reviewed journals, presentations at international conferences, and recognition from leading medical imaging organizations. Beyond research, I actively contribute to the scientific community through mentoring, education, peer review, and the development of open resources that help advance medical AI. My long-term goal is to become a physician-scientist who bridges clinical medicine and artificial intelligence, translating cutting-edge research into tools that create meaningful impact for patients and healthcare systems. I am always interested in connecting with researchers, clinicians, and engineers who share the vision that the future of medicine depends not only on more capable AI, but on AI that clinicians can understand, trust, and confidently use.

selected publications

📚 Research

Conformal prediction & uncertainty quantification

2026
CONReg: Uncertainty-Aware Medical Image Registration Using Conformal Prediction
Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine · Gheiji B, Elyassirad D, Vatanparast M, Ahmadzadeh AM, Faghani S, Tavakoli M
2026
CONRep: Uncertainty-Aware Vision-Language Report Drafting Using Conformal Prediction
arXiv · Elyassirad D, Gheiji B, Vatanparast M, Ahmadzadeh AM, Agah SA, Moassefi M, Tavakoli M, Faghani S
2025
CONSeg: Voxelwise Uncertainty Quantification for Glioma Segmentation Using Conformal Prediction
American Journal of Neuroradiology · Elyassirad D, Gheiji B, Vatanparast M, Ahmadzadeh AM, Faghani S
2025
Predicting IDH Mutation in Glioma Patients Using Deep Learning Algorithms with Conformal Prediction
Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine · Elyassirad D, Gheiji B, Vatanparast M, Ahmadzadeh AM, Masoudi M, Gholami M, Moassefi M, Faghani S

Neuroradiology data science & AI infrastructure

2026
NeuroAIHub: An AI-Driven Framework for Automated Curation and Discovery of Neuroradiology Datasets
American Journal of Neuroradiology · Gheiji B, Moradi S, Vatanparast M, Shokrani S, Bagherzadeh MA, Elyassirad D, Akinmuleya OI, Goodarzi S, Heidari-Foroozan M, Moassefi M, Rudie JD, Calabrese E, Jain R, Faghani S

Glioma radiogenomics & explainable AI

2026
UPhAIR: A Hybrid Pipeline for Generating Understandable Post-hoc AI Reports in Glioma IDH Mutation Status Prediction
medRxiv · Gorji A, Shahverdi H, Saberi A, Gheiji B, Farahani S, Azemi G, Di Ieva A
2026
Radiomics and Deep Learning Models for Predicting Glioma p53 Status: A Diagnostic Accuracy Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of MRI Studies
Clinical Imaging · Ahmadzadeh AM, Ashoobi MA, Lomer NB, Vatanparast M, Gheiji B, Elyassirad D, Faghani S
2025
MRI-Derived Deep Learning Models for Predicting 1p/19q Codeletion Status in Glioma Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Neuroradiology · Ahmadzadeh AM, Broomand Lomer N, Ashoobi MA, Elyassirad D, Gheiji B, Vatanparast M, Rostami A, Abouei Mehrizi MA, Tabari A, Bathla G, Faghani S
2025
Improving Radiomics-Based IDH1 Prediction in Glioma Patients Using Semi-Supervised Machine Learning Models
BMC Medical Imaging · Ahmadzadeh AM, Jafarnezhad A, Elyassirad D, Vatanparast M, Gheiji B, Faghani S
2024
Comparative Analysis of 2D and 3D ResNet Architectures for IDH and MGMT Mutation Detection in Glioma Patients
arXiv · Elyassirad D, Gheiji B, Vatanparast M, Ahmadzadeh AM, Kamandi N, Soleimanian A, Salehi S, Faghani S

Neurotrauma & cerebrovascular imaging AI

2025
Predicting Epidural Hematoma Expansion in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Machine Learning Approach
The Neuroradiology Journal · Hasanpour M, Elyassirad D, Gheiji B, Vatanparast M, Keykhosravi E, Shafiei M, Daneshkhah S, Fayyazi A, Faghani S
2025
Application of Deep Learning for Predicting Hematoma Expansion in Intracerebral Hemorrhage Using CT Scans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
La Radiologia Medica · Ahmadzadeh AM, Ashoobi MA, Broomand Lomer N, Elyassirad D, Gheiji B, Vatanparast M, Bathla G, Tu L

→ full list on Google Scholar

honors and awards

🏆 Honors

2026

Winner of the 2026 SIIM Helen and Paul Chang Foundation New Investigator award (USA) for our work on CONRep: Uncertainty-Aware Vision-Language Report Drafting Using Conformal Prediction, and winning $1250 prize (2026).

2025

Winner of the 2025 John L. Ulmer Award at ASFNR (USA) for our work on CONSeg: Voxelwise Uncertainty Quantification for Glioma Segmentation Using Conformal Prediction, and winning $1000 prize (2025).

2024

1st Rank among presented abstracts in the Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Panel at the 25th Annual Congress of Research and Technology of Iranian Medical Sciences Students, 2024.

2023

1st Rank, Artificial Intelligence in Medical Sciences Idea Challenge — Final Round, organized by the Student Research Committee, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2023.

2024

Recognized among the top-ranked abstracts at the AIH Congress, held by Sharif University of Technology and Iran University of Medical Sciences, 2024.

2023

Bronze Medalist, 15th National Entrepreneurship Olympiad for Iranian Medical Sciences Students, Iran, 2023.

open source

💻 GitHub Repositories

NeuroAIHub-Registry / NeuroAIHub

The dataset registry and code behind NeuroAIHub — an AI-driven framework for automated curation and discovery of neuroradiology datasets.

→ github.com/NeuroAIHub-Registry/NeuroAIHub

→ see more on my GitHub profile

background

🎓 Education & Teaching

2022–present
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran
2025
AI Fundamentals in Healthcare — Workshop Instructor
Student Research Committee, MUMS · designed and delivered an AI fundamentals workshop series for medical students
2023
Research Mentor
Student Research Committee, MUMS · mentored students in research methodology and academic workflow
ongoing
Peer Reviewer
PLOS ONE
technical skills

🛠️ Technical Skills

💻 Programming

Python (advanced)SQL (basic–intermediate)

🧠 Machine learning & deep learning

NumPyPandasMatplotlibScikit-learn PyTorchTensorFlow CNNsVision TransformersLLMsVLMs RegressionClassificationSegmentation RegistrationObject DetectionImage Generation

📐 Uncertainty quantification

Conformal PredictionBayesian Deep LearningVariational Inference Monte Carlo DropoutDeep EnsemblesEvidential Deep Learning

🩻 Medical imaging

MRI / CT PreprocessingMONAIRegistration AugmentationNIfTI / DICOMNeuroimaging Workflows Radiomics

🤖 Agentic AI & LLM applications

Agentic AI SystemsLangChainLangGraph RAGTool Use / Function CallingMulti-Step Reasoning Prompt EngineeringLLM Evaluation Vector DatabasesFAISSChroma Semantic SearchLLM App Orchestration

🚀 MLOps & deployment

MLflowWeights & BiasesAirflow DockerTerraformGrafana FastAPIFlaskGit / GitHubCI/CD

☁️ Cloud & computing (basic familiarity)

AWSGCPAzure ML