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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD

@roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social

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Assistant professor of biomedical data science and dermatology at Stanford. AI for healthcare. Associate editor at NEJM AI and the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Mother of a sassy girl and a baby boy.

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Nov 8

I’ve started an AI in healthcare starter pack! Let me know who is missing. go.bsky.app/7PeNwep

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · 14d

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · 14d

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Tahdig – Persian crispy rice - ته دیگ - Vegan Middle East

Find out what Iranian tahdig (ته دیگ) is and how to cook it. Includes cooking tips and recipe for potato and flat bread versions.

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · 14d

Hahahaha nope, mom must pay tribute to all the children.

Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · 14d

Game over. The 21 month old knows what tahdig is and demands it by name when he sees me having a piece. Between him and the six year old, my tahdig eating days are over.

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · 16d

“I believe attachment is the root of all suffering.” Sir, we are at a SuperCuts.

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · 24d

One of my six year old’s classmates was encouraging her saying, “There’s no such thing as fear. It’s all in your mind.”

Kids these days are 6 going on 60.

Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Sep 5

“Can we pause it?” No girl, we cannot.

Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Sep 5

Finding out that my six year old doesn’t understand TV. She is asking if I can start the movie on Disney channel from the beginning. She asked where the skip button was during the commercials. 😂

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Aug 9

As we talk more about the use of LLMs by both the general public and professionals for high risk tasks like healthcare... there's one thing I don't see mentioned as often, which is sycophancy.

Sycophancy occurs when LLMs sacrifice truthfulness for user agreement. arxiv.org/pdf/2502.08177

arxiv.org

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Aug 2

Today I went on a Stanford sponsored grant writing retreat for junior faculty. Given the constant assault on academia, the mood was muted but at least we got beautiful views.

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Jul 23

Nothing Bundt Cakes :)

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Jul 18

Not my 19 month old son saying “all done” as I was kissing his chubby cheeks over and over again.

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Jul 14

And it was in this case! Consulting team thought pressure ulcer but it was herpes.

Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Jul 13

On call this weekend and time for the wise @misharosenbach.bsky.social pearl. “Any erosion in the hospital is HSV or VZV until proven otherwise.” So as I tell the residents: always swab!

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Jul 2

They continue to do whatever they can to block and discredit science. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trump team axes contracts with publishing giant Springer Nature

The action comes as high-ranking US officials criticize top journals as ‘woke’ and ‘corrupt’.

www.nature.com

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Jun 27

Heard from #CHIL2025 panel: VC doesn’t want to fund high risk work (one VC even said “write a R01 grant). That’s what NIH grants are supposed to be. Without that, we won’t be able to do the high risk work that leads to innovation and companies.

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Jun 27

Remembering @atulbutte.bsky.social at #CHIL2025. The world lost an amazing light and mentor. He helped shape my career and the careers of many others in the medical informatics and medical AI space.

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Jun 26

We are kicking off #CHIL2025 with Dr. Maia Hightower. As a program organizer, we are showing our values by centering health equity and responsible AI. @ahli-cc.bsky.social

Dr Hightower giving a talk on responsible AI

Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Jun 25

I was very excited to be part of the team that put this together!

NEJM AI @ai.nejm.org · Jun 23

Datasets, Benchmarks, and Protocols by A.S. Chiou et al.: Multimodal Image Dataset for AI-Based Skin Cancer (MIDAS) Benchmarking nejm.ai/3SO0PwA

#AI #MedSky #DermSky

Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Jun 25

My daughter loves old school magic school bus, and I can’t help but wonder what Arnold becomes when he grows up…

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

slate.com/technology/2...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Jun 20

It’s not too late to register for the major AI and healthcare academic conference: Conference for Health, Inference, and Learning! We have an amazing line up of speakers from industry and academia! chil.ahli.cc

CHIL

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Jun 12

I have. The timing of when it arrives is really variable, as is the quality. Some of the stuff was good and some of it was terrible. I used it to get Pokemon themed stuff I couldn’t find elsewhere.

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Jun 6

I build and test AI for healthcare, and it must absolutely be regulated.

Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · Jun 6

This Senate proposal advanced by Sen Cruz would cancel new and existing State laws on any aspect of tech use including civil rights, consumer protection, privacy, fraud, safety for kids, accessibility, and more. In short, we’d lose the few laws we have that ensure responsible AI use. #killthebill

Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · Jun 6

Don’t be confused: The Senate Republican AI language includes the EXACT SAME AI moratorium as the House bill. Almost word-for-word. This is a complete, 10-year ban on state AI regulation. Period.

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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · Jun 3

Even if we got it all back tomorrow, there’s already been severe damage done. So yeah, it’s gonna be bleak in 4 years.

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