Paul Yi, MD is Director of the University of Maryland Medical Intelligent Imaging (UM2ii; pronounced ‘You Me’) Center and Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. He is also Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland, College Park and Adjunct Research Scientist at the Johns Hopkins Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare.

Dr. Yi received his BA in Medical Sciences (Summa Cum Laude) and MD from Boston University through the Seven-Year Accelerated Medical Program. Prior to a career in Radiology, he completed 2 years of orthopaedic surgery residency training at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). After completing radiology residency and fellowship at Johns Hopkins in 2021, Dr. Yi joined the University of Maryland to build the UM2ii Center, an academic research hub for revolutionizing medical imaging AI by bringing together medical, engineering, and industrial experts. He is the recipient of numerous national research awards, both within the fields of Radiology and Orthopaedic Surgery, including Cum Laude awards from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) and the Frank Stinchfield Award from the Hip Society. He has published over 100 articles in the peer-reviewed medical literature and his work has been profiled in numerous venues, including WIRED, Scientific American, US News & World Report, and The Los Angeles Times.

As a practicing physician-scientist, his current research interests include the development of AI and deep learning towards medical imaging applications, with special focus in evaluating the trustworthiness and fairness of deep learning models.