Jonathan O'Keeffe

CEO of Machine Medicine and expert in neurology and computational neuroscience

Jonathan O'Keeffe

Jonathan O'Keeffe is the CEO and Founder of Machine Medicine, a company building a platform for the development and deployment of precision neuro-therapeutics.1 2 He has a diverse background, including:

Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of Oxford
MSc in Machine Learning from University College London (UCL)
PhD in Computational Neuroscience from the University of Cambridge
Academic Clinical Fellow in Neurology at UCL
Wellcome Trust Clinical Fellow at the University of Cambridge

As a practicing neurologist, O'Keeffe saw the limitations of treating patients one-by-one. He wanted to combine his neurology and computer science expertise to have a deeper impact. This led him to found Machine Medicine, which combines AI, clinical knowledge, and ambition to solve problems in neurology.2

Machine Medicine's first product is Kelvin, a motor assessment platform for Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. Kelvin-PD is being used in major clinical trials today.1 The company is building the software and data layer for precision neuro-therapeutics like deep brain stimulation.3

O'Keeffe has an impressive educational background, including degrees from Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, and the Royal College of Physicians.1 He is a native English speaker with limited working proficiency in French.1

Highlights

Aug 1 · youtube.com

Computer Vision-based Motor Assessments by Jonathan O'Keeffe

May 16 · Nature.com

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Feb 2 · Pharmaceutical Executive

Optimism for the UK's Life Sciences Future - Pharmaceutical Executive

Experience

CEO at Machine Medicine (May 2017 - Present)

Advisory Board Member at MindBerry Group (March 2017 - April 2018), Academic Clinical Fellow in Neurology at UCL (August 2015 - March 2018)

Education

BA Medical Sciences, BM BCh, Physiology and Medicine, 1st at University of Oxford (2002 - 2008); Graduate Certificate in Theoretical Statistics and Probability at The Open University (2017 - 2018); Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computational Neuroscience at University of Cambridge (2012 - 2017); Member of Royal College of Physicians (2016); MSc in Machine Learning at University College London (2010 - 2011); BA in Philosophy, 2:1 at University of York (1998 - 2001)