Jose Morey
Jose Morey | |
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| Alma mater | University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine Johns Hopkins School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Employer | Ad Astra Media |
| Known for | Intergalactic doctor |
| Website | drjosemorey |
Jose Morey is a Puerto Rican physician.[1] He is the founder and chief executive officer of Ad Astra Media.[2] He is known as an intergalactic doctor.[3][4] Previously, he served as an associate professor of radiology and internal medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School.[5]
Early life and education
[edit]Morey was born into a Puerto Rican family.[6]
He received his medical degree from the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine.[7] Later, he studied at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.[6] He did his fellowship from the University of Pennsylvania.[5]
Career
[edit]Morey began his career as a radiologist in Eastern Virginia.[6] Later, he joined University of Virginia’s radiology department as an assistant professor of radiology and biomedical imaging.[5] He has also served as a director of informatics for Medical Center Radiologists in Virginia Beach, Virginia.[5]
Morey has served as chief medical innovation officer of Liberty BioSecurity.[8][9] He has also served as an advisor to MIT Solve and NASA iTech.[2][10] He formerly was an associate chief health officer for IBM Watson.[11]
Morey is on the board with the Medical Society of Virginia and appointed Director as of 2023, and features as a guest speaker, the Informatics Leadership Council of the American College of Radiology, Virginia Chapter, and Virginia Health Information (VHI).[12][13] He is on the advisory boards for MIT Solve, a platform for social impact, and MIT Ideas, a yearly social impact competition for MIT students,[14] SciTech, a nonprofit for aerospace research,[15] and the National STEM Honor Society.[16][14] Further boards Morey features on include: SOMOS Inc.,[17] Immertec,[18] Predictiv Care, Cemvita Factory, MaaPaa Organization, and the WHRO Board of Directors.[19] He is a cofounder and currently sits as Chief Health Officer of Ever Medical Technologies; and, in 2021, helped to launch Ever Healthcare, their online medical outreach platform, in Thailand.[20][21]
Morey is an advisor for NASA iTech, developing technologies and AI to be used towards the 2030 Mars Mission and the NASA Space Breathing Initiative.[22] He has directed international teams of engineers to develop a database with NASA and NetApp for rapid COVID-19 response measures, now integrated into the US National Emergency Broadcast System.[23][24] They have programmed AI to determine the best medical procedures in combatting and treating COVID-19. Morey has also served as a representative of the Polish Space Agency.[25]
Morey has served as an advisor to the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology on their Kaggle CORD19 Project, in collaboration with high-ranking research universities, foundations, Microsoft, and the National Library of Medicine (NLM).[2][26] Morey aided these parties in the development of an AI platform to analyze material on the Coronavirus family and COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2021, his novel, LatinX Business Success, co-authored with Frank Carbajal (president of Es Tiempo LLC), was released by Wiley Publishing.[27]
Morey is an Eisenhower Fellow with the 2020-2021 Zhi-Xing Fellows Program.[28][29] He is also a faculty member of the Singularity University.[30] He is known as the first intergalactic doctor,[31] and in 2019, Morey founded and became CEO of Ad Astra Media LLC in Virginia.[32]
Publications
[edit]- The Future Shock of Medicine: How AI will Transform Disease, Death and Doctors
- Biofilms-Impacts on Human Health and Its Relevance to Space Travel
- Machine Learning in Radiology: Applications Beyond Image Interpretation
- Radiology's Emerging Role in 3-D Printing Applications in Health Care
- Latinx Business Success: How Latinx Ingenuity, Innovation, and Tenacity are Driving Some of the World's Biggest Companies
References
[edit]- ↑ "Conoce a José Morey, el 'Doctor Intergaláctico' que contribuye a la NASA". Univision.
- 1 2 3 "Vision of Caribbean as leader in science and technology". Barbados Today. October 22, 2020.
- ↑ "El doctor intergaláctico', un puertorriqueño que contribuye a la NASA y la inteligencia artificial". Univision.
- ↑ Journal, Giovanna Garofalo, The Weekly (4 November 2020). "Moonshots: Innovation to Transform the Caribbean". The Weekly Journal.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 1 2 3 4 "Alternate Career Pathways — An Interview With José Morey, MD - Radiology Today Magazine". RadiologyToday.
- 1 2 3 Garofalo, Giovanna (19 February 2020). "'Intergalactic Doctor': Puerto Rico Can Become the Next "Silicon Island"". The Weekly Journal.
- ↑ "Dr. Jose Morey, MD | Hampton, VA | Radiologist | US News Doctors". Archived from the original on 2021-08-20. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
- ↑ Hutson, Matthew (June 9, 2020). "Artificial-intelligence tools aim to tame the coronavirus literature". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01733-7. PMID 34103725. S2CID 220505584 – via www.nature.com.
- ↑ Bukszpan, Daniel (November 15, 2020). "Why NASA wants to put a nuclear power plant on the moon". CNBC.
- ↑ Bukszpan, Daniel (June 17, 2020). "Tempus: Health start-up backed by Groupon co-founder joins the fight against Covid-19". CNBC.
- ↑ "Is Your Organization's AI Deployment Secure?". CMSWire.com.
- ↑ "Board-Members-MSV Foundation". mx.msv.org. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ "Dr. Jose Morey - Experts - Singularity". www.su.org. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- 1 2 "José Morey". Explore Mars. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ "Catch Dr. Jose Morey speaking for the Arizona SciTech 10th Festival and Univision Arizona CONTIGO!". Dr. Jose Morey. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ PR, NSTEM (2021-05-03). "The National STEM Honor Society™ (NSTEM™) Announces Dr. Jose Morey, M.D, as its Newest Advisory Council Member". National STEM Honor Society™. Archived from the original on 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ "Team". SOMOS. Archived from the original on 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ "Written by Dr. Jose Morey | "Immertec Allows Clinicians to Communicate Virtually in Areas Hit Hard by COVID-19"". Dr. Jose Morey. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ "WHRO Corporate". corporate.whro.org. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ "About". www.evernetwork.io. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ Team, IMTJ (2022-07-14). "Ever Healthcare launches global medical tourism platform". LaingBuisson News. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ "Breathing Easy on the Space Station | Science Mission Directorate". science.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ↑ Space Travel, Diversity, and the Future of Health with Dr. José Morey | #WebinarWednesday, retrieved 2022-10-02
- ↑ Sanchez, Armando (July 12, 2021). ""Technology: Present and Future" featuring Dr. Jose Morey". ScholarWorks. Retrieved Oct 2, 2022.
- ↑ "International meeting of the space sector". myspacelovestory.org. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ↑ "¿Es la pandemia ahora menos peligrosa? Por qué hay que interpretar con cautela el descenso de la tasa de mortalidad". Univision.
- ↑ "Latinx Business Success: How Latinx Ingenuity, Innovation, and Tenacity are Driving Some of the World's Biggest Companies | Wiley". Wiley.com. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ↑ "Equitable tech: Companies pause facial recognition, but major questions remain". TechRepublic. 17 June 2020.
- ↑ "2021 Zhi-Xing China Fellows". Eisenhower Fellowships. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ↑ "Dr. Jose Morey - Faculty".
- ↑ Univision. "El doctor intergaláctico', un puertorriqueño que contribuye a la NASA y la inteligencia artificial". Univision (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ↑ Morey, Dr José (2022-01-13). ""Diversity Is Our Differentiator"". Hispanic Executive. Retrieved 2022-10-07.