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Ishan Vatsaraj

PhD Researcher @ Johns Hopkins University | Trayanova Lab

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Digital Twins Deep Learning Arrhythmia Precision Cardiology
Ishan Vatsaraj

DRIVEN BY DATA. INSPIRED BY LIFE.

My interest in healthcare technologies began when I witnessed how advanced imaging enabled physicians to make life-saving decisions for my loved ones. Today, at the Trayanova Lab (JHU), I am translating that inspiration into code—building Digital Twins of the human heart to predict arrhythmia before it happens.

Ishan Vatsaraj | PhD Candidate

// Research

Atrial Remodeling Project
Spotlight Project

Non-Invasive Prediction of Atrial Remodeling

Developed ECGWiz, a multimodal deep learning framework using 12-lead surface ECGs as surrogates to extract substrate-level information.

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Ventricular Risk Stratification
Spotlight Project

Ventricular Risk Stratification

Interpretable AI to detect fibrotic substrates and predict Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE) on CMR for Cardiac Sarcoidosis.

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Methodology

Next-Gen AI Architectures (ECGWiz & SegBAW-Net)

Developing generalizable AI models for ECG diagnosis. Key contribution: SegBAW-Net — a novel segmentation architecture for automated bi-atrial modeling from cardiac imaging.

// Teaching Experience

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Summer-Fall 2025

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Deep Learning Developments with Pytorch

Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering

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Fall 2024 - Spring 2025

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Precision Care Medicine

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

// About Me

Mentorship

Mentorship

Mentoring 3 undergraduate students in the Trayanova Lab on computational cardiology research projects.

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Scientist Trainee

Heart Rhythm Society

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Young Investigator

Finalist, ISCE 2024

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FIDE Chess

Rated Player