Primary Job Title Co-Founder, CTO Primary Organization ProjectFRED
Location Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Regions Great Lakes, Midwestern US Gender Male
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Mustafa was born in Detroit and raised in its metro area. His fascination with technology began in high school when he started designing webpages and was chosen by Microsoft to test their early suite of office software. At the University of Michigan, he played in active role in student groups focused on improving access to medical care across the
globe such as developing a battery powered surgical lamp for surgical theaters in areas with poor access to electricity through MHEAL. He attended medical school at Michigan State University and focused on the intersection of medicine and technology. He conducted research on artificial intelligence in healthcare and joined the Brain-Computer Interface group at the University of Michigan in where he assisted in finding a solution to using EEG technology to communicate with ALS patients. In 2013 he joined the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Education committee and became a published author for Neurology and Neuroanatomy for the medical board exam. After completing several subinternships in Neurology, General Surgery and Neurosurgery Mustafa decided to focus his efforts on how blockchain technology can maintain the integrity of healthcare records and improve communication between different EMR systems. After his medical studies he pursued an education and certification in Python coding through the University of Michigan and Blockchain engineering and design through the hyperledger project with IBM. He has a passion for teaching medicine and is the current chief medical educator and master trainer at the Princeton Review and has held teaching posts through TPR at Boston University, University of Central Florida and the University of Michigan where he continues to lecture on biochemistry, medical physiology, neurology, neuroanatomy and molecular biology.
