Tim Soo
Health, Technology, and Other Thoughts
EM Doc, developer, musician
My goal is to improve lives. I recognize that the best solutions are often not the fastest, but enjoy tackling large problems all the same. I am a lifelong learner, excited by the accelerating pace of innovation. I invest in wellness, both physical and mental, as the ability to care for others requires that we are ourselves healthy and able. I am passionate about medicine, technology, and education.
Maimonides Emergency Medicine Website 2018 - Present
maimoem.org · A website built to improve the residents' education experience as well as the program's online presence. Includes a resident-only section that serves as a central repository for frequently high-value resources. Includes actively updated areas for sub-specialty departments including ultrasound, medical education, simulation, and pediatric emergency medicine.
Few for Change 2008 - Present
Fighting poverty through education by funding scholarships for highly motivated middle school, high school, and university students who otherwise would be unable to continue their studies. ...learn more
Project Balance 2014 - Present
A task-management tool designed to promote internal balance, that is, one that reduces the stress and anxiety associated with work overload or feelings of purposelessness by fighting common productivity pitfalls and ensuring every task, project, and goal fits into an individual's "big picture" perspective.
Sleep Debt Calculator 2017
Combining the data from ever-more-accurate fitness trackers and mobile devices with an auto-adjusting sleep debt calculator to alert chronically sleep-deprived individuals of their debt before their debt starts to result in crucial mistakes or errors in judgment.
Fitness Tracker Smart Alarm 2016 - 2017
Improving morning feelings of awakeness by using heart-rate based fitness trackers (known to have reliable sleep cycle tracking) to wake up individuals at the moment individuals are most likely to feel refreshed.
Appointment Visit Guide 2015 - 2018
Decreasing hospital congestion by providing patients with a customized appointment guide, containing all the information a patient may need for their visit. Includes features such as pre-visit instructions, step-by-step indoor navigation, and more. ...learn more
Timed Discharge Instructions 2016 - 2018
Reducing readmissions and repeat emergency room visits by improving post-discharge compliance through the use of automated timed messages that communicate only the most relevant discharge instructions for that particular time. ...learn more
Meddik, the Intelligence Engine 2011 - 2015
An online platform that allows you to share information with and ask questions to experienced individuals clinically similarly to you within a safe, credible online environment. As part of the inaugural class of one of the nation's first health start-up accelerators, this company helped support and navigate the early issues of the first wave of health start-up companies. After raising funds with an amazing suite of investors, building a remarkable team, and serving roughly 20,000 patients over three years, this website closed its doors. Thank you to everyone involved.
Invisible Instruments 2009 - 2011
A gesturally-controlled MIDI instrument that combined electronic sound manipulation with classical performance. By using a Wiimote and an iPhone (or touch-sensitive gloves in more advanced versions), one could control an "invisible instrument" that would play different instruments based on how the devices were held, including violin, piano, drums, and guitar. ...learn more
SynLyrics 2010
A simple web-based tool that created a visual color representation of a song's lyrics based on the most color-word and color-letter associations among lexical-visual synesthesia. This tool was featured and awarded at Boston Music Hack Day 2010.
HeartBeat 2010
A small application that selected and played music designed to reduce anxiety lower an individual's heart rate based on the song's beats-per-minute and audio readings from a heart rate monitor. This app was featured and awarded at New York Music Hack Day 2011.
