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Dr. Brad Bichey Recognized at WIO General Assembly as 2026 Endowment Grant Recipient

The Section for Women in Otolaryngology recognized its 2026 grant recipients at the AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting in Los Angeles.

October 17, 2026

WESTFIELD, Ind. — Bradford G. Bichey, MD, MPH, founder and chief executive officer of Nemedic, was recognized as a 2026 WIO Endowment Grant recipient at the Section for Women in Otolaryngology General Assembly on October 17, during the AAO-HNSF 2026 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO in Los Angeles.

The grant, announced in May, funds Dr. Bichey's project "Identifying and Addressing Gender-Based Disparities in Employment Contracts." The project applies AI to physician employment agreements to surface disparities in terms that are difficult to detect one contract at a time.

Project outcomes will be reported to the WIO membership.

About Nemedic, Inc. — Nemedic is a physician-founded healthcare technology company building AI infrastructure and autonomous administrative workflow for procedural healthcare. Its platform, Blue (useBlue.ai), runs alongside existing electronic health records to take on referral intake, patient engagement, prior-authorization readiness and clinical documentation. Nemedic was founded by otolaryngologist Bradford G. Bichey, MD, MPH, and is based in Westfield, Indiana. Its patient engagement and prequalification architecture is protected by U.S. Patent No. 12,592,322. Learn more at useblue.ai.

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