About us

DIGESTAID is an enterprise focused on the development of Artificial Intelligence solutions for application to several fields of digestive endoscopy. Our main drive was to overcome the diagnostic limitations of multiple endoscopic methods, by delivering a faster and accurate diagnosis through the application of innovative AI solutions, which will be a game changer in clinical practice.

Our mission

Dive innovation in digestive healthcare

Innovation directed at improving patients’ lives is our driving force.

1 Build and implement fully conceived AI solutions for several fields of GI endoscopy

Improve diagnostic performance.
Embrace innovation for a wiser and more proficient clinical practice.
Provide valuable and cost-effective solutions, sparing time and resources.

2 Find the right partner

Improve diagnostic performance.
Embrace innovation for a wiser and more proficient clinical practice.
Provide valuable and cost-effective solutions, sparing time and resources.

Artificial intelligence will change the landscape in digestive healthcare. Faster, stronger, and tireless AI tools will disrupt clinical practice and play a key role in digestive healthcare: from precision medicine in digestive endoscopy to the management of big data in digestive pathology.

Miguel Mascarenhas

DigestAID CEO | MD. MSC. Gastroenterology

Where we stand

Continuously working to enhance GI healthcare

Extensive and heterogenous and diverse dataset (over 2 million exams) from world renowned institutions
Award winning and market disrupting Al solutions to optimize diagnosis in digestive endoscopy
Partnerships with world leading healthcare institutions
200+ Publications in Top-tier Peer-Reviewed Journals and Scientific meetings

Core team of experienced GI and Data Engineering Experts
Traction among the clinical community Currently undergoing clinical validation
8 patent applications for market barrier DeepCapsule®: Approved patent request-rights granted for 20 years
GDPR Compliant; International ethics Committee Approval

Far beyond basic image recognition or lesion characterization, DigestAID is providing tools for transforming gastroenterology. Grappling the present, riding the future!

Guilherme Macedo

Md. PhD. President of the WGO – World Gastroenterology Organization | President of the Portuguese Society of Gastroenterology

Meet the team

We are a team of highly dynamic and motivated gastroenterologists and engineers with a passion for innovation. Our team allies experience with youth to develop up-to-date deep learning technology. In combination with our panel of experienced advisors, we are developing groundbreaking technology across several fields of gastroenterology, from capsule endoscopy to digital cholangioscopy.

Miguel Mascarenhas

CEO, Md. PhD. Gastroenterology

Guilherme Macedo

Medical R&D Chairman, Md. PhD. Gastroenterology

Tiago Ribeiro

Live Vision Cluster Product Manager, Md. MSc. Gastroenterology

João Afonso

Capsule Cluster Product Manager, Md. MSc. Gastroenterology

Hélder Cardoso

CMO, Md. MSc. Gastroenterology

Tiago Andrade

President, Board of Directors

André Santos

Chief Medical Software Officer

Francisca Pinheiro

R&D COO/VP to the CEO

Bruno Silva

Product COO

João Ferreira

Head of AI, PhD. Engineering

Patrícia Andrade

Senior GI R&D, Md. MSc. Gastroenterology

Jorge Ribeiro

International Sales Manager

Catarina Rocha

CDO, UX/UI & Digital Design

Sandra Márcia

Financial Administrator

Marco Marques

Technical Project Manager

André Gonçalves

Frontend Engineer, Lead

António Miguel Martins Pinto da Costa

Research and Development (R&D) Cluster Product Manager, DigestAID – Brazil and Spain Partners Manager, SmartNode Product Manager, Md. MSc, Gastroenterology