PHIL: Your AI Surgical Companion
A supervised, EHR-integrated AI companion that stays with surgical patients before surgery, during hospitalization, and throughout recovery at home.
One companion, from prep to recovery
More than 70% of postoperative complications occur during recovery — after patients leave the intensity of hospital monitoring. PHIL stays with them across every phase, closing that gap.
Prepared, not anxious
Guides patients through pre-op instructions, answers routine questions, and reinforces the plan so they arrive ready.
Continuity through care
Supports patients and clinicians during the inpatient stay, keeping care plans consistent as teams and shifts change.
Never on their own
Checks in during recovery, reinforces the care plan, and flags symptoms that may need escalation — before they become emergencies.
See PHIL in action
A short look at how PHIL supports patients across the surgical journey.
Three layers, one system
PHIL pairs a patient-facing companion with clinician-governed safety and native workflow integration — so intelligence is helpful without ever being unsupervised.
Patient interaction
The conversational companion patients and caregivers talk to — clear, calm guidance available whenever they need it.
Safety oversight
The clinical guardrail layer that supervises every interaction and escalates to the care team when it matters.
Workflow integration
Connects into EHR and clinical workflows so PHIL fits how health systems already operate — no parallel process.
Surgeries are performed in the United States each year — and support too often stops at discharge. PHIL extends validated perioperative intelligence into recovery, where the need is greatest.
Built by clinical AI leaders
PHIL is developed by the founders of the University of Florida’s Intelligent Clinical Care Center (IC3), with a track record of deploying validated AI in live surgical workflows.
Azra Bihorac, MD, MS
Physician-scientist in perioperative and critical care medicine and a recognized leader in clinical AI. Senior Associate Dean for Research Affairs at the UF College of Medicine and director of the Intelligent Clinical Care Center (IC3).
Parisa Rashidi, PhD
Founding co-director of IC3 at the University of Florida, building deployable AI systems for acute and surgical care. A nationally recognized AI researcher whose work was honored with a Presidential award from the White House.
Bring PHIL to your patients
PHIL is under technical validation. We'd love to talk with clinicians, health systems, and partners exploring safer surgical recovery.
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