Pruning the path to optimal care: Identifying systematically suboptimal medical decision-making with inverse reinforcement learning
Ilaria Bovenzi, Adam Carmel, Min Hu, Ruth Hurwitz, Fiachra McBride, Linda Benac, J. Roberto Tello Ayala, Finale Doshi-Velez
May, 2025
Abstract
This work uses inverse reinforcement learning to identify systematically suboptimal clinical decisions from observational care trajectories, helping distinguish care patterns that align with better downstream outcomes.
Publication
In AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings 2024

Fourth-year PhD Candidate in Applied Mathematics
I develop interpretable model architectures for healthcare and other high-stakes applications.