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I am Chukwuma Onyeije, MD, FACOG. I practice Maternal-Fetal Medicine and build AI tools for physicians. This is where I document the work and make the case for doctors who code.

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Clinical + Code

Logs Before Intelligence: Why Data Discipline Must Precede AI Insight

Before you build any AI feature, you must first build the log. The principle every physician-developer needs to internalize before writing a single line of intelligence code.

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The EHR Vendor Wants You to Stay a Consultant

Physician passivity in health tech is not an accident. It is a business model. Understanding the structural incentives is the first step to building outside of them.

Mar 23, 2026 · 6 min read

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Physician Development

Your First Build Does Not Have to Save Lives

Every physician who codes started somewhere that had nothing to do with clinical AI. The first build is about identity formation, not impact. Here is why that distinction matters, and where to actually start.

Mar 22, 2026 · 6 min read

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Patient alone in a hospital labor and delivery room, looking at a smartphone with a worried expression

Clinical + Code

The Limits of Viability: What Patients Find Before They Find You

When families face periviability, they search before they call. What they find shapes everything. Here is why physician-developers have a responsibility to build better.

Mar 22, 2026 · 7 min read

periviabilitypatient educationOpenMFM

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AI in Medicine

When the Algorithm Fails, Who Answers for It?

Every physician using an AI tool has heard the liability question. Most of us answer it wrong. The real answer is not about insurance. It is about who was in the room when the tool was designed.

Mar 20, 2026 · 6 min read

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AI in Medicine Featured

Augmented Intelligence Is a Physician Problem. That Makes It a Physician-Developer Opportunity.

The AMA opened the door. Physicians must decide what to do with it. The survey data is not a comfort. It's a challenge. Here's what physician-developers do next.

Mar 19, 2026 · 9 min read

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The Author

Chukwuma Onyeije, MD, FACOG

Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist at Atlanta Perinatal Associates. I build AI-powered clinical tools because physicians with domain expertise build better healthcare technology than external vendors ever will.

Founder of CodeCraftMD (AI medical documentation) and OpenMFM.org (open-source MFM education).

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MFM / High-Risk OB

Credential

MD, FACOG

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CodeCraftMD