Emergency Medicine Physician

About the Role

Mercor is hiring Emergency Medicine Physicians on behalf of a healthcare AI partner building advanced clinical decision-support systems focused on acute care diagnostics, triage, and high-acuity treatment pathways. In this in-person San Francisco role, you will apply frontline clinical expertise to review and validate emergency care data, directly shaping safe and reliable medical AI. This role bridges real-world emergency practice with applied AI, ensuring accurate representation of rapid decision-making, undifferentiated presentations, and critical edge cases.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Data Annotation

• Review and label ED notes, triage data, imaging summaries, and case records.

• Validate differential diagnoses, stabilization plans, and disposition decisions.

Quality Review & Model Evaluation

• Audit datasets for clinical accuracy and guideline alignment (ACEP, ACLS, ATLS).

• Review AI-generated summaries and treatment recommendations for safety and soundness.

Knowledge Contribution

• Help define annotation standards for high-acuity and time-sensitive conditions.

• Advise on edge cases (e.g., trauma, sepsis, stroke, cardiac arrest).

Requirements

• MD or DO, board-certified/eligible in Emergency Medicine

• Active U.S. medical license

• 5+ years of clinical experience preferred

• Experience in high-acuity ED settings

• Interest in medical AI or informatics preferred

• In person in SF preferred