Physician, neuroscientist, and medical writer based in Germany. I write about clinical AI, medicine, and science — for clinicians, patients, and the organisations building tools for both. My work cuts through complexity without losing rigour.
MD · PhD Neuroscience (University of Göttingen) · EMWA Member · Published author
Available for medical writing work
I am currently available for freelance and contract medical writing engagements. Focus areas:
- Clinical AI and digital health content
- Medical education materials and e-learning
- Health communication for professional and patient audiences
- Science communication and medical journalism
- MedComms (pharma, medical affairs, agencies)
Contact: a-nazzal@outlook.com · LinkedIn · Substack
Books & Courses
- Clinical AI Academy: AI Literacy for Healthcare Professionals — 8-module certificate course for clinicians. CME-aligned, EU AI Act compliant, no coding required.
- Overview of the German Medical Language Exam (Fachsprachprüfung) — preparation course for international medical graduates. 214 students · 47 countries.
- From Doctor to Writer: A Guide to Becoming a Successful Medical Writer — a practical guide for physicians transitioning into medical writing.
- AI's Revelations: The Future of Medicine Unveiled — a clinician's guide to artificial intelligence in healthcare.
- Let's Build a Brain Bleeding AI Detector From Scratch — step-by-step clinical neural network tutorial.
- ChatGPT for Medical Doctors
- The Neural Basis of Language Acquisition (in Arabic)
Interviews and talks
Blog posts (2026)
Substack
Featured publications
- AraBERT-CORAL for Fine Grained Arabic Readability (2025)
- Scan-rescan Reliability Assessment of Brain Volumetric Analysis Across Scanners and Software Solutions (2025)
- Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, and Trust (2023)
- Reach and Grasp Deficits Following Damage to the Dorsal Pulvinar (2018)
- Modality Specific Neural Signals of Evidence Accumulation for Spatial Decisions (2016)
Preprints
- Seeing Without Knowing: Dissociating Evidence, Bias, and Confidence in Artificial Spatial Reasoning (2026)
- The Reliability and Validity of Reading Diagnostic Tool (SARD) (2025)
- A Path Towards Autonomous Machine Intelligence in Medicine (2025)
- Comparative Evaluation of ChatGPT-4o and DeepSeek-R1 for Emergency Severity Index (ESI) Triage Classification (2025)