AI-Powered Guidance for Intubation
AirSupport is software that uses machine vision to provide real-time guidance for endotracheal intubation.
Empowering safer intubation anywhere.
Transforming Airway Management with AI
Emergency intubation in critical settings — intensive care units, emergency departments, pre-hospital settings, in the field — remains a high-risk procedure, especially for providers with limited experience.
Failed or delayed intubation is associated with serious complications, including hypoxia, cardiac arrest, and increased mortality.
We are building an AI-powered software platform that supports clinicians in real time during videolaryngoscopy (VL).
Our system uses machine vision to recognize airway structures, and provides guidance to help ensure correct technique and faster success on the first attempt.
Current Development Focus:
Anatomical Annotation in real time of both adults and children
AI Coaching for intubation of adults and children
VR Teaching modalities
Why It Matters:
This approach helps bridge the skills gap in airway management, especially for novice intubators and in settings where expert supervision is unavailable.
By Clinicians, for Clinicians
AirSupport was founded by physician-scientists at Johns Hopkins University who recognized a critical need: improving the safety and effectiveness of emergency airway management in real-world settings.
With expertise spanning pediatric and cardiac anesthesiology, emergency medicine, computer vision, and machine learning, our team is developing intelligent, real-time software to assist clinicians when it counts the most.
The Team
Dr. Nick Dalesio, Founder, is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Johns Hopkins. He trained at Yale New Haven Hospital for Anesthesiology and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for pediatric subspecialty training. Expert in pediatric airway management.
Dr. Laeben Lester, Co-founder, is a Cardiac Anesthesiologist and Emergency Physician at Johns Hopkins. He trained in anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins and Emergency Medicine at the University of New Mexico. Expert in adult airway management.
Adam Toll, Co-founder & CEO, is an experienced startup founder and operator with a track record of building and scaling technology-driven companies in roles as CEO, COO, and board member across multiple ventures.
Rick Schick, Head of Operations, is a 30-year tech industry executive and Silicon Valley veteran, having worked at Microsoft, Intel and Verizon, providing end-to-end system design and deployment of media delivery technologies worldwide.
Greg DuPertuis, Senior Software Architect, is a technologist-entrepreneur with decades of experience. His expertise encompasses consumer apps, network protocols, distributed systems, VoIP and integration of video and telemetry. Adrenaline Group, TrackVision, SunRocket, magicJack.
Stephan Themis, Senior Software Engineer, is an award-winning web developer based in Los Angeles, a graduate of USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering, and founder of Themis Web Technologies. Live-streaming, resource management, embedded-systems.
Gaige Paulsen, Software Architect and Technical Advisor, has been a leader in internet network architecture and software engineering for over 30 years, including as founder and CTO of startups that were acquired by the likes of Lucent and PSINet. He has led Enginering for services, systems, and software.
Contact Us
Interested in learning more, collaborating, or supporting our mission?
Email us at: info@mdairsupport.com
