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Our 
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Built for allied health from the beginning

CliniScribe started with a problem we saw every day: clinicians losing valuable time to notes, reports and fragmented administrative work.


Generic medical scribes were not designed around the language, workflows and complexity of allied health, so we built something that was.


What began in real clinical practice has grown into a broader AI platform designed to help allied health professionals document care, plan treatment and work more efficiently.

Meet The Team

Clinician-founded, engineer-built and guided by leaders across allied health, research and healthcare technology.

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Founder & CEO

Barry Nguyen

Barry is a practising physiotherapist, private-practice owner and software engineer with more than 20 years of experience in allied health. 

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He founded CliniScribe after experiencing firsthand how much clinical time was being lost to notes, reports, forms and fragmented administrative workflows. Rather than adapting a generic medical scribe, Barry built a platform specifically around the language, reasoning and day-to-day realities of allied health.

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Barry is a member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association’s AI Advisory Group and a digital health adviser to the Australian Digital Health Agency. He regularly writes and speaks about responsible AI, clinical accountability and the future of allied health technology.

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Chief Technology Officer 

Gull Ariz

Gull is a senior software engineer and has led CliniScribe’s technical development from proof of concept to a scalable healthcare AI platform. He has designed and implemented core product architecture, self-hosted GPU infrastructure and open-source AI model deployments, while leading full-stack development across Rails and Node.js.

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Chair, Clinical Advisory Committee

Adnan Asger Ali

Adnan is a titled APA Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, researcher and Director of Accelerate Physiotherapy in Canberra. He is completing a PhD at the University of Sydney focused on improving access to specialist musculoskeletal care for rural Australians.

 

As National Chair of the APA Musculoskeletal Group and Chair of CliniScribe’s Clinical Advisory Committee, Adnan helps guide clinical quality, governance and CliniScribe’s expansion across the broader allied health sector.

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Technical Advisor, AI & Machine Learning

Dan Ward

Daniel is a senior engineering leader with deep experience in SaaS architecture, AI and machine learning, platform reliability and scaling health technology products across Australia, the UK and the US. He advises CliniScribe on technical strategy, system architecture and scalable AI infrastructure.

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Product Advisor, Exercise Physiology

Dr Luke Del Vecchio

Luke is a senior allied health educator, researcher and clinician with expertise across exercise physiology, strength and conditioning, and diabetes education. He advises CliniScribe on clinical workflows, education and product development across the broader allied health sector.

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Research Advisor, Allied Health

Professor Leo Ng

Leo is Head of Physiotherapy at Swinburne University of Technology and an experienced allied health researcher. He advises CliniScribe on research, evidence-based practice and the responsible application of AI in allied health, while supporting clinical education and mentorship.

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Product Advisor, Physiotherapy

Ben Onforio

Ben is a dual APA Titled Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, national clinical educator and experienced clinician with more than a decade in professional sport. He advises CliniScribe on physiotherapy workflows, clinical education and shoulder management.

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Product Advisor, Physiotherapy

Murray Leyland

Murray is an APA Titled Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist, practice owner and clinician mentor with experience across private practice and elite sporting teams. He advises CliniScribe on product design, clinical workflows and the practical needs of physiotherapists at every stage of their careers.

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Head of Compliance & Operations

Nadasha Nguyen

Nadasha leads compliance and operations at CliniScribe, bringing a background in law, intellectual property, commercial strategy and regulatory compliance. She oversees legal and compliance matters across the business, supports governance and risk management, and helps build the operational frameworks that enable CliniScribe to grow responsibly across healthcare markets.

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    CliniScribe is MAP-backed and part of the 2025 alumni cohort of the University of Melbourne’s flagship startup accelerator.

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