Fast, cited answers
Direct, source-grounded answers for bedside questions when speed and source visibility both matter.
Democratizing medical knowledge for , , , , .
Built for on-shift use
Helpful for differential support, procedure prep, toxicology questions, and rare but high-risk scenarios.
Supports reasoning
Designed to sharpen clinical thinking and get you to the underlying FOAM faster, not replace judgment.
What users are saying
Real feedback from clinicians using the product.
“FOAM Cortex is such a great practical resource for any emergency doc on shift. The responses are reliable and concise. I recommend it to all my rotating students and residents.”
Andy Thorne
Harbor-UCLA Emergency Medicine
“FOAM Cortex provides relevant, timely information to assist me on shift and help reduce the cognitive burden of making critical decisions to take better, safer care of my patients while also providing quick teachable moments with my residents and medical students.”
Samuel Prater, MD, CMQ
Emergency physician
Built by clinicians, shaped by feedback
Built with deep respect for the FOAM community.
FOAM Cortex is being built to help clinicians make better use of the trusted educational ecosystem they already rely on, while keeping attribution and source transparency central.
Loren Mead, MD
CEO
EM physician focused on behavioral economics and clinical decision support.
Tom Fadial
CTO
EM physician and long-time builder in FOAMed and digital medical education.
Zahir Basrai, MD
CMO
EM physician, emergency ultrasound fellowship-trained, and founder of nuMose.
Alex Koyfman, MD, FACEP
CMEO
EM academic, Editor-in-Chief of emDocs, with a major FOAM and emergency medicine education footprint.