Thalamus Acquires Medicratic to Accelerate AI-Powered Innovation in Medical Education and Transform Physician Workforce Intelligence

SANTA CLARA, CA — July 30, 2025 — Thalamus, the leading platform for Graduate Medical Education (GME) and emerging physician recruitment solutions, announced today the acquisition of Medicratic, a healthcare technology company specializing in using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve the evaluation of medical residency and fellowship applications. This strategic acquisition expands Thalamus’s mission to ensure that the right doctor ends up at the right hospital to treat the right patients — from medical school through practice — using advanced technology and values-driven design thinking.

“Thalamus and Medicratic were both born from an aspiration to transform the transition to residency for the betterment of applicants and programs,”said Jason Reminick, MD, MBA, MS, CEO and Founder of Thalamus. “This acquisition enhances the Thalamus platform to create a force multiplier for the future of medical education and physician workforce planning.”

A Mutual Origin, A Common Mission

The companies share a founding story rooted in lived experiences by physicians-in-training who recognized critical opportunities for improvement in the systems governing medical residency recruitment and placement. Their collective goal: to build smarter, more equitable infrastructure for pairing physicians with training programs, and eventually into a career arc where they can thrive.

“Medicratic was built using the same north star that guides Thalamus — connecting doctors to purpose,” said Alexander Thomson, MS, Founder of Medicratic. “Combining forces gives us the opportunity to make this vision real, at scale.”

Thomson will join the Thalamus team alongside his Co-Founder and CTO, Ryan Elder, MS. Co-Founder and CEO Tanner Mitton, MD, MBA, will become an advisor having recently began his Otolaryngology residency training at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.

Accelerating AI and Machine Learning to Revolutionize Recruitment and Retention

Thalamus’s acquisition of Medicratic expands its AI and machine learning capabilities, building on recent innovations like a novel transcript analysis tool that helps contextualize grading differences across medical schools.

Together with other key growth initiatives, this acquisition will accelerate development in several core areas: AI-powered visualization of physician and health system alignment, reviewer consistency tools, natural language processing of personal statements and recommendation letters, workforce intelligence dashboards for institutions, and predictive analytics for specialty trends and recruitment optimization.

These capabilities will build on Thalamus’s existing suite of tools — particularly Cortex, its AI-assisted application screening platform designed for holistic review. Altogether, they position Thalamus as the most comprehensive and forward-looking solution in the GME and physician recruitment ecosystem.

Positioning for Growth and Impact

Thalamus currently serves 8,000+ residency and fellowship programs across 800+ institutions and is now entering its third year of a thriving collaboration with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).

At a moment when medical education faces deep structural and systemic pressures, Thalamus’s acquisition of Medicratic serves as a clear signal for the GME and broader healthcare community. Overall, it represents a distinctive opportunity to expand the collaboration with the AAMC to deliver increasingly innovative offerings in concordance with its Principles for Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in and for Medical Education.

“We invite leaders and organizations throughout academic medicine, specialties and health systems to join us in imagining what’s possible,” said Reminick. “Our nation needs bold collaboration, system-wide intelligence, and the courage to build for the next generation of physicians and patients.”

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About Thalamus
Thalamus is a public benefit corporation, and the premier, cloud-based interview management platform designed specifically for application to graduate medical education (GME) training programs. The software streamlines communication by eliminating unnecessary phone calls/emails allowing applicants to book interviews in real-time, while acting as a comprehensive applicant tracking system for residency and fellowship programs. Thalamus provides comprehensive online interview scheduling and travel coordination via a real-time scheduling system, video interview platform, AI application screening/review tool (Cortex) providing technology-assisted holistic review, and first-in-class analytics dashboard (Cerebellum). Now featured nationally at 8000+ programs at 800+ institutions and used by nearly all applicants, Thalamus is the most comprehensive solution in GME interview management. For more information on Thalamus, please visit https://thalamusgme.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), or YouTube.

About Medicratic
Medicratic is a mission-driven technology company dedicated to transforming the residency application and fellowship review process through intelligent automation and evidence-based evaluation. Its flagship platform, Halsted, enables residency and fellowship programs to conduct faster, fairer, and more holistic recruitment by leveraging AI-assisted analysis of application materials. Halsted empowers faculty and program leadership to define and prioritize selection criteria, driving more consistent, structured evaluations across committees and cohorts. By reducing administrative burden and mitigating subjectivity, Halsted standardizes review processes, supports equitable decision-making, and delivers real-time insights into applicant pools. Now deployed at over 100 institutions nationwide, Medicratic facilitates an enhanced standard for technology-enabled applicant evaluation in graduate medical education. For more information on Medicratic, please visit https://medicratic.com.

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Media Contact:

Sarah Nathan

Marketing Manager, Communications, Thalamus

sarah.nathan@thalamusgme.com

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