About the role
**Opportunity Overview**
Handshake is looking for facial and maxillofacial trauma surgeons to support AI research through flexible, part-time contract work. You’ll draw on your surgical training and hands-on experience in craniofacial and maxillofacial trauma to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback that improves AI model reasoning. The Handshake AI program runs year-round, with project opportunities opening periodically across different areas of expertise. Pay is up to $300/hr and depends on your experience, for example whether you are a resident or an attending. This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity you can take on alongside your current role.
This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity you can take on alongside your current role.
What You’ll Do
- Use your surgical expertise to create expert-level tasks that today’s top AI models can’t solve, based on realistic clinical workflows such as trauma assessment, CT interpretation of facial fractures, operative planning, fixation and reconstruction decisions, and perioperative management
- Review and evaluate AI-generated responses for clinical accuracy, patient safety, and alignment with current facial and maxillofacial trauma practice and guidelines
- Draw on cases from areas such as:
- Mandibular, midface, and orbital fractures
- Frontal sinus and skull base trauma
- Facial soft tissue injuries and lacerations
- Dentoalveolar trauma and occlusion
- Airway management in facial trauma
- Craniofacial and post-traumatic reconstruction
- Provide clear, structured written feedback to help improve AI model performance
- Work remotely and complete tasks at your own pace, with no set schedule or minimum hour requirement
Qualifications
- **Degree and clinical training**:
- MD, DO, DDS, DMD, or equivalent medical or dental degree
- Completed residency, or currently in PGY-3 or later, in oral and maxillofacial surgery, otolaryngology (head and neck surgery), or plastic and reconstructive surgery
- **Licensure**: must have one of the following
- An active US medical or dental license
- A US license that lapsed after you retired or changed jobs
- Currently in US residency training, in your third year (PGY-3) or later
- Must have US work authorization
- Strong written communication and attention to detail
- Ability to explain complex surgical and trauma concepts clearly
- Ability to work independently in a remote, asynchronous environment
**Additional qualifications** (not required, but strengthen your application)
- Completed residency, plus board certification or board eligibility in your specialty, or fellowship training in craniofacial, trauma, or reconstructive surgery
- Experience at a Level I trauma center, academic medical center, or teaching hospital, peer-reviewed publications, or involvement in clinical research