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Hilton Head, SC. July 1, 2025.

A new AI-powered medical translation platform created by a longtime Hilton Head surgeon aims to solve one of American healthcare’s biggest problems: patients not understanding their own medical records.

Dr. Chris Wixon, a vascular surgeon who has practiced in the Lowcountry for more than two decades, launched RosettaMD on June 18th. The free, ad-free tool allows users to paste or upload medical documents—such as CT scans, lab reports or discharge summaries—and receive immediate, plain-English explanations.

“There’s no reason a patient should feel panic reading their own chart,” Wixon said. “RosettaMD is about replacing fear with clarity. That starts with language people actually understand.”

The platform requires no login, collects no data, and operates without ads or upsells. Wixon, who founded Bluffton-based ArchimedesMedical to build the app, said the idea came from personal experience.

“My brother had a cancer scare,” Wixon said. “He read his CT report and assumed the worst. It turned out to be a common, harmless finding—but that moment stuck with me. I realized how often this happens in my own practice.”

RosettaMD has already translated more than 15,000 real-world medical documents and is being used by cancer patients preparing for second opinions, parents managing pediatric diagnoses, seniors navigating imaging results and caregivers coordinating care.

Unlike symptom-checkers or chatbots, the platform uses physician-trained, deterministic AI that produces the same trusted output every time. The underlying engine was built using more than half a million medical language patterns and plain-English interpretations.

Wixon said he chose to stay in the Lowcountry—not Silicon Valley—because this is where the need was most visible. “In Hilton Head and Bluffton, patients walk in with folders full of records they don’t understand,” he said. “This tool is for them.”

RosettaMD is available at rosettamd.com. It is free to use and does not store or transmit data.

“This isn’t about replacing doctors,” Wixon said. “It’s about making sure people understand what their doctors write. That understanding is what leads to better outcomes—and peace of mind.”

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