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Dr. Sudhir Srivastava discusses democratizing robotic surgery and the innovations at SS Innovations.

In this episode of Medsider Radio, we sat down with Dr. Sudhir Srivastava , founder, chairman, and CEO of SS Innovations (Nasdaq: SSII) . The company’s SSi Mantra surgical robotic system supports a variety of surgical robotic procedures, including cardiac surgery. Sudhir brings more than three decades of experience in minimally invasive and robotic cardiac interventions, having served as Director of Robotic Cardiac Surgery at the University of Chicago and founder of the International College of Robotic Surgery. A pioneer in the field, Sudhir has performed more than 1,400 robotic procedures, including over 750 beating-heart totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) surgeries. In this interview, Sudhir discusses what it takes to democratize robotic surgery beyond affordability, how SS Innovations built teleproctoring, telesurgery, and the supporting infrastructure for its robotic platform, and his milestone-based approach to financing a capital-intensive medtech company. Before we dive into the discussion, I wanted to mention a few things: First, if you’re into learning from medical device founders and CEOs and want to know when new interviews are live, head over to…

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Host: Scott Nelson

Guest: Dr. Sudhir Srivastava

Topics covered

• robotic surgery
• medtech
• healthcare access
• surgical procedures
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• robotic surgery
• medtech
• teleproctoring
• telesurgery
• cardiac surgery
• entrepreneurship
• healthcare

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SS Innovations, University of Chicago, International College of Robotic Surgery

Products: SSi Mantra surgical robotic system

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