Ep 302 - Inner Logic CEO Porras explains how autonomous surgery can save us from looming surgeon shortage

In this podcast episode, Tito Porras, MD, MBA, CEO and co-founder of startup Inner Logic, shares his unusual path to MedTech entrepreneurship with Host Tom Salemi.

Dr. Porras was training to become a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins when he began questioning the limits of surgeon training. He realized that even better training wouldn't solve the larger problem: there aren't enough surgeons to provide the care patients need. That realization eventually led Porras to entrepreneurship and Inner Logic, which is developing intelligence and simulation infrastructure that can help develop devices with greater autonomy.

Porras explains the difference between automation and autonomy, how AI can help devices perceive and adapt to what's happening during a procedure, and why this technology could eventually expand access to surgical care. Dr. Porras also discusses Inner Logic's work with virtual patients and synthetic data, the potential for autonomy across endovascular, orthopedic and surgical applications, and why the future of autonomous surgery will likely arrive through a series of incremental steps rather than one dramatic leap.

MassDevice Editor Chris Newmarker kicks off the podcast with Newmarker's Newsmakers, covering the FDA, Haemonetics, Senseonics, Johnson & Johnson MedTech and Medtronic.

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Chapters

• (00:06:15) - Trump nominates policy aide as next FDA commissioner
• (00:09:28) - Haemonetics reconnects with CSL in US plasma collection deal
• (00:13:22) - Senseonics sees activist investor take a major stake
• (00:16:08) - Johnson & Johnson wins FDA clearance for new robotic bronchoscopy software
• (00:17:45) - Medtronic faces potential injunction in Applied Medical case
• (00:22:26) - Keynote Interview – Tito Porras, MD, CEO and Co-Founder of Inner Logic