John Black and Mina Fahim are the CEO and CTO of MediView, a company working to give health practitioners “X-ray vision” in order to simplify minimally invasive procedures, enhance clinical workflow, and improve patient outcomes using Augmented Reality.

John Black, MediView’s co-founder and CEO, is a physiologist with an educational background in orthopedic sports medicine and cardiopulmonary physiology. He moved from allied health to the medical device industry early in his career. Prior to MediView, John was leading a sales organization as the Regional Vice President at Orthofix, a global medical device company.

Mina Fahim, MediView’s President and CTO, studied biomedical engineering and technology management as part of his career in medical device innovation. Prior to MediView, Mina spent 4 ½ years at Medtronic as a Principal Research Development Engineer.

In this conversation, John and Mina discuss the unique challenges and opportunities for using AR during surgery. Mina notes that surgeons understand and act on human anatomy in 3D, but use 2D visualization and plan procedures. MediView is able to combine pre-operative 3D images (MRI, CAT) with real-time imaging during the surgery (ultrasound). He notes this approach is even more important in minimally invasive surgery where doctors can’t directly see the treatment area.

We go on to discuss the benefits and lessons learned from their partnership with the Cleveland Clinic and how they see the landscape of immersive technology in the operating room.

You can find all of the show notes at thearshow.com.