The Operating Room of the Future

Have you heard of a company called Insightec, the pioneer and global leader in MR guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS)? InSightec developed ExAblate, a product which pioneers the use of MRgFUS, and provides a personalized non-invasive treatment that can replace invasive procedures and offer therapeutic alternatives to millions of patients with serious diseases around the globe. 

Below are the interviews with Technion alumni Dr. Kobi Vortman, Founder and President as well as with Baruch Avruch, Vice President of Operations from InSightec:

This procedure provides these benefits: (1) Short recovery time, fast symptom relief, (2) No incisions, scars, post-operative complications or long-term sequelae, (3) No hospitalization, usually one session treatment, (4) Uses non-ionizing radiation, and (5) Low level of adverse event. 

The operating room of the future is here and we must thank the Israelis for it!

I was at the Sime Darby Healthcare Toastmasters meeting where I took on two roles – as Humor Master and Evaluator for CC speech #5. There were just ten of us and overall the quality of the speeches and evaluations – maybe with one exception – leaves much to be desired. The meeting also started ten minutes late but it finished in under an hour. A whirlwind of a meeting. Score: 1 over 10.