In this episode I talk with Dr. Jawad Ali, board-certified general surgeon practicing in Austin, TX and founder of Vality Partners and Austin Medtech Connect.
We talk about:
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 <li>Vality Partners, a group of consulting surgeons for early-stage medtech startups</li>
 <li>Austin Medtech Connect, a non-profit breaking silos for the local medtech community in Central Texas</li>
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Dr. Jawad Ali on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jawad-ali-md-11152662">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jawad-ali-md-11152662</a>
Vality Partners: <a href="https://www.valitypartners.com/">https://www.valitypartners.com/</a>
Austin Medtech Connect: <a href="https://www.austinmedtech.org/">https://www.austinmedtech.org/</a>
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I am Lucien Blondel and I bring to the table 20 years of experience in medical imaging &amp; robotics for various specialties: neurosurgery, orthopedics, spine surgery, interventional radiology and interventional oncology.