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Michael Katz- Director of Quality for Viz.ai
I was joined by Mr. Michael Katz, Director of Quality for Viz.ai
Michael has a Bachelors of Science in Human Biology from Boise State and Masters Degree in Regulatory Science from John Hopkins.
His career is off to an impressive start having joined the Med-Tech industry in 2016 as a Regulatory Affairs Analyst.
In 2018 he had the opportunity to make his way into the exploding Software as a Medical Device sector today and serves as the Director of Quality for a company called Viz.ai
For those unfamiliar, Viz.Ai the company was inspired by a patient who underwent a successful brain surgery but yet died because the surgery came too late. Dr. Chris Mansi, at Stanford Business School, joined forces with machine learning post-doc Dr David Golan and together they founded Viz.Ai with a goal of using artificial intelligence to make healthcare work faster and smarter. Not just to change, but to radically transform it. In essence, the organization uses AI to synchronize stroke care, reducing systemic delays that stand between patients and life-saving treatments.
Some key highlights we discussed:
-How did he get into the RA/QA space to begin with?
-So many want to get into SaMD and are frustrated by the catch 22 of needing experience to gain experience. How did he land his role with Viz.ai?
- It begs the question, are companies overlooking talent that very well could be successful and do a great job for the organization just because they haven't worked in a SaMD environment before?
-What learning curve has he been going through as it relates to SaMD specifically?
-Has he hired folks from outside the SaMD space? Did they face similar learning curves, or other challenges that he hadn't thought of prior to hiring them?
-What has he found different, if anything about building a Quality (and Regulatory) program in a SaMD environment vs. a traditional Medical Device Company?
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By Mitch RobbinsI was joined by Mr. Michael Katz, Director of Quality for Viz.ai
Michael has a Bachelors of Science in Human Biology from Boise State and Masters Degree in Regulatory Science from John Hopkins.
His career is off to an impressive start having joined the Med-Tech industry in 2016 as a Regulatory Affairs Analyst.
In 2018 he had the opportunity to make his way into the exploding Software as a Medical Device sector today and serves as the Director of Quality for a company called Viz.ai
For those unfamiliar, Viz.Ai the company was inspired by a patient who underwent a successful brain surgery but yet died because the surgery came too late. Dr. Chris Mansi, at Stanford Business School, joined forces with machine learning post-doc Dr David Golan and together they founded Viz.Ai with a goal of using artificial intelligence to make healthcare work faster and smarter. Not just to change, but to radically transform it. In essence, the organization uses AI to synchronize stroke care, reducing systemic delays that stand between patients and life-saving treatments.
Some key highlights we discussed:
-How did he get into the RA/QA space to begin with?
-So many want to get into SaMD and are frustrated by the catch 22 of needing experience to gain experience. How did he land his role with Viz.ai?
- It begs the question, are companies overlooking talent that very well could be successful and do a great job for the organization just because they haven't worked in a SaMD environment before?
-What learning curve has he been going through as it relates to SaMD specifically?
-Has he hired folks from outside the SaMD space? Did they face similar learning curves, or other challenges that he hadn't thought of prior to hiring them?
-What has he found different, if anything about building a Quality (and Regulatory) program in a SaMD environment vs. a traditional Medical Device Company?