In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with MOLLI Surgical co-founder and CEO, Ananth Ravi, about inventing surgical technology to provide better patient care, addressing inequities in surgical tool access and more. •    Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:15 •    About Ravi 1:27 •    The interview 2:10 •    Tell me about how entered this field and how you ended up founding a company that invents surgical instruments.  2:42 •    How did you end up moving from Zambia to Canada?  5:02 •    Tell me more about MOLLI Surgical. How is this precision surgery unique from what is already out there?  6:47 •    What is your background to help you go from ideation to implementation, and how did you take the steps to make your ideas a reality? 10:31 •    How do you address rural and global disparities when it comes to accessing these technologies?  16:12 •    In an ideal world, where would you see this technology being utilized, and are there any other technologies that you think will revolutionize this type of care?  19:32 •    What else excites you about this space? […] How did you find going from the academic space into this role in the business/corporate space?   22:19 •    Jain and Ravi on work-life balance.  25:51 •    What’s next for you in the next three to five years?  29:26 •    If someone could only listen to the last few minutes of this episode, what would you want them to take away? 30:15 •    How to contact Ravi 30:42 •    Thanks for listening 31:39 Ananth Ravi is president, CEO and co-founder of MOLLI Surgical.

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