Dr. Ruchi Dana, President & COO, Duluth Medical Technologies Inc. on the topic of 'Work & Life In The Age Of AI & Robots' at IFAH held at Le Meridien, Dubai on 16th - 18th December, 2019.

1. Medical Practitioner transitioned to a
successful Entrepreneur and
Business Leader.
• Stanford BioDesign Fellow, won NIH Grant, led team to
China for needs finding/prototype building.
• Multiple Papers published on Low cost medical devices
• US Patent filed on AI applications in Surgery.
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Stanford MBA I Stanford PMP I Entrepreneur I Board Member
Dr. Ruchi Dana
IFAH 2019-
Dubai

2. Early Troubles: Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery 2008
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Lacked business acumen to commercialize low cost medical devices

4. This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health grant1 RC4 TW008781-01

5. Recognition
• Forbes ME Next Gen leader
2017, 2018 &2019
• Yuva Ratna, 2018
• Campden Wealth Women to
watch, 2018
• Top 75 Business Leaders 2019
• SSGE, AMU
Healthcare
• Dana Hospital
• Low Cost Medical Devices
• Duluth Medical Robotics
• Aaroogya Foundation
• One Big Family 5

6. How much is your Smartphone worth?
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7. How to Live a Life with “No Barriers”
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8. Trends in Medical Innovations
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•Wearable Technology & Health Monitoring
•AI and Robotics
•Payer-Provider Analytics & Data Tools
•Blockchain & Healthcare

9. AI in Healthcare
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10. Virtual Reality is now Reality!
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11. Simulation Surgeries
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14. ROBOTIC SURGERY
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15. Healthcare Spending Spread
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MENA & SEA are the future growth drivers: need fit for purpose technology

16. Arthritis: Demographical Split
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• Economically constrained regions having maximum arthritis cases
• Baby Boomers + Obesity: The Arthritis Epidemic

17. AI pre-scan
Pre-scan
information
analysed by AI to
advise best suited
technique
Robotics
6 DOF
Anthropoorphic
device to carry
procedure with
guidance and
stability
Visualize
VR for live feedback
& CT scans with AR
overlay for
contínuous tracking
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Solution
Intelligent table mounted
robotic surgical device
which visually assists
surgeon to operate.

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Thank You
Ruchi Dana
+971 52 671 4858
ruchi@alumni.gsb.stanford.com
"Learning never exhausts
the mind"
- Leonardo da Vinci