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Brandon Smith

Houston, Texas

I’m a senior general surgeon (MD/PhD) with hands-on experience in surgical devices, wound care, and robotic-assisted surgery (da Vinci).

I help medtech companies, investors, and consultants understand how devices actually perform in real clinical environments — including workflow impact, adoption barriers, and product-market fit.

Expertise includes:
• Surgical devices (energy devices, stapling, laparoscopic & robotic systems)
• Wound care (NPWT, biologics, skin substitutes, ADM)
• Procedures (trauma, acute care surgery, hernia repair, abdominal wall reconstruction)
• OR workflow, ergonomics, and training burden
• Clinical adoption and surgeon decision-making
• Product evaluation and real-world device performance

Background:
MD — Baylor College of Medicine (AOA)
PhD — Rice University (Bioengineering, NIH F30 Fellow)

Ideal for:
• Medtech product feedback
• Clinical diligence / investor calls
• Device usability and workflow insight
• Wound care and surgical technology discussions

$8.33/min

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I Help Investors and Consultants Evaluate Surgical Medtech Opportunities

I provide clinical expert insight for investors, strategy teams, and consultants evaluating surgical and wound care technologies.

My background combines frontline surgical experience with a PhD in bioengineering, tissue engineering, and biomaterials. I can help assess clinical feasibility, workflow fit, surgeon adoption, training burden, product differentiation, and likely barriers to real-world use.

This is best suited for expert calls, market diligence, investment screening, clinical landscape reviews, and understanding whether a product solves a meaningful problem in surgery.

I Advise on Surgical Device Evaluation and Real-World OR Use

I help medtech teams, investors, and consultants understand how surgical devices perform in real clinical settings.

As a senior general surgery resident with an MD/PhD, I can provide practical insight on device usability, OR workflow, training burden, ergonomics, setup friction, adoption barriers, and failure points. My experience includes hands-on use of energy devices, stapling platforms, wound closure systems, laparoscopic instrumentation, and robotic-assisted surgery workflows.

This is most helpful for product feedback, clinical diligence, competitive assessment, workflow questions, and understanding why devices succeed or fail in practice.

I Advise on Wound Care Technologies and Surgical Wound Management

I help companies, investors, and research teams understand wound care technologies from the perspective of a surgeon using them in real practice.

My experience includes complex surgical wounds, traumatic injuries, negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT/VAC), biologics, skin substitutes, and acellular dermal matrix (ADM). I can speak to product selection, real-world use, workflow integration, adoption barriers, and the gap between product claims and bedside reality.

This is a strong fit for wound care market research, device diligence, product evaluation, and commercialization discussions.

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