Justin Barad (Osso VR) on Making Surgery as Safe and Reliable as Air Travel (Part 2)

The Guest

Justin Barad, MD, is the CEO and founder of Osso VR, a fully immersive, and scientifically validated, surgical training platform.

Prior to starting Osso VR, Justin became a board-eligible orthopedic surgeon with a Bioengineering degree from UC Berkeley, and an MD (medical doctorate) from UCLA, where he graduated first in his class. He completed his residency at UCLA and his fellowship in pediatric orthopedics at Harvard and Boston Children’s Hospital.

His experiences as a medical student and practicing surgeon opened his eyes to the many challenges faced by surgeons striving to provide the best care in the face of expanding medical understanding, technology, and complexity. For example, after 14 years of education, nearly a third of graduating residents cannot operate without supervision.

These insights, combined with a conviction to solve the problem, led him to co-found Osso VR.

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Justin Barad

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The Conversation

In this second part of my two-part conversation with Justin, we talk about the imperative to improve medical education. He notes our approach to medical education and assessment is still largely based on what worked 100 years ago. But using today’s insights and technologies, while not a perfect, can dramatically improve and expand the quality of medical education. [quote]

Justin goes on to describe the opportunity to accelerate the "trust curve" during in-hospital training—the notion that before you can get hands on and work your way up the learning curve, you have to work your way up the trust curve. Justin also talks about startup leadership principles he’s learned and his take on Virtual Reality versus Augmented Reality.

Note: About half way into the episode you’ll notice we took a break and came back later to finish the interview.

Jason McDowallVR, content creation, healthcare