In 2016, Dr. Nadine Hachach-Haram launched her health technology business Proximie, implementing the use of augmented reality to allow the world’s top surgeons to virtually transport themselves into any operating room. With 6,000 live surgeries performed last year and the platform being deployed in nearly 200 hospitals, the demand for Proximie has only grown; Hachach-Haram saw a 430 percent increase in user growth in the first quarter of 2020 as a result of COVID-19 making it virtually impossible for top surgeons to travel internationally. In addition, Proximie completed a successful Series A fundraising round last year, which included backing from international venture capital firm, Global Ventures.
“I really believe that the future of surgery is about digitizing the operating room, making sure that we grab at such a rich experience in an operating room, from multiple data sets that are going to be valuable to the end user, to the surgeon and to the hospital,” Hachach-Haram told Worth. “I’m hopeful, because I’m already seeing it with Proximie…that we’re improving access. There are so many stories where, because of Proximie, we were able to deliver a life-saving operation to someone…I’m hopeful that we continue to drive quality in surgery and make sure that no one ever feels that they don’t get access to the best care the first time, every time.”
“We’re combining the best of human expertise with technology,” she concluded, “but we’re ultimately changing lives.”
