Touch surgery awarded Rising Star award at Founders Forum

It has announced that Touch Surgery was awarded the 2015 Founders Forum Smart Nation Rising Star award for its free iOS and Android app’s surgical simulations, which are improving the quality and accessibility of surgical training. The Rising Star award highlights companies who are taking strides to enable the development of smart nations through the use of technology and was voted on by 200 technology company founders  at the Founders Forum Smart Nations Conference held at the end of April.

The accolade of Smart Nation Rising Star comes on the heels a public announcement that the Touch Surgery app is now used by over 200,000 surgeons in every country on earth. It also coincides with 8 procedural simulation releases in Q1 of 2015, including for craniotomy and total knee replacement. Touch Surgery also released a version of their app in Spanish, nearly doubling the number of users that can access the app in their native language.  “The initial response to the Spanish option has been phenomenal.  As a result of this feedback, we feel compelled to continue to provide additional language options to as many HCPs as possible.  I am proud to say additional translations are already in progress” said the company’s CEO, Jean Nehme.

While showcasing the free Touch Surgery surgical simulation app at Founders Forum, surgeon co-founder and COO, Andre Chow stated, “We’ve been working with the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) on simulations for surgeries to treat cataracts and glaucoma. It has long been a vision of ours to standardise surgical technique and distribute more effective surgical training worldwide. The cooperation and support of surgeons such as Professor Shamira Perera and Dr. Sameer Trikha at the SNEC, make it possible to accomplish this goal. The entire Touch Surgery team are extremely excited to be able to provide these resources around the world and are inspired by the feedback we receive from expert surgeons, surgical trainees, and patients alike.”

To learn more about Touch Surgery, visit their website: www.touchsurgery.com