FITM Extended Interview: Alexander Sah
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Alex Sah on what it actually takes for a practicing surgeon to develop new orthopaedic tools — from first idea to OR adoption.
An honest conversation about mentors, mistakes, AI, and knowing when to walk away from a collaboration.
Most surgeons spot problems in the OR daily and quietly adapt to the limits of existing tools. Alex Sah, a high-volume hip and knee surgeon in Silicon Valley and Chief Medical Officer at Think Surgical, has chosen instead to engage directly with industry — first as an evaluator, then as an advisor, and eventually as a design partner. In this…
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