Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> March 1, 1998

Ramesh C. Trivedi – Integrated Surgical Systems (iss)

DR. RAMESH C. TRIVEDI received his graduate degrees from Villanova University and Lehigh University. He did his post-doctoral research in Zurich, Switzerland. Later, Ramesh received his MBA degree from Pepperdine University. Upon returning to the U.S., Ramesh worked at Pfizer, Inc., in the research department. From there, he moved to a division of Millipore Corporation where he headed up the product management group. Later, Ramesh worked at Syva, a Syntex company, in the business development area and became the general manager of a wholly- owned subsidiary of Syntex. After leaving Syntex, Ramesh became the President and CEO of a privately held medical imaging company, DigiRad Corporation. Ramesh sold DigiRad to Agfa film company in The Netherlands. Subsequently, he formed his own international consulting firm with offices in California and Germany. Ramesh has been associated with ISS since January 1995, first as a consultant, becoming CEO in November 1995. Profile
TWST: Give us a background sketch, a brief historical summary of

Integrated Surgical Systems. And then bring us up to date. What is the

company doing today?

Mr. Trivedi: The project was