Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> March 18, 2002

Ramesh Trivedi – Integrated Surgical Systems Inc (rdoc)

DR. RAMESH TRIVEDI has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Surgical Systems since 1995. Prior to that he was the Principal of California Biomedical Consultants (an international consulting firm); President and Chief Executive Officer of DigiRad Corporation (a medical imaging company); and held a Senior Management position with a major international healthcare corporation. Dr. Trivedi received a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University in 1970 and an MBA from Pepperdine University in 1981. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of

Integrated Surgical Systems and an overview of what you are doing

at the present time?

Dr. Trivedi: The company was started in 1986 by