Dr. Samuel Browd is the Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer at Proprio, Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Washington, and board-certified attending neurosurgeon at Seattle Children’s Hospital, Harborview Medical Center and the University of Washington (UW) Medical Center. He received his M.D., Ph.D. at the University of Florida, completed neurosurgical residency at the University of Utah, and Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship at the University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Hospital. He also completed a research post-doctoral fellowship on functional magnetic resonance imaging and operative navigation.
In co-founding Proprio alongside University of Washington’s Sensor Systems Labs’ Dr. Joshua Smith, UW MBA graduate Gabriel Jones, and computer vision specialist James Youngquist, Dr. Browd sought to leverage the emerging technologies of AR/VR and AI to revolutionize the way surgeons navigate human anatomy. Proprio was created with a mission to use technology and data to transform surgical care and improve outcomes.
While AI has significant transformative potential and fully autonomous surgery is something our industry can aspire to, there is a lot we can accomplish in the conversation around AI in the meantime. This means technologists need to collaborate with healthcare providers to align in our approach to embracing AI.