Clee Medical: Making brain surgery safer

In episode eight of Tech for Good, Matthew Lapinski, CEO and Co-founder of Clee Medical, explains how the Swiss startup is developing breakthrough imaging technology to make brain surgery safer, faster, and more scalable.

Brain surgery has always been a high-stakes gamble. Surgeons are hampered by a lack of data, relying on pre-operative scans and intuition when every millimeter matters.

Clee Medical plans to change that. The Swiss startup, co-founded by Matt Lapinski and Abed Hammoud (EMBA 2004), has developed real-time imaging and sensing technology that gives brain surgeons greater precision and visualization during operations.

“If we can tell surgeons where they actually are […] brain surgery is much more efficient, there are better patient outcomes, unlocking new targets in the brain,” explains Lapinski.

Watch Lapinski reveal what drives him, where Clee Medical stands in its development journey, the make-or-break challenges over the next 12-18 months, and his personal highs of the entrepreneurship journey.

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Matthew Lapinski

CEO and Co-founder, Clee Medical

Matthew Lapinski is an engineer and leader, leveraging his experience in medical device development to lead Clee Medical. The company is developing the keys to a better understanding of the brain and shaping the future of neurotech through novel imaging, device design, and AI.

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Jim Pulcrano

Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management

Jim Pulcrano is an IMD Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management. His current projects include teaching in Lausanne, London and Silicon Valley, research on disruption, and various strategy, networking, customer-centricity, and innovation mandates with multinationals in Europe, Asia, and the US. At IMD, He is Director of the Venture Capital Asset Management (VCAM) program and teaches on the Executive MBA (EMBA), Orchestrating Winning Performance (OWP), and full-time MBA programs.

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