Swiss StartupCataract Surgery FocusClinical Workflow Ready

Orchestrating Surgical Workflow

SurgExplore is a Swiss medtech startup building AI-enabled tools that help surgeries plan better, train faster, and document consistently—so more patients can receive safe, high-quality care.

Cataract case analysis visualization showing detailed eye examinations

The future of surgery is recorded, we unlock it.

Cataract Surgery is the #1 most common surgery

#1
Most Common Surgery
>28M
Surgeries / Year
3–5%
Annual Growth

Capacity, training bottlenecks, and inconsistent documentation limit throughput—while demand keeps rising.

The Cataract Care Gap
HighLow
Care Gap
201020202035
Demand (Need)
Supply (Performed)

Why surgical inefficiency persists

Problem
  • Insufficient surgeon capacity
  • Underutilized infrastructure
Root Causes
  • Expensive surgical training
  • Inadequate pre-operative planning
  • Incomplete post-operative reporting

SurgExplore orchestrates the workflow around the surgeon— during training, before and after the procedure.

One platform across the cataract surgery lifecycle.

Evidence-Based Pre-Op Planning

Standardize decisions with data-driven planning support.

Reduce variability, avoid surprises, improve OR readiness.

Training Module for Skill Acceleration

Faster onboarding and continuous skill refinement.

Objective feedback loops (concept-level).

75%
Post-Op Automatic Reporting

Consistent documentation and structured summaries.

Less admin burden; improved audit readiness.

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Expected Outcomes

  • Higher workflow consistency
  • Reduced documentation time
  • Improved training efficiency

Who benefits

Delivering value across the surgical ecosystem

Surgeons
  • Evidence-based planning
  • Automated reporting
  • Complication awareness
Hospitals
  • Operational efficiency
  • Compliance & documentation readiness
  • Supports billing streamlining
Patients
  • More consistent care pathways
  • Fewer avoidable delays
  • Expanded surgical capacity
Training Centers
  • Accelerated skill development
  • AI-assisted insights
  • Collaborative knowledge expansion

SurgExplore does not just save time and money—it transforms how surgery is documented, taught, and discovered.

Built in Switzerland. Designed for global impact.

Bringing AI expertise, surgical insight, and world-class engineering, with the vision to shape the future of surgery.

Negin Ghamsarian

Negin Ghamsarian

Co-Founder

  • Postdoc, Surgical AI, AIMI, UniBE
  • Ph.D., Computer Science
  • AI Scientist, Haag Streit AG
  • +7 years, AI for Cataract Surgery
  • +20 Publications, AI for Cataract
Farrokh Tarpoudi Baheri

Farrokh Tarpoudi Baheri

Co-Founder

  • Dr. Sc., Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zurich
  • Simulation Specialist
  • Industrial design to market execution specialist
Based in Switzerland

Supported by leading Swiss institutions

BRIDGE
Swiss Foundation for Innovation and Training in Surgery
ETH Zürich
Venture Kick
University of Bern
Inselspital

Trust & Compliance

Structured outputs for documentation consistency

Privacy-first design

Security & privacy by design at every layer

Clinical workflow alignment

Designed for clinical environments

Scalable architecture

Built to grow with your organization

The future of surgery is already recorded; We unlock it

Seeking clinical partners, pilot sites, and strategic collaborators.

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