Frederic Moll, M.D. is the founder and CEO of Hansen Medical, a 2003 fund portfolio company. Dr. Moll founded Hansen in 2002, bringing with him more than 20 years of medical device and high technology experience. In 1995, Dr. Moll founded
Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG), the world leader
in surgical robotics, and served as the company's first
CEO. Prior to Intuitive Surgical, Dr. Moll co-founded
Origin Medsystems, Inc., which later became an operating
company within Guidant Corporation following the acquisition
by Eli Lilly in 1992. Dr. Moll served as medical director
of Guidant's surgical device division from 1992 - 1995.
Before co-founding Origin Medsystems, Dr. Moll invented
the safety trocar, which fostered in modern general
laparoscopic surgery and he founded Endotherapeutics,
which was acquired by U.S. Surgical in 1992.
Dr. Moll holds a B.A. degree in economics from the University
of California at Berkeley, a M.S. degree in management
from Stanford University, and a M.D. from the University
of Washington. He is a distinguished speaker and lecturer,
and is the author of numerous scientific articles. He
currently serves on the boards of several Silicon Valley
healthcare companies.
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