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OUR STORY

Why SpineSense Exists

Spine surgery generates more clinical complexity per case than almost any other surgical specialty. It also has some of the least structured data infrastructure to support it. Surgical planning relies on 2D static images for 3D dynamic corrections. Clinical documentation is built around billing compliance, not surgical reasoning. Outcomes data disappears into EHR free text, disconnected from the decisions that produced it.

AI is only as useful as the data it learns from. In spine surgery, that data has never been properly collected. SpineSense was built to fix that starting at the workflow level, not the algorithm level. We built infrastructure to capture structured, prospective clinical data as a natural byproduct of how surgeons already work. The result is a platform that gets more useful every time it's used, governed by the surgeons who generate the data.

Spine surgeons reviewing 3D spinal reconstruction on dual monitors

MISSION

"To build the infrastructure that makes responsible, surgeon-governed AI possible in spine surgery — starting with tools that deliver value today."

THE TEAM

Meet the Founders

Dr. Edwin Telemi

Dr. Edwin Telemi

Co-Founder & CEO

Neurosurgeon, complex spine surgeon. Formerly at UCLA.

James Chen

James Chen

Co-Founder & CTO

Ex-DeepMind researcher. Specialist in computer vision for medical imaging.

Sarah Miller

Sarah Miller

Head of Clinical Operations

Translating complex surgical workflows into seamless software experiences.

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WHAT WE BELIEVE

Our Values

Infrastructure First

Algorithms are only as good as the data they train on. We build the foundation.

Surgeon Sovereignty

The people who do the work should govern the data and the models.

Honest Uncertainty

When AI doesn't know, it should say so. Confidence intervals are features, not bugs.

Workflow or Nothing

If it doesn't fit into how surgeons actually work, it doesn't ship.