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Innovating Under Pressure: Dr. Mehdi Rezavi’s Answer to Groin Complications

with Dr. Mehdi Rezavi

In this episode, Dr. Aaron Fritts interviews Dr. Mehdi Razavi about his journey to entrepreneurship and in developing Saranas Early Bird, a vascular device that allows for early detection of perioperative bleeding.

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BackTable, LLC (Producer). (2023, September 22). Ep. 60 – Innovating Under Pressure: Dr. Mehdi Rezavi’s Answer to Groin Complications [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from https://www.backtable.com

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Dr. Mehdi Rezavi discusses Innovating Under Pressure: Dr. Mehdi Rezavi’s Answer to Groin Complications on the BackTable 60 Podcast

Dr. Mehdi Rezavi

Dr. Mehdi Rezavi is the Director Clinical Arrhythmia Research and Innovations at the Texas Heart Institute and a founder of multiple biomedical companies.

Dr. Aaron Fritts discusses Innovating Under Pressure: Dr. Mehdi Rezavi’s Answer to Groin Complications on the BackTable 60 Podcast

Dr. Aaron Fritts

Dr. Aaron Fritts is a Co-Founder of BackTable and a practicing interventional radiologist in Dallas, Texas.

Synopsis

Before venturing into entrepreneurship, Mehdi was a dedicated EP cardiologist with limited exposure to entrepreneurship. After his fellowship, Mehdi took part in a Medtronic project. This experience energized him and ignited a desire to explore more opportunities for entrepreneurship.

Mehdi conceived the idea for Early Bird when he suspected a hematoma in one of his patients following an atrial ablation procedure. Recognizing the risk of postoperative bleeding in such procedures, he envisioned a solution for early hematoma detection. The device that he developed is a specialized venous axis sheath equipped with ringed electrodes. These electrodes continuously emit sub-physiologic electrical signals both throughout and after a medical procedure, enabling real-time monitoring of the sheath's impedance or resistance. This technology can detect a drop in impedance, indicating potential bleeding, as blood exhibits the lowest impedance in the body. Because their technology works as a warning system, Mehdi and his co-founder Alex Arevalos decided to name their company after the early bird genus, Serenus.

Despite working for 5-6 years to secure a patent for the idea, Mehdi remained persistent in his preclinical studies, understanding the significant impact his innovation could have on his medical specialty and the potential benefit for patients. For physicians transitioning into entrepreneurship, Mehdi suggests initiating the process of establishing a company early on to introduce more organization and delegate specific roles effectively, which allows for more time to continue working as a clinician.

Resources

Saranas Early Bird:
https://saranas.com/

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