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Shedding a light on the Illuminant team
Every patient has different needs but what they all have in common is the need for the best care we can provide. Illuminant sprung from the belief that there had to be a better way to achieve the level of precision we are always aiming for.
We put a team of dedicated and innovative individuals together to create a solution that could be used by every surgeon and immediately change the way they operate. The drive and passion to provide the best care for patients is foundational to Illuminant’s identity.
Advisors and Partners
The dedicated people behind Illuminant
Eldrick Millares
Experienced Deep Tech Entrepreneur. Dreams of sailing around the world. Stanford Electrical Engineering.
James Hu
Driving innovations from research to the bedside. Probably cleaning his microaquarium. Stanford Bioengineering, UC Irvine School of Medicine.
Brian Nguyen
Exploring where engineering meets art. Thinks everyone should own a tiny bike. Stanford Mechanical Engineering.
Enoch Omale
Crafting software that makes an impact. Find him on the pitch or in the cinema. Yale Computer Science.
Harry Nguyen, RAC, ASQ CMQ/OE
Instilling the quality mindset on all those he works with, while preserving their entrepreneurial spirit. Enjoys science fiction and self-sufficient gardening. Princeton Chemical Engineering.
Nick Shelton
Crafting stunning visuals with a decade of expertise in graphics. Inspired by math, nature, music, and everything in between. Outside of work, find him VJing a concert or building an amplifier. Formerly working on VR at Disney, Google, and Meta. UT Austin Computer Science.
Alexa Nazarian
Bridging various engineering fields to create innovative, practical solutions. In her free time, she’s scaling rocks or immersed in a knitting project. Northeastern University Bioengineering (M.S.)
Ikaasa Suri
Passionate about democratizing access to quality health care. In her free time, designing new outfits for the runway. UCLA Computer Science. Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine MD Candidate.
Lillian Mo
Combining medicine and finance to improve access to care. She only uses Excel. University of Chicago Biological Sciences. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai MD Candidate.
Julian Javier
Investigating where medicine meets innovation through the lens of healthcare equity. A cross-country road trip is his regular commute. Georgetown Neurobiology. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai MD Candidate.
We are guided by decades of experience
Dr. Jeffrey Wang, MD
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurological Surgery. Co-Director of USC Spine Center
Dr. John Liu, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery. Co-Director of USC Spine Center
Dr. Sumeet Vadera, MD, MBA, FAANS
Professor of Neurosurgery, UC Irvine School of Medicine
Dr. Kurt Yaeger, MD
Asst. Professor of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist
Dr. Gabriel Friedman, MD
Resident Neurosurgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital
Brad Smith
President, Marshall University | Former CEO, Intuit | Board Member, Amazon, Humana
Dr. Ross Venook, PhD
Associate Eng. Director, Stanford Biodesign | Senior Lecturer, Stanford Bioengineering
Dr. Christoph Leuze, PhD
Executive Director, Stanford Medical Mixed Reality Lab
Brian Hess, MBA
CEO, RevBio | Former R&D Director at Stryker OrthoBiologics
Andrew Edman
Senior Development Engineer, Boston Children's Hospital
We’re Hiring
Join a team that is ready to make an impact. Have a look at our openings below to see how you can make one of your own.
We are looking for a Biomedical Engineer to help us bring our surgical navigation platform from a prototype in the office to a finished product in the operating room. This role is highly interdisciplinary — a unique opportunity to use your skills to make an impact on the R&D team, Quality team, and Clinical team.
