Chuck Hess, VP & General Manager, US Surgical, Bausch + Lomb, says the partnership between clinicians and industry in ophthalmology has been a fruitful relationship. His experiencing in working with surgeons began early in his career, spending time in the operating room with what he calls “some of the greats in all of ophthalmic surgery”, and using his engineering background to develop surgical instrumentation to address their unmet need. 

In this episode of the OIS Podcast, Hess tells our host Firas Rahhal, MD, “That in and of itself is really the inspiration I have day in and day out. Just understanding the importance of the things that we do, to provide the machines, to design the new technologies and the techniques, to develop digital solutions for longer term care, and really finding ways to change the game in this industry.”

Hess discusses B&L’s current activities, and also areas he’s excited about for the future, including

• Improved analytical and digital tools

• Hypersonics

• Robotics

• New technology for the company’s cloud-based Stellaris Elite system 

• Improving efficiency in workflow

Hess predicts the next 10 years will be the most exciting in the companies history, and said, “I think the changes that we’re going to see in the next 10 years are going to dwarf the changes that I’ve seen in the past 37.”

Click play to hear Chuck Hess talk about his passion to design, innovate, and bring great ideas to market!