Formus Labs News

Formus Labs, creator of the world's first automated 3D, AI-enabled pre-operative planner for joint replacement surgeries, today announces the expansion of its clinical advisory board. Three global thought leaders in the field of arthroplasty, Dr. J. Bohannon Mason, Dr. Atul Kamath and Dr. James A. Germano will help shape the next generation of Formus Labs’ innovative planning technology and will support the company’s expansion into new markets.

Formus Labs, creator of the world's first fully-automated 3D planner for joint replacement surgeries, today announced the appointments of Mercy Radiology and Clinics CEO, Dr Lloyd McCann, and Vice President of Market Development at BK Medical, Meraj Khan, to its Board of Directors. Each brings more than 15 years of international medical technology and healthcare experience in a variety of roles.

Formus Labs, creator of the world's first fully-automated 3D planner for joint replacement surgeries, today announced it has hired Polly Teevan as Chief Marketing Officer. Teevan will oversee global commercial and marketing strategy, and lead Formus to expand its presence in the US and international markets leveraging her deep customer relationships, industry knowledge and commercial experience.

Formus combines AI and biomechanics to empower orthopedic surgeons with fully interactive 3D models to optimize the preoperative planning process

Formus Labs and Zimmer Biomet worked together this year to launch an interactive online series for FormusⓇ Hip, hosted on Zimmer Biomet’s e-learning system and implemented across Australia. 

Aaron Croft joins Formus Labs as Product Lead with a strong background in software product management and Saas experience. He previously worked as a product manager for Xero.

Based on Auckland’s North Shore, Richie comes to Formus Labs with a wealth of experience in the medical start-up industry after working for six years at Aroa Biosurgery as Quality Manager

Formus Labs’ team members are observing surgeries to help inform their work and understand the daily challenges faced by surgeons. 

Formus Labs Australian Country Manager Zoe Hart says surgeons continue to show interest in the use of artificial intelligence in pre-operative planning for total hip arthroplasty.

Formus Labs has recently hired Zoe Hart as their Australian Country Manager. Zoe is the company’s first representative in Australia. She will lead business development, marketing/sales strategies and build the name of Formus Labs, helping to bring more surgeons on board and support the sales team of our commercial partner. 

Formus Labs software engineer Jamie Kydd started developing this technology in late 2020. Jamie says the software has the potential to allow surgeons to know how accurate their surgeries have been. 

With the support of Callaghan Innovation, Formus Labs has recently hired a Clinical Research Associate. Lilian Lim came to Formus Labs from a year as a research assistant with the Musculoskeletal Modelling Group at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) after completing her Masters of Engineering in 2020.