Dr. Samir Singh is a board certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and a member of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). He’s part of a new wave of surgeons integrating digital surgical planning and additive manufacturing to achieve outcomes once thought impossible. He has worked with MedCAD on 27 cases… Read More
An Explainer for Patients What is “patient-specific” surgery? The short answer is that it’s exactly what it sounds like — it’s one specific medical procedure that’s designed for one specific patient. Patient-specific surgical approaches may include surgical cutting guides and/or manufactured implants, and they fit the patient and the procedure… Read More
Earlier this week, MedCAD president and CEO Nancy Hairston returned from a medical mission trip with the Christian Medical Association of Ukraine. She accompanied four US doctors as they worked with local surgeons to reconstruct severe facial trauma with 100% custom implants created and donated by MedCAD. The US… Read More
MedCAD continues to support facial reconstruction surgery for Ukrainian soldiers through custom implant technology and close collaboration with surgeons on the ground. This post serves as a running list of updates, media coverage, and missions related to our involvement in Ukraine’s ongoing humanitarian and medical crisis. Oculofacial Surgery and the… Read More
Rachel L. Medbery, MD, is a double board certified thoracic surgeon — and like most surgeons, she’s not afraid of the cutting edge. She was the first female thoracic surgeon in Central Texas and has become much sought after for her expertise with minimally invasive robotic approaches to thoracic… Read More
Each summer, the Aspen Ideas Festival brings together thinkers and leaders to discuss the ideas that shape the world. This year, one of the speakers was MedCAD’s own Nancy Hairston. In a session titled Ideas at the Speed of Thought, she spoke about the wonders of patient-matched implants, and… Read More
Dr. Anna Huguenard is a vascular neurosurgeon who is currently in Phoenix on a yearlong open cerebrovascular fellowship with Dr. Michael Lawton at the Barrow Neurological Institute. She’ll soon travel back to Washington University — where she was a resident in neurosurgery and endovascular surgical neuroradiology — to… Read More
At MedCAD, we consider our patient-matched medical devices to be works of art. That’s not just marketing copy — it’s a big part of our history, and it’s instrumental to our design process. One of the people who works with surgeons to craft our products is Heather Gorham. Aside… Read More
Jonathan Shum, DDS, MD, is a board certified surgeon in oral and maxillofacial surgery, and is an Assistant Professor at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. His practice is centered on oral, head and neck oncology, microvascular reconstruction, and facial trauma —… Read More
