S4E32 | Why 600,000 surgeries a year could soon disappear

Sep 8, 2026

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Surgery is currently the second most common intervention for older men, right behind cataract surgery, and it comes with a steep cost to quality of life. Tushar Sharma thinks there's a better way.

On this episode of #DAREwithDarwoft, a podcast from Darwoft in collaboration with Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, Tushar Sharma, founder and CEO of Vivify Medical, joins Ned to talk about building a non-invasive alternative to a widespread surgical procedure, what it took to move from biomedical research to clinical trials, and why he believes hundreds of thousands of surgeries could one day be unnecessary. 🎙️