Amy Kerdok
Creating products that matter by delighting users and impacting patient outcomes.Focused on developing the RIGHT PRODUCT before spending resources on building the product right.
- Role
- Special Operations (Clinical & Product) at Petal Surgical
- Location
- San Jose, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Amy Kerdok
The intersection of medicine – technology - and human performance fascinates me. The ultimate goal is to create paradigm shifts in medical care to better the lives of patient\'s. I spent 12 years living at that intersection and working towards that paradigm in robotic surgery making the \"art\" of surgery objective at Intuitive Surgical. I then spent 5 years helping Outset Medical create another much needed shift in healthcare in regards to dialysis. I have since been helping start-ups understand the problems they are trying to solve, and what clinical and product solutions can deliver an outstanding user experience!I spent over a decade in academia at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, MIT, Harvard and Harvard Medical School studying engineering and medicine, and researching the impact use environment has on one’s performance. My work spanned a wide spectrum across this med-tech-performance intersection from how altering a track surface effected athletic running performance to how soft tissues respond to surgical manipulation.My interdisciplinary interests and education prepared me for the corporate world where I served as a Clinical Development Engineer (CDE) at Intuitive Surgical. Given the technical complexity and the vast clinical application space of a soft tissue surgical robot, there exists a need to have people at the intersection of the medicine and the technology. I then took that learning to try to drive the product, usability, and clinical development of Tablo, a unique dialysis system that attempts to bring dialysis to the patient, putting them in control of their treatment. Through automation, an intuitive GUI, and the ability to create dialysate from tap water, the goal is to reduce the burden of dialysis on the patient and the healthcare system. Another paradigm shift in the making. Finally, I then went to Capstan Medical to lead product. Capstan Medical is a structural heart start-up that has an opportunity to create yet another paradigm shift in medicine by marrying advanced heart valve technology with surgical robotic delivery system and break down the last surgical arena where open chest surgery is still the standard of care. I am currently taking my 20+ years of experience in user-centered design and clinical understanding to translate both user needs and business needs into a product and clinical strategy for Petal Surgical - a truly innovative company who has set out to develop an incisionless surgery platform. Stay tuned!
Experience
Special Operations (Clinical & Product)
Oct 2025 — Present · Redwood City, CA, US
Education
Harvard University
PhD, Biomedical Engineering
2000 — 2006
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
BS, Biomedical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MS, Mechanical Engineering
1997 — 2000
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