Robert Masson

About Robert Masson

Dr. Robert Masson, M.D, is a private practice neurosurgeon serving a global community. He has dedicated his 36 year neurosurgical career to the development and innovation of minimally invasive spine surgery, implants, enabling technologies and outpatient spine surgery clinical pathways. Always innovating and pushing his limits, he is the founder and CEO of eXpanded eXistence™, an artificial intelligence enhanced software company backed by mixed reality and machine learning, focused on surgical logistics and performance. He has developed and influenced spine implants, technology and procedures, focusing on least invasive surgery and maximum functional recovery. He has served on advisory boards for microsurgical systems, stem cell research, orthobiologics, sports injury treatment & prevention. He has developed, educated and influenced products for groups such as Sofamor Danek, Synthes, Depuy Synthes Spine, a Johnson and Johnson Company, Centinel Spine and Biedermann Motech. Dr. Masson completed his medical and neurosurgical training at the University of Florida under Professor Dr. Albert Rhoton. His first practice was in Washington in 1995, and then he started his renowned spine surgery practice in in Orlando, FL. He has launched as Medical Director two separate spine ambulatory surgery centers in Orlando, FL and Park City, UT. He founded Florida’s first JCAHO accredited Spine Center of Excellence at Orlando Health Health Central Hospital. His surgical passion is lean performance, systems and teams for the best outcomes. He has performed over procedures and trained over 1500 surgeons worldwide. Dr. Masson is the inventor of the iMAS 360™ lumbar TLIF reconstruction platform, and is committed to 100% microsurgical and minimally invasive solutions, and his practice is a global destination for cervical arthroplasty. He has treated a broad variety of elite professional athletes, olympians, and warriors, recognizing the importance of spine surgery to highly functional people who have lost their functional capabilities in the midst of a spine health crisis. He is an expert on sports spine surgery. He is a proud father of five and life long athlete. Since then he enjoys multiple sports including tennis, prototype racing and basketball. He was second in the 2019 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona in the Le Mans Prototype Class with his son Kyle. He is committed to a lifetime of exploration and his hobbies include aviation, back country skiing, scuba diving, mountain climbing and snowboarding.

Experience

1. Product Development Innovator

   Biedermann Motech

   Sep 2014 — Present · Villangen-Schwenningen, DE

   iMAS Technology, Llc is proud to be partnered with the Biedermann team to build the fully integrated spinal reconstruction solutions for least invasive, non deconstructive microsurgical reconstructions consistent with the iMAS procedural solution and philosophy. We have developed the most efficient, most robust yet simplistic and reproducible reconstruction strategy in the world and will optimize systems for category 1, 2 and 3 reconstruction solutions. In 2017, our first two systems, MOSS 100 and Telix K, have been FDA approved and are now commercially available for iMAS trained surgeons in the United States and Europe.Our goal is to develop and design proprioceptively intuitive systems built for the most skilled surgeons with simple, well organized and highly functional features. These systems have incorporated the worlds best technical and functional capabilities available in the spinal implant market place.

Education

• University of Florida

  Bachelor of Science (BS), MD, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, With High Honors

  1981 — 1988

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Business Administration, Management and Operations

  2018 — 2019

• University of Florida

  Neurological Surgery, Expertise in Spine, Cerebrovascular and Skull base Surgery

  1988 — 1995