Alphatec Spine Experience

Medical Imaging • Surgical Navigation • FDA Regulatory

Key Projects & Achievements

C-arm Calibration & System Optimization

  • Led a data-driven initiative to improve system performance and operational efficiency by redesigning the C-arm calibration process
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams—including marketing, hardware, systems, and engineering—to define requirements and deliver a scalable calibration tool implemented in MATLAB
  • Reduced installation time from over 8 hours to under 2 hours and increased system performance pass rate from under 20% to over 80%, directly improving product efficiency and customer satisfaction

Intra-Operative Image Alignment (IOA)

  • Developed a data pipeline to align intra-operative surgical images with high precision (\(\leq 5\) mm, \(\leq 4°\)), enhancing clinical decision-making during procedures
  • Partnered with cross-functional teams—including regulatory, product, and engineering—to drive the FDA 510(k) submission and successfully launch the IOA system's alpha release
  • Designed and deployed a statistical monitoring tool to evaluate system performance in the field within 20 minutes, enabling scalable and consistent QA across hospital sites