Al Mashal

Congrats, @al_mashal & Chris! We love your dedication to bettering patient care and widening the curative treatments available. The tech you're building so intuitively extends the skills of surgeons. Very much so looking forward to our partnership. techcrunch.com/2023/02/21/cur…

Being able to find and destroy diseased tissue with very high precision but without harmful invasive surgery could change how we treat many diseases. Very excited about what @CurrentSurgical is building. techcrunch.com/2023/02/21/cur…

Very excited about this company - think it could change how many cancers are treated.

.@CurrentSurgical's smart needle helps surgeons operate with heightened precision and "confidently treat tumors anywhere in the body." Read more about the technology and founders @al_mashal and Chris Wagner in @TechCrunch from @bheater. techcrunch.com/2023/02/21/cur…

Really excited to announce today our $3.2M seed closing. We are so grateful for everyone who has caught our vision for cancer treatment! Thanks especially to @trueventures, @1517fund, and @Scifounders. We can’t do this without your support.

Our flagship event for founders in the True Portfolio, #FounderCamp2025, kicks off this week! We can hardly believe it – this will be our 18th Founder Camp to date. See you soon, Founders!

Ever wonder how a clearly brilliant person – someone great a math and engineering and company building – can display shockingly unintelligent thinking when it comes to politics? Neuroscience has the answer! The short version: fMRIs show that when ideological people think about…

While NIH/NSF grant overhead rates need reform, a 15% cap is unrealistic. Even as a scrappy startup, our indirect rate is ~40%. We need a balanced approach that ensures research sustainability

Something fascinating - surgeries are often hospitals' biggest money-makers, and it makes sense why. For so many major diseases, surgery is the best shot at a cure. Every surgical breakthrough leads to greater longevity.

As cancer rates are surging in younger people, we face a crucial reality: surgery remains the only path to a cure for most cancers. This is why our mission @CurrentSurgical is so important. vox.com/explain-it-to-…

It’s great to see new applications of quantitative ultrasound (monitoring of interstitial lung disease). IMO it’s an underutilized technique with a lot of potential. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Read more about what my co-founder Chris Wagner and I have been up to. Thanks for the spotlight @hseas .

What motivates the @CurrentSurgical team? Meet #founders @Al_Mashal and Chris Wagner, and learn about their vision for empowering surgeons with the technology they need to help more people. #meetthefounders

Thanks so much for the shoutout @EleanorNorton! We appreciate all the support we’ve received from our DC community and are excited to use our new @nihseed @NCIsbir grant to help millions of patients receive curative surgery without the traditional limitations.

Excited to announce that @CurrentSurgical has been awarded a $400k Grant from the @nihseed’s @NCIsbir. We’re so grateful for this additional help as we develop our surgery platform for early-stage cancer and make it available to patients that much sooner. prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

Oklahoma plans to kill Richard Glossip on May 18. The state's own attorney general has said that this would be a "grave injustice," but other people in Oklahoma are determined to go ahead and kill him. Sound crazy? Keep reading; it gets crazier.

Perfect day for #PetworthPorchfest and Les DiploRats! 🎵

At @pillar_vc, we’re open-sourcing all the knowledge and knowhow of building biotech companies. Today, we’re releasing the @pavecomp + Founder-Led Bio Community compensation study. 🧬90 companies 🧫3.7k salary data points ✅industry-wide benchmarking founderledbio.com/biotech-compen…

Really enjoyed my conversation with @MichaelaAlthou1 @TechnicallyDC. She gives a great description of what we are working on.

Great post by @alexschbrt. He is spot on with key communication skills founders need to continuously develop and master.