Al Mashal
@amashal.bsky.social
Co-founder & CEO of @CurrentSurgical. Digital Surgery/Oncology/Ultrasound. Piled Higher and Deeper @UWMadison. 👐 Badger for life. 🧀
Thank you @mayorbowser.dc.gov! We’re grateful to have the community’s support as we grow @currentsurgical.bsky.social.
We’re focused on keeping jobs and businesses in high-growth industries in DC.
The 9 Vitality and Growth Fund awardees will:
📈 Create 250 new jobs
📈 Retain 72 jobs
📈 Invest $4M in capital improvements
DC is investing in growth and open for business.
The 9 Vitality and Growth Fund awardees will:
📈 Create 250 new jobs
📈 Retain 72 jobs
📈 Invest $4M in capital improvements
DC is investing in growth and open for business.
October 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Thank you @mayorbowser.dc.gov! We’re grateful to have the community’s support as we grow @currentsurgical.bsky.social.
The House Ways and Means Committee passed a bill earlier this week that gives breakthrough devices 4 years of Medicare coverage. This is a great step for patients - and a great incentive for companies taking bold bets in developing life-saving technologies.
www.advamed.org/industry-upd...
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AdvaMed Welcomes Key U.S. House Committee Passage of Breakthrough Medtech Coverage Bill, Urges Addition of Diagnostic Tests
WASHINGTON—AdvaMed, the medtech association, today welcomed U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means passage of legislation providing Medicare coverage of FDA-designated and authorize...
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September 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The House Ways and Means Committee passed a bill earlier this week that gives breakthrough devices 4 years of Medicare coverage. This is a great step for patients - and a great incentive for companies taking bold bets in developing life-saving technologies.
www.advamed.org/industry-upd...
www.advamed.org/industry-upd...
Love this feel-good story — and that it helps illustrate the wide-ranging applications of minimally invasive ablation:
health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...
health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...
Minimally invasive ablation treats osteoid osteoma in young athlete
An 8-year-old boy needed treatment for an osteoid osteoma. His family turned to UC Davis Children’s Hospital to get him back in the game.
health.ucdavis.edu
September 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Love this feel-good story — and that it helps illustrate the wide-ranging applications of minimally invasive ablation:
health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...
health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...
The ultrasound paradox: devices are inexpensive but development requires talent and capital.
You have to solve issues of signal processing, electrical engineering, mechanical design, and physics simultaneously. Proud of our team for pushing through these challenges.
You have to solve issues of signal processing, electrical engineering, mechanical design, and physics simultaneously. Proud of our team for pushing through these challenges.
September 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The ultrasound paradox: devices are inexpensive but development requires talent and capital.
You have to solve issues of signal processing, electrical engineering, mechanical design, and physics simultaneously. Proud of our team for pushing through these challenges.
You have to solve issues of signal processing, electrical engineering, mechanical design, and physics simultaneously. Proud of our team for pushing through these challenges.
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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!
March 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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!
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1/ 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!
February 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
1/ 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!
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It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.
February 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.
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.
February 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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.
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December 11, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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.
December 13, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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 at Current Surgical is so important.
www.vox.com/explain-it-t...
www.vox.com/explain-it-t...
Why do so many young people suddenly have cancer?
When you were born is actually an important risk factor for cancer.
www.vox.com
December 7, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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 at Current Surgical is so important.
www.vox.com/explain-it-t...
www.vox.com/explain-it-t...