Anurag Mairal

He is a man on a mission and he’s onto something as he works to bring technology to bear on some of the most vexatious healthcare issues of our times. Join me in a conversation with Anurag Mairal in this episode of Igniting Joy.Dr. Anurag Mairal is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine and the Director, Global Outreach Programs at Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, Stanford University.

He is also a Faculty Fellow and Lead for Technology Innovation and Impact at Center for Innovation in Global Health. He is a founding co-Director for certain graduate-level courses in Global Health and Global Biodesign offered to engineering, business, and medical students at Stanford University. He serves as the Founding Chair of BME IDEA APAC, a community of medtech innovation programs in Asia Pacific, partnering closely with the industry and academia in the region. He is also an Honorary Professor at University of Cape Town, South Africa.

He is a co-founder and Executive Vice President of Orbees Medical, a SF Bay Area-based strategy consulting firm serving the global healthcare industry, with a focus on medtech, pharmaceutical, and digital health. Dr. Mairal has an extensive background in medical technology development and commercialization, collaborating with partners in the U.S., India, China, and other emerging markets to advance product development, manufacturing, and distribution.

Previously, he held several positions at Johnson & Johnson and at Membrane Technology and Research (MTR). Dr. Mairal earned a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley.