Mark Brentnall

Mark has been working in product development for medical devices and training systems for over 20 years. He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UC San Diego, and a M.S. from the University of Washington, where he worked with both the Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering departments to complete his thesis in therapeutic ultrasound.

In his early career he worked as a design and systems engineer for several Seattle startups. Most recently, he was hired by Mimic Technologies (a company whose founder and CEO is also a UW grad) as their Product Manager for developing VR simulators to train the next generation of robotic surgeons.

Mark is passionate about training and technology in the field of medicine, especially surgery. The future of surgery lies in robotic systems and the applications that will drive them, and VR simulation offers the perfect opportunity to train surgeons on these platforms as well as provide rich data sets for innovation. Mark lives in the U-District with his family and looks forward to developing future collaborations between Surgical Science, Inc. and the University of Washington.