Human X

About

Human Xtensions is catalyzing medical reality, by delivering disruptive digital handtop innovation that pushes the art of surgery into new frontiers. We call this Artefficient Surgery. Robust yet compact, our platform aims to revolutionize surgery.

Develop personalized surgeon-sensitive solutions that empower performance. By merging man and machine, the art of surgery with advanced tech capacity, our devices are user-friendly, offer powerful flexibility, and affordable for any surgical environment. Our goal is to ensure that flexibility is at hand, maneuverability and ease are maximized, and set up time, costs, and complexity are radically minimized.

Human Xtensions is committed to setting a new standard in surgery, by offering meaningful solutions for medical challenges. Since 2012, we develop unmediated surgical systems that combine the capacity of robotics with the benefits of handheld tools and ergonomic bed mounts.

Leadership

The Human Xtensions team is changing the future of surgery, ushering in a new era of ease and affordability by bringing back the smarts into surgical devices, harnessing the power of innovation to extend the human touch.

Dr. Tami Frenkel

Co-Founder & CEO

Insightfully steers the Human Xtensions team forward, enhancing innovation capacity and advancing the company into new horizons of excellence, for answering to the most challenging frontiers in surgery.

Served as VP Marketing and Product Strategy at Visiosense, CEO at Guide-x, senior manager at a medical incubator. Specialized in managing early-stage startups, to transform dreams into reality, taking an idea from the drawing broad all the way through to commercialization. Holds a PhD. in Biomedical Engineering, with BA degrees in Engineering, Industrial Design, and Biology.

Asaf Stolovy

CFO

Optimizes the Human Xtensions activities, by managing all the company’s financial aspects and overseeing the effective implementation of its overarching corporate strategies.

Served as CFO at Hobart medical incubator, at Molecular Dynamics, and at Motorika, as Director at Core Dynamics and Impulse Dynamics, Controller Camtek (NASDAQ: CAMT), and as Senior Accountant at KPMG Israel. Holds an MBA from Tel Aviv University, and BEc from Haifa University, and is a certified IL CPA.

Hillegonda (Honny Kipnis) Groen

VP Global Sales
& Marketing

Drives forward all marketing and sales channels at Human Xtensions, bringing the company together as one voice, including brand management, marcom, research, distribution, and customer service.

Served as VP Marketing and Sales at Medinol, VP Marketing, and Sales Europe and North America and Business Development at OrSense, International Distributor Sales Manager and Business Development at Oridion Medical, EMEA Distributor Sales manager at Oridion (SWX: ORDIN), product specialist at Hofman La Roche. Vast experience of over 3 decades in the healthcare industry, including pre-and in-hospital fields, holding a BA in Commercial Economics from HES University in Amsterdam and is a certified nurse (OR).

Barak Klein

COO

Has more than 20 years of experience in management positions. Served previously as a COO at Flying Cargo group – providing solutions for the Medical Device, Aerospace, Defense & Hi-tech industries; in his last role, Barak managed over 350 employees – team leaders, managers and senior managers. Barak was also conducting over 7 “cross country” company sites (Operations, Logistics & Manufacturing).

As a Senior Manager, Barak was involved in managing the QA/RA for the Medical Device and Aerospace industries, HR, Technology & IT, Safety & Security and project management for the company.

Barak holds an LL.B. degree from the Ono Academic College.

Yuval Blyakhman

VP R&D

Extensive experience and knowledge of manufacturing processes, defining device specifications and performing V&V treatments

Served in IDF’s technology intelligence division.

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering.

Dr. Amir (Amiki) Szold

CMO

Pioneering laparoscopic surgeon and renowned world leader in the field, heavily involved in medical innovation worldwide. He is the head expert of medical services at Human Xtensions, advising and directing the team to develop disruptive solutions that ingeniously cater to the entire patient-surgeon-hospital ecosystem.

Served as co-founder of Surgical Structures, and as Medical Director at ArTack, Visionsense, Simibionix, Topspin, VirtualPort, LifeBond, and MST. Chairman of the Technology Committee at the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons. Was president of the International Society of Medical Innovation and Technology, and of the Israeli Society of Endoscopic Surgery, which he founded and where he serves as a director. Founder and advisor of the Physicians for Human Rights volunteer clinic.

Hagar Lisser

HR Director

Has more than 12 years of experience in various HR roles focusing on professional training, career development, management training, and a wide range of Human Resource support services. Hager worked in large organizations throughout her career, such as Leumi card and Yes – a direct broadcast satellite television provider in Israel.

Holds a BA in Sociology and Education and MA in educational consulting from the Tel Aviv University

Careers

Human Xtensions is seeking smart and savvy players to help take the leap forward with advanced digital handtops.