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90 seconds to know if your brain tumor surgery worked.
That’s all it takes now.
University of Michigan just changed brain cancer surgery forever with DeepGlioma, an AI that reads tumor genetics while you’re still on the operating table.
Here’s why this matters:
Gliomas kill. Median survival for these aggressive brain tumors? Just 18 months. Every second of surgery counts, every millimeter of tumor removed matters.
But surgeons have been operating blind.
They couldn’t know the tumor’s genetic makeup during surgery. They’d remove what they could see, close up, wait days for pathology, then discover they missed critical tissue or removed too much healthy brain.
Not anymore.
🧠 DeepGlioma analyzes tissue in real-time using stimulated Raman histology
🧠 Predicts genetic mutations that determine treatment paths
🧠 Guides surgeons to remove more tumor, preserve more brain
The companion tool, FastGlioma, goes even further: 10 seconds to detect residual tumor tissue. Trained on 11,000 specimens. Outperforming standard methods.
Think about that impact:
• More complete tumor removal = longer survival
• Immediate molecular diagnosis = faster treatment decisions
• Real-time genetics = instant clinical trial matching
Right now, fewer than 10% of glioma patients join clinical trials. Why? By the time genetic results come back, the window has closed.
This changes everything.
We’re not just detecting cancer faster. We’re giving surgeons superpowers, patients hope, and families time.
The same team built Prima, another AI reading brain MRIs in seconds with 97.5% accuracy across 52 diagnoses. Strokes, tumors, bleeds, all prioritized instantly.
This is what happens when we stop treating AI as a threat and start using it as a tool.
Every neurosurgeon should have this. Every brain tumor patient deserves this.
Because 90 seconds shouldn’t determine whether someone lives or dies.
But today, it might save their life.
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CEO/Co-Founder @ Oatmeal Health | AI Lung Cancer Screening | Almost Became a Doctor | Engineer | Follow to Share What I’ve Learned Along the Way
I help patients get the care they need earlier, preventing late-stage cancer.
That’s been the throughline across three companies and almost 20 years in healthcare. At ReferralMD, we fixed broken referral networks so patients didn’t fall through the cracks. At Oatmeal Health, it’s lung cancer: building the diagnostic and screening infrastructure so the 85% of cases caught too late get caught early instead.
Today as CEO of Oatmeal Health, I lead a team embedding AI into radiology workflows to turn routine lung CT scans into reimbursable cancer risk assessments. We partner with FQHCs to reach underserved communities, and with health systems and payers to make early detection economically sustainable. Think HeartFlow or Cleerly, but for lungs.
Between companies, I advised at Techstars and Plug and Play, mentoring founders building in digital health. That experience shaped how I think about what separates companies that ship from companies that stall: distribution, reimbursement, and clinical trust, not just technology.
I’m a CancerX alumnus, a 3x healthcare founder, and someone who believes the biggest problems in cancer aren’t scientific. They’re operational.
We’re hiring mission-driven builders at Oatmeal Health. If you want to work on something that matters, reach out.
When I’m not working, I’m traveling, mentoring, and keeping up with one very energetic husky. 🐾
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Millions of patients get less care because of who they are, where they live, or how they look. I’m fighting to change that. CEO @OatmealHealth, a startup built for the underserved. The Oatmeal Bite: intel for clinicians, investors, and advocates.
Jonathan Govette
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