# SurgiQuality

> SurgiQuality is a Rockville, Maryland health-tech company built by a practicing surgeon to fix the information gap patients face when they are told they need an operation. Its platform brings medical records and imaging to the cloud, routes them to a network of 45,000+ surgeons for independent written opinions, and uses proprietary AI (SurgiGPT) to score surgeons on risk-adjusted outcomes pulled from de-identified EMR data. The goal: help patients pick the right surgeon and the right approach, avoid unnecessary surgery, and help employers lower the cost of surgical benefits.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Rockville, Maryland, United States
- **Founders:** Sanjay Prasad, MD, FACS (Founder & CEO, Chairman of the Board), Marshall Besch (Co-Founder, Data Operations & Board Member)
- **Team size:** ~6 employees
- **Products:** Multiple Opinion Journey, SurgiGPT, Surgeon Comparison Tool, SurgiConnect, Employer Solution
- **Notable:** Raised $5M Series A in September 2021 (reported total funding around $5M-$7.4M)., Built a network of 45,000+ surgeons across all 50 states and DC., Partnerships with nearly 300 surgery centers and hospitals.

## Products & services

- **Multiple Opinion Journey** — A concierge-supported service that gathers a patient's medical records and imaging, uploads them to the cloud, and routes them to multiple network surgeons who provide independent written opinions - validating necessity, offering alternatives to surgery, and sharing their success and complication rates. Free to patients.
- **SurgiGPT** — Proprietary AI that analyzes de-identified EMR records to score surgeons for risk-adjusted outcomes, connecting directly to EMR systems to pull procedure-specific results.
- **Surgeon Comparison Tool** — Lets patients and benefits members compare surgeons based on risk-adjusted outcomes data rather than marketing or star ratings.
- **SurgiConnect** — A surgeon-facing app for managing surgical cases and patient lists, and for showcasing validated outcomes to employers and payors.
- **Employer Solution** — A benefits offering that helps self-insured employers steer members to high-outcome surgeons, eliminate unnecessary procedures through peer review, and lower the cost of surgical benefits while reducing readmissions and lost workforce time.

## Achievements

- Raised $5M Series A in September 2021 (reported total funding around $5M-$7.4M).
- Built a network of 45,000+ surgeons across all 50 states and DC.
- Partnerships with nearly 300 surgery centers and hospitals.
- Developed SurgiGPT, an AI system for risk-adjusted surgeon outcomes scoring from de-identified EMRs.
- Founder Dr. Sanjay Prasad authored the book 'Resetting Healthcare.'

## Latest updates

- **2021-09** — Announced $5M Series A funding to transform the surgical-care experience.
- **2024-01** — Expanded SurgiGPT outcomes scoring and employer-facing surgeon comparison offerings.

## Links

- Website: https://surgiquality.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/surgiquality
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/surgiquality
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/surgiquality/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Surgiquality1/

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Last updated: 2026-06-08