Surgeon Advisor

About NovaNav

NovaNav is an early-stage digital health company building an AI platform that automates pre- and post-operative patient coordination, clearances, medication holds, recovery check-ins, risk flags, so surgical teams stop chasing patients and start catching problems earlier.

We work with hospitals, health systems, and ASCs operating in increasingly value-based environments, where avoidable cancellations, readmissions, and post-op complications hit both outcomes and margins.

The Role

We're bringing on a small group of practicing surgeons and surgical leaders as Strategic Advisors to help shape the product, the go-to-market, and the company.

You will help us:

• Pressure-test product direction against real pre/post-op workflow reality
• Identify where care teams will adopt vs. resist new tools
• Navigate value-based care, reimbursement, and regulatory dynamics
• Make warm introductions to hospital, health system, and ASC decision-makers

Who we are looking for:

• 10+ years in surgical practice, hospital/health system leadership, or surgical healthtech
• Currently practicing or recently practicing surgeons strongly preferred (ortho, general, urology, cardiothoracic, neuro, etc.)
• Experience with ASCs, hospital operations, or payer-provider dynamics
• Familiarity with where digital health tools succeed and fail in real clinical settings

Time commitment: Light and flexible, roughly a few hours per month, structured around quarterly product reviews and ad hoc input as we hit key decisions.

Compensation: Equity-based advisor, scaled to involvement and stage.

Why NovaNav

You will have direct influence on a platform built to fix the parts of surgical care that frustrate you most, the cancellations from missed clearances, the post-op patients who deteriorate quietly, the workflow burden falling on already-stretched teams. Early enough to actually shape it. Real equity in a company you can help build.

To apply

Submit your application here!