James Hu
Co-Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer at Illuminant Surgical
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolJames Hu is a physician-engineer and startup CEO with 12 years of experience building clinical-grade procedural technologies that bridge medicine, computer vision, and hardware. As co-founder and co-CEO of Illuminant Surgical, he leads development of Skylight, a multi-indication platform used to guide spine surgery, pain interventions, and cancer detection—translating lab research into federally funded, regulatory-minded medical devices. He blends hands-on bioengineering (BS Stanford) and clinical insight (MD, UC Irvine) to prioritize solutions that measurably improve precision and safety in the OR. A former Stanford researcher and Y Combinator alum, James also serves as a scientific reviewer for the NSF Medical Device Directorate, bringing both technical rigor and clinical perspective to funding decisions. Notably, his leadership pairs device development with computer graphics and vision expertise to deliver practical tools clinicians can confidently adopt.
12 years of coding experience
Doctor of Medicine - MD, Doctor of Medicine - MD at UC Irvine School of MedicineEl Camino High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Bioengineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Bioengineering at Stanford University
Chinese, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
collection-manager10
python10
api10
management10
collections10
meta9
data-filtering9
metadata9
php9
ruby-on-rails9
data-handling9
configuration-management8
api-design8
activerecord6
chef-infra6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
axsuul/rails-reverse-proxy
Jun 2015 - Feb 2022
A reverse proxy for Ruby on Rails
Contributions:94 commits, 18 PRs, 71 pushes in 6 years 9 months
ruby-on-railsproxyrailsnetworkingruby
axsuul/sublime-toggle-rspec-focus
Jun 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:24 commits, 3 PRs, 17 pushes in 1 year 1 month
rspecrailstogglesruby
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