Welcome to the community Anna Hledikova

We are so pleased to welcome Anna Hledikova into the Breakthrough Labs community and we were eager to learn more about her and about SurgeryAI. 

Originally from Prague, Anna moved to London seven years ago to study and fell in love with the city. With a background in mathematics and AI, she worked as an ML engineer before joining SurgeryAI last year and now leads the tech side of the company as CTO.

“It’s definitely pushed me outside of my comfort zone, but I love the challenge of turning complex, messy problems into something useful and real,” Anna told us.

SurgeryAI is an in-development tool built to make patient scheduling faster, smarter, and less stressful. Having spent six years working as a nurse in the NHS, SurgeryAI’s co-founder and CEO, Natalie, witnessed firsthand the significant time and energy lost to inefficiencies and this experience motivated her to start SurgeryAI.

“Our product is designed to help hospital booking teams automate some of the most time-consuming parts of their workflow, like estimating how long each surgery will take,” Anna explained. “The aim is simple: help patients get treated sooner, and help staff reduce overtime and last-minute chaos, all without needing extra resources.” 

They’re at a particularly exciting stage too - just about to launch their first NHS pilot and exploring opportunities overseas too!

We asked Anna what inspired her to join this innovative venture -

“For me, the desire to focus on health tech came from doing research into early Alzheimer’s disease detection during my time at Imperial. I discovered that the underlying purpose of this work would provide the drive to overcome the inevitable challenges and ups and downs of building something from the ground up.”

Anna joined Breakthrough Labs to be part of a community of other like-minded women. 

“Having a space to openly discuss the highs and lows of the founder journey is invaluable. As a technical female founder, I’m often the only one like me in the room, so it means a lot to be part of a community where that’s not the exception, but the norm. I’m also eager to gain insights on navigating the venture world from those who have already walked the path.”

Aside from developing a product geared to transform healthcare workflow efficiency, Anna enjoys a good book and life drawing. 

We’re very much looking forward to being part of her journey.

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