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MEET OUR TEAM: Founder & CEO, Mit Desai MD, FACS

The Surgicalist Group

Mit Desai started a general surgery practice specializing in acute care surgery in Tampa, Florida in the early 2000’s creating the foundation for what would later become The Surgicalist Group. The Surgicalist Group modeled a surgical hospitalist type practice, taking on only emergent and urgent cases for nearby hospitals.

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Knowing Me, Knowing You: What Can We Learn From Familiar Surgical Teams?

Incision

Faster and More Efficient In 2022, a systematic review published in the Annals of Surgery examined the impact of team familiarity on OR efficiency [ 4 ]. This depended on several factors, including the complexity of the surgery and the specific measures of familiarity used. vs 10.0%), longer operative times, and a longer hospital stay.