Dr. Ramon Cestero is Chief Medical Officer/Co-Founder at Advanced Surgical Retractor Systems, Inc. and the inventor of the TITAN CSR® surgical retractor. He is also a Professor of Surgery at UT Health San Antonio specializing in trauma surgery, surgical critical care, and medical device development. He has used his years as an academic trauma surgeon and active duty Navy combat surgery experience to design surgical retractors that improve patient care. More about Ramon Cestero MD MBA FACS FCCMDr. Cestero received his M.D. from the University of California, San Diego. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of California, San Francisco – East Bay in 2003, followed by fellowships in Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at Los Angeles County/University of Southern California. Dr. Cestero is board certified in general surgery and surgical critical care.From 2003 to 2013, he served as an active duty Navy surgeon and during his last three years served as Department Head, Combat Casualty Care Research at the US Naval Medical Research Unit in San Antonio. He has completed multiple Marine Corps and Army combat surgical deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan and served as the Chief of Trauma for the NATO Role 3 Combat Hospital in Afghanistan in 2012. Currently, he serves as the Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder at ASR Systems and is a Professor of Surgery at UT Health San Antonio. His research interests include surgical device development, critical care diagnostics, and medical leadership and management.About Advanced Surgical Retractor Systems, Inc. ASR Systems has introduced the first major advancement in surgical retraction technology in over 50 years. The award-winning TITAN CSR® retractor is a lightweight titanium novel device that delivers rapid and superior exposure with no table attachment in both emergency and elective abdominal surgeries. The TITAN CSR® creates optimal surgical exposure 50x faster than table-mounted systems, while its self-centering rotation-resistant design offers 35% more attachment points for Bookwalter® accessories. It has been awarded BEST INSTRUMENT of 2023 and BEST EQUIPMENT of 2024 by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST).Surgeon-designed with O.R. efficiency and improved patient outcomes in mind, the TITAN CSR® combines the advantages of non-table-mounted and table-mounted retractors in one novel device.For more details about the TITAN CSR® or ASR Systems, please visit www.titanretractor.com or www.linkedin.com/company/asrsystemsinc or www.youtube.com/@titanretractor.