SS Innovations names Dr Sonia Shokeen as head, QRA

SS Innovations International, Inc. announces the appointment of Dr Sonia Shokeen as Head of Quality and Regulatory Affairs.

Dr Shokeen will lead SS Innovations’ Product Lifecycle Management, Quality System Management, regulatory strategy, and international submissions.

Dr Sudhir Srivastava, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of SS Innovations, said, “Dr Shokeen brings a wealth of experience to this role, and I am delighted to welcome her to the SS Innovations team. Under her leadership, we look forward to increasing the national and international reach of our flagship SSi Mantra surgical robotic system.”

Dr Shokeen holds a doctorate degree in biomedical science from the University of South Dakota. She is also a Registered Microbiologist (American Society of Microbiology) and holds Sterilization Specialist certificate in Ethylene oxide (AAMI). Prior to joining SS Innovations, Dr Shokeen led Quality Function in senior management roles at Johnson and Johnson (Auris Health) in its Robotics and Digital Solutions franchise in Redwood City, CA. Dr Shokeen has over 15 years of medical device experience at organizations including Medtronic and BSI Group. She has worked extensively with Class II and Class III devices with focus on Restorative, Stroke, and minimally invasive therapies.

This month, SS Innovations announced that the SSi Mantra had received regulatory approval in Guatemala. The company also announced that its device had been installed at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. as part of a co-development partnership to advance to broader procedural applications of medical robotics.
MB Bureau