Josh Feldstein

President and Chief Executive Officer

Josh Feldstein is an applied health economist with a specialization in robotic surgery and robotic program optimization. Mr. Feldstein founded CAVA Robotics in 2011, and since that time has managed engagements at scores of the largest hospital robotic programs in the US, Canada, and Germany. As an innovator and world-class expert in robotic program Best Practice performance, robotic cost-effectiveness, and surgeon data analytics, he has designed and deployed powerful clinical and operational change management solutions for some of the leading robotic surgery programs throughout the US. With 30+ years of experience, Mr. Feldstein has written two books, more than a dozen peer review journal publications, and numerous textbook chapters, including a chapter on robotic program Best Practices in the medical textbook Robotic Surgery, Second Edition (Springer 2021), used to train robotic surgery residents worldwide. Mr. Feldstein received his BA cum laude from Queens College, City University of New York, and has completed masters-level studies at Andrew Jackson University. 

Herb Coussons, MD

Senior Medical Director, Executive Vice President

Herb Coussons, MD, is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology, and is a nationally recognized robotics surgery educator/lecturer with extensive expertise in all facets of robotic program Best Practices, robotic data management/analytics, research, surgeon and crew training, and programmatic cost-effectiveness/optimization. Dr. Coussons has served as Senior Medical Director at CAVA Robotics since 2014 and oversees CAVA's medical staff of more than two dozen robotic surgeons. Herb Coussons is the first gynecologist in Wisconsin to have performed robotic and single-site surgery. He received his Medical Degree from Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, LA, and completed his Internship and Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Louisiana State University Medical Center. Dr. Coussons has lectured at or provided training at more than 100 hospitals in the US. He has been published in The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery and is co-author with Josh Feldstein of a chapter on robotic program Best Practices in Robotic Surgery, Second Edition (Springer 2021).