Gary S. Guthart

Gary S. Guthart, Ph.D., is chief executive officer of Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(ISRG)

and a member of the Board of Directors, roles he has held since 2010. He draws from more than 25 years of medical, engineering, scientific, and management experience.

Dr. Guthart joined the company as part of the first engineering team in 1996 as a Control Systems Analyst. He was promoted to vice president of engineering in 1999, senior vice president of product operations in 2002, and four years later, he was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer.

Before joining Intuitive, Guthart was part of the core team developing foundational technology for computer-enhanced surgery at SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute), a renowned nonprofit scientific research organization. While at SRI, he also developed algorithms for vibration and acoustic control of large-scale systems. Guthart’s first scientific experience came early in his career in a Human Factors Lab at NASA, supporting a team studying human performance assessment of pilots.

Guthart is on the Board of Directors for Illumina, and is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Silicon Valley Leadership Group.

Guthart received a B.S. in engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. in engineering science from the California Institute of Technology.