Maria Iliakova

Maria Iliakova poses with some surgical tools that were housed in a metal container. Dr. Iliakova says she has found a more efficient way to keep track of the container and its tools.

Surgeon-turned-entrepreneur creates device to prevent surgical delays

Bariatric and general surgeon Dr. Maria Iliakova sets a silver, metal canister on the wooden table, its contents clanging around. She opens it to reveal a hodge-podge of surgical instruments, taking a few out and turning them in her hands…