Dr. Keith Hansen is a UCSF general surgery resident and the founder of DIATIRŌ - a medical device company. He earned his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from Purdue University. While at Purdue, Dr. Hansen received a gubernatorial appointment to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and worked in the state legislature. He spearheaded the initial donation and organized students and faculty in Purdue's Colleges of Engineering, Technology & Arts to create an innovation design building - a 24/7 mentored maker's space that was completed in 2017. Dr. Hansen worked in engineering roles at Abbott and Akina before obtaining his medical degree from Indiana University, where he served as president of the Gold Humanism Honor Society.

Dr. Hansen is a graduate of the Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship trained in the needs-based process of identification, invention, and implementation of medical devices and has developed a kidney preservation device to improve transplant outcomes as the founder of DIATIRŌ. He holds three patents and has served as a Physician-in-Residence at IDEO. He is an assistant editor of the World Journal of Surgery.