Dr. Shantanu Gaur

Founder, Allurion

Dr. Shantanu Gaur is the co-founder and CEO of Allurion Technologies. Together with his partners, Shantanu has overseen Allurion’s research and development, fundraising, and clinical programs. Allurion’s mission is to help people realize their full potential with innovative, scalable, and trusted products. Specifically, the company has developed what Shantanu calls “Weight Loss 2.0” products that are more effective than diet and exercise but safer, cheaper, and more accessible than weight loss surgery. Allurion’s flagship product—the Elipse® Balloon—is the world’s first and only procedureless gastric balloon for weight loss and is now available for commercial sale internationally.

Shantanu is the lead inventor on several US and international patents and has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications. He has been invited to speak on the Elipse Balloon, obesity, and medical device innovation at several worldwide congresses and has also spoken widely on the use of crowdsourcing to make research more efficient and participant-centric. Shantanu is also a lecturer for Harvard Medical School’s Executive Education program, where he has been invited to speak on new frontiers in medical device development.

Shantanu graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Biology from Harvard College and with an M.D. from Harvard Medical School where he was a Paul Revere Frothingham Scholar and Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow. He lives in Boston, MA with his wife Neha and son Yuvraj.