--- title: TIME100 Health: Dima Gazda description: Find out why Dima Gazda is on the TIME100 Health list. canonical: https://time.com/collections/time100-health/6962891/dima-gazda/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-05-02T12:12:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:24:50.227Z article:section: Health og:title: Dima Gazda og:description: Find out why Dima Gazda is on the TIME100 Health list. og:url: https://time.com/collections/time100-health/6962891/dima-gazda/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccb11d94772c0e05/698a55ec0116820975985b2d/T100health-2024-Dima-Gazda.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Dima Gazda og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dima Gazda twitter:description: Find out why Dima Gazda is on the TIME100 Health list. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccb11d94772c0e05/698a55ec0116820975985b2d/T100health-2024-Dima-Gazda.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- May 02, 2024 # Dima Gazda > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. ## Video: See Everyone on the TIME100 Health list [Watch (HLS stream): See Everyone on the TIME100 Health list](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bYIwjCx8.m3u8) (1:45)  _Published 2024-05-02_ by [Jamie Ducharme](https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/) ## Jamie Ducharme Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.  Dima Gazda Dima GazdaCourtesy Esper Bionics Esper Bionics, a startup with offices in the U.S., Germany, and Ukraine, makes one of the most sophisticated prosthetic body parts on the market: a robotic hand that reads brain-generated cues sent to nearby functional muscles and uses them to move the hand in a more natural and effective manner than could be achieved with a typical prosthetic limb. Someone equipped with an Esper hand can use it to carry out movements as delicate as picking up a single grape. A prosthetic that high-tech could easily be sold for tens of thousands of dollars—and some of Esper’s are. But when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, resulting in mass injuries among soldiers and civilians alike, Esper CEO Dr. Dima Gazda and his team felt a “social duty” to help. They began providing free bionic hands to injured Ukrainians, relying on donations to cover production costs. More than 70 Ukrainians have received them so far, and an additional 250 are on the waiting list. “It’s not smart for business,” Gazda says, “but there are way more important things than business.” Besides, bionic hands are only the start for Esper. Gazda envisions a world—potentially only a decade or two away—where humans are equipped with all kinds of embedded wearables, from prosthetic limbs to implants that monitor the heart for signs of disease or failure. 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