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Q&A with Shyamali Singhal, MD, Medical Director, Cancer Center, El Camino Hospital
A Bay Area native, Dr. Shyamali Singhal has played a key role in assembling a team of highly skilled cancer experts at El Camino Hospital. Thanks to her strong belief...
Institute’s Lefteroff Fund sponsors discussion on sleep-disordered breathing, a “monster public health problem”
To honor the legacy and contributions of Tracy Lefteroff, each year the Lefteroff Fund, one of the programs at the Institute, sponsors a session of the Stanford Byers Center...
Q&A with Thomas J. Fogarty, MD, Founder of the Fogarty Institute
"The Father of Invention.""Genius.""da Vinci-like.""Preeminent inventor of medical technologies." These are just a few of the phrases used to describe Dr. Fogarty's...
Fogarty Institute’s first lecture series focuses on funding; speakers optimistic on the future of the medtech sector
The Fogarty Institute held its first monthly lecture series on a topic that is critical for all of our startups, fellows and graduates: funding. Whether early- or late- stage,...
Monthly Spotlight: Starr McNamara, Fogarty Institute CFO
Starr parlayed her background in accounting and finance to a starting position in the manufacturing industry, but was soon lured to the biotech space: A friend invited her to...
Healyx on a mission to transform acute and chronic wound therapy globally
"We believe the best therapies should be accessible to the people who need them," says Healyx co-founder Madeline Sides. "We've realized there is a problem with unequal...
EchoPixel’s technology plays critical role in success of conjoined twins surgery
"There is a better way" is a common mantra heard frequently in discussions between Fogarty Institute mentors and its entrepreneurs. It's what drives us each day to devise and...
Thank you, First-Year Fellows; Hello, New Class
Just one year ago we welcomed our first class of Fellows, the inaugural recipients of the Ferolyn Fellowship. This program is designed to pay tribute to Ferolyn Powell's...
A Silicon Valley Icon Shares His Lessons for Team Building
You can't do it alone. No one knows that better than Allan Will, who credits teamwork with much of his success. With a remarkable track record of founding, funding, running,...