by Birgit Johnston | Mar 3, 2022 | Ferolyn Fellowship, Mentoring
Diversity of background is one of the components that makes the Ferolyn Fellowship so successful, with classes that include a mix of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, consultants and physicians. The third Fellow to join this year’s class is Dimitri... 
by Birgit Johnston | Mar 3, 2022 | Education, Fogarty Innovation
Peter Carlotto is so passionate about working with his hands and building things that he has a workshop in his own backyard, which makes his new position as engineer-in-residence at Fogarty Innovation feel just like home. A background in cars provides the perfect... 
by Birgit Johnston | Mar 3, 2022 | Companies, Education, Mentoring
As Fogarty Innovation’s Company Accelerator Program (CAP) wraps up its first year, it is pleased to celebrate the graduation of Flosonics, which developed FloPatch, a low cost, easy-to-use, wearable Doppler ultrasound sensor that is improving the management of... 
by Birgit Johnston | Mar 3, 2022 | Companies, Mentoring
Fogarty Innovation’s Company Accelerator Program (CAP) is off to a strong start, celebrating the graduation of its first startups, Flosonics and UltraSight. The latter has developed an artificial intelligence-driven software designed to allow clinicians who aren’t... 
by Birgit Johnston | Feb 2, 2022 | Ferolyn Fellowship, Mentoring
Orestis Vardoulis, Ph.D., has a contagious passion for life and developing innovative products that benefit patients. And he’s already making his mark, as the co-founder and CEO of Zeit Medical, which is developing a smart headband that monitors brain health and... 
by Birgit Johnston | Feb 2, 2022 | Companies, Mentoring
Strokes are a leading cause of disability and the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. Of the nearly 800,000 people who suffer from a stroke in the U.S. each year, 87% are ischemic strokes, in which blood flow to the brain is blocked, according to... 
by Birgit Johnston | Feb 2, 2022 | Alliances, Education
As part of Fogarty Innovation’s mission to advance human health globally by working closely with like-minded partners, the organization once again hosted fellows from Singapore Biodesign (SB) this month. SB is a global affiliate of the Stanford Biodesign program and... 
by Birgit Johnston | Feb 2, 2022 | Mentoring, Thought Leadership
Foreword: The following is an abbreviated and edited transcript from the latest Medtech Trailblazers, the real stories behind the Innovators, Fogarty Innovation’s series of casual, in-depth conversations aimed at discovering the people who have forged our... 