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Q&A with Scott Whitaker, president and CEO of AdvaMed
As CEO of AdvaMed, Whitaker is the voice of the medical technology industry. He is widely recognized as a top health care advocate and policy expert with experience across...
InterVene successfully completes first-in-human clinical trials; develops second generation product following graduation from Fogarty Institute
The Fogarty Institute prides itself on its ability to select early-stage startups that show strong promise to solve an unmet need and then provides them with the necessary tools...
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...