by Birgit Johnston | Mar 3, 2017 | Education, Fogarty Innovation, Mentoring, Thought Leadership
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 multiple health policy sectors. He has worked successfully with diverse stakeholder groups –... 
by Birgit Johnston | Mar 3, 2017 | Companies, Education
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 to succeed after they leave the organization. The accomplishments of InterVene, a... 
by Birgit Johnston | Mar 2, 2017 | Alliances, Education, Mentoring
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 and passion for combining the latest treatment and technologies with compassionate,... 
by Birgit Johnston | Mar 2, 2017 | Alliances, Education, Lefteroff Internship, Thought Leadership
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 Biodesign’s “From the Innovator’s Workbench” speakers series. This... 
by Birgit Johnston | Mar 2, 2017 | Education, Fogarty Innovation, Mentoring, Thought Leadership
“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 innovation-driven mindset and determination to... 
by Birgit Johnston | Mar 2, 2017 | Education, Funding, Mentoring, Thought Leadership
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, all startups need to raise money to move their company to the next phase, and, as is... 
by Birgit Johnston | Mar 2, 2017 | Fogarty Innovation
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 join a Sunnyvale-based startup, Scios, a biotechnology company developing a drug for... 
by Birgit Johnston | Mar 2, 2017 | Companies, Diversity
“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 global access to advanced therapies. We wanted to design... 
by Birgit Johnston | Feb 28, 2017 | Success Stories
“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 create new technologies that will transform patient care. And while the... 
by Birgit Johnston | Jan 30, 2017 | Ferolyn Fellowship
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 invaluable contributions to medical technology by helping cultivate innovators – mentoring... 