Following on the heels of our partnership announcement with the FDA, we are thrilled to share that we have recently forged an agreement with Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson company, to support and groom the next generation of medical device innovators. As part of the...
The 19th annual Wine with Heart event was a strong success with more than 150 of Silicon Valley's medtech pioneers and supporters in attendance. This annual event, which benefited the Fogarty Institute's programs and its startups, took place at the breathtaking Thomas...
Last month, Dr. Fogarty, one of the most accomplished medical icons and entrepreneurs, and Tanishq Abraham, one of the brightest young minds in the world, met at the Fogarty Institute for Innovation to share ideas on medical innovation and discuss Tanishq's...
Imagine a 120,000 square-foot medical institute, equipped with state-of-the-art experimental labs, with a networked team of 800 of the best minds in the medical field dedicated to training approximately 5,000 surgeons from around the world each year. The surgeons are...
Dr. Krummel is one of those rare individuals who has seen and experienced medical innovation from every front — as an academic, surgeon, writer, startup adviser and administrator. He served as Emile Holman Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at Stanford...
Dr. Thomas Fogarty has long worked with regulatory bodies in his quest to improve and expedite the approval process for medical devices. His quest came to fruition when the Food & Drug Administration proposed to work with the Institute to learn more about the...
"You need to create a record of success. Know what you are worth, and don't doubt it." – Ferolyn T. Powell, 1962-2015 The passing of Ferolyn Powell, a medical device pioneer, was a huge loss that deeply affected the medtech community and all of us here at the Fogarty...
Silicon Valley is revered as a hot bed of innovation and the Fogarty Institute is at its epicenter – providing entrepreneurs, interns and fellows from all over the world with exposure to leading investors, corporations, physicians, hospitals, government officials and...
Benjamin Graham Dr. Ed Roberts Robert Friedland These three names might not mean much to you, until they are paired with the entrepreneur whom they famously mentored: Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs respectively. This trio benefitted from the experiences of...
The success of the Fogarty Institute for Innovation is directly tied to the generosity and vision of its supporters. It could not be more opportune for us to recognize Pamela and Edward Taft, long-time friends of El Camino Hospital and the Institute, for their...