While promoting diversity within its programs, Stanford Biodesign is also working to foster gender diversity in the medtech industry.
Stanford Medicine pediatric surgeon and innovator Tom Krummel discussed his career trajectory at a recent talk.
During a recent lecture on campus, Stanford neurosurgeon John Adler discussed his entrepreneurial journey.
A team of Stanford Biodesign innovators has developed a video to increase awareness in India of a serious heart condition, RHD.
Health care innovators should take a needs-driven approach, writes Paul Yock, founder of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign.
This year, Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellows will concentrate on ophthalmology, spending 10 months to address needs in that field.
Stanford Biodesign students showcased their projects at a recent event on campus. Winning projects include a test to screen blood donations for hepatitis B and a treatment that can reduce ankle swelling.
Serial health technology entrepreneur Josh Makower described his work developing devices that make medical procedures better for patients by seeking to "help the body do what it would want to do on its own."
A team of former Stanford Biodesign students developed a device to protect and stabilize umbilical cord catheters in newborn babies.
The transition from health to illness remains little understood, but it is a critical component of efforts to begin predicting and preventing disease, the goal …
Each year, a new group of Biodesign Innovation Fellows comes to Stanford to learn a hands-on process for health technology innovation. The 12 engineers, doctors, and …
A team of Stanford Biodesign students is developing an app that aims to help low-income Californians improve their diet. The team, which coalesced during the "Biodesign …
Solving problems in health care requires deeply understanding the problem and the perspectives of those affected before developing solutions. Take cataracts. Despite being highly treatable, …
It’s been nearly a year since a dozen engineers, MDs and business specialists — the 2016-17 Biodesign Innovation Fellows — walked into the Byers Center …
In order to invent new medical devices to address problems in health care, the doctors and engineers in Stanford Biodesign’s year-long fellowship program spend up …
Mike Mahoney has worked at health care companies ranging from start-ups to multinational organizations, including Boston Scientific, a medical device company where he is currently chairman and CEO. …
