title: Inventing our future: training the next generation of surgeon innovators.
abstract: Current surgical care and technology has evolved over the centuries from the interplay between creative surgeons and new technologies. As both fields become more specialized, that interplay is threatened. A 2-year educational fellowship is described which teaches both the process and the discipline of medical/surgical device innovation. Multi-disciplinary teams (surgeons, engineers, business grads) are assembled to educate a generation of translators, who can bridge the gap between scientific and technologic advances and the needs of the physician and the patient.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University, Stanford, California. Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Stanford, CA 94305-5784, USA. tkrummel@stanford.edu <tkrummel@stanford.edu>
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Krummel
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gertner
authors.forename: Josh
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Makower
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Milroy
authors.forename: Geoff
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gurtner
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Riskin
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Binyamin
authors.forename: Jessica Anne
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Connor
authors.forename: Carlos M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Mery
authors.forename: Bilal M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Shafi
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Yock
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003479:Curriculum; D018795:Device Approval; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004738:Engineering / Q000193:education*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013523:Surgical Equipment; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014146:Training Support; D014481:United States