Inventing our future: training the next generation of surgeon innovators.
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.
Krummel
Thomas M
TM
Stanford University, Stanford, California. Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Stanford, CA 94305-5784, USA. tkrummel@stanford.edu <tkrummel@stanford.edu>
Gertner
Michael
M
Makower
Josh
J
Milroy
Craig
C
Gurtner
Geoff
G
Woo
Russell
R
Riskin
Daniel J
DJ
Binyamin
Gary
G
Connor
Jessica Anne
JA
Mery
Carlos M
CM
Shafi
Bilal M
BM
Yock
Paul G
PG
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