title: Developing business opportunities from concept to end point for craniofacial surgeons.
abstract: Craniofacial surgeons repair a wide variety of soft and hard tissues that produce the clinical expertise to recognize the need for an improved device or novel regenerative stem cell or use of molecules that may dramatically change the way clinical care for improved patient outcomes. The business pathway to bring a concept to clinical care requires knowledge, mentoring, and a team of experts in business and patent law.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. brownsa2@upmc.edu
authors.forename: Spencer A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D003132:Commerce / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016520:Entrepreneurship / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000601:surgery*; D005378:Financial Support; D006801:Humans; D018973:Intellectual Property; D008611:Mentors; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D011331:Private Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*