title: Outcomes from a postgraduate biomedical technology innovation training program: the first 12 years of Stanford Biodesign.
abstract: The Stanford Biodesign Program began in 2001 with a mission of helping to train leaders in biomedical technology innovation. A key feature of the program is a full-time postgraduate fellowship where multidisciplinary teams undergo a process of sourcing clinical needs, inventing solutions and planning for implementation of a business strategy. The program places a priority on needs identification, a formal process of selecting, researching and characterizing needs before beginning the process of inventing. Fellows and students from the program have gone on to careers that emphasize technology innovation across industry and academia. Biodesign trainees have started 26 companies within the program that have raised over $200 million and led to the creation of over 500 new jobs. More importantly, although most of these technologies are still at a very early stage, several projects have received regulatory approval and so far more than 150,000 patients have been treated by technologies invented by our trainees. This paper reviews the initial outcomes of the program and discusses lessons learned and future directions in terms of training priorities.
authors: Stanford University Biodesign Program, Stanford University, 318 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5428, USA.
authors: Todd J
authors: TJ
authors: Brinton
authors: Christine Q
authors: CQ
authors: Kurihara
authors: David B
authors: DB
authors: Camarillo
authors: Jan B
authors: JB
authors: Pietzsch
authors: Julian
authors: J
authors: Gorodsky
authors: Stefanos A
authors: SA
authors: Zenios
authors: Rajiv
authors: R
authors: Doshi
authors: Christopher
authors: C
authors: Shen
authors: Uday N
authors: UN
authors: Kumar
authors: Anurag
authors: A
authors: Mairal
authors: Jay
authors: J
authors: Watkins
authors: Richard L
authors: RL
authors: Popp
authors: Paul J
authors: PJ
authors: Wang
authors: Josh
authors: J
authors: Makower
authors: Thomas M
authors: TM
authors: Krummel
authors: Paul G
authors: PG
authors: Yock
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans
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