From Clinical Insight to Commercialization: Innovations That Can Transform Pediatric Healthcare.
How can hospitals improve the efficiency of translating research and innovation from academia into practice? What are the unique challenges in supporting pediatric healthcare entrepreneurs and innovators? These experts will share their experiences, and the unique opportunities to increase pediatric medical device development and close the gap between clinical needs and the availability of pediatric devices.
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A renowned physician and research scientist, Dr. Terence Sanger is vice president for research and chief scientific officer at CHOC Children’s. He brings decades of experience in pediatric neurology, movement disorders and robotics to CHOC’s Research Institute.
For more than 20 years, Dr. Muhonen’s research interests have included hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy, traumatic head injuries, spina bifida, brain tumors, Moyamoya disease, and vascular malformations of the brain.
As an expert in pediatric neurosurgery, Dr. Magge cares for babies, kids and teens with a wide variety of diseases of the brain and spinal cord, including brain and spinal cord tumors, neurovascular diseases including arteriovenous malformations (AVM) and Moyamoya disease, craniosynostosis (endoscopic and open surgery), Chiari malformations, hydrocephalus, tethered cord syndrome, spina bifida and other neurological disorders.
Since 1964, CHOC has been steadfastly committed to providing the highest quality medical care to children. Affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, our regional pediatric healthcare network includes a state-of-the-art 334-bed main hospital facility in the City of Orange, and a hospital-within-a-hospital in Mission Viejo. CHOC also offers many primary and specialty care clinics, more than 100 additional programs and services, a pediatric residency program, and four centers of excellence – The CHOC Heart, Neuroscience, Orthopaedic and Hyundai Cancer Institutes.
The SBDC @ UCI Beall Applied Innovation is a resource for any high-technology, high-growth, scalable venture from both the Orange County and UCI ecosystem that needs assistance with business planning, business development and funding-readiness. The center hosts several VC and Angel investors on site, as well as various ecosystem partners and industry professionals who work closely with the entrepreneurs.
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Whether you’re looking for guidance with starting your new tech venture, obtaining angel or venture capital, or looking for SBIR/STTR assistance, we're here for you!
Do you have a great company in the bioscience or medtech industry? Do you need wet-lab and/or fabrication space to develop and test your product?
