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February 8, 2010 6:00-8:30PM
Smart Medical Devices Panel Discussion
BMES Boston Industry Chapter and Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
1 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA
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The demand for better health care outcomes at lower costs is likely to increase over the next several years. One solution to this need will be smart medical devices (SMDs), which sense key clinical parameters important to clinicians, analyze these data, and implement results — either with clinical guidance or closed-loop. While some SMD-like devices already exist, there is a tremendous opportunity for innovation. Over the course of the evening, the panel of engineering, clinical, and industry experts will provide a view into the current status and future directions for SMDs.
Supporting Organization: Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
Agenda
6:00 – 6:30 pm - Registration/Networking/ Appetizers
6:30 – 6:45 pm - Opening Remarks, BMES Leadership Team
6:45 – 8:00 pm - Panel: "Smart Medical Devices"
8:00 – 8:30 pm - Networking/Refreshments/Desserts
Panelists
- Edward Kerslake, Vice President, Corporate Technology Development, Boston Scientific
- Dale Larson, Director, Biomedical Systems Group, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
- Dr. David Rattner, Chief, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Event Fee
Early bird: $10 by January 27
Regular deadline: $15 by February 3
On-site registration: $20 (highly discouraged)
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About Our Panelists
Edward Kerslake, Vice President Portfolio Management, Corporate R&D at Boston Scientific
Dr. Kerslake leads Boston Scientific's R&D portfolio-management process and the company's efforts to ensure disciplined execution of its committed investments. Dr. Kerslake most recently held the position of EVP & COO at MDdatacor, an innovative venture-backed cardiology company based in Atlanta, Ga., and started by the founder of WebMD. Previously, he was a senior leader at the Monitor Group, a global strategy consulting firm, where his practice addressed the creation and architecture of corporate and R&D strategies with clients in the pharmaceutical, device, and broader life sciences industries. Before Monitor, Dr. Kerslake worked in the pharmaceutical industry as senior scientist and as head of formulation for Allergan (NYSE:AGN) at its European R&D headquarters in the south of France, the R&D/manufacturing facility in Italy, and subsequently at its headquarters in California. While at Allergan, Dr Kerslake invented and holds the patents protecting Allergan's Alphagan P Glaucoma portfolio (a ~$400M/yr suite of products). Qualified as a pharmacist in the United Kingdom, Dr. Kerslake subsequently received a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences (controlled drug delivery - transdermal systems) and an MBA from the University of California, Irvine.
Dale Larson, Director, Biomedical Systems Group, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Dale Larson is director of the Biomedical Systems Group at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory. Before joining Draper, Larson spent more than seven years at Harvard Medical School, where he was the founding director of its Technology and Engineering Center — a group that has been pioneering in the development of a variety of clinical diagnostics and advanced instrumentation for the life sciences. With previous tenures at companies including Arthur D. Little, Genomics Collaborative, Ortho Diagnostics Systems, Thermedics, Inc., and AT&T Bell Laboratories, he has industry experience in the areas of genomics services, instrumentation, clinical diagnostics, medical devices, and explosives detection.
Dr. David Rattner, Chief, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
David Rattner received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. After completing his residency in surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital, he joined the active clinical faculty, where he is now chief of the Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery. In addition to pursuing research on minimally invasive surgery and technology transfer, Dr. Rattner is a professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. He has published more than 150 original articles concerning pancreatic disease and biliary disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and minimally invasive therapy.
About Our Sponsor: Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., Draper Laboratory is a research and development laboratory, whose more than 850 engineers, scientists, and technicians — among its 1,384 employees — work on a broad array of programs for government and commercial sponsors.
Its sponsored work encompasses capabilities in the following business areas:
- Strategic systems
- Space systems
- Tactical systems
- Special operations
- Biomedical engineering
- Geospatial solutions
- Energy solutions
The Laboratory's unparalleled expertise in the areas of guidance, navigation, and control systems remains its greatest resource. Draper is among the leaders in fault-tolerant computing, reliable software development, modeling and simulation, and MEMS technology. It applies its expertise to a broad range of domains, including autonomous air, land, sea, and space systems; information integration; distributed sensors and networks; precision-guided munitions; air traffic flow management; military logistics; and biomedical engineering and chemical/biological defense.
About Our Chapter
The Biomedical Engineering Society, Boston Industry Chapter, was founded in October 2008 to develop a community that provides biomedical engineering (BME) professionals with networking, continuing education, and technology-transfer opportunities. Our mission is to:
- serve as the lead society for BME professionals
- expand the careers of current and next generation BMEs
- educate the technical community regarding the expertise BMEs provide to engineering and scientific fields
- enhance the recognition of biomedical engineering as a discipline critical to the continued improvement of human health
Check out our website: BMES Industry Chapters. Please contact Andrea Ippolito (bmesprofessional@gmail.com) or the BMES office at regina.borkoski@bmes.org if you have any questions.
Directions to Draper Laboratory
http://draper.com/directions/directions.html
Parking is available in the Technology Square garage across from the Draper visitor entrance. It is the second garage entrance on the right from the Broadway entrance to Tech Square.
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