William "Billy" Cohn
BiVACOR
Joni Ekstrum
South Dakota Biotech
Doron Harlev
Medtronic
Mudit Jain
Treo Ventures
Frank Jaskulke
Avio Medtech Consulting
Mary Jo Kreitzer
University of Minnesota
Hubert Lim
University of Minnesota
Luigi Pannone
UZ Brussel
Eddie Pauline
Ohio Life Sciences Association
Shashank Priya
University of Minnesota
Mickayla Rosard
Groove Capital
Chris Schad
Mayo Clinic
David Benditt
University of Minnesota
Greg Beilman
University of Minnesota
Amy Derosier
SetPoint Medical
Philip Desjardins
Arnold & Porter
Gurumurthy Hiremath
University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital
John Looft
Minneapolis VA Health Care System
Angela Lorts
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Ashley Mooneyham
Momease Solutions
Megan Mueller
Medtronic
Alan Nugent
Northwestern University
Brenda Ogle
University of Minnesota
BIll Peine
Medtronic
Kevin Sexton
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Andrew Shaffer
University of Minnesota Medical School
Marc Tompkins
TRIA Orthopedic Center
Parker Tyler
Edwards Life Sciences
Full List of Speakers
- Olaitan Adeleke, University of Minnesota
Wearable Medical Technology
- Sommer Amundsen-Huffmaster, University of Minnesota
Wearable Medical Technology
- John Behr, University of Minnesota
PDIC Breakthrough & Networking
- Gregory Beilman, University of Minnesota
Combat Medicine
- David Benditt, University of Minnesota
Cardiovascular Neural Intervention
- Keara Berlin, University of Minnesota
Surgical Robotics and Stroke
- Sonya Bhavsar, J&J MedTech, Heart Recovery
Clinical and Real World Evidence-Pediatric Devices
- Edward Black, Edward Black and Associates, LLC
Innovation Workshop
- Jeff Bodner, Medtronic
Current Applications and Future Developments of the ASME V&V 40 Standard
- Rachel Brucker, Medtronic
Clinical and Real World Evidence-Pediatric Devices
- Scott J. Burwell, Neurotype Inc.
SBIR/STTR Non-Dilutive Seed Funding for Innovative Medical Devices from Concept to Commercialization
- Julien Clin, Numalogics
Current Applications and Future Developments of the ASME V&V 40 Standard
- William "Billy" Cohn, BiVACOR
Tuesday Lunch Keynote
- John Criscione, Texas A&M
Pediatric Cardiac Technologies
- Madeline Czeck, Minneapolis VA Health Care System
Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Amy Derosier, SetPoint
The Healing Nerve: Pop culture got it right
- Philip Desjardins, Arnold & Porter
Updates from Washington: Navigating FDA and HHS Changes in a Shifting MedTech Landscape
- Nate Downing, Gardner Law, PLLC
From Concept to Clinic: Accelerating Medical Device Innovation with AI
- Neal Duong, University of Minnesota
Cardiovascular Neural Intervention
- Will Durfee, University of Minnesota
Innovation Workshop
- Joni Ekstrum, South Dakota Biotech
Growing a Successful MedTech Innovation Ecosystem
- Erik Finger, University of Minnesota
Cryopreservation of Organoids, Organs and Organisms for Healthcare, Food and Biodiversity
- Danny Gelfman, Medtronic
Innovation Workshop
- Ralph Hall, Hall Strategies, LLC
Updates from Washington: Navigating FDA and HHS Changes in a Shifting MedTech Landscape
- Doron Harlev, Medtronic
Cardiovascular Keynote
- Gurumurthy Hiremath, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital
Clinical Cases
- Sophie-Charlotte Hofferberth, Autus Valve Technologies, Inc.
PDIC Breakthrough & Networking
- Paul Iaizzo, University of Minnesota
Innovation Workshop
- Tinen Iles, University of Minnesota
CM&S for Medical Device Development and Clinical Practice
- Mudit Jain, Treo Ventures
Growing a Successful MedTech Innovation Ecosystem – Hint, it isn’t just the money (Fireside Plenary Session)
- Frank Jaskulke, Avio Medtech Consulting
PDIC Breakthrough & Networking
Growing a Successful MedTech Innovation Ecosystem – Hint, it isn’t just the money (Fireside Plenary Session)
- Brian Joy, M Physicians
Pediatric Cardiac Technologies
- Joseph Kangas, University of Minnesota
Cryopreservation of Organoids, Organs and Organisms for Healthcare, Food and Biodiversity
- Ceyda Kara, Oklahoma State University
CM&S for Medical Device Development and Clinical Practice
- Patricia Khashayar, University of Minnesota
From Concept to Clinic: Accelerating Medical Device Innovation with AI
- Mary Jo Kreitzer, University of Minnesota
IEM Distinguish Keynote
- Tim Laske, Medtronic
Innovation Workshop
- Hubert Lim, University of Minnesota
Welcome & Plenary Session
- Lisa Lombardo, Cleveland VA Medical Center
Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- John Looft, Rehabilitation & Engineering Center for Optimizing Veteran Engagement & Reintegration (RECOVER)
Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Angela Lorts, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and ACTION-Cardiac Outcomes Network
Clinical and Real World Evidence-Pediatric Devices
- Christine Luk, Proxima Clinical Research, Inc.
PDIC Breakthrough & Networking
- Brandon Lurie, W. L. Gore & Associates
CM&S for Medical Device Development and Clinical Practice
Current Applications and Future Developments of the ASME V&V 40 Standard
- Mac McKeen, University of Minnesota
Innovation Workshop
- Mike Medina, Novare Medical Consulting
Clinical and Real World Evidence-Pediatric Devices
- Ashley Mooneyham, Momease Solutions
SBIR/STTR Non-Dilutive Seed Funding for Innovative Medical Devices from Concept to Commercialization
- Megan Mueller, Medtronic
PDIC Breakthrough & Networking
- Ziad Nahas, University of Minnesota
The Healing Nerve: Pop culture got it right
- Ronak Narkhede, University of Minnesota
Surgical Robotics and Stroke
- Amanda Neisch, University of Minnesota
Cryopreservation of Organoids, Organs and Organisms for Healthcare, Food and Biodiversity
- Alan Nugent, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Pediatric Cardiac Technologies
- Brenda Ogle, University of Minnesota
Cryopreservation of Organoids, Organs and Organisms for Healthcare, Food and Biodiversity
- John Osborn, University of Minnesota
The Healing Nerve: Pop culture got it right
- Patrick Osborn, CentraCare
Combat Medicine
- Luigi Pannone, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele and UZ Brussel
Cardiovascular Keynote
- Gene Paranuk, In2being
PDIC Breakthrough & Networking
- Kaustubh Patil, Medtronic
Surgical Robotics and Stroke
- Eddie Pauline, Ohio Life Sciences Association
Growing a Successful MedTech Innovation Ecosystem – Hint, it isn’t just the money (Fireside Plenary Session)
- Bill Peine, Medtronic
Surgical Robotics and Stroke
- Shashank Priya, University of Minnesota
Welcome & Plenary Session
- Todd Rasmussen, Mayo Clinic
Combat Medicine
- John Rondoni, Inspire Medical
Smart Medical Devices: Creating value and whole person health
- Mickayla Rosard, Groove Capital
Growing a Successful MedTech Innovation Ecosystem – Hint, it isn’t just the money (Fireside Plenary Session)
- Chris Schad, Mayo Clinic
Growing a Successful MedTech Innovation Ecosystem – Hint, it isn’t just the money (Fireside Plenary Session)
- Jeremy Schaffer, Fort Wayne Metals
Wearable Medical Technology
- Travis Schauer, Boston Scientific
Current Applications and Future Developments of the ASME V&V 40 Standard
- Tori Schrimpf, Medtronic
Cardiovascular Neural Intervention
- Alex Senk, Minneapolis VA Health Care System
Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Kevin Sexton, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
From Concept to Clinic: Accelerating Medical Device Innovation with AI
- Andrew Shaffer, University of Minnesota Medical School
Clinical Case: Emergency Resternotomy of the Cardiac Surgery Patient
- Jim Southwick, Greater MSP Partnership
Plenary Keynote (Wednesday)
- Scott Stanslaski, Medtronic
Cardiovascular Neural Intervention
- Marc Tompkins, TRIA Orthopedic Center
Clinical Cases
- Efraín Torres, Adialante
SBIR/STTR Non-Dilutive Seed Funding for Innovative Medical Devices from Concept to Commercialization
- Parker Tyler, Edwards Lifesciences
PDIC Breakthrough & Networking
- Korkut Uygun, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Welcome & Plenary Session
Ken Washington, Medtronic
Welcome & Plenary SessionHeidi Woelfle, University of Minnesota
Wearable Medical Technology- Steven Yates, Boston Scientific (retired)
Smart Medical Devices: Creating value and whole person health
- Ping Yeh, Vocxi Health
Smart Medical Devices: Creating value and whole person health
Session Organizers
- Andrew Grande, University of Minnesota Medical School
- Andrew Hansen, Minneapolis VA Health Care System
- Balakrishna Haridas, Texas A&M University
- Brandon Hunter, Texas Children's Hospital
- Brenda Ogle, University of Minnesota
- Carl Nelson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Christopher Tignanelli, University of Minnesota
- Ed Chinchoy, National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Frank Jaskulke, Avio MedTech
- Gwen Fischer, University of Minnesota Medical School
- Holly Golecki, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Hubert Lim, University of Minnesota
- John Bischof, University of Minnesota
- John Osborn, University of Minnesota
- Lars Oddsson, RxFunction
- Lucy Dunne, University of Minnesota
- Marc Horner, Ansys
- Matt Johnson, University of Minnesota
- Mike Finch, University of Minnesota
- Mithun Suresh, University of Minnesota, CentraCare, and M Health Fairview
- Pat Dillon, MNSBIR, Inc.
- Paul Iaizzo, University of Minnesota
- Paul Rothweiler, University of Minnesota
- Ping Yang, Medtronic
- Ralph Hall, Hall Strategies, LLC
- Tim Kowalewski, University of Minnesota
- Will Durfee, University of Minnesota
- William (Bill) Betten, S3 Connected Health
- Ziad Nahas, University of Minnesota