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Engineering in Medicine Symposium Program

Thursday, October 16

Evening Plenary Speakers

Moderators: Dean Joseph Helble, Brian Pogue
6:00-8:00pm

• "Translating Technology to Medicine: Implementation"
  Ronald Newbower, Ph.D., Strategic Director and Chief Technology Officer, Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology
  Quicktime video (300 MB)

• "Bioengineering in 21st Century Healthcare"
  Roderic Pettigrew, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health
  Quicktime video (279 MB)

Friday October 17

Session 1: Evidence Based Medicine Meets Engineering Design

Moderator: Peter Robbie

• "How We Got Into the Healthcare Mess"
  C. Everett Koop, M.D., Senior Scholar, C. Everett Koop Institute, Dartmouth Medical School
  8:30am
  Quicktime video (272 MB)

• "Evidence-Based Healthcare Practice: Essential Concepts"
  Pamela Bagley, Ph.D., Biomedical Libraries, Dartmouth Medical School
  9:00am
  Quicktime video (138 MB)

• "The Challenge of Using Evidence to Make Sustainable Change in Health Care"
  Paul Batalden, M.D., Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School
  9:20am
  Quicktime video (167 MB)

• Discussion
  9:40am

• Coffee Break
  10:00am

Session 2: Quantifying Technology's Role in Healthcare: Cost Effectiveness, Utility and Need

Moderator: John Collier

• "Getting Value for Money from Medical Technology"
  Milton C. Weinstein, Ph.D., Professor, Harvard University
  10:30am
  Quicktime video (259 MB)

• "Given the Pros and Cons, Do I Think This New Medical Technology is Worthwhile?"
  Hilary Llewellyn-Thomas, Ph.D., Professor, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School
  11:00am
  Quicktime video (138 MB)

• "Challenges Incorporating Cost-Effectiveness Considerations in Technology Evaluation"
  Anna Tosteson, Sc.D., Professor of Medicine, and Community and Family Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth Medical School
  11:20am
  Quicktime video (181 MB)

• Discussion
  11:40am

Lunch

• Lunch Break (on own)
  Noon-1:00pm

Session 3: Policy Impediments for Universal and Global Healthcare

Moderators: Brian Pogue, Michael Zubkoff

• "Meeting and Making Needs"
  Robert Sprinkle, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Maryland
  Contributing Editor, Politics and the Life Sciences
  1:00pm
  Quicktime video (141 MB)

• "Innovative Solutions to Global Health Problems: The Case of Counterfeit Medication"
  Ashifi Gogo, Ph.D. Candidate, Thayer School of Engineering
  Co-founder of mPedigree.org Ltd., Ghana
  1:30pm
  Quicktime video (130 MB)

• Discussion
  1:45pm

Session 4: Engineering Design I

Moderators: Karl Griswold, Randy Noelle

• "Business Models for Platform Companies in Biotechnology: One Size Does Not Fit All"
  Michael Ross, Ph.D., General Partner, SV Life Sciences
  Board of Overseers, Thayer School of Engineering
  Tillman Gerngross, Ph.D., Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
  2:00pm
  Quicktime video (379 MB)

• Discussion
  3:00pm

• Coffee Break
  3:15pm

Session 5: Engineering Design II

Moderators: Keith Paulsen, Joyce DeLeo

• "Medical Device Development Challenges"
  Julie Shimer, Ph.D., President & CEO, Welch Allyn
  3:30pm
  Quicktime video (156 MB)

• "Creating and Implementing Breakthrough Medical Technology"
  Robert Langer, Ph.D., Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  4:00pm
  Quicktime video (260 MB)

• "Building Companies Coming Out of the Lab"
  Terry McGuire, M.S., MBA, Managing General Partner, Polaris Ventures
  Chair, Board of Overseers, Thayer School of Engineering
  4:45pm
  Quicktime video (143 MB)

• Discussion
  5:00pm

Reception

• Reception in GlycoFi Atrium
  5:30pm