Medical Devices: The Equipment of Innovation
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This is an immersive event with a tight agenda and a tour of the facilities included, please arrive at 12pm sharp.
As we have limited spots available for this event, we ask that you only RSVP if you are certain you can make it.
The event agenda is as follows
• 12:00 - Networking & Lunch
• 12:30 - Speaker Introductions
• 1:00 - Moderated Forum
• 1:30 - Audience Q&A
• 2:00 - Tours of the Nicholson Center Simulation & Robotics labs, including a live demo
• 3:00 - Event Close
Our event moderator is
Roger Smith, Ph.D.
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Roger Smith, Ph.D (https://www.nicholsoncenter.com/team-members)., is currently the Chief Technology Officer for the Florida Hospital Nicholson Center (https://www.nicholsoncenter.com/home) where he is responsible for establishing the technology strategy and leading research experiments in robotic surgery, telesurgery, simulation-based education, and financial ROI models. He has served as the CTO for the U.S. Army PEO for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO-STRI); VP and CTO for training systems at Titan Corp; and Vice President of Technology at BTG Inc.
Roger holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science, a Doctorate in Management, and an M.S. in Statistics. He has published 3 professional textbooks on simulation, 10 book chapters, and over 100 journal and conference papers. His most recent book is A CTO Thinks About Innovation. He has served on the editorial boards of the Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation and the Research Technology Management journals.
Our Speakers are
Vanaja V. Ragavan, MD
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Dr. Ragavan (https://avianamolecular.com/management/) is a board certified endocrinologist, and President and CEO of Aviana Molecular Technologies (https://avianamolecular.com/). Educated at Harvard College (AB) and NYU School of Medicine (MD), her career has spanned positions at FDA, global pharmaceutical companies and biotech companies, as an Angel Investor, Entrepreneur and Consultant. As an entrepreneur, Dr. Ragavan has been a founder of two companies, one of which has exited. She has been involved in all aspects of company startup, including licensing, technology transfer, business strategy, due diligence and fundraising. Dr. Ragavan founded Aviana Molecular Technologies in 2009 in to develop a biosensor technology platform for a Point of Care Diagnostic for human health and veterinary applications. For the past 6 years, Dr. Ragavan has been actively involved in startup drug, device and diagnostic companies as an investor, as a part of the management team or as a consultant. Prior to this work in the startup area, Dr. Ragavan is a board certified endocrinologist who has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for over eighteen years.
Jack G. Abid
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Jack Abid (http://allendyer.com/attorney/jack-g-abid/) is a Shareholder and Registered Patent Attorney for ADD&G (http://allendyer.com/), one of Florida’s oldest and largest law firms practicing intellectual property law. Mr. Abid practices in the area of patent prosecution. His patent prosecution experience includes electrical and electronic equipment, telecommunications equipment and cables, laser and optical devices, semiconductor devices, semiconductor processing, and mechanical devices. While attending the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Mr. Abid served as Editor-in-Chief, Research Editor, and Web Editor of the Florida Journal of International Law. He was also a member of the Journal of Technology Law and Policy and was elected as a class representative of the John Marshall Bar Association for two years. During his service as a class representative, Mr. Abid received the President’s Award for outstanding service.
Errol Singh, MD
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Dr. Errol Singh (http://percuvision.com/about-us/company/) is the Founder and CEO of PercuVision® LLC, a better way to place urinary catheters rather than the standard of blind insertions. After several patents were accepted, Dr. Singh launched the DirectVision System in 2010, a camera guided Foley catheter that has revolutionized patient care by significantly reducing pain and complications from difficult catheterizations.
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