Programs that allow/encourage innovation/entrepreneurship

[Guest]

Hi everyone,

Engineer here. Applying to neurosurgery programs this coming year, always have had a strong interest in being involved in device development/etc. as compared to traditional basic science endeavors. What programs are more open to this approach during research years?

I know Stanford has Biodesign. Any others that can help their residents with this path?

[Guest]

Just matched with a background in engineering. Some standouts:

- Buffalo: Jacobs Institute
- Jefferson: PD highly receptive of engineers
- Minnesota: Medtronic HQ in Minneapolis
- Mt. Sinai: Sinai Biodesign
- Vanderbilt: Institute for Surgery and Engineering
- Wisconsin: Dedicated panel with BME faculty during interview day

Every big academic place had at least one faculty member collaborating with engineering. Sinai probably had the most infrastructure for device development and commercialization

[Guest]

(03-31-2021, 05:18 PM)Guest Wrote: Just matched with a background in engineering. Some standouts:

- Buffalo: Jacobs Institute
- Jefferson: PD highly receptive of engineers
- Minnesota: Medtronic HQ in Minneapolis
- Mt. Sinai: Sinai Biodesign
- Vanderbilt: Institute for Surgery and Engineering
- Wisconsin: Dedicated panel with BME faculty during interview day

Every big academic place had at least one faculty member collaborating with engineering. Sinai probably had the most infrastructure for device development and commercialization

Great to hear, thank you for the information. I guess the question is inevitably going to be: which place has exceptional clinical training + opportunity for innovation.

Is Vanderbilt a strong program?

[Guest]

Texas Medical Center

[Guest]

BNI has a fantastic setup for innovation and device development, and from my understanding, it is only growing and both Lawton and other faculty is very supportive and take pride in it. They set up an innovation center with full time engineers and lawyers for intellectual property purposes, and started collaborating with engineering schools

[Guest]

Just be wary of what the institution's cut is in any patent you develop during residency or immediately afterwards. It can be as high as 98%. Not that it should affect your rank list (your priority should be to learn how to operate) but check the fine print. This is the one piece of information that dictates all these faculty moves and it is not readily accessible to med students or residents.

[Guest]

(04-01-2021, 09:56 AM)Guest Wrote: Just be wary of what the institution's cut is in any patent you develop during residency or immediately afterwards. It can be as high as 98%. Not that it should affect your rank list (your priority should be to learn how to operate) but check the fine print. This is the one piece of information that dictates all these faculty moves and it is not readily accessible to med students or residents.

This is important ^
I know during the BNI interview, they mentioned that thru their Innovation Center, the resident keeps full rights to any patent that comes out of the process.
Benefits of a non-traditional-academic center I suppose

[Guest]

Ohio state has great engineering and a partnership with medtronic

[Guest]

(04-01-2021, 09:56 AM)Guest Wrote: Just be wary of what the institution's cut is in any patent you develop during residency or immediately afterwards. It can be as high as 98%. Not that it should affect your rank list (your priority should be to learn how to operate) but check the fine print. This is the one piece of information that dictates all these faculty moves and it is not readily accessible to med students or residents.

This is exactly why Fessler left Northwestern for Rush

[Guest]

Let me know how all ZERO of the patents you create during residency go.