News Archive

Stanford Medicine News, 6/28/17 

Dr. Richard Popp, Stanford Biodesign’s Director for Ethics and Policy, received the prestigious Albion Walter Hewlett Award, which honors an "exceptional physician with ties to Stanford."

6/19/17

The inaugural issue of the Stanford Medicine health care trends report shows that big data will transform health care in the future but that more needs to be done to train doctors and patients in data management and analysis. The report references Stanford Biodesign as an example of a group on campus using new technologies to develop predictive devices to prevent disease before it strikes.

Stanford Medicine Scope, 6/16/17

Read about the first ever Stanford Biodesign Health Technology Showcase, during which 10 teams of students presented the unmet healthcare needs they’ve identified and their solutions for addressing them.

Stanford Medicine Scope, 6/8/17

Biodesign Innovation Fellows Craig Nichols and Janene Fuerch share lessons learned from their fellowship experience.

Stanford News, 6/8/17

Biodesign instructor Ross Venook was honored with Stanford’s prestigious Dinkelspiel award, which recognizes outstanding contributions service to undergraduate education.

Stanford News, 5/10/17 

Students in a Biodesign Innovation class got a first-hand look at challenges in health care with intense – and inspiring – hospital simulations. These students took what they learned in the simulations and applied it to new technology solutions.

Stanford Medicine Scope, 5/9/17 

Mike Mahoney, chairman and CEO of Boston Scientific, shares insights from a diverse career in healthcare with interviewer Uday Kumar, MD, and a full house of Stanford students, faculty, and guests.

Tech Tonics, 5/8/17

iRhythm has been described as that rarest of all breeds – a digital health company with a viable business model behind it. Founder Uday Kumar, a Biodesign Innovation Fellowship alum, shares his perspective on the early days of iRhythm and how Stanford Biodesign helped shape the company.

Medtech Talk, 5/3/17 

In this podcast, Paul Yock shares his insights on medtech innovation, the impact that financial pressures have had on start-ups, and his take on Google and Apple making a run on developing medtech devices.

LinkedIn, 4/27/17

Dean Lloyd Minor of the Stanford School of Medicine writes about the power of interdisciplinary collaborations – and programs like Biodesign – in addressing health challenges.

Stanford Medicine Scope, 4/20/17 

New health technologies require millions of dollars and many years to bring into patient care ... and many fail along the way. Learn how the biodesign innovation process helps innovators mitigate critical risks before they make this long-term commit.

YouTube, 3/29/17

Dan Azagury, Assistant Director for the Specialty Fellowship, describes Stanford Biodesign’s approach and why it’s so impactful.

Stanford Medicine Scope, 2/17/17

Peter Farrell, the founder of ResMed, a global company focused on treatments for sleep apnea and other chronic respiratory disorders, was the featured speaker at the latest "From The Innovator’s Workbench" event hosted by the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign.

January 2017

Learn how Stanford-India Biodesign alumnus Dr. Jagdish Chaturvedi is using the biodesign innovation process to develop low-cost technologies that solve healthcare problems in India. Many of his innovations leverage healthcare field workers to provide services to patients in remote rural areas.

Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 12/21/16

This new study assesses the career focus, leadership trajectory, and productivity of 114 Biodesign Innovation Fellowship alumni (2001-15). We proudly measure our success by the people we train and their contributions to the health technology ecosystem.

Stanford Medicine Scope, 12/7/16

Andy Rink and Varun Boriah have developed a device that can rid children and their families of a frightening sleep disorder.

Stanford Medicine Scope, 11/23/16

Learn how the Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellows are going from hospital to home (and everywhere in between) to uncover important unmet healthcare needs related to aging and longevity

Stanford Medicine Scope, 11/16/16

Learn how Biodesign Faculty Fellow Robert Chang is helping spread the biodesign innovation process to China.

OBG Management, November 2016

Read about a roundtable, led by Stanford Biodesign Faculty Fellow Dr. Eric Sokol and featuring Biodesign Innovation Fellow Elise DeVries, focused on ways to unfreeze the "innovation chill" in gynecologic surgery.

Stanford Engineering, 10/17/16

Read why Stanford Biodesign’s Paul Yock believes that a needs-driven approach to innovation is essential in the health care sector.

eCorner, 10/10/2016

Stanford Biodesign’s Executive Director, Gordon Saul, comments on why the lean-startup methodology isn’t necessarily an optimal fit for health technology innovation.

Medical Innovation News, 9/29/2016

The Fogarty Institute for Innovation caught up with Paul Yock to discuss Stanford Biodesign, its impact on young innovators, its relationship with the Fogarty Institute, and exciting trends in the medtech training space.

Stanford Medicine News Center, 9/23/2016

The Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign has joined Stanford Health Care’s efforts to advance care for the aging population by selecting aging as the clinical focus for its 2016-17 Biodesign Innovation Fellowship program.

9/16/2016

Building on its own experience in the US, Stanford Biodesign recently had the unique opportunity to help convene a group of leaders from universities and governmental institutions across the Asia Pacific region to help them explore potential synergies in teaching health technology innovation.

MedTech Insight, 8/30/16

Learn how the Singapore-Stanford Biodesign program is nurturing a new generation of commercially-minded innovators in Asia.

The Economic Times, 8/26/2016

Abhinav Ramani, an alumni of the Stanford-India Biodesign Fellowship, comments on how (and why) India’s manufacturing sector in health technology is expanding.

Stanford Children’s Health Blog, 8/18/2016

Stanford Biodesign faculty member Ross Venook and a team of others from the nonprofit DFarm partnered with the Ronald McDonald House to provide nine clinicians and 10 teen patients with a unique learning experience.

Stanford Medicine, Summer 2016

Learn how Stanford Biodesign is teaching inventors to make health care better and cheaper...one medical technology at a time.

Stanford Medicine Scope, 8/5/16

How did three Stanford doctors — a sleep surgeon, an ophthalmologist and a urogynecologist — along with Biodesign Innovation Fellowship alumnus Ravi Pamnani, end up in Brazil leading a two-week biodesign bootcamp?

Stanford Medicine Scope, 7/8/16

A first-year Stanford med student gets a flavor for health technology innovation at the Byers Center for Biodesign.

The MedTech Strategist, 6/30/16

In a recent article in The MedTech Strategist, David Cassak interviewed (from left) Paul Yock, Uday Kumar, Lyn Denend, Todd Brinton, Tom Krummel, & Josh Makower to find out.

Stanford Medicine podcast, 5/16/16

Paul Costello, chief communications officer for the Stanford University School of Medicine, interviews Paul Yock, MD, founder and director of Stanford Biodesign.

Stanford Medicine Scope, 5/5/16

In its first 15 years, Stanford Bidoesign has trained more than 1,000 graduate students and nearly 200 fellows, who spend a year or two on campus identifying important unmet clinical needs and developing technologies to improve patient care.

Stanford News, 5/3/16

The Stanford Biodesign program has been renamed the Byers Center for Biodesign, and it has expanded its focus to helping create technologies that can assist in addressing the affordability crisis in healthcare.

Stanford Medicine Scope blog, 4/20/16

Stanford Biodesign fellows from India are developing an air purifier than can be worn comfortably (and invisibly) inside the nostrils. This is the third in a 3-part blog series following the India team’s Biodesign journey. Part 1, Part 2.

Tech in Asia 4/28/16

A huge problem facing today’s health tech sector is making its benefits available and accessible for everyone, including those who may not live in big cities or bring in a handsome salary. Dr. Jagdish Chaturvedi, an alumnus of the Stanford-India Biodesign Fellowship, is helping tackle this challenge in India.

CBS News, 4/18/16

Two alumni of the Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship, Dr. Andy Rink and Varun Boriah created a device they call the Lully Sleep Guardian and won financial backing from Y Combinator to produce it.

Market Wired, 4/14/16

A new government-backed program at McGill University will emphasize innovation-oriented teamwork, pioneering for the first time in Canada a training model originally developed at Stanford Biodesign.

biotechin.asia, 3/7/16

Paul Yock, Founder and Director of Stanford Biodesign, spoke on the radically changing environment in medtech innovation. Building on his keynote lecture, thought leaders from different countries deliberated on the topic- “MedTech Innovation Ecosystem: What can Asia learn and adapt from Silicon Valley?”

Stanford News, 8/20/15

A Stanford Biodesign program that blends India’s frugal mindset with Stanford’s entrepreneurial atmosphere has generated low-cost solutions to high-tech medical needs.

Inside Stanford Medicine, 5/23/15

A search for medical needs in eye clinics led a team of Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellows to develop an implantable neurostimulator that painlessly increases natural tear production.

Stanford News, 5/1/15

Japanese prime minister touts innovation links to Stanford, Silicon Valley. He also hailed a new partnership with Stanford Biodesign that will train the next generation of Japanese biomedical experts.