Accelerating Health Care Innovation in North Carolina: Charting the Course

Overview

This September, NCBiotech and FastTraCS, part of the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, are collaborating with health systems across North Carolina to provide a foundation for clinician innovation. This two-day virtual event puts an emphasis on action, connecting attendees with the people, insights, and strategies needed to systematically tackle the innovation process from ideation through execution.

Questions to be addressed include:

How do I identify significant unmet needs in health care?
How do I translate a concept into a new product?
How do I implement, integrate, and commercialize new technology?
What funding mechanisms and other resources are available to support my innovation endeavors?
Should I start a company around my new technology?

This event is perfect for health care providers including physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, allied health professionals (e.g., physical therapy, respiratory therapy), EMTs and paramedics.

If you're interested in dipping your toe in the world of health care innovation or have a solution you'd like to develop yet are unsure of next steps, we encourage you to join us and hope you will leave inspired with a clearer picture of how to accelerate your future innovations.

Visit www.ncinnovates.org for additional event details.

Agenda
Sponsors & Exhibitors

Day 1 - Thursday, September 23

11:30 - 11:40	Welcome	Doug Edgeton President and CEO, NCBiotech
11:40 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.	Keynote	Billy Cohn, MD Vice President, Medical Devices and Executive Director, Center for Device Innovation at Texas Medical Center (CDI @ TMC) Johnson & Johnson
12:17 - 1:10 p.m.	Session 1: Problem Discovery MicroSprint	Devin Hubbard, Ph.D. Teaching Associate Professor, UNC & NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering Lead Design Engineer, FastTraCS President & Founder, Aerem Innovations, Inc. Nabil Khan Prototype & Design Engineer, FastTraCS
1:25 - 2:15 p.m.	Session 2: Product Development: How to make it happen!	Bryant Moore, Ph.D. (moderator) Director, Strategic Partnerships, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Office of Technology Commercialization Allison London Brown CEO, UVision360, Inc. Bill Perry CEO, Deep Blue Medical Advances, Inc. Founder/Exec. Chair of Hybridge Medical, LLC Bob Dieterle Director, Digital Health Venture Studio, Eshelman Institute for Innovation at UNC-Chapel Hill Candice Curtin, RN, BSN, WCC, DWC, OMS CEO/Founder, Pressure Dx, LLC Director, New Hanover Regional Medical Center Wound Care Clinic
2:30 - 3:25 p.m.	Session 3: Market Translation and Commercialization	Suresh Balu (moderator) Director, Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) Assoc. Dean, Innovation and Partnership, Duke University School of Medicine Joseph Knight President/CEO, InnAVasc Medical, Inc. Adjunct Professor, Duke University T. Bruce Ferguson, MD CMO/Co-Founder, Perfusio Corp. Chief Visiting Research Scientist for Departments of Engineering, Physics and Surgery, East Carolina University Anne DeGheest Managing Director, HealthTech Capital Managing Director, MedStars Kelly Reeves, BSN, RN, UXC Research Nurse, Atrium Health
3:25 - 3:30 p.m.	Closing remarks	Doug Edgeton President and CEO, NCBiotech

Day 2 - Friday, September 24

11:30 - 11:40 a.m.	Welcome	Carol Lewis Vice President, UNC Health Enterprises
11:40 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.	Keynote	Hassan A. Tetteh, MD, MBA, FACS, FACHE, FAMIA Health Mission Chief Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
12:17 - 1:10 p.m.	Session 4: Should I start a company?	Meg Powell, PharmD (moderator) CEO, 501 Ventures, LLC Krista Covey President, First Flight Venture Center Travis Manasco, MD CMO, Bio 54, LLC Emergency Medicine & Intensive Care Physician, WakeMed Health and Hospitals Mike Carnes Technology Commercialization Counselor & Equity Funding Specialist, NC Small Business and Technology Development Center (NC SBTDC) Ken Russell Director of Technology Development, Wake Forest School of Medicine
1:25 - 2:15 p.m.	Session 5: How to fund your endeavor	Adam Dakin (moderator) Managing Director, Dreamit Ventures Garheng Kong, MD, Ph.D. Founder and Managing Partner, HealthQuest Capital Tracey du Laney, Ph.D. Senior Director, Science and Technology Development, NCBiotech Rick Shrum Chief Strategy Officer, WakeMed Health & Hospitals Cory Allison CEO & Co-founder, KelCor General Partner, The JumpFund
2:35 - 3:25 p.m.	Session 6: Profiles in Health Care Innovation	Jeffrey H. Lawson, MD, Ph.D. (moderator) President and CEO, Humacyte Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Duke University Karen Tsang, RN, BSN, CPN Founder/President, MyKare, Inc. Pediatric Clinical Nurse, WakeMed Health and Hospital Leon DeJournett, MD CMO, Ideal Medical Technologies, Inc. Pediatric ICU Attending Physician, Mission Hospital Iltifat Husain, MD Co-founder, Impathiq, Inc. Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Jeko Madjarov, MD Physician, Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Atrium Health Associate Professor, Atrium Health Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute
3:25 - 3:30 p.m.	Closing remarks	Mary Beth Thomas, Ph.D. Senior Vice President, Science and Business Development, NCBiotech

Sponsorship/Exhibitor Opportunities

Interested in highlighting your organization or promoting your resources to clinician innovators? Contact Greta Brunet or Corie Curtis for exhibitor/sponsor opportunities.

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Health system partners across North Carolina

Registration

For more info, contact:

For questions or more information, contact:
Greta Brunet, MBA, PA-C
Senior Director, Investments Emerging Company Development 919-549-8868 | greta_brunet@ncbiotech.org

For questions or more information, contact:
Corie Curtis
Executive Director, Greater Charlotte Office Statewide Offices (704) 794-7428 | corie_curtis@ncbiotech.org

September 23, 2021 11:30am - September 24, 2021 3:30pm

Virtual

$25

Medical Devices

Registration

For more info, contact:

For questions or more information, contact:
Greta Brunet, MBA, PA-C
Senior Director, Investments Emerging Company Development 919-549-8868 | greta_brunet@ncbiotech.org

For questions or more information, contact:
Corie Curtis
Executive Director, Greater Charlotte Office Statewide Offices (704) 794-7428 | corie_curtis@ncbiotech.org

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