Session 6: Profiles in Healthcare Innovation

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Vignette: Celebrating Clinician Innovation: Stories of Inspiration

Edwin Cadet, MD                                        
Founder/CEO, S.P. Innovations, LLC
Physician, Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic

Patrick Codd, MD                       
Neurosurgeon, Duke University Hospital
Co-founder/CMO, Mente. Inc.

Andrew Prince, MD                          
CEO, Lira, Inc.
Resident Surgeon, UNC Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

Michael Schurr, MD                         
General Surgery Residency Program Director, MAHEC
Chair, Department of General Surgery, MAHEC
Founder/CMO, Imbed Biosciences

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Session 6: Profiles in Healthcare Innovation

Session summary: A problem that a practitioner sees every day on the job can turn into a novel solution or product to address that problem. Four practitioners from different specialties and major health systems across the state will share what inspired them to become innovators and insights from their journeys.

Moderator:
Jeffrey Lawson, MD, Ph.D.
Chief Surgical Officer, Humacyte, Inc.
Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Duke University

Panelists:
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

Karen Tsang, RN, BSN, CPN
Founder/President, MyKare, Inc.
Pediatric Clinical Nurse, WakeMed Health and Hospital