Careers Beyond Academia and the Center for Technology Licensing bring together alumni in the medical device space to provide a holistic view of that industry. The objective is to explore how established corporations and startup companies push forward medical device innovations into the market.

Our panel of guest speakers—industry-experienced alumni and professionals, and Cornell-affiliated startup founders —will share their expertise and experiences to highlight the diverse avenues to commercialization. It is also an occasion to hear their individual journeys and lessons learned.

This hybrid event is open to all (students, postdocs, and faculty researchers in any discipline), and it includes a networking session where in-person attendees can connect with speakers following the panel discussion.

Location: Biotech G01 @11:30am-2pm. Lunch will be provided.

Registration link for both in-person and virtual attendance.

About the speakers

Anthony D’Amato, Co-Founder of Anova Biomedical & Ignite Fellow
David A. Putnam, Associate Dean for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, College of Engineering, Samuel B. Eckert Professor in Engineering at the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering and the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University. Previously scientific co-founder of TransForm Pharmaceuticals (sold to Johnson & Johnson) and entrepreneur-in-residence at PureTech Ventures.
Josue Santana MS’19, Biomedical Engineer at the FDA
Fahimeh Tabatabaei, Study Director, iFyber

Moderator: Charles (Chase) Webb MS’22, Senior Practicant and PhD Candidate in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University

About the organizers

The Center for Technology Licensing (CTL) is Cornell University’s technology transfer office. CTL’s mission is to bring the University’s scientific discoveries, technological innovations, and medical advances to the marketplace for societal benefit and to foster new venture creation and growth to support economic development within New York State and across the nation.

Careers Beyond Academia helps Ph.D. students and postdocs from all disciplines make the most informed decisions possible about their career paths after Cornell. Our mission is to give you the chance to test drive specific aspects of various careers through flexible, experiential, empowering opportunities.