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DtM CEO Panel Speaker at CIMIT Innovation Congress

Tue 13 Nov 2007

CIMIT_Conference
The CIMIT Innovation Congress in November brought together leaders from industry, academia and government to collaborate and explore ways in which technology innovations are catalyzing change in healthcare. This year’s event highlighted innovative devices and procedures being developed in the research laboratories of Boston’s teaching hospitals in collaboration with local engineers and scientists.

DtM’s CEO, Timothy Prestero, was a panel speaker for the conversation, “Innovative Technology and Global Health: Barriers and Opportunities,” which discussed healthcare solutions in environments needing cost-effective, locally relevant responses. This panel also highlighted the development of technologies designed to protect mothers and infants both in the United States and internationally.

Moderator:
Kristian R. Olson, MD, MPH, DTM & H (Lond.), Clinical Educator Svc, Department of Medicine, MGH; CIMIT Global Health Initiative Leader; MGH Center for Global Health
Senior Advisor; Instructor, HMS

Panel:
Timothy Prestero, SM Mechanical Engineering & SM Oceanographic Engineering; CEO & Co-Founder, Design that Matters
Thomas Burke, MD, Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health
Jonathan Rosen, PhD, Executive Director, Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization, Boston University

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