Alumni Speaks at RSNA Conference

The MIDP's first graduating class was made up of two remarkable students. Both of those students, have gone on to illustrious residencies after great experiences at Vanderbilt's medical school and the MIDP curriculum. The MIDP's Industry Immersion class specifically allowed Dr. Jess Wen to work with GE and add industry processes to her medical school tool belt. The MIDP has been so proud of her work as a resident at Stanford and we celebrated when we heard that, as a resident, she had been asked to speak at the Radiological Society of North America's (RSNA) conference. What an honor! Dr. Wen will be speaking alongside three other physicians in a talk entitled Maximizing Your Career Trajectory: Negotiating and Refocusing.

The primary goal of Dr. Wen's session is to underscore the importance of non-interpretive skills given the challenges facing radiologists today and going forward. Many radiologists currently experience job dissatisfaction and burnout in an environment dominated by the pandemic and demands for increased productivity. Because of current workforce shortages, radiologists are also being increasingly tasked with administrative duties and other non-clinical responsibilities. Radiologists are taking pause in their careers and considering different opportunities. As radiologists recalibrate their careers, non–interpretive skillsets may potentially assist with their next career step. In this didactic presentation followed by interactive panel discussion, three specific non-interpretive skills will be described to help attendees contemplating career options: additional formal education and training, negotiation, and fueling internal satisfaction. Dr. Wen will speak specificallly on Stoking the Intrapreneur. Her talk will focus on her own story and her inspiration for a new health equity initiative called Research with Inclusion, Social Justice and Equity (RISE).

November Forum Speakers

What a great forum season for the MIDP! Having lunch together and talking over improvement in healthcare with leading businessmen and Vanderbilt faculty is such a step outside the regular medical school experience and a great time to bounce ideas and listen as classmates talk about the best roads to implementation. Our lunch forums are a core of our community.

This month, we were so excited to have William Seibles come sit at the table and talk to us about raising capital, the pitfalls of neglecting targeted legal council and how to choose investors that align with the goals of your company. He is the CFO of IVX Health and his history of fund raising and business growth have distiguished him in both the Nashville and national community.

Also in the month of November, we were able to get some time with Alan Bentley, Vice-Chancellor of Vanderbilt's Center for Technology Transfer. Alan's work with the Cleveland Clinic and his extensive knowledge of patents and the use of ideas, especially in the healthcare field, are always a fount of knowledge for out students. His talk generated great discussion for burgeoning inventors and entrepreneurs.

SharePlan Moves Forward

Every year, the MIDP is blown away by the caliber of work that derives from our IDEA Lab classes. It seems that one minute we are talking about business fundamentals and customer discovery and the next minute there is a viable concept that is ready for a pitch contest.

That is the same with SharePlan. This model was developed by our third year students with significant thought and over one hundred customer discovery interviews. The thoughtful idea from students Emma Neal, Sarah Ouadah and Noah Thompson Orfield that you could consolidate the care of a patient and share that plan with all of the member of the patient's care team has come together as a piloted application already winning one pitch contest. Please stay tuned for the future success of this application and its inventors.

Photography by Dr. Trent Rosenbloom

Associate Director of the MIDP, Dr. Trent Rosenbloom, had his drone out for the amazing photograh of lookout mountain pictured in our header. Finding the park closed, Dr. Rosenbloom jumped into action with his drone, grabbing the most stunning shot of one of Tennessse's most fabled state parks.

Our footer photograph is a great homage to the amazing race that Dr. Rosenbloom puts on each year in Percy Warner Park. The Flying Monkey Marathon and Half Marathon cover all of Pery Warner Park. Incredibly beautiful, incredbly hard and maybe a few costumes make this a fabled event in Nashville with a new theme each year based on Dr. Rosenbloom's reading list. This year Lord of the Rings figured into the artwork on t-shirts and finisher's medals.