Match Day

Within a medical school, Match Day is an incrediby exciting time where our medical students learn the next phase of their MD journey. It is so exciting for the MIDP to report that both Dr. Pulak Goswami and Dr. Dennis Zhou matched with their first choices. Dr. Goswami will begin an Interventional Radiology focused research track that is comprised of four years of mixed diagnostic and interventional radiology training as well as a unique research-oriented curriculum with a dedicated year for research. The following two years are devoted to Interventional Radiology training at at the University of Pensylvania. Dr. Goswami will have an intern year in Austin,Texas before beginning his residency.

Dr Zhous was accepted into a prestigious residency in the field of Diagnostic Radiology at Stanford, where he will join MIDP Alumnae Nicky Grimes and Jess Wen. Dr Zhou will also have an intern year at Vanderbilt University, and we are delighted by the prospect of having him close for one more year. We will miss our illustrious graduates!

March Right Brain Activity

When Dr. Rosenbloom offers to host a sunset hike in Percy Warner Park, everyone says "YES"! With an extensive knowledge of the park system and its flora, hiking with Dr. Rosenbloom was like a taking a tour of his stunning instagram account (@monkeytrent). Waterfalls, overlooks and views of the Nashville skyline were beautifully visible. It was absolutely worth getting muddy!

TigerLaunch Participant Dr. Noah Thompson Orfield

SharePlan, the IDEA lab project of third-year medical innovators Emma Hollmann Neal, Sarah Ouadah, and Noah Thompson Orfield, was selected as one of the 15 regional finalists for the TigerLaunch Southern US regional pitch competition. TigerLaunch is a global entrepreneurship competition run by students from Princeton University. SharePlan was selected from among 480 startups vying for a trip to the regional final. Noah represented the team in Austin, TX to pitch to a panel of experienced venture capitalists. SharePlan was well-received by the judges and the team received positive, actionable feedback that they are using to move forward with the development of a go-to-market strategy. Watching Sarah, Emma and Noah's work come to fruition and be acknowledged by their peers is so exciting to watch.

MIDP March Forums

The month of March was full of some very exciting forums.

Dr. Josh Makower spoke at the beginning of the month. Dr. Makower is the Boston Scientific Applied Bioengineering Professor of Medicine and of Bioengineering at the Stanford University Schools of Medicine and Engineering and the Director of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, the program he co-founded with Dr. Paul Yock twenty years ago. Josh helped create the fundamental structure of the Center’s core curriculum and is the chief architect of what is now called “The Biodesign Process.” Over the past 20 years since Josh and Paul founded Biodesign, this curriculum and the associated textbook has been used at Stanford and across the world to train hundreds of thousands of students, faculty and industry leaders on the Biodesign process towards the advancement of medical innovation for the improvement of patient care. Josh has practiced these same techniques directly as the Founder & Executive Chairman of ExploraMed, a medical device incubator, creating 9 companies since 1995. Josh is also a Special Partner at NEA where he supports the healthcare team and medtech/healthtech investing practice. Josh serves on the boards of ten companies and holds over 300 patents and patent applications. He received an MBA from Columbia University, an MD from the NYU School of Medicine, a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. Josh is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering and the College of Fellows of The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and was awarded the Coulter Award for Healthcare Innovation by the Biomedical Engineering Society in 2018. With 14 innovation businesses founded since 2004, Dr. Makower is doing all the things the MIDP aspires to do!

Next, the MIDP welcomed Matt Cybulsky, PhD , the founder of IONIA. IONIA is founded to give teams immersive support that addresses ooperational and innovative digital health, fintech and strategic enterprises using behavioral science methods. His focus on behaviorial science has given him an expertise with a unique focus on impacting revenues, system imporvements, enhancing digital infrastructure and enriching lives of patients and clinicians. He is the creator and host of The Digital Health Roundtable podcast and the co-host of the The Voice of Healthcare Podcast. He is also a part of the Voice of Healthcare Summit at Harvard University. His advice and encouragement was some of the most unique we have had this year in our forums.

Finally, MIDP students Dr. Dennis Zhou and Dr. Pulak Goswami closed our forum season with a great conversation and advice session about the process of residency applications. Their invaulable advice and witty presentation made for a fun forum that dispelled some of the jitters about finding the perfect match. Thank you Dennis and Pulak.

Photography by Dr. Trent Rosenbloom

With a tough week in Nashville, Dr. Trent Rosenbloom's photography of our city embracing spring feels like catharsis and hope; new things growing and light shining.