MedTech Frontiers

MedTech Frontiers, a continuing series of free events for medical device and life science investors, entrepreneurs, and technologists, announces the start of its 2010 season. Please join us for evenings of food, conversation, and presentations by Silicon Valley luminaries held on the first Thursday of each month.

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April 1, 2010

Mohan Bodduluri, Ph.D. The April 1 event will focus on Medical Robotics, with a presentation by Dr. Mohan Bodduluri, Co-founder and Vice President, Research and Development for Restoration Robotics, Inc. located in Mountain View.  Dr. Bodduluri will speak on “The Role of Medical Robotics in the treatment from cancer to hair transplantation.”  Prior to Restoration Robotics, Dr. Bodduluri was the Vice President, Research and Development at Accuray Incorporated where he helped develop CyberKnife from its early stages to commercialization. CyberKnife is used to treat cancerous tumors and other malformations anywhere in the body by delivering surgical doses of radiation using image guided robotics.
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May 6, 2010

Our speaker for this event will be Dr. Gary P. Schroth, Sr. Director, Gene Expression Applications R&D.  Topic to Be Announced


June 3, 2010 - To Be Announced


July 1, 2010 - To Be Announced


August 5, 2010 - To Be Announced


September 2, 2010 - To Be Announced


October 7, 2010 - To Be Announced


November 4, 2010 - To Be Announced


December 2, 2010 - To Be Announced




Past Events
March 4, 2010 Minimally Invasive Image-Guided Therapy:  Cardiovascular Applications
February 4, 2010 Fluoroscopy and Angiography for treatment of children with Congenital Heart Disease: Current Use and Future Needs
November 5, 2009 The Early History of MRI
October 1, 2009 The Bright Future of Nuclear Medicine: PET and
SPECT Imaging
September 3, 2009 Electronic Brachytherapy:  Localized Radiation Therapy Using a Miniature X-ray Source
August 6, 2009 Photoacoustic Imaging for Biomedical Applications
July 9, 2009 Too much dose?  A look at X-ray Imaging Systems
June 4, 2009 The CellKey™ System
May 7, 2009 ASICs and IC Technologies for Medical Applications
April 2, 2009 Brave New World of Personalized Medicine
March 5, 2009 Optical Spectroscopy and imaging for Medical Applications
February 5, 2009 High Performance Medical Imaging Applications of ATCA