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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Feb 4, 2010

Dr. Phillip MooreThe inaugural 2010 event on Feb 4 will feature Dr. Phillip Moore, Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at UCSF Children's Hospital. Dr. Moore is internationally recognized for his research on MRI-guided surgical procedures. He specializes in the treatment of congenital heart disease and will discuss his work developing and testing new devices and procedures.
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March 4, 2010

Kendall Waters, Ph.D.The March 4 event will also focus on innovations in cardiology, with a presentation by Dr. Kendall Waters, a Research Scientist at the start-up Silicon Valley Medical Instruments, Inc.  Dr. Waters will talk on “Minimally Invasive Image-Guided Therapy: Cardiovascular Applications.”  He is an expert in ultrasound, with particular experience in the interaction of ultrasound and tissue for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. He has worked previously at Advanced Technology Laboratory of Volcano Corp, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France.  Dr. Waters received his PhD from Washington University in St. Louis.
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April 1, 2010 - To Be Announced



May 6, 2010 - 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
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