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 1st 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

Gary Schroth, Ph.D. DNA sequencing and gene expression experiments have been major tools for biological research since the early 90's. With the advent of next-generation DNA sequencing systems and the first clinical diagnostics applications of gene expression, these tools are beginning to have an impact more directly on clinical research and medicine while continuing to expand our understanding of basic biology.

On May 6 we will explore the increasing role of genomics in medicine with a talk by Dr. Gary Schroth, Sr. Director of Gene Expression Applications R&D at Illumina, Inc. His group is involved in application development for Illumina’s new DNA sequencing platforms, including mRNA analysis, microRNA analysis, ChIP-SEQ, and genome-wide DNA methylation profiling. Previously, Dr. Schroth was Director, Expression Applications R&D at Solexa and a Sr. Staff Scientist, Arrays R&D at Applied Biosystems. He was an ACS Postdoctoral Fellow Oregon State University and received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from UC Davis.
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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