Honorable Lovely A. Warren, Mayor of Rochester declared August 13th, 2015 to be Steven Sasson Day at Eastman House. The CMTI students had the opportunity to meet the Mayor during the IEEE event that featured Steven Sasson (inventor of the digital camera).
CMTI students met with Steve Sasson (inventor of the digital camera) during an exclusive IEEE event in Rochester. In 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama awarded Sasson the National Medal of Technology and Innovation at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. This is the highest honor awarded…
Another CMTI tour gave us convincing evidence that translational medicine and innovation are strong across Western NY. On August 25th, we visited the Jacobs Institute in Buffalo NY, at the heart of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
As the CMTI students wrapped up their clinical practicum, they had a terrific conversation with Dr. Katie Bush ’03, who completed her undergraduate training at the University of Rochester.
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There is only 981ft between the Robert B. Goergen Hall for Biomedical Engineering and Optics and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. This short distance makes it easy for us to interact with our clinician colleagues.
A fundamental aspect of any medical device company is identifying and documenting unmet clinical needs. The CMTI puts you there right at the beginning. Shown are Spencer Rosero, M.D. (Clinical Director of the CMTI) with two CMTI students in the clinic.
The resources at the University of Rochester are truly extraordinary. One of the greatest strengths of the CMTI is its proximity to the School of Medicine and Dentistry, which is visible from the windows of the Department of Biomedical Engineering located in Robert B. Goergen Hall. Innovation flows naturally…
The CMTI visited nearby Tessy Plastics (Elbridge, NY), a leading contract manufacturer that produces plastic components for medical device companies around the globe (7/23/2015). Seeing biomedical engineering in action provides a first hand perspective on your career.
