2017 Alumnus of the CMTI program, Lauren Seitz, was hired as an Associate Advanced Manufacturing Engineer by Medtronic in Danvers, MA. She has been placed on the team that works on transcatheter aortic valve replacement delivery tools, which is right up her alley. Lauren was an integral member of the Cardiovascular group…
2017 Alumni of the CMTI program, Courage Tsiagbe, recently completed officer training and has joined the 78th Medical Group at Robbins Air Force Base in Atlanta within the Bioenvironmental Engineering group. His job will be to help lead a team of civil, mechanical, electrical and biomedical engineers to develop…
2017 Alumnae of the CMTI program, Margaret Ferrari, recently joined the Jacot Lab for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine within the Bioengineering Department at the University of Colorado. Meggie was a an integral member of the Cardiovascular group in 2017 that worked on a customized retraction device used in heart surgery. We…
2017 Alumnae of the CMTI program, Caeli Quiter, was recently hired to work at CooperVision at their Rochester Facility as a Continuous Improvement / Quality Assurance Engineer. Caeli was a team member of the Anesthesiology group in 2017 that worked on a optical technique for carrying out epidural injections. …
2017 Alumni of the CMTI program, Kyle Myers, was recently hired by Welch Allyn/Hill Rom in Skaneateles, NY as a Manufacturing Engineer. Kyle was an integral member of the Cardiovascular group in 2017 that worked on a customized retraction device used in heart surgery. We wish Kyle well in…
2017 Alumni of the CMTI program, Ian Baranowski, was recently hired by local startup LighTopTech in High Tech Rochester. Ian is working to help LighTopTech develop its new standard in rapid nondestructive high-resolution imaging using a proprietary biomimetic microscope design with liquid lens technology. Ian was an integral member of the…
“The two month rotation gave us the experience to communicate with different types of clinicians and allowed us to really understand how medical devices are used in a clinical setting.”
“The CMTI program provided me with explicit regulatory knowledge through the joint IP/FDA course but also equipped me with tools throughout the entire program that I use every day at the FDA. … I met my FDA contact through this same FDA/IP course which is what has landed me a job that I love!”
“I have drawn upon all of my experiences from the CMTI Masters program: from finding clinical needs, to project vetting, to prototype development, to regulatory and IP strategy, and to business plan development. It has all been extremely useful! … the CMTI program has immeasurably helped me discuss,discover, and relate to the…
“The two month clinical rotation was great! It was the first time I’d been in on cases and it was really valuable to have the opportunity to interact with surgeons and physicians on a daily basis.”
