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Explore MedTech Seminar:

Early Career Experiences as a Biomedical Engineer Working in Health and Fitness Technology

Speaker: Maliyat Aniqa Noor (Garmin Canada)

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Experience MedTech Information Session

How YOU Can Secure an R&D Internship in the MedTech Industry

Speaker: Adnan Syed

Director, Talent Accelerators, Toronto Metropolitan University

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Event Highlights

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Early Career Experiences as a Biomedical Engineer Working in Health and Fitness Technology

Speaker: Maliyat Aniqa Noor (Garmin Canada)

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Smart Textile: The Future of Healthcare, Fashion, and Wearables, but more importantly, Women's Health

Speaker: Parnian Majd, B.Eng, M.Eng (Founder and CEO, Fibra Inc.)

Explore MedTech Seminar:

From Lab to Boardroom: A Journey in Biomedical Entrepreneurship

Speaker: Gurkaran Chowdhry (Co-founder and Director of Business Development, 3DBioFibR)

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Patents: When Science and Technology Meet Law

Speakers: Johann Gest (Partner and Patent Agent, Fasken) and Mohit Arora (Patent Technical Advisor, Fasken)

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Careers that change lives: Do meaningful work, make a difference, and improve lives

Speaker: Richard Jonkers, PhD

Senior Reimbursement Program Manager, Medtronic

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Partnering with Canadian Hospitals in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Speaker: Duoaud Shah

Vice President of Clinical Partnerships, Altis Labs

Experience MedTech Information Session:

How YOU Can Secure an R&D Internship in the MedTech Industry

Speaker: Adnan Syed

Director, Talent Accelerators, Toronto Metropolitan University

Explore MedTech Seminar:

My Digital Health Startup Journey: Creating the Digital Solution for Managing Chronic Pain

Speaker: Tahir Janmohamed

Founder & CEO, ManagingLife

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Health Technology: Clinical Workflow Integration and the Path to Adoption

Speakers:

Marc Saab, MEng

Founder and Managing Director, BML Health

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Small Talk: Working at Small Companies

Speaker: Byron Olson

Senior Director Director (Computational Sciences), Bigfoot Biomedical

Experience MedTech Information Session:

How YOU Can Secure an R&D Internship in the MedTech Industry

Speaker: Adnan Syed

Director, Talent Accelerators, Toronto Metropolitan University

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Trainee Seminar: Reflecting on MedTech Industry Internships

Moderator: Adnan Syed

Director, Talent Accelerators, Toronto Metropolitan University

Speakers:

Reza Eslami, PhD Candidate in Chemical Engineering

Toronto Metropolitan University

Xining Chen, PhD in Material Science,

McGill University

Daniella Marx, PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Toronto Metropolitan University

Sareh Taheri, PhD in Mechanical Engineering

McGill University

Explore MedTech Seminar:

U.S Healthcare Payer Adoption - Key to Coverage Post FDA Approval

Speakers:

Raj Malik, MedTech Canada

Laurel Soot, M.D, Providence Health Plan

Kelly Wilkicki, FDA/CDRH

Lesley Levin, M.D, EXCITE International

Arjan van Manen, SkylineDx BV

Explore MedTech Information Session:

How YOU Can Secure an Internship in the MedTech Industry

Speaker: Adnan Syed

Director, MedTech Talent Accelerator | Administrative Lead | Ex-officio

Explore MedTech Seminar:

MedTech Translation into Practice: End User and Clinician Impact

Speaker: Sarah Seems

Advanced Practice Nurse Educator, Clinical Specialist and Trainer, BD Canada

HackMedTech 2023

Challenge: Improving the throughput of hospital emergency departments

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Emergency Department Operations as the Canary in the Healthcare System Coalmine

HackMedTech 2023 Series

Speaker: Dr. Eddy Lang

Professor and Department Head, Emergency Medicine at Cummin School of Medicine - University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary Zone

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Emergency Department Operations

HackMedTech 2023 Series

Speaker: Dr. Noreen Kamal

Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Dalhousie University

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Bringing a Medical Device to the Market: A Scientist's Perspective

Speaker: Gennadi Saiko

Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics

Faculty of Science, Toronto Metropolitan University

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Medical Devices: A Transition from Engineering to Quality & Regulatory

Speaker: Richard Roy

Vice President, Product Development & Scale-up

Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation

Experience MedTech Information Session

How YOU Can Secure an R&D Internship in the MedTech Industry

Speaker: Adnan Syed

Director, MedTech Talent Accelerator | Administrative Lead | Ex-officio

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Career Paths Available to Biomedical Engineering Graduates Within the MedTech Industry

Speakers:

Negar Harandi (SBME, Moderator)
Nick Allan (Starfish Medical, Bio Services Manager)
Heidi Sharipov (Sr R&D Biomedical Engineer, Canary Medical)
Shane Miller-Tait (Project Manager, Kardium)
Jesse Ehrlick (Program Manager, McGill University)

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Translational R&D: Digital Medicine in a Private Toronto Lab

Speaker: Yan Fossat

Principal Investigator | Klick Labs

Explore MedTech Seminar:

The Must-knows About Non-verbal Communication

Speaker: Angela Podolsky

Behaviour Analyst, Corporate Trainer, & Founder | Kinesics.com

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Why Founding a MedTech Start-up Should be Your Next Career Move

Speaker: Chad Munro

Founder | Halifax Biomedical Inc.

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Management of Medical Equipment - Related Incidents

Speaker: Matthew F. Baretich

Business Director | Vancouver Coastal Health

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

Transitioning from Ph.D. Research to a Business Career in Medical Technology

Speaker: Doreen Miao

Business Director | Ananda Devices

Experience MedTech Information Session:

Speaker: Adnan Syed

Director, MedTech Talent Accelerator | Administrative Lead | Ex-officio

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

Trainee Seminar: Reflecting on MedTech Industry Internships

Speakers:

Brenda Guzman Juarez, Chemistry PhD Candidate, McGill University

Justin DiGregorio, MASc in Biomedical Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University

Monalisha Nayak, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering PhD Candidate, McGill University

Filip Bodera, Biomedical Physics PhD Candidate, Toronto Metropolitan University

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

From Engineer to Entrepreneur - Learning the Business of Med Tech

Speaker: Jeff Leadbetter

Co-Founder & Managing Director } Daxsonics Ultrasound Inc.

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

Tackling Neurovascular Diseases using Advanced Imaging, Computation, Robotics, and AI

Speakers:

Dr. Vitor Mendes Pereira

Surgeon | St.Michael's Hospital

Professor | University of Toronto

Nicole Cancelliere

Health Professional Researcher | St.Michael's Hospital

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

Becoming 21st Century-Ready: The Digital Transformation of The Society of Gynecologic Oncology of Canada

Speaker: Carine Trazo

Managing Director | GOC

HackMedTech 2021

Challenge Presented by Myant Inc.

Challenge: Reducing computational and energy burdens to improve the accuracy and efficiency of wearable sensors for continuous health monitoring.

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

The Evolving Technology of Cells as Treatments, then Products, then Commodities

Speaker: Lee Buckler

CEO | RepliCel Life Science

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Application of Radiology in Pain Management

Speaker: Dr. Kevin Rod

Family Physician

Director, Toronto Poly Clinic Multi-disciplinary pain management clinics.

Lecturer and Clinical Teacher, University of Toronto DFCM

Medical Investigator, Peer and Facility Assessor, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

Technology and Challenges in Global & Rural Healthcare

Speakers:

Dr. Harvey Hawes

Trauma Surgeon | Humanitarian | Entrepreneur

Dr. Matthew Weins

Epidemiologist | Public Health Researcher | Public Health Researcher | Public Health Researcher

Dr. Ryan Falk

Family Physician

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Technologies in my Practice

Speaker: Dr. Claudia dos Santos

Scientist, Keenan Research Centre

Clinician Scientist, Research, University of Toronto

Associate Professor, Medicine University of Toronto

Lead for Device Development and Entrepreneurship

Member, Collaborative Graduate Program in Genome Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Toronto

Virtual Clinical Immersion Training Information Session

Speaker: Adnan Syed

Director, MedTech Talent Accelerator | Administrative Lead | Ex-officio

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Technologies in my Practice

Speaker: Dr. Joao B. Rezende Neto

Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, St.Michael's Hospital

Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

Associate Scientist, Keenan Research Centre

Lead for Device Development and Entrepreneurship

Experience MedTech Information Session

Speaker: Adnan Syed

Director, MedTech Talent Accelerator | Administrative Lead | Ex-officio

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Transforming Human Connectedness Through Textile Computing

Speaker: Dr.Bastien Moineau

Rehabillitation and Physiotherapy Specialist | Myant Inc.

Experience MedTech Information Session

Speaker: Adnan Syed

Director, MedTech Talent Accelerator | Administrative Lead | Ex-officio

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

Combating Covid-19 Panel Discussion

Speakers:

Prof. Caroline Wagner, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering | McGill University

Prof. David Juncker, Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering | McGill University

Prof. Donald Sheppard, Professor and Chair of Microbiology and Immunology | McGill University

Marc Saab, Founder and Managing Director | BML Technology

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

Bioprinted Therapeutics: Next Generation Cell Therapy

Speaker: Tamer Mohamed

Founder and CEO | Aspect Biosystems

Explore MedTech Seminar:

From Scoliosis Treatment
Stimulators to the
TransMedTech Institute
Transdisciplinary Innovation
Ecosystem

Speaker: Carl-Eric Aubin

Professor & Chief Executive and Scientific Director, Montreal TransMedTech Institute, Canada Research Chair in Orthopedic Engineering, NSERC/Medtronic Industrial Research Chair in Spine Biomechanics.

Experience MedTech
Information Session:

Speaker: Adnan Syed

Director, MedTech Talent Accelerator | Administrative Lead | Ex-officio

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Addressing Systemic Gaps in community health with Digital Technology Solutions

Speaker: Courtney Cole

Founder, CEO | ForaHealthyMe Inc.

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

Key Steps in Regulatory Affairs & Quality Management for a MedTech Startup

Speaker: Clarisse Bascans

Co-founder, CEO | Avisio Qualité Inc

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

Drug and medical device development from bench to patient access

Speaker: Katia Betito

President | ATGen Canada

Explore MedTech Seminar:

From Academia to Industry;
An Exciting Journey

Speaker: Dr. Richard Jonkers

Principal Clinical Research Specialist | Medtronic Canda

HackMedTech 2020

4 week virtual hack-a-thon

"Omitting the need for carbohydrate counting for people with Type 1 diabetes

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Career Panel Discussion

Speakers: Maryam Tabrizian (Prof. of Biomedical Engineering, McGill), Adam Hendricks (Associate Prof. of Bioengineering, McGill), Martin Garon (President of Biomomentum Inc.), Andre Tremblay, (CTO of Agile MV) Kate Turner (CTO of Sensoreal)

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Intellectual Property Concepts & Strategies for the MedTech industry

Speaker: Jean-Nicolas Delage

Partner, Co-leader of the Tech, Media and Teleco group | Lawyer at Fasken

Experience MedTech
Information Session:

Experience MedTech Information Session

Speakers:

Mary Susan Thomson | Toronto Metropolitan University

Jesse Ehrlick | McGill University

Adnan Syed | Toronto Metropolitan University

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

Differentiating from Fitting the Health needs to the Science vs Fitting the Science to the Health Needs - Knowledge for Success in Go-to-Market

Speaker: Professor Paul Santere

University of Toronto, Co-director of Health Innovation Hub, Co-founder and CSO of Interface Biologics

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

Stem Cell-Derived
Encapsulated Liver Tissue:
Preclinical development of an
Allogeneic Cell Therapy to Treat Liver Failure

Speaker: Professor Massimiliano Paganelli

Gastroenterologist/ Hepatologist, University of Montreal, Co-founder and CEO of Morphocell Technologies

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

Regulatory Overview and
Pathways for Medical Devices

Speaker: Dr. Kazemzadeh-Narbat

Lead Scientific Reviewer at US FDA, Office of Product Evaluation and Quality (OPEQ)

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

Medical Device Innovation:
Career Trajectory of a
MedTech Industry Profession

Speaker: Stuart Kozlick, Eng., MASc.

Medical Technology Executive, Clinical Innovation Leader, & Healthcare Systems Strategist, Puzzle Medical Devices Inc.

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

Medical Device Innovation:
What's Your One Question?

Speaker: Fazila Seker

President & CEO, MOLLI Surgical

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

ODS Medical - Intraoperative
Probe System for Infiltrative
Brain Cancer Detection

Speaker: Dr. Christopher Kent

President & CEO, ODS Medical Inc.

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

International Expansion
of Innovative MedTech

Speaker: Mina Mekhail, PhD

Vice President & Scientific Affairs Lead | Impactful Health Companies

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

Post-prototype:
When a Product Meets the Real World

Speaker: Andrew Heinmiller

Product Manager | VisualSonics

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

Challenges & Opportunities facing a Medical Technology Startup

Speaker: Henrietta “Mimi” Galiana

Co-founder and CSO | Saccade Analytics

Explore MedTech
Seminar:

From Benchtop to
Commercialization of Medical Devices

Speaker: Desmond Hirson

President | Ventripoint

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Events

Stay up-to-date with our events, conferences, and workshops. ​Your email address will not be used for any other purpose. You can opt out at any time.

Upcoming and Recent Events

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Early Career Experiences as a Biomedical Engineer Working in Health and Fitness Technology

Experience MedTech Information Session

How YOU Can Secure an R&D Internship in the MedTech Industry

How YOU Can Secure an R&D Internship in the MedTech Industry

Event Highlights

Event Highlights

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Early Career Experiences as a Biomedical Engineer Working in Health and Fitness Technology

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Smart Textile: The Future of Healthcare, Fashion, and Wearables, but more importantly, Women's Health

Explore MedTech Seminar:

From Lab to Boardroom: A Journey in Biomedical Entrepreneurship

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Patents: When Science and Technology Meet Law

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Careers that change lives: Do meaningful work, make a difference, and improve lives

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Partnering with Canadian Hospitals in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Partnering with Canadian Hospitals in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Experience MedTech Information Session:

How YOU Can Secure an R&D Internship in the MedTech Industry

How YOU Can Secure an R&D Internship in the MedTech Industry

Explore MedTech Seminar:

My Digital Health Startup Journey: Creating the Digital Solution for Managing Chronic Pain

My Digital Health Startup Journey: Creating the Digital Solution for Managing Chronic Pain

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Health Technology: Clinical Workflow Integration and the Path to Adoption

Health Technology: Clinical Workflow Integration and the Path to Adoption

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Small Talk: Working at Small Companies

Experience MedTech Information Session:

How YOU Can Secure an R&D Internship in the MedTech Industry

How YOU Can Secure an R&D Internship in the MedTech Industry

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Trainee Seminar: Reflecting on MedTech Industry Internships

Trainee Seminar: Reflecting on MedTech Industry Internships

Explore MedTech Seminar:

U.S Healthcare Payer Adoption - Key to Coverage Post FDA Approval

U.S Healthcare Payer Adoption - Key to Coverage Post FDA Approval

Explore MedTech Information Session:

How YOU Can Secure an Internship in the MedTech Industry

How YOU Can Secure an Internship in the MedTech Industry

Explore MedTech Seminar:

MedTech Translation into Practice: End User and Clinician Impact

MedTech Translation into Practice: End User and Clinician Impact

HackMedTech 2023

Challenge: Improving the throughput of hospital emergency departments

Challenge: Improving the throughput of hospital emergency departments

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Emergency Department Operations as the Canary in the Healthcare System Coalmine

Emergency Department Operations as the Canary in the Healthcare System Coalmine

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Emergency Department Operations

Emergency Department Operations

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Bringing a Medical Device to the Market: A Scientist's Perspective

Bringing a Medical Device to the Market: A Scientist's Perspective

Explore MedTech Seminar:

Medical Devices: A Transition from Engineering to Quality & Regulatory

Medical Devices: A Transition from Engineering to Quality & Regulatory

Experience MedTech Information Session

How YOU Can Secure an R&D Internship in the MedTech Industry

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