Health innovation and entrepreneurship will be the focus of a virtual Breakthrough Thinking session scheduled for today (Jan. 8).
UNMC’s Breakthrough Thinking discussions – open to all faculty, staff and students – are designed to challenge and inspire out-of-the-box thinking. Today’s presentation will be from noon to 1 p.m. CT via Zoom.
Arlen Meyers, MD, will discuss “UNMC Health Care Professions Education: Why, Why Now, Why Us?” Dr. Meyers is emeritus professor of otolaryngology, dentistry and engineering at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Colorado School of Public Health and cofounding president and CEO of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs.
Dr. Meyer’s primary research centers around biomedical and health innovation and entrepreneurship and life science technology commercialization. Through the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs, a nonprofit global biomedical innovation and entrepreneurship network, he helps people get their ideas to patients. He also is an associate editor of the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology and Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship and editor-in-chief of Medscape Reference: Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Dr. Meyer is a global speaker and consultant on such topics as bioentrepreneurship, bioscience, health care, health care IT, medical tourism, new product development, product design and financing new ventures. He is co-editor of “Digital Health Entrepreneurship” and an adviser to several startup, scaleup and grown-up companies.