Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
22nd Annual A. Everette James, Jr. Lecture in Radiology and Radiological Sciences
"Fracking for Innovation: Getting More from America's Academic Medical Centers by Making Innovation and Entrepreneurship Natural and Expected Academic Behaviors"
featuring
Kevin R. Ward, M.D., FACEP, FAAEM
Professor, Emergency Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
University of Michigan
Executive Director, Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Friday, March 15, 2019 | Noon - 1 p.m.
MCN CCC-1111
Watch the Presentation Here
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This grand rounds lecture is designed for faculty, residents, staff and medical students.
Learning objectives of this presentation include the following:
- Understand the various definitions of innovation and entrepreneurship within academic medicine
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Identify barriers to innovation and entrepreneurship in academic medicine
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Develop solutions that change academic culture to bend towards high-risk innovation
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Kevin R. Ward, M.D., FACEP, FAAEM, is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. He serves as the Executive Director for the Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care. His passion is in developing programs which encourage high-risk innovation through strategic integrative, and disciplined collaborations across medicine, engineering, information sciences, and industry that promote true solutions. Dr. Ward also designed and served as the inaugural Executive Director for the University of Michigan’s Fast Forward Medical Innovation Program which has been responsible for producing significant increases in the University’s biomedical intellectual property portfolio, technology licensing, business start-ups, and industry partnerships. He has developed biomedical innovation education programs which are being widely adopted at many of the nation’s premier academic medical centers and universities. Dr. Ward’s major research focus is in developing platform technologies to improve the care of the critically ill and injured with an emphasis on combat casualty care. Dr. Ward is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves Medical Corps.
