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Calling Clinicians: Dartmouth Health Announces Launch of Medical Device Innovations Training Program
Dartmouth Health and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth News
Dartmouth Health and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth have launched a 3D Scholars Program designed to train practicing physicians in the complex process of medical device development, preparing them for leadership roles in this critical field. This program will be administered by the newly formed 3D Initiative, which coordinates the annual Dartmouth Device Development (3D) Symposium.
The 3D Scholars Program is a one-year certificate program tailored for active clinicians in medical device-focused specialties. The curriculum features a series of retreats, beginning with a boot camp at Dartmouth College, followed by regulatory and reimbursement policies in Washington, D.C., start-up culture in the San Francisco Bay Area, and established medical device manufacturing practices in Minneapolis-St. Paul. The program will culminate back at Dartmouth College with the 3D Scholars’ presenting their capstone projects.
"The medical device ecosystem needs active clinicians to guide the development process at companies and regulatory agencies," says Aaron V. Kaplan, MD, FACC, FNAI. Kaplan is the founding director of the 3D Symposium, an experienced medical device developer, and director of research in the cardiovascular section at Dartmouth Health’s Heart and Vascular Center at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. “This program will provide scholars with a deep understanding of the medical device development process."
Eligible candidates must be trained in device-focused specialties such as interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, interventional radiology, general surgery, neurosurgery, vascular surgery, orthopedics, or ophthalmology. 3D Scholars will be selected from a diverse pool of practicing clinicians across the United States, representing a wide range of clinical settings and backgrounds.
The 3D Scholars Program is an outgrowth of the 3D Symposium, which has been bringing together leaders from across the medical device ecosystem—representing clinical, business, governmental, financial and legal sectors—at Dartmouth College for two decades. The 3D Symposium provides a forum to address challenges as a community focused on bringing new technology to improve patient health.
"The 3D Initiative builds on the success of the 3D Symposium, which has evolved into the leading think tank meeting for the medical device ecosystem," says Duane Compton, PhD, Dean of Geisel School of Medicine. "The 3D Scholars Program further establishes Dartmouth’s leadership role in the medical device community."
The 3D Scholars Program was launched with the help of critical philanthropic support and will work to leverage ongoing and future support to fund the program and create scholarship opportunities for participants.
“Given my experience both on the regulatory side and the clinical side, there were specific gaps that we identified as key targets where a 3D Scholar could provide added value, particularly in bridging the understanding between contemporary clinical practice and regulatory expectations," says Emily Zeitler, MD, MHS, FACC, FHRS, a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist at Dartmouth Health’s Heart and Vascular Center at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and assistant professor of Health Policy at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.
Kaplan and Zeitler will co-lead the 3D Initiative and Scholars Program.
For more information, visit https://www.3d-scholars.org/
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