FDA approval does not always mean a device is truly safe. There have been high profile cases, such as metal-on-metal hip implants and implantable card...

The FDA plays a critical role in safeguarding public health, but I don’t think FDA approval equates to an absolute guarantee of safety. Approval means...

Many startups or academic teams can design and prototype a device that works in a lab or even in a small clinical pilot, but scaling production while ...

Animal variety can play a major role in the reproducibility of preclinical research, both positively and negatively. On one hand, relying on a single ...

From my perspective, the biggest challenge in pre-clinical device development is navigating the organizational and approval process. Scientific questi...

I believe animal testing in medical research is increasingly hard to justify, especially with the alternatives available today. While animal models ha...

I think one of the most important features of a project manager is the ability to adapt and really understand both the situation and the team. Every p...

From my perspective, missing a milestone is not automatically a failure and depends on the context. In one of my biomedical projects, our team was dev...

I think the best team dynamic for a medical device project is one where engineers and managers operate with mutual transparency and respect for each o...

I can definitely relate to the idea of BME feeling like “a little of everything.” In my own experience, that has actually been one of the biggest stre...

In my experience, many major companies and even smaller companies require a MS at minimum with additional experience. A BS in BME is a great foundatio...

I do not think AI is going to completely control the medical industry, but it is definitely going to become a major part of it. In my own experience w...