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Fall is officially here! Time for football, tailgates, and deciding which Biodesign mentor to dress up as for Halloween (start growing that Makower mustache now...!).

In this October issue:

Upcoming Alumni Association Events
Upcoming Biodesign Community Events
General Announcements
Policy Changes that Affect You

Upcoming Alumni Association Events

PANEL: GROW & INVEST CROSS-BORDER MEDTECH VENTURES | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10
5:30-8pm | Morrison & Foerster, 755 Page Mill Road 
Join us as the Biodesign Alumni Association co-hosts this exciting dinner panel event with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan, a nonprofit R&D incubator, and Morrison & Foerster. Top-notch panelists include Dana Mead, Jay Wei, Adnan Shennib, Peter Wyles, and Chris Shen. Registration for this event ends today!!
Event Details & Sign Up

BIODESIGN CANDIDATE INTERVIEW EVENTS | WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 & 17
Welcome Cocktail Hour | October 16, 5:30-7pm    Sheraton Hotel, Palo Alto
Interview Reception | October 17, 6-7:30pm    Il Fornaio Restaurant, Palo Alto 
Join Biodesign in welcoming the interviewees with a cocktail hour on Wednesday and the interview reception on Thursday. After the grueling interview process, these candidates will surely need some drinking buddies!
Event Details & Sign Up 

TABLESIDE CHAT WITH TARSUS MEDICAL | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 
6pm | Caffe Riace, Palo Alto   
Our next tableside chat will feature Biodesign alums Nick Mourlas ('01-'02 Fellow), CEO, and Avi Roop ('08-'09 Fellow), Director of Sales & Marketing for Tarsus Medical, which was acquired by Integra LifeSciences earlier this year.
FIRST ANNUAL BIODESIGN BIG GAME TAILGATE | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23
3 hrs before game time | Maloney Field, Stanford University
The Biodesign Alumni Association and Biodesign and excited to co-host the first annual Biodesign Big Game Tailgate party - a tradition we hope will continue for years to come! Catch up with other alumni, mentors, and Biodesign community leaders as we cheer the Cardinal on to victory! This will be a family-friendly event.                      

 

Upcoming Biodesign Community Events 

HEALTHTECH CONFERENCE | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30 
8:30am-7pm | Computer History Museum, Mt. View 

Stanford Biodesign Alumni are being offered an exclusive 15% discount at the upcoming HeathTech Conference, "Building a Business in the New Healthcare Ecosystem".  Just use the code "BIODESIGN" at registration.
Event Details & Sign Up

FUTUREMED CONFERENCE | NOVEMBER 3-6
Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego 

Stanford Biodesign Alumni are being offered an exclusive $500 discount at the upcoming FutureMed Conference through good friend of Biodesign Sandy Miller. FutureMed at Singularity University is a one-of-a-kind program that focuses on disruptive, game-changing exponential technologies that will revolutionize the practice of medicine and radically transform healthcare and the biomedical industry in the decade ahead. All three previous events have sold out, and the same is anticipated at this event. Use the code "SandyMiller" at registration.
Event Details & Sign Up

General Announcements

ALUMNI PARTNERS PROGRAM OFF TO A GREAT START!
The Biodesign Alumni Association would like to thank the alumni who are participating in the Biodesign Alumni Partners program. All of the one-on-one introductory meetings have taken place, and there has been positive feedback from the fellows thus far. Keep up the good work!

 

Policy Changes that Affect You

FEDERAL SHUTDOWN OVER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT    Amid the federal shutdown over the Affordable Care Act, the medical device tax once again takes center stage. What is unique about this issue is that, unlike anything else in Washington, it is somewhat nonpartisan. Politicians from medtech-heavy geographies (many Democrats) are uniting with small government Republicans. Will it be enough to turn the tide?

Read More.

October 2013

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Fall is officially here! Time for football, tailgates, and deciding which Biodesign mentor to dress up as for Halloween (start growing that Makower mustache now…!).
In this October issue:
  • Upcoming Alumni Association Events
  • Upcoming Biodesign Community Events
  • General Announcements
  • Policy Changes that Affect You

Upcoming Alumni Association Events

PANEL: GROW & INVEST CROSS-BORDER MEDTECH VENTURES | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10

5:30-8pm | Morrison & Foerster, 755 Page Mill Road 

Join us as the Biodesign Alumni Association co-hosts this exciting dinner panel event with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan, a nonprofit R&D incubator, and Morrison & Foerster. Top-notch panelists include Dana Mead, Jay Wei, Adnan Shennib, Peter Wyles, and Chris Shen. Registration for this event ends today!!
Event Details & Sign Up

BIODESIGN CANDIDATE INTERVIEW EVENTS | WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 & 17

Welcome Cocktail Hour | October 16, 5:30-7pm    Sheraton Hotel, Palo Alto
Interview Reception | October 17, 6-7:30pm    Il Fornaio Restaurant, Palo Alto 
Join Biodesign in welcoming the interviewees with a cocktail hour on Wednesday and the interview reception on Thursday. After the grueling interview process, these candidates will surely need some drinking buddies!
Event Details & Sign Up 
TABLESIDE CHAT WITH TARSUS MEDICAL | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 
6pm | Caffe Riace, Palo Alto   

Our next tableside chat will feature Biodesign alums Nick Mourlas (’01-’02 Fellow), CEO, and Avi Roop (’08-’09 Fellow), Director of Sales & Marketing for Tarsus Medical, which was acquired by Integra LifeSciences earlier this year.

FIRST ANNUAL BIODESIGN BIG GAME TAILGATE | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23

3 hrs before game time | Maloney Field, Stanford University
The Biodesign Alumni Association and Biodesign and excited to co-host the first annual Biodesign Big Game Tailgate party – a tradition we hope will continue for years to come! Catch up with other alumni, mentors, and Biodesign community leaders as we cheer the Cardinal on to victory! This will be a family-friendly event.                      

 

Upcoming Biodesign Community Events 

HEALTHTECH CONFERENCE | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30 
8:30am-7pm | Computer History Museum, Mt. View 
Stanford Biodesign Alumni are being offered an exclusive 15% discount at the upcoming HeathTech Conference, “Building a Business in the New Healthcare Ecosystem”.  Just use the code “BIODESIGN” at registration.

Event Details & Sign Up

FUTUREMED CONFERENCE | NOVEMBER 3-6
Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego 
Stanford Biodesign Alumni are being offered an exclusive $500 discount at the upcoming FutureMed Conference through good friend of Biodesign Sandy Miller. FutureMed at Singularity University is a one-of-a-kind program that focuses on disruptive, game-changing exponential technologies that will revolutionize the practice of medicine and radically transform healthcare and the biomedical industry in the decade ahead. All three previous events have sold out, and the same is anticipated at this event. Use the code “SandyMiller” at registration.

Event Details & Sign Up

General Announcements

ALUMNI PARTNERS PROGRAM OFF TO A GREAT START!
The Biodesign Alumni Association would like to thank the alumni who are participating in the Biodesign Alumni Partners program. All of the one-on-one introductory meetings have taken place, and there has been positive feedback from the fellows thus far. Keep up the good work!

 

Policy Changes that Affect You

FEDERAL SHUTDOWN OVER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT    Amid the federal shutdown over the Affordable Care Act, the medical device tax once again takes center stage. What is unique about this issue is that, unlike anything else in Washington, it is somewhat nonpartisan. Politicians from medtech-heavy geographies (many Democrats) are uniting with small government Republicans. Will it be enough to turn the tide?

Read More.