Title :
Ten Year Experience of a PhD in the Medical Device Industry
Author :
Daum, Douglas R.
Author_Institution :
Cardiac Rhythm Manage. (CRM), Boston Sci. Inc., St. Paul, MN, USA
Abstract :
Most of those who graduate with an advanced degree in biomedical engineering must choose between a career in academia or industry. In this paper, various aspects are discussed, including publications and patents, decision criteria between a scientific career and business management, importance of a business hypothesis to parallel scientific hypothesis, academic and cross industrial collaboration, and general skills needed in industry.
Keywords :
biomedical education; commerce; medical supplies; academic collaboration; biomedical engineering PhD; business hypothesis; business management career; cross industrial collaboration; medical device industry; patents; publications; scientific career; scientific hypothesis; Biomedical Engineering; Career Mobility; Equipment and Supplies; Industry; United States; Universities;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2009. EMBC 2009. Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3296-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334077
