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SUMMARY:Challenges and Opportunities for Healthcare Innovation in India - 
 Professor Balram Bhargava MBBS\, MD\, DM\, FRCP\, FRCP\, FACC\, FAHA\, FIA
 CS\, FAMS\, FNASc\, Professor\, Department of Cardiology\, Cardiothoracic 
 Sciences Centre\,               Executive Director\, Stanford India Biodes
 ign Centre\, All India Institute of Medical Scie
DTSTART:20111201T183000Z
DTEND:20111201T200000Z
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CONTACT:Miss Camilla Burgess
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nThis lecture will focus on the landscape in India
  in terms of medical device innovation. It will also talk about the power 
 of interdisciplinary collaboration between doctors\, engineers\, designers
  and entrepreneurs. Further it will focus on the success achieved by colla
 boration between institutes/universities across continents. \n\nIndia is r
 eady and poised for the decade of innovation which has a mindset to be fru
 gal\, simple and therefore affordable. These innovations can easily be use
 ful and cost cutting even for the first world. The latter half of the lect
 ure will showcase areas/opportunities in medical device innovation wherein
  India has met with early successes.\n\nProfile:\n\nProfessor (Dr) Balram 
 Bhargava is an outstanding cardiologist\, one of the foremost leaders in b
 iomedical innovation\, public health\, medical education and medical resea
 rch. He developed the indigenous Platinum Iridium coronary stent and has b
 een instrumental in clinically evaluating Indian stents. These low cost in
 digenous stents have benefitted several thousand patients. He set up the C
 entre for Excellence for Stem Cell Studies\, which has initiated treatment
  of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy for the first time in the world. 
 This has benefitted a number of no-option patients who are waiting on the 
 cardiac transplant list. \n\nHe has promoted the India-Stanford Biodesign 
 programme\, a unique interdisciplinary programme to foster innovation\, de
 sign in low cost implants/devices. This fellowship on Biomedical Technolog
 y Innovation has led to over twenty patents on low cost medical devices. H
 e is currently developing the Chest Compression Device for Sudden Cardiac 
 Death patients\; funded by the Wellcome Trust. He is providing leadership 
 for creative disease prevention\, early detection and transport system for
  sick cardiac patients. He has been awarded the SN Bose Centenary award by
  the Indian National Science Congress and National Academy of Sciences Pla
 tinum Jubilee Award\, Tata Innovation Fellowship and Vasvik Award for Biom
 edical Technology Innovation.\n
LOCATION:Cambridge Judge Business School\, LT3
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