Bakken Medical Devices Center to join the Institute for Engineering in Medicine

May 21, 2021—The Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center (BMDC) at the University of Minnesota, an internationally known center of excellence in the training and practice of medical technology innovation, is being incorporated within the University of Minnesota Institute for Engineering in Medicine (IEM). The center will join IEM's Innovation Pillar.  

By capitalizing on their combined expertise, experience, and institutional support, BMDC and the IEM aim to make the University of Minnesota known nationally and internationally as a top leader in medical technology innovation.

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BME faculty leadership

Starting July 1, 2021, Professor Art Erdman, the founding director of BMDC and a BME graduate faculty member, and Carla Pavone, the Associate Director of the Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship and the Program Director of Minnesota Innovation Corps, will become the co-Associate Directors of the IEM Innovation Pillar. 

They will be joined by two BMDC Associate Directors, Professors Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari and Matthew Johnson. Prof. Johnson is a BME faculty member, and Prof. Panoskaltsis-Mortari is a BME graduate faculty member. 

IEM is directed by BME Professor John Bischof.

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