MDI Faculty

Below is a list of instructors in the M.S. in Medical Device Innovation (MDI) degree program. Some instructors teach in more than one program.

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MDI Faculty

Ben Arcand, PhD, an instructor in the MDI program
Ben Arcand, PhD
MDI Faculty
Phone
+1 612-301-3436
E-mail
arcan017@umn.edu
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Chip Laingen, CDR
MOT, MDI & ST Faculty
Phone
+1 612 384 4270
E-mail
lain0008@umn.edu
Chuck Extrand
Chuck Extrand, PhD
MDI Faculty, TLI Advisory Board
E-mail
extr0001@umn.edu
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Courtney Backstrom, M.S.
MDI Faculty
E-mail
backs056@umn.edu
Joseph (Joe) Hale, an instructor in the MDI program
Joseph E. Hale, PhD
MDI Faculty
E-mail
halex012@umn.edu
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John Dinusson
MDI Faculty
Phone
+1 952 217 6366
E-mail
jdinusso@umn.edu
Lars Oddsson, an instructor in the MDI program
Lars Oddsson, PhD
MDI Faculty
E-mail
loddsson@umn.edu
Mac McKeen, an instructor in the MDI program
Mac McKeen, MBA, RAC
MDI Faculty
Phone
+1 651-270-4282
E-mail
mckee096@umn.edu
Mark Wehde
Mark Wehde
MDI Fellow, James J. Renier Chair for Medical Device Innovation, MDI Faculty
Phone
507-254-5619
E-mail
wehde.mark@mayo.edu
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Patria Lawton, MA, MBA, Ed.D
Director of Graduate Studies, ST Fellow, James J. Renier Chair for Security Technologies, Doctor of Education - EdD, Minnesota State University Moorhead, ST & MDI Faculty, Technological Leadership Institute
E-mail
pmlawton@umn.edu
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Rama Prasad, PhD
MDI Faculty
Phone
+1 541 619 4644
E-mail
rprasad@umn.edu
Randall Ross
Randall Ross, PhD LP
MDI, MOT and ST Faculty, TLI Fellow
Phone
952-249-5927
E-mail
rross@umn.edu
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Sean Solberg, JD
MDI Faculty
Phone
+1 515 246 7859
E-mail
solb0045@umn.edu
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Stephen Kelley, JD
MDI Faculty
Phone
+1 612 626 6629
E-mail
kelle644@umn.edu
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Tim Tripp
MDI Faculty
Phone
+1 612-624-6758
E-mail
tripp006@umn.edu