FIM 2204 FIM- REGENER & RESTOR MED
Restorative and regenerative medicine is a medical field that holds much promise for generating innovative therapies for a wide variety of diseases and disorders. It seeks to replace cells, tissues, or organs that have been damaged by disease, trauma, or congenital issues with tissue engineering, cellular therapies, medical devices, and organ transplantation. The goals are to restore structure and function of damaged tissues and organs, and provide cures for previously untreatable injuries and diseases. This multidisciplinary medical field incorporates stem cell biology, tissue engineering, biomaterials engineering, bionics, transplantation science, creation of companies, patent laws, and economics of medicine with various enabling technologies and clinical application areas to improve patient lives all within an ever-changing medical environment. The goal of this course is to deliver a close, unplugged encounter, with leaders in these fields and provide a glimpse into possible future directions where medicine will advance. No less important, the course is designed to provide an open discussion with leading clinicians, scientists, and business experts about any subject but with an emphasis on life lessons learned over their careers, especially challenges, failures, successes, and how they dealt with them. We hope this exposure to new worlds will provide you with a spark to the next new innovative, paradigm shifting ideas in medicine and science including guiding principles on how to deal with the inevitable challenges that lie ahead and how to effectively transition an idea into reality.
Prerequisite
Must be a 4th year Medical Student