Hosted by the Office of Technology Managem ent\, the annual Women in Innovation & Technology (WIT) Luncheon is back on October 30\, 2024!
WIT brings together WashU’s women academic resear chers to celebrate their achievements in technology commercialization and s howcase successful role models. Join us this year for keynote speaker\, Jennifer N. Avari Silva\, MD\, a professor of pediatrics and of biomedical enginee ring and Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer\, Sentiar\, Inc.\, and Co-Fou nder and Consultant\, Excera\, Inc.
New this year: Pre-event Networking Session. For a dditional opportunity to learn and network\, optional roundtable discussion s will be facilitated prior to the Luncheon at 10:30-11:15 am. Come early t o connect with peers and the OTM team!
Topics will include:
• I’m thinking about or ready to start my company
• I’ve disclosed or filed for a patent… What next?
• Where do I sta rt? Looking to learn more
Sign up for the topic of your choice in the Luncheon reg istration form.
The event is open to all.
Jennifer Silva is Director of P ediatric Electrophysiology and a Professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Eng ineering at Washington University School of Medicine/St. Louis Children’s H ospital\, and serves as the Faculty Fellow in Entrepreneurship for Washingt on University SOM. She serves in leadership roles within the Heart Rhythm S ociety (leadership roles in Women in Electrophysiology\, Growth and Leaders hip Opportunity for Women in Electrophysiology\, HRX\, Digital Health Commi ttee)\, Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society (President)\, Am erican College of Cardiology (leadership roles on the Innovation Council\, Industry Advisory Forum\, Applied Health and Innovation Council) and the NI H-SBIR study section for Cardiovascular Innovation. She is a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors and serves on the Editorial Boards of numerous journals including Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiolo gy\, Heart Rhythm O2\, and Cardiovascular Digital Health jour nals.
The scope of her research has been in innovation and emerging t echnologies with on developing and identifying clinical applications of new and emerging technologies within cardiac electrophysiology\, particularly in the scope of wearable and advanced wearable technologies\, including the extended realities.
Jennifer is the co-inventor and co-founder of Se ntiAR\, Inc\, a venture-backed software device spinout from Washington Univ ersity which is developing the first mixed reality platform to display intr aprocedural 3-dimensional holographic visualization of a patient’s cardiac anatomy with real time catheter locations for cardiac electrophysiology stu dies with FDA clearance in 2020. In 2018\, the company received a NIH-SBIR Fast Track award\, and has raised >$10M in venture funding. Most recently\, she has co-founded a second company\, Excera\, Inc. which aims to improve outcomes for ultrasound-guided minimally invasive procedures. She has worke d with several medical device companies including AliveCor\, St Jude Medica l/Abbott\, Medtronic and Biosense Webster regarding development and impleme ntation of novel technologies targeted to unmet clinical needs and developm ent of regulatory pathways.
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