ABOUT

For over twenty years, Dartmouth Health, and the Geisel School of Medicine, has convened a unique and preeminent annual think tank meeting for the medical device ecosystem which includes leaders representing the clinical, business, governmental, financial and legal sectors.

The 3D Symposium led by Dr. Aaron Kaplan, Professor of Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine, is an internationally respected program. This annual forum provides an opportunity to exchange ideas and address common challenges as a community – academics, clinicians, regulators, investors, industry-strives to bring new life-saving technologies to market.

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PROGRAM

3D 2024
September 19 & 20, 2024
Hanover, NH

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Brain-Computer Interface:
Understanding the Potentials and Complexities

Moderator
Andrew Cleeland, MD

Fogarty Innovation

Presentation
Andrew Maynard, MD
Arizona State University

Round Table Discussants
Batsabeh Madani-Herman, PhD, MBA, Philips

Josh Phillips, MBA, Catalyst Health Ventures

Rahul Sharma, MBBS, Stanford

Ken Stein, MD, Boston Scientific

Defining Success:
Patient-Reported Outcomes, Quality of Life Measures, and the Role of Sham Controls

Lessons and Observations from Recent Trials

Moderator
Martin B. Leon, MD

Columbia University
Cardiovascular Research Foundation

Presentation

David Cohen, MD

Cardiovascular Research Foundation

St. Francis Hospital

Round Table Discussants
Andy Farb, MD, CDRH/FDA

Ted Feldman, MD Edwards Lifesciences
Chetan Huded, MD, Saint Luke's Hospital

Tamara Syrek-Jensen, JD,
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services

Sreekanth Vemulapalli, MD, Duke

MDD to MDR Transition: Impact on the European Medical Device Ecosystem

Presentations

A Notified Body Perspective

Marije Kock, MSc

Global Medical
Managing Director

DEKRA

A Large Company Perspective
from the Trenches

Nichole Soucy, PhD

Director of Global Toxicology and Biocompatibility, Preclinical Sciences

Boston Scientific

A Start-up Perspective
from the Trenches

Margaret Kayo, PhD, MBA

Vice President
Regulatory Affairs

HighLife Medical

Moderator

Aaron V. Kaplan, MD

Dartmouth-Health

Geisel School of Medicine

Round Table Discussants

Maria Berkman, MD, Broadview Ventures
Don Bobo, Edwards Lifesciences
Hugues Gervais, MD, Abbott
Lucy O’Keeffe, MD, CroiValve

Real World Evidence:
Leveraging Dedicated Registries and Large EHR-Based Data Bases

Moderator

Mike Mack, MD

Baylor, Scott & White

Presentation

Bobby Yeh, MD

Smith Center for Outcomes Research
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Harvard Medical School

Round Table Discussants

Ryan Ahern, MD, Truveta

Don Cutlip, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

James Freeman, MD, Yale School of Medicine

Nina Goodhart, MBA, Medtronic

Mauro Moscucci, MD, FDA/CDRH

Sunil Rao, MD, NYU Langone

Bridging the Gap:

Covering Medical Device-Based Therapies in The Early Commercial Phase

Moderator

Emily Zeitler, MD

Dartmouth-Health

Geisel School of Medicine

Presentation
Todd Brinton, MD

Edwards Lifesciences

Round Table Discussants

Steven Farmer, MD
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services
Josh Makower, MD, Stanford Bio Design

Sean Tunis, MD, Rubix Health/Tufts University

Stanton Rowe, Nidus Biomedical

Artificial Intelligence: Impact on the Medical Device Ecosystem. Taking Stock

Moderator

Amrinder Singh, MBA
Vensana Capital

Keynote

Ariel Dora Stern, PhD

Alexander von Humboldt Professor

Digital Health, Economics and Policy
Hasso Plattner Institute

Round Table Discussants

Ami Bhatt, MD, American College of Cardiology (ACC)

Tasneem Dohadwala, MBA, Excelestar Ventures

Pierre Elias, MD, Columbia University Medical Center

Mark Gent, MBA, Abbott Ventures

Kai Kadoich, MBA, FDA/CDRH

Ramin Mousavi, MBA, CathWorks/Medtronic

Progra

PANEL MEMBERS
Alphabetical - Last Name

PANEL MEMBERS

3D2025 Panel Members will be updated as the event nears

TEAM

Aaron V. Kaplan, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FNAI

Clinician
Interventional/Structural Cardiologist
Director, Clinical Research, Heart & Vascular Center,
Dartmouth Health
Director, Interventional Cardiology,
Palo Alto VA/Stanford (1992-2002)

Entrepreneur/Inventor
Tryton Medical, LocalMed, and Perclose
(acquired by Abbott)
Entrepreneur-In-Residence, Three Arch Partners.
Founder & Chairman, Conformal Medical
60 U.S. Patents
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

Academic
>75 peer-reviewed publications
Co-Chair, MDIC Early Feasibility Study Executive Initiative
Editorial Board: Cardiac Cath Intervent,
J Soc Cardi Angio Intervent

Education
B.S. Engineering Sciences (Cum Laude) Tufts University
M.D. Wake Forest University
Internal Medicine: Northwestern University
Cardiology: Stanford University.

Emily Zeitler, MD, MHS

Clinician
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Fellow; Heart Rhythm Society and American College of Cardiology

Academic
>60 peer-reviewed publications
T32 Scholar (2014-2016)
Board of Trustees, Heart Rhythm Society
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics.
Associate Editor, American Heart Journal
Assistant Editor, Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Regulatory
Medical Device Fellow, US FDA (2011-2012)
Special Government Employee, US FDA 2012-Present

Education
B.A. Public Policy Studies (Magna Cum Laude), Duke University
M.D. (Cum Laude) Emory University
M.H.S. Duke University
Internal Medicine: Massachusetts General Hospital,
Harvard University
Cardiology, Clinical Research, Cardiac Electrophysiology:
Duke University and Duke Clinical Research Institute

Judy Gonzalez

JAG Consulting
Medical Device Marketing
https://jagconsultingcompany.com/

Joanie Moritz-Smith

Program Manager
3D Scholars Program
3D Dartmouth Device Development Symposium

Dartmouth Health &
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Project Coordinator
Heart and Vascular Center Research &
3D Dartmouth Device Development Symposium (3D)
Dartmouth Hitchcock Memorial Hospital

University Program Associate
Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
NC State University

Program Coordinator
Training In Grantsmanship for Rehabilitation Research Workshop (TIGRR)
NC State University

Project Coordinator
Heart & Vascular Research Center
Dartmouth Medical School

Education
Florida State University

Dartmouth Device Development Symposium

September 25&26, 2025
Woodstock VT

Contact 3D
3Dsymposium@hitchcock.org

ABOUT

PROGRAM

3D 2024
September 19 & 20, 2024
Hanover, NH

We are curating our 3D2025 Topics
Send us an email if you have a suggestion!

PANEL MEMBERS
Alphabetical - Last Name

3D2025 Panel Members will be updated as the event nears

TEAM

HISTORY

List of 3D2025 Sponsors

Dartmouth Device Development Symposium

September 25&26, 2025 Woodstock VT

Contact 3D 3Dsymposium@hitchcock.org

ABOUT

PROGRAM

3D 2024 September 19 & 20, 2024 Hanover, NH

We are curating our 3D2025 Topics Send us an email if you have a suggestion!

PANEL MEMBERS Alphabetical - Last Name

3D2025 Panel Members will be updated as the event nears

TEAM

HISTORY

List of 3D2025 Sponsors

September 25&26, 2025
Woodstock VT

Contact 3D
3Dsymposium@hitchcock.org

3D 2024
September 19 & 20, 2024
Hanover, NH

We are curating our 3D2025 Topics
Send us an email if you have a suggestion!

PANEL MEMBERS
Alphabetical - Last Name