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.

3D 2025 Woodstock VT
Thank you for helping make 3D2025 a truly wonderful event!

PROGRAM

3D 2026 September 17 & 18, 2026 Hanover NH

Understanding How an Intervention Impacts Symptoms:
A Sophisticated Look at Patient-Reported Outcomes

Moderator: Don Cutlip, MD Beth Israel-Deaconess

Presenter: Suzanne Baron, MD Mass General-Brigham

Presenter: Amy Wu Truveta

Presenter: Rasha Al-Lamee, MBBS Imperial College London

Discussants:

Dominic Allocco, MD Shockwave / J&J

Andy Farb, MD US Food & Drug Administration (CDRH)

Leading Through Global Uncertainty:
Implications for MedTech Strategy and Communication

Presenter: Paul Argenti, PhD Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Moderator: Josh Makower, MD Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign

Discussants:

Jyoti Gera GE Healthcare

Martin B. Leon, MD CRF/Columbia University

Ken Stein, MD Boston Scientific

Seeing The World From Both Sides Now:
Insights CMS and the Private Sector

Moderator: Emily Zeitler, MD Dartmouth Health
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Discussants:

Tamara Syrek-Jensen, JD Rubrum Consulting

Andrew Baskin, MD Rubrum Consulting

Tricuspid Valve Replacement: 5 Studies with 1 Control:
Barriers to Pooling Control Data

Moderator: Martin B Leon, MD CRF/Columbia University

Presenter: Azeem Latib Montefiore

Discussants:

Lauren Baker, PhD Insight Medical

Andrew Farb, MD CDRH/FDA

Ted Feldman, MD Edwards Lifesciences

Graeme Hickey, PhD Medtronic

Jeff Popma, MD CRF

National Coverage Decision:
Knowing When It's Time to Retire-Lessons From The TAVR NCDs

Moderator: Mike Mack, MD Baylor Scott & White
Presenter: Sean Tunis, MD Rubix-Health

Discussants:

Todd Brinton, MD Edwards Lifesciences

Andy Farb, MD CDRH/FDA

Kendra Grubb, MD Medtronic

Robert Smith, MD Baylor Scott & White

Changfu Wu, PhD CDRH/FDA

Mike Young, MD Dartmouth Health

Mood of the Community:
What 3D Participants are telling us / What I am Hearing on the Street

Presenter: Sean Wang, MD Dartmouth Health

Presenter: Brandon Rice Piper Sandler

Discussants:

Keith Dawkins, MD Jena Valve

Tasneem Dohadwala Excelestar Ventures

Chip Hance Regatta Medical

Brian Kaplan, MD Cochlear

Jeff Shuren, MD, JD White Oak 66 Capital

Taking the Wide Lens Approach: The important of preserving work flow when using a software solution which competes with a disposable medical device

Moderator: Ron Adner, PhD Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Presenter: Ramin Mousavi NovoMed PARTNERS

Presenter: Ariel Dora Stern, PhD Hasso Plattner Institute

Discussants:

Ing-Jye Cheng Medtronic

Matt Hillebrenner Fogarty Innovations

Rick Powell, MD Dartmouth Health

China’s Emergence as a BioTech Innovator

Lessons for the Med Device Sector

Moderator: Andrew Cleeland Fogarty Innovations

Presenter: Chris Shen, MD Novo Holdings

Discussants:

Mark Gent Abbott

Uday Kumar, MD Stanford University

Kirk Nielsen Vensana Capital

MCIT, TCET and now RAPID:
How to Proceed RAPIDly where MCIT and TCET could not go.

Moderator: Tamara Syrek-Jensen Rubrum Consulting

Discussants:

JoAnna Baldwin Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Todd Brinton, MD Edwards Lifesciences

Steve Farmer, MD, PhD ABiG Health

Jeff Shuren, MD, JD White Oak 66 Capital

Program

PANEL MEMBERS
Alphabetical - Last Name

PANEL MEMBERS

ATTENDEES
Alphabetical - Last Name

ATTENDEES

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 P. Zeitler, MD

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

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

3D2026
The Hanover Inn, Hanover, NH
September 17 & 18 2026

Contact 3D
3Dsymposium@hitchcock.org

3D2026 is at capacity.
If you would like to be added to our waitlist, please send an email to 3DSymposium@hitchcock.org.

ABOUT

3D 2025 Woodstock VT
Thank you for helping make 3D2025 a truly wonderful event!

PROGRAM

3D 2026 September 17 & 18, 2026 Hanover NH

PANEL MEMBERS
Alphabetical - Last Name

ATTENDEES
Alphabetical - Last Name

TEAM

HISTORY

3D 2026 Sponsors

Dartmouth Device Development Symposium

3D2026 The Hanover Inn, Hanover, NH September 17 & 18 2026

Contact 3D 3Dsymposium@hitchcock.org

3D2026 is at capacity. If you would like to be added to our waitlist, please send an email to 3DSymposium@hitchcock.org.

ABOUT

3D 2025 Woodstock VT Thank you for helping make 3D2025 a truly wonderful event!

PROGRAM

3D 2026 September 17 & 18, 2026 Hanover NH

PANEL MEMBERS Alphabetical - Last Name

ATTENDEES Alphabetical - Last Name

TEAM

HISTORY

3D 2026 Sponsors

Dartmouth Device
Development Symposium

3D2026
The Hanover Inn, Hanover, NH
September 17 & 18 2026

Contact 3D
3Dsymposium@hitchcock.org

3D2026 is at capacity.
If you would like to be added to our waitlist, please send an email to 3DSymposium@hitchcock.org.

3D 2025 Woodstock VT
Thank you for helping make 3D2025 a truly wonderful event!

PANEL MEMBERS
Alphabetical - Last Name

ATTENDEES
Alphabetical - Last Name