Introduction

नमस्ते !

The Team

Kevin Keenahan 

Pratik Patel 

Anant Subramaniam

Tiffany Tseng 

Brock Webberman

The Goal 

The goal of our time in India is to understand the diagnosis and treatment of AV block and sick sinus syndrome. These diseases are often treatable with the implantation of pacemakers. However, for a number of reasons, the majority of the Indian population either is not aware of the disease or does not have access to the treatment options. We will look for key insights by talking to a diverse group of stakeholders both in urban and rural areas of India.

Of course, we'll also be having fun with the culture and all fun opportunities as they present themselves.

The Program 

We are a group of five graduate biomedical engineering students traveling to India with the Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design (CBID). This year's CBID class has a total of 18 students. Our fellow colleagues have also split up into groups and will be traveling to Kenya, Tanzania, Nepal, and other parts of India. We have spent the last two months finding and validating unmet clinical needs at the Johns Hopkins Hospital for the US/European Markets. The second part of our program is to innovate for the world for which we are immersing ourselves in the global health environments for which we want to innovate for. 

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The Partnership 

Medtronic is providing invaluable mentorship for our project. Leading engineers from the company will travel with us to India to help us better understand various challenges of the market.