by mj70 | Jun 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
After a long wait, I finally received my passport and embarked on a journey that took me through four different countries before arriving in Costa Rica! Each step brought its own challenges and adventures, but I was determined to reach my destination. Despite missing...
by JJ Tellez | Jun 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Buenos días, How is everyone doing? I just completed my first week interning with MicroVention, a neuroendovascular medical device company focused on developing minimally invasive products to treat vascular diseases in the brain, such as aneurysms, strokes, and...
by Summan Rahman | Jun 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Just finished a week at my internship shadowing Dr. Sixto Bogantes, a neurologist, at Hospital Nacional de Niños 🏥. I got to see a range of patients and procedures. One interesting application of ultrasound I learned about is called the transcranial doppler sonogram...
by Aiman | Jun 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Que tál amigos? Welcome to Week 3 in Costa Rica. I started my internship at Hospital Nacional de Niños with Dr. Bogantes. During my few days of shadowing, I have learned so much about pediatric neurology but I will use this post to explain one of the things I learned....
by Korie | Jun 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
It’s officially been the first week of the internship and there have already been so many exciting things! I have already traveled to Alajuela, San Ramon, and Central Sur to visit a wide variety of hospitals and clinics. The equipment I have seen and worked on:...
by Jade Lee | Jun 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
¡Pura Vida! Hi everyone, I started my RDI (Research, Development, Innovation) internship at Establishment Labs earlier this week. I’ve worked on bio-related research and medical devices projects at school in the past, but this is my first experience working at a...
by Korie | Jun 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hello everyone! My name is Korie Rudin and I just recently graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelors of Science in Biological Engineering. To continue my education, I will be obtaining my Masters in Bioengineering in Global Medical Innovation. A few...
by Jade Lee | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Needs Finding Bootcamp + Medical Innovation Bootcamp ¿Todo bien? The first week in Costa Rica was incredibly eventful! While preparing for the two 3-day bootcamps, I found the article “Optical imaging for screening and early cancer diagnosis in low-resource settings”...
by JJ Tellez | May 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hola chicos y chicas! I hope everyone has been doing well. I have finally made my way to Costa Rica, and this week went through a very unique and memorable clinical needs finding boot camp! We first had a quick introduction to what clinical needs finding is and why it...
by Aiman | May 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hi and Welcome to week 2 of Costa Rica! This week, I had the opportunity to participate in the needs-finding bootcamp lead by Dr. Casey Howard. In this bootcamp, I was able to shadow a cardiologist, pediatric interventional cardiologist, ENT, and interventional...
