Web of Mentors

When you enroll in the GMI master’s  program, you learn from top-ranked professors, experienced industry practitioners, practicing physicians, nationally recognized researchers, seasoned business professionals and entrepreneurs.  We call this the “Web of Mentors,” and these experts collectively guide design teams in their efforts to develop innovative solutions to unmet clinical needs. Some of these mentors provide guest lectures, some work with teams for just a specific topic (e.g. Regulatory), and some support the teams for the lifecycle of a project.

Our web of mentors include: 

 

Savannah Esteve Morreale

Program Director, Surgical IDEAS Lab, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Kunal Shah

CEO, ClaraSim

Austin Shelton

Research Associate, Houston Methodist Hospital

Allison Brown

R&D Engineer at Depuy Synthes

Stuart Corr

Director of Innovation Engineering – The Bookout Center, Houston Methodist Hospital

 

Mike Baca

President at White Rook Consulting

 

Sarah Piper

Quality Engineer, Restore3D

Ellie Reynolds

Director of RA & QA, Proxima CRO

 

Hannah Edlund

Librarian & PTRC Representative, Fondren Library

Patricia Fleenor

Director of Global Quality, 3D Systems

Wade Schroeder

Manager, Medical Device Gurus at Greenlight Guru

Jakub Marciniak

MiGSO-PCUBED

Brian Heitz

MiGSO-PCUBED

Hannah McKenney

CEO, Starling Medical

Drew Hendricks

Director of Clin/Reg, Starling Medical

Joanna Nathan

CEO, Prana Thoracic

Emily Reiser

Strategy and New Ventures, Texas Medical Center Innovation

Lance Black

Chief Clinical Strategy Officer at Prana Thoracic

Diego Dumani

Professor, University of Costa Rica

Adriana Nanne Garcia

Associate Director, Boston Scientific; Program Coordinator of Bioengineering, Universidad de las Ciencias Médicas (UCIMED)

Luis Diego Gené

Sustainability, Quality and Compliance Systems Consultant

Chris Russell

Profesor de Ingenieria Electronica, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica

Luis Felipe Junquiera Dobles

Provost of Global Affairs, ULACIT

Erick Silesky Gonzales

, ULACIT

Ronald Brenes Sanchez

Director of MDI, Tecnológico de Costa Rica

Laura Sabo

Senior Medical Device Consultant

Hesam Panahi

Director, Strategic Initiatives and Programs at Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Tracy Volz

Director, Engineering Communication Program, Rice University

Isabella Schmitt

Vice President of Regulatory and Clinical Affairs, HeartSciences

Haruto Sasajima

Product Engineer, Alcon

Jhalak Mehta

CobiCure Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine & SWPDC

Chester Koh

Professor, TCH/BCM; Director, SWPDC

Jordan Birdsong

Physical Therapist III, TIRR Memorial Hermann

Justin Bird

Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Oncology and Spine Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Mehdi Razavi

Associate Professor of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute

Brandon Hunter

Assistant Professor, Division of Critical Care, Texas Children’s Hospital

Joe McCormick

James H. Steele Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health.

Amanda Davé

Senior Program Manager, UTHealth Houston

 

Sixto Bogantes, MD

Director Neurology, Hospital Nacional de Niños

 

Vanessa Gibson

Director, Corporate Development & Investment Climate

Sheri Smith

CEO, Indigo

Joslyn O’Grady

Executive Recruiter, Accordance Search Group

Lindsey Cauthen

Principal, Career Services, Career Development Center, Baylor College of Medicine

Julie Hakim

Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology Physician and Researcher

Amitha Ganti

Clinical Fellow in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Megan Sumida

Baylor College of Mediine

Regina Okhuysen-Cawley, MD

Associate Professor, Sections of Critical Care Medicine and Palliative Care, Baylor College of Medicine

 

Pamela C. Petersen, MD, FAAP

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine