Aurora BayCare Hosts Statewide Medical Device Business Development Meeting

GREEN BAY, Wis., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Aurora BayCare will host a statewide meeting Friday, March 5, to promote the development of medical technology businesses in northeastern Wisconsin. The "Medical Device Collaboration Gathering" will take place at Aurora BayCare Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center, 1160 Kepler Drive in Green Bay.

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Collaboration, commercialization and entrepreneurship are the focus of the event. The meeting will bring together researchers, clinicians, manufacturers and entrepreneurs interested in potential collaborations to develop medical technologies and build them into successful commercial projects.

"Medical devices can save lives, improve quality of life and create economic development for communities," said Vice President of Research and Academic Relations, Randall Lambrecht, PhD, of Aurora Health Care. "We want the medical device community to know that entrepreneurs in northeast Wisconsin can create new innovations."

BayCare Clinic's Chief Medical Officer Paul Summerside, M.D., added, "We can do the research, and we can stimulate economic development right here in Green Bay."

Attendees will have the opportunity to:

• Meet professional contacts and understand their needs and expertise.
• Hear first-hand stories of successful partnerships.
• Learn from clinicians, scientists and entrepreneurs how to recognize, fund and market opportunities.
• Troubleshoot FDA hurdles, intellectual property, funding and business development steps.

The keynote speaker at the event is Brad Glenn, M.D., an interventional neuroradiologist who formerly practiced at Aurora BayCare Medical Center. He is the founder of Stealth Therapeutics Inc., a medical device business that obtains registration and markets novel patented port products.

The event is free, and registration is required. To register, visit www.wisys.org.

The "Medical Device Collaborate Gathering" is sponsored by Aurora BayCare Medical Center, Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Network, WiSys, Bioforward, Green Bay Area Economic Development Advance and Marshfield Clinic.

For more information, please visit www.wisys.org or contact Ally Hauser of WiSys Technology Foundation at 608-890-2660, [email protected].

Aurora BayCare Medical Center is a 167-bed, full-service tertiary care hospital located at 2845 Greenbrier Road on Green Bay's east side. It opened in September 2001 as a joint effort of Aurora Health Care and BayCare Clinic.  Aurora BayCare is committed to creating a better way to provide high quality tertiary healthcare, the latest in medical technology and superior service.

Aurora Health Care is a not-for-profit Wisconsin health care provider and a nationally recognized leader in efforts to improve the quality of health care. Aurora offers services at sites in more than 90 communities throughout eastern Wisconsin.

BayCare Clinic is the largest physician-owned specialty-care clinic in Northeast Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is comprised of over 100 specialty physicians with expertise in more than 20 specialties. BayCare Clinic physicians have served patients in Green Bay and the surrounding region for over 25 years.

SOURCE Aurora Health Care