EVENT: CIMIT Innovation Congress 2008
Forging Partnerships in Healthcare, October 28-20

A unique, interactive conference connecting you with national leaders who are shaping the future of healthcare by facilitating innovative public-private partnerships to drive change.

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• Read Poster Competition Announcement.

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Next CIMIT Forum: Novel Engineering Initiatives
Fiber Optics for Xrays and Composite Materials

Scintillating Nano-fibers for Ultra-high Definition X-ray Imaging,
Rajiv Gupta, MGH, and Theodore Morse, BU
Harvey Mudd College Student Project: Blast Armor Using Machine-Augmented Composite Materials, Nick Sherrow-Groves, Diego Gonzalez, Chris Lee, and Michael Martin, Harvey Mudd College

Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 4:00-6:00 pm
Massachussetts General Hospital
Richard B. Simches Research Center, Room 3110

VIDEO: David Rattner, MD, and team accepts Strategic Project Award at Forum

• Strategic Project Award Fact Sheet
• NOTES Fact Sheet
• CIMIT Minimally Invasive Surgery Science Program
• Boston.com: CIMIT makes largest-ever grant for scar-free surgery

CIMIT supports NOTES initiative with $2.1M grant

Team will focus on minimally invasive surgery that leaves no scars,
minimizes infection

At the February 5 CIMIT Forum to celebrate the launch of its 10th Anniversary year, Executive Director John Parrish, MD, announced the winning project for CIMIT’s $2.1 million Strategic Project.  The award will go to a team pioneering a dynamic new technology promising the future possibility of surgical procedures without making incisions on the surface of the body.

The multi-institutional initiative chosen was NOTES (Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery). The award of $700,000 annually for three years represents CIMIT’s largest grant program. With this award, CIMIT’s investment in NOTES research will top $3 million overall, making CIMIT the largest financial sponsor of this technology worldwide.
Read press release.