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CBIT Mentors

CBIT TEAM

CBIT’s team bring industry insights and are highly experienced in mentoring academic researchers, clinicians and students through the technology development and biomedical commercialization process. The campus staff is augmented by a deep pool of industry mentors with expertise in diagnostics, digital health, medical devices, and platform technologies who are willing to work with novice entrepreneurs. CBIT looks to support innovators across four essential areas: business, technical, clinical, and regulatory guidance. 

Schedule a meeting with an experienced mentor by emailing cbit@yale.edu.

Leadership

In 2014, Dr. Peter Schulam and Dr. W. Mark Saltzman came together from the medical and engineering sides of Yale’s campus to establish the Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology. The idea was to more comprehensively support not only medical device development in the Yale community, but also health IT, and diagnostics. They wanted to expand the support and expertise offered for biomedical innovators and organize an interdisciplinary team that could provide education, build culture, offer mentorship, and help innovators successfully obtain seed funding.

Today, Dr. W. Mark Saltzman and Dr. Maxwell Laurans lead the center as faculty co-directors. Dr. Saltzman is the founding chair of the School of Engineering & Applied Science’s Department of Biomedical Engineering and the head of Jonathan Edwards College. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Engineering, and is a prolific researcher, collaborator, and inventor, commercializing several of the novel technologies that originated in his lab. Dr. Laurans is a neurosurgeon and Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Yale who specializes in spine tumors and degenerative spine conditions, as well as the Vice President of Surgical Services and Clinical Chief of Perioperative Services at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Laurans is also the co-founder of NomadHealth, a venture backed online marketplace for healthcare professional staffing solutions. Both leaders bring incredible energy and deep experience to the center. 

Meet Our Team

Saltzman Head Shot

W. Mark Saltzman, PhD

Faculty Co-Director, Yale’s Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology (CBIT); Goizueta Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Environmental Engineering & Physiology
Maxwell Laurans

Maxwell Laurans, MD, MBA, FAANS

Faculty Co-Director, Yale’s Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology (CBIT); Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Margaret Cartiera

Margaret Cartiera, Ph.D.

Innovation Director, Yale’s Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology (CBIT)
David Rosenthal

David Rosenthal, MD

Director of Strategic Partnerships, Yale Center for Biomedical Innovation & Technology
Michelle Nantel

Michelle Nantel

Operations Manager, Yale Ventures, Yale’s Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology (CBIT)
Casey Ma

Casey Ma

Associate, Rothberg Catalyzer Student Ambassador, Yale Ventures, Yale’s Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology (CBIT)

Past Rothberg Associates and Ambassadors

Ryan Bose-Roy

Ryan Bose-Roy

Associate, Yale’s Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology (CBIT)
Ashley Kwak

Ashley Kwak

Rothberg Catalyzer Student Ambassador, Yale’s Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology (CBIT)
MiChaela Barker

MiChaela Barker

Summer Associate, Yale’s Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology (CBIT)

CBIT’s Entrepreneurs in Residents (EIRs)

CBIT’s Entrepreneurs in Residents (EIRs) guide ideas and projects along the innovation path by offering professional expertise. Their areas of expertise span:

  • Market opportunity
  • Voice of customer
  • Competitive landscape
  • Business models
  • Innovation/venture development
  • Grant applications
  • Industry partnerships
  • Career counseling
  • Regulatory applications
  • Clinical applications