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DMD Conference 2023
Tuesday, April 18, 12 PM
Keynote Luncheon: Innovation Drivers in Cardiac
Rhythm Devices
Teri Whitman, Research Director at
Medtronic, Inc.
Whitman, PhD, is a research director
in Cardiac Implantables Research &
Technology. Whitman has more than 25
years of experience in the medical device
industry and leads a team focused on
novel cardiac therapies and implant procedures
for pacemakers and defibrillators.
Her research interests include hemodynamics of arrhythmias,
minimally invasive cardiac procedures, and design and
delivery of pediatric devices.
As a prolific innovator, she holds 28 patents. Whitman is a
Medtronic Bakken and Technical Fellow and a University of
Minnesota Institute for Engineering in Medicine (IEM) fellow.
She serves on the Purdue School of Biomedical Engineering
Advisory Board. She holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical
engineering from the University of Wyoming. Whitman was a
National Science Foundation Research Fellow during her graduate
studies with an MS in food engineering and PhD in biological
engineering from Purdue University.
Wednesday, April 19, 8 AM
Plenary Keynote
Connie White Delaney, Professor &
Dean, School of Nursing, University of
Minnesota
White Delaney serves as professor and
dean, School of is the Knowledge Generation
Lead for the National Center for
Interprofessional Practice and Education.
She served as associate director of
the Clinical Translational Science Institute
- Biomedical Informatics and acting director of the Institute
for Health Informatics (IHI) in the Academic Health
Center from 2010 to 2015. She serves as an adjunct professor
in the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Nursing at the University
of Iceland, where she received the Doctor Scientiae Curationis
Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctor of Philosophy in
Nursing) in 2011.
Delaney is an elected Fellow in the American Academy of
Nursing, America College of Medical Informatics, and National
Academies of Practice. She is the first Fellow in the College
of Medical Informatics to serve as a dean of nursing. Delaney
was an inaugural appointee to the USA Health Information
Technology Policy Committee, Office of the National Coordinator,
and Office of the Secretary for the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
Wednesday, April 19, 10:30 AM
Cardiovascular Keynote: Pacemakers and Implantable
Cardioverter Defibrillators in Pediatrics - The Next
Generation
Charles Berul, Co-Director, Children's National Heart Institute
Berul, MD, is earned both his bachelor's degree in biology
and master's degree in pharmacology from Bucknell University
in 1984 and received his MD from University of Maryland
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in 1988. Dr. Berul completed pediatrics
residency at Yale, followed by fellowship
in pediatric cardiology and electrophysiology
at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
He was the director of the Pacemaker
and Defibrillator Program at
Boston
Children's Hospital,
Harvard
Medical School until moving to lead the
Children's National Cardiology program
in 2009. Dr. Berul is a tenured professor of pediatrics and
bioengineering at George Washington University School of
Medicine, and holds the endowed chair Van Metre Companies
Professorship in Cardiology.
Dr. Berul is actively involved in key organizations such as
the Heart Rhythm Society, the American Heart Association,
American College of Cardiology, and Pediatric and Congenital
EP Society (PACES), of which he was past president. He is
currently an associate editor for Heart Rhythm Journal. Dr.
Berul has mentored dozens of trainees and advocates for
young investigators and clinician-scientists. Over the past 3
decades, his research focus and passion is to develop novel
minimally invasive approaches to the heart and improving
methods for pediatric pacing and defibrillation. Dr. Berul has
more than 300 publications and is an invited speaker nationally
and internationally in the area of pediatric cardiac electrophysiology
and miniaturized device development.
Wednesday, April 19, 12 PM
IEM Distinguished Keynote Luncheon: Re-Thinking
STEM Outreach & Engagement: Building Capacity
through Building Community
Calvin Mackie, President and CEO,
STEM NOLA
Every child, regardless of their zip
code, race, or gender should have access
to high-quality STEM engagement and
education. STEM NOLA, the flagship affiliate
of STEM GLOBAL Action, has developed
a community engagement model
that directly addresses the historical
challenges and barriers to STEM access for underserved and
low resourced communities. The model offers processes featuring
intentionality and consistency, all while leveraging innovative
approaches to entice community and family involvement.
Through research and years of practice, STEM NOLA understands
that early and ongoing exposure and experience
of youth to STEM concepts in a rigorous, culturally relevant
environment is absolutely critical to unlocking the doors of
economic opportunity that STEM careers uniquely provide.
Our model features paid programmatic staff, college and
professional volunteers, hands-on learning opportunities,
and a culture of excellence which translates into a high-quality
mechanism of tackling real-world challenges and fostering
self-agency of participants. This methodology supports
long-term engagement and ongoing mentoring for regular
program participants.
In this session, attendees will be provided an in-depth overview
of STEM NOLA's core programming and model, particularly
its approach to captivating the hearts and minds of diverse
youth, families, and communities.
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