Board # 2 :Integrating Medical Economic Perspectives through Information Literacy in a Biomedical Clinical Immersion Design Course (Work in Progress)

Andrew started in the NYC Motion Picture Industry before transitioning into his 15+ years in Biomedical Product Development. Today he teaches product innovation in Biomedical Engineering (BME) at UNC & NC State where he is an Associate Professor. Andrew’s courses resulted in multiple startups including Novocor Medical Systems, Augment Medical, Contour Surgical, 410 Medical, and MEDIC. He is founder and former director of the NC Medical Device Organization, which became an NC Biotech Center of Innovation. He was co-founder and VP Business Development for Gilero, an RTP based service company. Andrew worked for Alaris Medical Systems (now BD’s CareFusion) as a design engineer and project manager. He is Business Advisor and Speaker for the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, Director of Duke NeuroInnovations, and on the planning team for BME IDEA. He holds a BS in Physics, English Literature, and Secondary Education from UNC Charlotte, an MS in BME from UNC Chapel Hill’s Medical School, and a Ph.D. from the UNC/NCSU BME Department. Andrew has two children, 15-year-old daughter Virginia Elaine and 13-year-old son Andrew, Jr. His wife, Abigail Kent, is a nurse at the NC State Highway Patrol.