Board # 5 :Implementation of a Master's in Translational Medicine (MTM) Program at The City College of New York (Work in Progress)

Jeffrey S. Garanich, Ph.D. is Director of the Master’s in Translational Medicine (MTM) Program at the City College of New York (CCNY). In this role, his primary responsibilities include leading recruiting efforts to expand the Program’s student base, engaging medical technology industry partners, and managing administration of a curriculum that trains students from diverse educational backgrounds in the core competencies required to successfully carry a medical technology from the lab bench through to the patient bedside. Prior to joining CCNY, Garanich served as Director Business Development with Actuated Medical, Inc. where he led investor and strategic partner engagements to accelerate device time to market and enhance sales of commercialized products. Garanich also previously worked as a Director at The Sapphire Group LLC, a holding company in New York City with assets in healthcare, new media, energy, education and unique innovations to support counterterrorism. Here, he led growth initiatives for multiple Sapphire portfolio companies, some of which began with company formation (founder level). Previous to Sapphire, Garanich spent six years with Boston Scientific Corporation. During this time, he progressed from a doctoral entry-level position to manage the day-to-day activities of five direct reports along with the operation of a corporate cell biology research laboratory staffed with ten scientists. He also worked with senior management to propose and develop a cross-Divisional collaboration network to improve communication and eliminate redundancies within the Company’s billion-dollar research and development (R&D) organization and drive the completion of cross-disciplinary medical device R&D projects critical to products’ commercialization. Prior to Boston Scientific, Garanich served as both Associate and Analyst with The Sapphire Group. In these roles, he was responsible for mergers and acquisitions and company-formation projects in the healthcare and media sectors and new client development in the medical device sector. Garanich holds a Ph.D. in Bioengineering and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, both from the Pennsylvania State University.