news
news
news

NEWS

Learn about the latest news, developments, and opportunities for the Medventions program. 

news

Medventions Toronto Innovation Day Returns: Unlocking AI with Image-Guided Therapy and Digital Health on October 21

Today, Medventions Atlantic, the second official program in Canada, launched with 12 inaugural fellows embarking on the program. Founded in 2016 by Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) in Toronto, Medventions is hospital-based commercialization-focused fellowship program designed to equip motivated science, medicine, and engineering students with the proper business acumen to fuel Canada’s medtech sector.

Katelyn So Fellow Spotlight Medventions

Empowering Innovation in Medtech: How the Medventions Program prepared Katelyn So to lead in the medtech sector

The Medventions Program stands as a testament to how targeted education and hands-on experience can forge the pioneers of medical …

Ahmed Nasef, Co-founder of Medventions, presented a speech at the Medventions Atlantic launch event in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Medventions launches second program with the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub

Today, Medventions Atlantic, the second official program in Canada, launched with 12 inaugural fellows embarking on the program. Founded in 2016 by Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) in Toronto, Medventions is hospital-based commercialization-focused fellowship program designed to equip motivated science, medicine, and engineering students with the proper business acumen to fuel Canada’s medtech sector.

Zaid Atto, portrait smiling

Meet Zaid Atto, founder of Xpan Inc.

A family of passionate professionals raised Zaid Atto. Originally from Iraq, Zaid Atto comes from family of pharmacists and physicians …

news

Announcing the Fall 2022 INOVAIT Lecture Series in Image-guided therapy and artificial intelligence

news

Building Canada’s medical technology industry one life-changing device at a time

news

Sunnybrook’s Medventions Program Leverages Engineering Talent to Change the Future of Health Care in Canada

Four Medventions fellows stand in a line.

How Sunnybrook is helping to build Canada’s medical technology industry

Medventions fellows gather to observe clinicians in practice.

Sunnybrook’s Medventions program expands to Atlantic Canada with the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub

news
news
news
news
news
news
John Doe

Commercialization Professional Research Mentor

Ahmed managers the Sunnybrook Medventions training program. He also manages the networking, outreach, and training programs at INOVAIT, a Sunnybrook-led pan-Canadian network in image-guided therapy and artificial intelligence. Ahmed is an enthusiastic clinical entrepreneur who brings more than 11 years of lived experience in healthcare innovation, health science research, and technology commercialization. Ahmed holds an Adjunct Lecturer appointment at the Department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto. Ahmed earned his MD degree from Cairo, Egypt and holds an MBA in healthcare management and technology innovation from Schulich School of Business, York University.

Jane Smith

Technology Innovation Industry Leader

Ahmed managers the Sunnybrook Medventions training program. He also manages the networking, outreach, and training programs at INOVAIT, a Sunnybrook-led pan-Canadian network in image-guided therapy and artificial intelligence. Ahmed is an enthusiastic clinical entrepreneur who brings more than 11 years of lived experience in healthcare innovation, health science research, and technology commercialization. Ahmed holds an Adjunct Lecturer appointment at the Department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto. Ahmed earned his MD degree from Cairo, Egypt and holds an MBA in healthcare management and technology innovation from Schulich School of Business, York University.

Dr. Ahmed Nasef

Program Lead, Sunnybrook Medventions

Ahmed managers the Sunnybrook Medventions training program. He also manages the networking, outreach, and training programs at INOVAIT, a Sunnybrook-led pan-Canadian network in image-guided therapy and artificial intelligence. Ahmed is an enthusiastic clinical entrepreneur who brings more than 11 years of lived experience in healthcare innovation, health science research, and technology commercialization. Ahmed holds an Adjunct Lecturer appointment at the Department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto. Ahmed earned his MD degree from Cairo, Egypt and holds an MBA in healthcare management and technology innovation from Schulich School of Business, York University.