2021 FCVC Innovation Challenge
Congratulations to the winning project!
SafePace - Safe Epicardial Pacing Wires
Gardner Yost, MD, MS; Gorav Ailawadi, MD, MBA
Congratulations to Just Do It Awardees
ATS - Arrhythmia Tracking System; Submitted by Kathleen Fasing, NP - Advanced Practice Nurse
Diverse Hair Care Products; Submitted by Megan Johnson, RN; Kendra Eighmey, RN - 4A
Virtual Group Dietitian Classes at the ADTU for Congestive Heart Failure; Submitted by Beverly Kuznicki, MA, RDN - Allied Health Immediate Supervisor, Cardiovascular Dietician
“Where’s Perfusion?”: Standardizing Team Response to High-Risk Emergent Events During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Procedures; Submitted by: Greg MacLean, BS, CCP - Perfusionist
Touchless Thermometers for Early Pressure Injury Detection; Submitted by: Mark Miller, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPEN - Nursing Supervisor, 7D
Heart Failure Videos for Inpatients on 7B & 7C; Submitted by: Adam Stein, MD - Medical Director, 7B/7C
Training Resources for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs); Submitted by: Raymond Yeow, MD - Cardiology Fellow
Meet the Judges
Bruce L. Gewertz, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief; Chair, Department of Surgery; Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs; Vice-President for Interventional Services
Cedars-Sinai Health System
Judith (Judy) Lenane, BSN, MHA
Chief Clinical Officer & Executive Vice President, Products and Clinical Research
iRhythm Technologies, Inc
Minang (Mintu) Turakhia, MD, MAS
Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine (Electrophysiology); Executive Director, Center for Digital Health
Stanford University
Have an idea?
Reach out to the FCVC Innovation team (FCVCInnovation@umich.edu) for a consult at any time.
