Medical Innovation for Extreme Affordability Surgery Summit

In an increasingly interconnected world, healthcare professionals have become more intertwined with industry, research, and entrepreneurship to improve healthcare outcomes. Although the world continues to grow more connected, resources continue to be inequitably distributed. This meeting will strive for purpose-driven innovation that furthers medical advancements while increasing access to healthcare resources.

The is the first forum of its kind to bring together leaders in perioperative care with a focus on medical innovation and social impact to address unmet needs connecting urban and rural communities.

The themes of this conference will focus on affordable innovation, resource equity, and education and training. Our purpose is to establish an ongoing forum that stimulates the creation of new clinical, technical, and care solutions.

The conference will begin with an overview on healthcare entrepreneurship and the supportive resources available in Arizona. Attendees will then break out into small group sessions based on where they're at in their entrepreneurship journey to ask experts for advice and then reconvene for panels and discussions until an afternoon networking/cocktail hour.

Panels will focus on topics such as: Increasing healthcare access through affordable innovation, connecting urban and resource constrained communities to improve perioperative care, and advanced technologies to distribute equitable surgical care.

Panel Descriptors:

1. Introduction to Healthcare Entrepreneurship & Mentorship Breakout Groups
2. Legal Introduction for Startups
3. Care Delivery: Connecting Urban and Resource Constrained Communities
4. Tech Launch Arizona: University Startup Success
5. AI: The Great Equalizer or Deliverer of Inequity

For more information, please visit: https://surgery.arizona.edu/miea-surgery-summit

The Medical Innovation for Extreme Affordability Surgery Summit is not just an event—it's an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and innovate with some of the brightest minds in the field of healthcare, surgery, and technology. Attendees are invited to stay at the end of the conference for an exclusive opportunity to network with our distinguished keynote speakers and panelists in the scenic Hacienda Del Sol courtyard.

Don't miss your chance to be part of this transformative gathering. Register now and get ready to connect with industry leaders!

Host or Publisher University of Arizona Department of Surgery