CIMIT Site Miners

Site Miners are unique to the CIMIT network.  They seek out, encourage and engage emerging innovators who show a passion for transforming patient care through technology. Boston’s teaching hospitals are a mecca for creative, passionate doctors, technologists and clinical researchers. So how does CIMIT find and fund those clinicians with the most promising ideas? Through its network of Site Miners.

Appointed as faculty within each consortium institution, Site Miners understand the unique complexities and cultures of their organization.  They help innovators successfully navigate through any organizational challenge that might arise.  A Site Miner is a scout, mentor, project manager, dealmaker, visionary and reality tester. These individuals are quiet leaders, who network with other Site Miners to connect clinicians and engineers who might not otherwise meet.  

Knowing the best and brightest scientists and technologists who have a passion for healthcare, or finding those up and coming engineers whose novel technologies could match the needs of a clinical researcher, is how these technology-oriented Site Miners help CIMIT form and fund multidisciplinary collaborations.		Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
			Site Miner, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) Steven Schachter, MD sschacht@bidmc.harvard.edu 617-667-4460
Boston Medical Center and Boston University
	Site Miner, Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University Medical Campus George O'Connor, MD goconnor@bu.edu 617-638-4470		Site Miner, Boston University Charles River Campus Mark Grinstaff, PhD mgrin@bu.edu 617-358-3429
Brigham & Women's Hospital
	Site Miner, Brigham & Women's Hospital Frederick Schoen, MD, PhD fschoen@partners.org
Children's Hospital Boston
	Site Miner, Children's Hospital Boston Martha Murray, MD martha.murray@childrens.harvard.edu		Site Miner, Children's Hospital Boston Frank Pigula, MD Frank.Pigula@cardio.chboston.org
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory		Massachusetts General Hospital
	Site Miner, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Dale Larson dlarson@draper.com 617-258-1000		Site Miner, Massachusetts General Hospital Warren Sandberg, MD, PhD mghcimitsiteminer@partners.org
Newton-Wellesley Hospital		VA Boston Healthcare System
	Site Miner, Newton-Wellesley Hospital Keith Isaacson, MD kisaacson@partners.org		Site Miner, VA Boston Healthcare System Brian Hoffman, MD brian.hoffman@med.va.gov

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