Lisa A Ferrara* and Diane Dobrea#
*OrthoKinetic Technologies, USA
# Kapstone Medical, USA
Biography
Dr. Lisa Ferrara is currently the Owner and President of OrthoKinetic Technologies LLC, and OrthoKinetic Testing Technologies, LLC, a medical device consulting and certified test facility that provide a turn-key approach for medical device evaluation. Academically, she was on staff for the Departments of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery respectively, at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF) in Ohio, where she founded the Spine Research Laboratory and served as the director from 1999 until 2003. During her 25 years of academic research, she has authored more than 50 technical publications, 25 book chapters, has been granted two patents, and given over 50 invited presentations on novel technologies, biomaterials, nanotechnology and nanomedicine, musculoskeletal and spinal biomechanics, surgical stabilization techniques and medical devices. She also serves on numerous scientific advisory boards and was the recent recipient of the Healthcare Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Coastal North Carolina, was highlighted as an industry expert in medical device testing and analysis, and was named Woman of the Year in 2015 by the National Association of Professional Women.
Abstract
Abstract : Workshop: Designing and evaluating protective gear and implants for safety and effectiveness
