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1-Year
Certificate Program

LEVERAGING EXCELLENCE     FACILITATING INNOVATION     IMPACTING LIVES

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3D SCHOLARS PROGRAM

CLINICIAN LEADERS WITH A SOPHISTICATED UNDERSTANDING OF MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT

The growing demands on our healthcare system, brought about by an aging population and shrinking resources, require new technologies to better meet our patients' medical needs.

 

To this end, we must develop partnerships between academic medicine, regulators, and industry to develop new therapies efficiently. This requires a corps of active clinicians with a sophisticated understanding of the medical device development process.

 

Dartmouth is leading this effort to address this widely recognized need.

3D SYMPOSIUM
How we got here

For over twenty years, Dartmouth Health, and the Geisel School of Medicine, has convened a unique and preeminent annual think tank meeting for the medical device ecosystem which includes leaders representing the clinical, business, governmental, financial and legal sectors. The 3D Symposium led by Dr. Aaron Kaplan, Professor of Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine, is an internationally respected program. This annual forum provides an opportunity to exchange ideas and address common challenges as the community – academics, clinicians, regulators, investors, industry-strives to bring new life-saving technologies to market.
 

Building on the success of the Symposium, the Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth Health is establishing the 3D Scholars Program at Dartmouth with the goal of advancing the medical device development process to improve the health of our patients. 

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2024 - 3D Symposium
Hanover NH

Why become a 3D Scholar

The 3D Scholars Program designed by Dartmouth Health and Geisel School of Medicine will give practicing clinicians the opportunity to be immersed in the complex process of medical device development, preparing them for leadership roles in this critical field

1-Year
Certificate Program

Concrete skills to bring a medical device to market

Gain expertise from a targeted curriculum that combines the strengths of medical device leaders in regulatory, policy & innovation. The 3D Scholars program equips physicians with an advanced understanding of the field to drive progress in medical device development while also shaping the future of the industry. Designed specifically to address the unique challenges of device development, the 3D Scholars curriculum covers topics related to device development including: innovation, legal, venture capital, regulatory, and manufacturing.

Collaborate with renowned faculty, innovators and a talented, diverse community of peers

The 3D Scholars program at Dartmouth will lead the way in education for advancing the medical device ecosystems. The faculty, features internationally recognized professors from the Tuck School of Business and the Geisel School of Medicine as well as partners in the device development field from across the country all of whom are fully dedicated the success of the 3D Scholars.

 

Partners from the FDA, CMS, Fogarty Innovation, and the medical device industry will provide targeted expertise and networking to promote exploration into the medical device ecosystem during the program and beyond.

 

Each cohort will bring together a remarkable and diverse group of professionals—physicians, regulators, payers, innovators and policymakers—unified by the shared mission of advancing medical device development.

APPLICATION

Applications Open
Feb 3 2025

Position availability:
We are currently accepting applications for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Application requirements:

To apply for the 3D Fellows Scholar Program please prepare the following materials.

01

Personal Statement describing why you want to train as a 3D Scholar and your relevant qualifications
(not to exceed1 page)

02

Biography (250 words or less)

03

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

04

Two Reference Letters

  a. Mentor/Supervisor

  b. Peer

05

Letter from Chief or equivalent including the following
  a. Attestation that the Scholar will
     have time to 
attend all program         activities

  b. Support for Tuition of $51,750USD

06

Attestations

  a. Commitment to attend all
      retreats & Seminars

  b. Of US Citizenship/US Resident

07

Tuition Assistance Application         

Tuition assistance is available

Tuition Assistance Application Form

(download, complete and include with application)

 

For information regarding the application process or eligibility, please contact
Joanie Moritz-Smith, Program Manager

Joanie.Moritz-Smith@hitchcock.org

Please combine all required items in the order listed into one or two PDF documents to upload below & complete the application form.

3D Scholars Application Form

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