"The process of surgical innovations, it's a very long process. It's not like a one-year project that you can bring an idea to become a product."

- Philip Fullante, MD

This episode is a conversation with Dr. Philip Fullante. Dr. Philip is an Otorhinolaryngologist (ENT specialist) and Clinical Associate Professor at the UP Manila College of Medicine. In 2016, he underwent surgical innovations fellowship training at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). He's also a program administrator of the planned Surgical Innovation and Biotechnology Laboratory (SIBOL) program of the UP Manila College of Medicine and the Department of Science and Technology.

In this episode, we discuss

• Undergraduate story and motivations for going to medical school
• Experiences in clinical practice and choosing specializations
• Surgical Innovations Fellowship
  How he landed the opportunity
  Experiences during the fellowship
  Key Takeaways
• Projects involvements in biomedical innovations
• UP-SIBOL Program
• Wrap Up
  Advice for medical students who want to get into innovations in healthcare?
  Advice for engineers who want to work with clinicians and health professionals
  What’s next for biomedical innovations?
  

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Thanks to Seth Sanchez (@ primeblissrecords)  for the intro music.

This post was originally published on April 20, 2021.