Her job is cool, really cool. Visit the operating room to watch surgeries live? Check. Talk to surgeons and nurses about how to make their instruments better? Check. Devise cutting-edge instruments a joystick-operated robot will use to perform surgeries? Check. Yes, very cool indeed - but being a biomedical engineer also involves behind-the-scenes design and development processes that require exacting rigor, thorough testing, detailed documentation, and organized project management - along with a big dollop of creativity and problem-solving. Our guest this week walks through the ins and outs of a biomedical engineering profession while sharing how she has risen to the executive ranks, what she has learned about being a leader in her field, and whom she hopes to inspire as a result.
