Ronald Newbower, PhD, Co-founder, Strategic Director & Chief Tech. Officer, CIMIT

Dr. Newbower is Co-founder, Strategic Director and Chief Technology Officer of CIMIT, an innovative multi-institutional $12M-per-year Center designed to accelerate the development of cost-effective medical technologies. As the former Vice President for Research Management of Partners HealthCare, which includes the Massachusetts General Hospital, the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, McLean Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital,Ron dealt with all the corporate issues related to support of their unique biomedical research programs, comprising $900M/year in aggregate.  Mr. Newbower holds faculty appointments in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. His academic activities include work on development of minimally invasive technologies, and on implementation of new systems technologies in the healthcare system.  His past work includes leading the Bioengineering group at MGH which conducted pioneering studies, 30 years ago, of human error in medical care.  Research concepts of his have led to the development of several high-technology products currently used worldwide in anesthesia and intensive care.  With a Bachelors degree from MIT, Ron holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University in solid-state physics.  Honors include the Arnold O. Beckman Award for Innovation from the Instrument Society of America, and election as a Fellow in the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering.