About the Instructors/Coaches Redesigning the Neonatal ICU 2014
Dr. William Rhine, Professor of Pediatrics Stanford University
Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
I have been participating in clinical research trials since my fellowship training here at Stanford. Over the past two decades, I have been either the principal investigator, co-PI, or participating investigators for over 20 clinical trials in neonatology, including studies of bilirubin encephalopathy, ECMO, and inhaled nitric oxide. As the medical director of the neonatal intensive care unit at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, I am responsible for the oversight of the policies, procedures and practices of the unit. We are fully committed to providing the best, evidence-based, consistent care possible, and our participation in the NICHD Neonatal Network has been an integral aspect of our operations for over two decades. For several years, I have participated in and held leadership roles in neonatology quality improvement collaboratives at the state (California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative, CPQCC) and national (Vermont-Oxford Network Neonatal Intensive Care Quality Collaborative, VON NICQ) level.
Jules Sherman, Owner, JS Design Group Inc. & Maternal Life, LLC
I have been a professional consumer product designer for over 15 years. In 2010 I was accepted to attend Stanford’s Graduate Design Program, where I concentrated on learning design-thinking methodology and pursued projects about family communication and healthcare. I started my consultancy in June 2012, which has a focus on health and wellness products. I have since been working for the biotech, mobile health, personal care and PERS (personal electronic response system) industries. Over the past two years my clients have included: The Clorox Company, Salutron, Whole Biome, QMedic Health, Suning US, and Great Call. In addition, I am developing Primo-Lacto, a closed system for colostrum collection for mothers who are unable, or choose not to breastfeed after birth.
CAPE (Center For Advanced Pediatric & Perinatal Education)
CAPE utilizes simulation-based methodologies and cutting-edge technologies to enhance team performance in the neonatal, pediatric and obstetric domains. Special thanks to the staff and clinicians at CAPE including:
Julie Arafeh, RN, MSN, Sr. Simulation Specialist – Obstetrics, CAPE
Kim Yaeger, RN, MEd, Sr. Simulation Specialist – Neonatology, CAPE
Alice Oliver, RN, Simulation Specialist – Neonatology, CAPE; also practicing neonatal nurse at Sequoia Hospital
Su Jin Cho, MD, Neonatology; Visiting Associate Professor in Division of Neonatology at CAPE from Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Anne de Veer, soon to be MD, Visiting Student Researcher at CAPE from Radboud University, the Netherlands
Yvet Benthem, soon to be MD, Visiting Student Researcher at CAPE from Radboud University, the Netherlands
Nicole Yamada, MD, Neonatology Fellow
Janene Fuerch, MD, Neonatology Fellow (on service for the week, so will help as able)
Barb Beebe, Business Manager, CAPE
Alba Rivera, Business Administrator, CAPE
Lou Halamek, Director, CAPE
Design Coaches:
Ratul Narain is a Stanford engineering graduate with experience developing medical products at Boston Scientific Embolic Protection, Johnson & Johnson (Cardiovasular), and Embrace Innovations (a social enterprise developing infant warmers in India). He is currently based in India, where he is founder of Bempu, a company developing an affordable and appropriately designed temperature monitoring solution for newborns in India. He is passionate about developing appropriate health technologies for resource-poor communities of the world.
Doug Schwandt, BA/BSME Columbia; MSME Stanford
Doug Schwandt, (BA/BSME Columbia; MSME Stanford) has extensive experience developing and packaging compact novel mechanisms and structures. His design background includes rehabilitation, exercise and medical device development, as both a biomedical engineer at the Palo Alto VA Rehab R&D Center (1980-2005) and through contract design projects, since 1986. His work at NASA developing space exercise devices resulted in the AlterG’s Anti-Gravity Treadmill product (MDEA Gold Medal, 2010). His on-going work at Kinea Design (now HDT Robotics), has included major contributions to the (2005 IDEA Silver Award winning) design of the Kine-Assist robot for physical therapy and the DARPA bionic arm (CBS 60 Minutes, 2013; National Geographic cover, 2010). Recognized internationally, he has been a Designer-in-Residence with the USIA, Design USA Exhibit (Novosibirsk, Siberia,1990), and an invited speaker with the Japan External Trade Organization (Okayama, 2000).
David Stark, MD
Dr. David Stark is a pediatric neurologist and is currently a postdoctoral fellow in biomedical informatics at Stanford University School of Medicine. Prior to Stanford, David completed his residency training in pediatrics and pediatric neurology at New York Presbyterian Hospital, where he served on several hospital-wide committees focused on patient safety and care coordination. He also worked with IBM Research and others on the development of advanced analytics for ICU patient monitoring and care delivery. David’s research background is in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience. He holds a BS in biology from Yale University and an MD from Harvard Medical School, where he was a recipient of the Soma Weiss Award for excellence in research. David is passionate about systems, design, and leveraging data to improve health and wellness.
David L. Jaffe, MS- Instructor at Stanford Mechanical Engineering Design Group
David L. Jaffe holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan and a MS degree in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University.Prior to coming to Stanford, he was a Research Biomedical Engineer at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System’s Rehabilitation Research and Development Center. In addition to organizing ENGR110/210 Perspectives in Assistive Technology, he contributes to other Stanford courses including defining the quarterly course projects in ME218 Smart Product Design, coaching project teams in ME113 Mechanical Engineering Design and ME294 Medical Device Design, as well as mentoring students working on assistive technology projects throughout the year.
Travis McCain, MS
Travis McCain holds a BS degree in Product Design from Stanford and a MS degree in Cellular and Integrative Physiology from IU School of Medicine. He is passionate about becoming a physician and applying his design background to innovate health care service delivery. While at Stanford, Travis was part of a successful Kickstarter campaign and held internships at the Center for Design Research and The World Bank. He has served as a teaching assistant in Design Thinking and the Art of Innovation as well as Health Care in America: An Introduction to U.S. Health Policy. He studied health policy making at Stanford’s Washington, D.C. campus, cross-cultural design in rural China and volunteered with the Stanford Papua New Guinea Medical Project. Travis just recently began a job as Care Coordination Designer at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital helping to prototype novel care models into the practices of neonatology, primary care and liver & kidney transplant.