DMD Conference

Congratulations to our Great Medtech Pitch Live Competition winners! 🏆 Grand Prize: Meld Bio 🥈 2nd Place: Vascudyne Living Tissue #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM | #MeldBio | #Vascudyne

Student Design Showcase winners: 🏆 Grand Prize: Ergonomic Vacuum Resectoscope for Enhanced Transurethral Bladder Tumor Resection 🥈 2nd Place: Reel-IV: Reel-ing in IV dislodgement through safer, tangle-free mobility 🥉 3rd Place: Secure Nasogastric Unit for Growth (S.N.U.G)

Can them if you can 🥇🏃‍♀️💨 Thank you to everyone who came and dusted off those running shoes at the DMD 5.10k Fun Run & Road Race. Stay tuned to see some of our runners answer some trivia questions. 🤭 #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM

So many wonderful highlight moments for #DMD2026, so of course we had to share one last conference recap! 😉 #UMNProud | #UMNIEM

Still buzzing over all the wonderful speakers and sessions from today! Thank you to everyone who came. 🫶 #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM

Last day of DMD 2026! Here is the schedule for today. Please head to dmd.umn.edu/agenda for more information. #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM

What an inspirational day seeing so many rooms filled with innovators coming together! See you tomorrow for our last day of DMD 2026. #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM

Happy DMD 2026! Today, we kicked off the conference with the Innovation Workshop. Thank you to everyone who attended. #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM @VisibleHeartLab

Happy DMD 2026! Here is today's schedule. Please go to the DMD website to learn more details about the Innovation Workshop. dmd.umn.edu/workshop #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM

Directions from Washington Ramp 🚗 or the Graduate Hotel 🏨 to McNamara Alumni Center📍 #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM

Directions from University Ramp 🚗 to McNamara Alumni Center📍 #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM

Learn from Natalie Livingston (@MassGeneralNews), Loic Van Dieren (@MassGeneralNews), Abhilash Ohja (@UMNews), Tony Consiglio (@UMNews), Oziri Onyinyechukwu (@UMNews), Laskshya Gangwar (@UMNews), and Alison Ting (Gala Life). #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM

Thank you to @UMNMDC, @BlackrockNeuro_, IRD Glass, NAMSA, Harland Medical Systems, @UMNIEM, MPS Microsystems, and TEMA for being our Associate Sponsors for the 25th DMD Conference! #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM

Learn from Julie Allickson (@MassGeneralNews), Nilay Chakraborty (Instant Systems Inc.), Erik Finer (@UMNews), Johnna Temenoff (@GeorgiaTech/@EmoryUniversity), Natalie Livingston (@MassGeneralNews), and Uzair Rajput (Instant Systems Inc.). #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM

PDIC Panel 2: Pediatric Devices Commercialization and Clinical Impact: Industry Experiences Learn from Alisa Niksch (Owlet), Kolaleh Eskandanian (KPI), Annamarie Saarinen (@BloomStandard), and Dori Jones (AcQumen Medical). #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM

Sebastian Giwa (Maximize Bio), Laura Deming (@untillabs), Gloria Elliott (@ARPA_H), Gregory Fahy (21st Century Medicine, Inc.), Dominka Wilczok (@DukeU), Korkut Uygun (@Harvard Medical School), and Dan Chen (NSF ATP-Bio). #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM

Pediatric Cardiac Technologies Learn from Juan Carlos Samayo (@UMNews), Alisa Niksch (Owlet Baby Care, Inc.), Danielle Gottlieb Sen (Le Bonheur Children's Hospital), and Deidra Ansah (@TexasChildrens). #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM

Here from Cory Criss (Midwest Pediatric Device Consortium), Kolaleh Eskandanian (KPI), Juan Espinoza (@LurieChildrens) Julia Finkel (Alliance National Pediatric Device Consortium), Kunj Sheth Stanford Biodesign Impact Leanne West (@shrinershosp) #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM

Thank you to Avio Medtech Consulting and @OpenwaterHealth for being our Associate Sponsors for the 25th DMD Conference! #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM | #Avio | #Openwater

Learn how to include computational models in your FDA submission with Martin Tanaka (@WCU) and Pras Pathmanathan (@FDA). #DMD2026 | #UMNProud | #UMNIEM