DxD HealthTech

05/27/2026

🚨 Update 🚨 The 2026 Healthtech Exploration Workshop is open to any industry interns with an interest in advancing . This change opens the doors even wider as we build community, foster belonging and provide mentorship for individuals committed to improving health outcomes for ALL.

The Healthtech Exploration Workshop is an immersive two-day experience that that adds value to your summer internship program and sets your interns up for long-term success in the industry.

If you're a healthtech hiring manager or company bringing on interns this summer, learn more and sign up here: https://hubs.li/Q04j4HB70

05/21/2026

"We do better together."

Pulmonx's Chief People Officer Lisa Paul recently sat down with DxD Executive Director Ingrid Ellerbe to talk about the why behind her steadfast commitment to training the next generation of diverse healthtech professionals.

Lisa and Pulmonx have participated in the DxD Pathways program, Speed Mentoring, the summer Healthtech Exploration Workshop, and hired students they first met through DxD.

Read the full Q&A:

Pulmonx's Chief People Officer Lisa Paul discusses the personal and professional value of volunteering with DxD Healthtech.

05/20/2026

“Believing in people unlocks potential. Fair systems ensure that potential has a path forward.”

Yared Oliveros and Ingrid Ellerbe Bly led a Fogarty Innovation Lunch and Learn on “Untapped Talent, Unmatched Value: Strategies for Inclusive Innovation.” The session focused on key takeaways from Lily Zheng’s Fixing Fairness and Charles Koch’s Believe in People.

Yared shared her personal experience being the only person who looked like her in a corporate job, and then convincing leaders to expand recruiting efforts beyond the same set of colleges, year after year. That one adjustment led to measurable changes in inclusiveness.

Ultimately, both individual talent and an organization’s systems matter for unlocking innovation and human potential.

“When organizations commit to both,” Yared says, “they create environments where innovation expands, leadership pipelines grow, organizations become stronger and more resilient.”

Thank you to all who participated – engaging in breakouts, sharing stories, and beginning to think about making just one small but impactful change within their own organizations.

Stay tuned for more conversations and a follow-up fireside chat in about 90 days.

05/19/2026

Sudarsan Ravindran is passionate about making medical device manufacturing “boring” — reliable, replicable, cost-effective. As a mechanical engineer who found his way into manufacturing engineering in the medtech industry, he knows that even the most amazing innovation only makes an impact if it can be produced by the thousands or millions.

Thank you, Sud for volunteering to talk to DxD students about your professional journey, and why manufacturing engineering is a critical part of the medtech lifecycle.

Are you interested in providing mentorship to DxD students? Let us know! We’re welcoming professionals who want to introduce themselves and their jobs to rising medtech talent, with the potential to match with a new mentor.

https://hubs.li/Q04h35TS0

05/15/2026

"During one of the most frightening moments of my life, advanced medical imaging changed everything."

For Belay Biratu, health technology is a literal life-saver. Because of his experience, he's pursuing a professional pivot and DxD's Pathways in Health Technology program is part of his process.

In , Belay learned from innovators at medical device companies about their product pathway from clinical need to real-world solution. Through workshops and career panels, he also "learned to network with purpose, communicate my story professionally with the right experts in the field of my interest, contribute to team settings, and prepare for internship opportunities in the field."

Read more about Belay's journey: https://hubs.li/Q04gPbJT0

Fogarty Innovation Stanford Biodesign

DxD participant Belay Biratu shares how health technology impacted his life as a a patient, leading him to pursue a career in healthtech.

05/13/2026

If you’re innovating for health disparities populations, this is for you: HLTH Foundation is accepting submission for its Techquity for Health Case Study Awards! Any organization, anywhere can submit an eligible project. Applications close May 29.

See here to learn more and apply: https://hubs.li/Q04gpfdF0

Plus, get a head start: Browse the Techquity Case Study Database to see top scoring submissions from past seasons at https://hubs.li/Q04gpsXc0

05/11/2026

"Your lived experience is your expertise."

Nada Hanafi spoke on the power of lived experience, intuition and grounded connection in her keynote last month. Those three things lay the foundation for peer-to-peer mentoring, in which both mentor and mentee grow together as they share their journey.

Watch the full keynote 👉🏾 https://hubs.li/Q04fRMB-0

05/05/2026

We're joining colleagues from Edwards Lifesciences for a Medtech Color webinar on an important challenge: How do we actually achieve equity in clinical studies?

This session will get into the real work—interpreting FDA expectations, understanding disease prevalence across populations, and building diversity action plans that go beyond intention.

Join us 🔗 https://hubs.li/Q04fqJn20

05/04/2026

As you build your career, brick by brick, think about diversifying with different roles and experiences to lay a solid foundation for the future. 🧱

Howard Rosen, who started his career in customer service for Boston Scientific, is now the co-founder and CEO of Evident Vascular, Inc. But there was no straight road from entry level to executive, he shared in his talk last month.

Howard's full keynote is now available: https://hubs.li/Q04fhJ2N0

04/27/2026

These are smiling faces of people from across the healthtech career span who carved 90 minutes out of their busy workday to share stories, uplift, and encourage one another.

DxD's sessions have become a favorite tradition for leaders in medtech to connect with rising talent and bond over unexpected obstacles, hard-won successes, non-linear career paths, and the deep and abiding power of mentorship.

Thank you to Howard Rosen, Nada Hanafi, and Matt Hillebrenner for sharing your journeys with us this time, and to all of the mentors and mentees who participated.