Marc Koska, inventor of a life-saving syringe, shares the struggles, setbacks, breakthroughs and ultimate triumph of this technology’s 30-year odyssey from great idea to globally adopted reality.
Sigrid Fry-Revere, Founder and President of the Center for Ethical Solutions, discusses organ transplantation policy and provides an intriguing, if controversial living organ donation solution from abroad.
Patricia Horoho, Lieutenant General in the U.S. Army and the first woman and first nurse to serve as the Army’s Surgeon General, reveals how healthcare can cause harm …
Neuroscientist Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the NIH, applies a lens of addiction to the obesity epidemic.
Leslie Morgan Steiner, journalist and bestselling author, brings us along on her journey to learn the truth about a successful gestational surrogacy industry on the far side of …
Physician and public health advocate Leana Wen discussed a highly controversial approach to medical transparency and full disclosure.
Founder of NextGenU Erica Frank turns many assumptions about medical education on their heads with her revolutionary prescription for ending the global shortage of physicians.
At TEDMED 2014, entrepreneur Jen Hyatt tells how online social networks can act as a Greek chorus of support to those struggling with a mental illness.
Neurosurgeon and PhD researcher Uzma Samadani is the cofounder of Oculogica, a neurodiagnostic company that specializes in using eye-tracking technology to detect concussions and other brain injuries that …
Chef and physician John La Puma entertains us with his colorful demonstration of garbanzo guacamole on the TEDMED 2014 stage. His short talk is a brilliant testament to …