By Ryan Van Wert
This article is an excerpt from a blog post originally published on biodesignalumni.com
The Stanford Biodesign Alumni Association recently dined with Angela Macfarlane, CEO of the ophthalmology incubator ForSight Labs at the October Tableside Chat.
MacFarlane has spent time with some of the fundamental medical device innovators in the industry, from Tom Fogarty, to ExploraMed, to The Foundry. She is currently the CEO of ForSight Labs, which she helped to create with Eugene de Juan, Jr. MD and The Foundry in 2005.
ForSight Labs has spun out 5 companies over the last 6 years, each focused on a key clinical need in ophthalmology, including device and drug-device combination products. MacFarlane has significant experience with the premier medical device incubators in Silicon Valley before taking the reins of ForSight
With 5 companies under her belt, she explains the key lessons she learned along the way, from Dr. Tom Fogarty to Eminem.
Click here to read the full blog post from Stanford Biodesign’s Alumni Blog
About the Author: Ryan Van Wert, MD is a post-doctoral fellow in pulmonary and critical care at the Stanford Medical Center and also serves as the 2012-2013 Cottrell Biodesign Innovation Fellow.