Health system intelligence profile
University of Utah Health
Editorially verified · Last reviewed August 30, 2026
Intelligence summary
Documented successes: Bench to Bedside program's seventh year concluded with 39 new medical technologies presented; the center was formally dedicated as the James LeVoy Sorenson Center for Medical Innovation in April 2026; in-house staff include a Director of Regulatory Affairs (Spencer Walker, MSc) and a Lead Engineer (Dillon Despain) supporting clinician inventors; Executive Director Mark Paul is a 31-year medtech veteran and former Global President of Stryker's Neurovascular division
Mandate and remit
The University of Utah Center for Medical Innovation, dedicated in 2026 as the James LeVoy Sorenson Center for Medical Innovation, gives clinicians, residents and students a structured path from clinical need to commercialized device. Its flagship Bench to Bedside competition puts interdisciplinary student and clinician teams through a months-long build-and-pitch cycle that ends with a demonstration of working medical technology prototypes, and Bench to Bedside APEX extends support for the strongest teams. The center also runs fellowship and internship tracks in engineering, regulatory affairs and the Hansen Fellowship, staffed by an in-house engineering and regulatory team. Leadership is drawn from the medical device industry, and the center provides prototyping, regulatory strategy and commercialization guidance directly to University of Utah Health innovators.
These routes appear in the program's sourced public record.
Documented successes
Bench to Bedside program's seventh year concluded with 39 new medical technologies presented; the center was formally dedicated as the James LeVoy Sorenson Center for Medical Innovation in April 2026; in-house staff include a Director of Regulatory Affairs (Spencer Walker, MSc) and a Lead Engineer (Dillon Despain) supporting clinician inventors; Executive Director Mark Paul is a 31-year medtech veteran and former Global President of Stryker's Neurovascular division
Organizational home: Center for Medical Innovation (Bench to Bedside and Innovation Fellowships), University of Utah Health
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