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Yale New Haven Health / Yale School of Medicine (Yale Ventures)
Editorially verified · Last reviewed August 30, 2026
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Established 2014
Documented successes: Established 2014; co-directed with Maxwell Laurans, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Vice President of Surgical Services at Yale New Haven Hospital; runs a Leadership Innovation Fellowship and recurring Clinical Pitch Night; published its model in Academic Medicine (2018) as one approach to accelerating impact from academic health care innovation
Mandate and remit
Yale CBIT was established in 2014 to educate the next generation of biomedical innovators and support commercialization of biomedical technology discovered at Yale, with an explicit focus on data science, diagnostics and devices. It offers clinicians, students and faculty a structured pathway from idea submission through mentorship, funding opportunities and courses, and it runs a Leadership Innovation Fellowship for clinical innovators. Events such as Clinical Pitch Night connect Yale New Haven Hospital clinicians with engineers, designers and investors, and the CBIT Mentors program pairs teams with experienced advisors. The center is co-directed by a biomedical engineering professor and a practicing neurosurgeon who is also Vice President of Surgical Services at Yale New Haven Hospital, and it operates under the Yale Ventures umbrella.
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Documented successes
Established 2014; co-directed with Maxwell Laurans, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Vice President of Surgical Services at Yale New Haven Hospital; runs a Leadership Innovation Fellowship and recurring Clinical Pitch Night; published its model in Academic Medicine (2018) as one approach to accelerating impact from academic health care innovation
Organizational home: Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology (CBIT), Yale New Haven Health / Yale School of Medicine (Yale Ventures)
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