Fellowship Outcomes

Learn more about how Stanford Biodesign fellowship alumni are making a meaningful difference in healthcare, and how Stanford Biodesign’s circle of impact is expanding across the health technology innovation ecosystem.

Start-Ups

Stanford Biodesign Fellowship alumni alone have founded 32 health technology companies* from their fellowship projects

  • Medical Cross Icon797,131 patients helped
  • Dollars Icon$453 million in funding raised
  • People Icon614 full-time employees
  • Progress Circle Icon71% are active 23% have been acquired or achieved another exit

These alumni have launched 35 additional health technology companies* beyond the fellowship

  • Medical Cross Icon1 million + patients helped
  • Dollars Icon$260 million in funding raised
  • People Icon287 full-time employees
  • Progress Circle Icon86% still active 12% have been acquired

* Companies have raised at least $250,000 in grant and/or professional funding and have licensed their IP from Stanford (if applicable).

84 percent of Biodesign Fellowship alumni have trained or coached others on the biodesign innovation process

Training & Education

84 percent of Biodesign Fellowship alumni have trained or coached others on the biodesign innovation process, with an average of 71 trainees per trainer and a total of 9,463 training experiences.

Company Advising

  • 2 out of 3Biodesign Fellowship alumni have helped or advised other medtech companies, many above and beyond their primary job.

Patents and Licenses

  • Lightbulb Icon2 out of 3 Biodesign Fellowship alumni are named as inventors on issued medtech patents.
  • Document Icon8.4 citations per inventorThese 105 alumni are named on issued patents a total of 878 times, for an average of 8.4 citations per inventor.

Publications

  • Pencil and Paper Icon> 1 in 3 Biodesign Fellowship alumni have authored peer-reviewed publications related to medtech innovation.
  • Paper Icon6.7 listings per authorThese alumni are named as authors on peer-reviewed articles a total of 384 times, for an average of 6.7 listings per author (see Innovation Research for a sample of these articles).

Leadership

Leadership Statistics Chart

Source: All statistics from the 2016 Stanford Biodesign Alumni Survey or our internal company tracking initiative.

More About Our Impact

Learn more about the Stanford Biodesigners, their exciting careers, and the impact they’re having in the healthcare field.