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Dr. Stephen Katz retires – celebrating a tremendous record of excellence
After 35 years of outstanding commit- ment to excellence at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Dr. Stephen Katz retired in June 2021. Dr. Katz was a master educator in the classroom – students would often talk in the hall- ways after class about the vibrant class and that they did not want to miss the next class! Dr. Katz served IBP as the Director of Education, Associate Direc- tor of Graduate Studies and Director of Graduate Studies. Dr. Katz was awarded every teaching award possible from the medical school, dental school, and uni- versity. He won these awards with such frequency he was awarded the Life- time teaching award and then banned from future competitions so others might have a chance to win! In honor of Dr. Katz’s exemplary teaching, the Dr. Stephen Katz Excellence in Education Award was created and the inaugural re- cipient of the award is Dr. Lisa Carney Anderson. Thank you, Dr. Katz for your exceptional dedication to IBP and the University!
ALUM HIGHLIGHT:
Kadambari Shekar graduated from the IBP Ph.D. program in 2019. She currently is a Scientist/Study Director at American Preclinical Services. Her role as a Study Director includes design, planning and execution of preclinical animal studies to evaluate the performance, efficacy, safety and/or post-market surveillance of medical devices. In this role, she also works with a variety of interventional and surgical medical devices that are in different stages of the development, from preliminary benchtop versions to those that are already in clinical trials for human use. These include Class 1 (eg.
bandaids, reusable scalpels, etc.), Class 2 (eg. Gloves, catheters, syringes, etc.) or
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Class 3 (pacemakers, defibrillators, implanted prosthetics, etc.) medical devices, where
preclinical testing typically has to be performed in compliance with FDA regulations. As part of this role, she also is the liaison between the clients and several internal teams that help with successful conduct of the study.