How MUSC Turns Clinical Problems Into Funded Startups

About this episode

The episode explores how MUSC develops healthcare innovations into funded startups through insights from industry leaders.

How are we doing? Who do you want to learn from next? Text us with notes and ideas. Most people talk about “fixing healthcare” from the outside. We wanted the view from inside the machine. So we sat down with Todd Headley, CEO of the Zucker Institute for Innovation Commercialization at MUSC, and Bob Crutchwell, Managing Director of the 1824 Fund and the South Carolina Health Innovation Fund, to unpack how healthcare innovation actually gets built, tested, protected, and funded in Charleston...

People in this episode

Guests: Todd Headley, Bob Crutchwell

Topics covered

• healthcare innovation
• startups
• funding
• Charleston
• clinical problems

Keywords

• healthcare
• innovation
• startups
• funding
• MUSC
• Charleston

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MUSC, Zucker Institute for Innovation Commercialization, 1824 Fund, South Carolina Health Innovation Fund

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