Professionals, not professors.
Our faculty have hands-on experience developing and commercializing medical devices. Their teaching bridges theory and practice, drawn from real challenges across the product lifecycle. Students also engage with 20+ guest lecturers, venture capitalists and founders throughout the year.
David Zaharoff
Executive Director, MS-MedTechProfessor, Lampe Department of Biomedical Engineering, Adjunct Professor, UNC Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Eschelman School of Pharmacy
Matt Penny
Director, MS-MedTechFormer Managing Principal Engineer, Noah Medical
Nick Jardine
Adjunct Lecturer, MS-MedTechAssistant Director, R&D, Innovation at Becton Dickinson
John Hayes
Adjunct Lecturer, MS-MedTechDirector of Integrated Systems, Sanner Group
Kelly Umstead
Adjunct Lecturer, MS-MedTechAssociate Professor of Industrial Design + Director of Graduate Program in ID
John Hayes
John brings over 15 years of medical device experience developing breakthrough technologies from early-stage concept to production scale-up. For the last 9 years, he has worked for a contract engineering firm supporting both startups and Fortune 500 companies to resolve unmet clinical needs with combination drug-device products. As Director of Integration Systems, John leads a group of systems, software, and electrical engineers and manages a portfolio of electro-mechanical projects. John leads the medical device materials and manufacturing course (BME 504) which includes multiple industry leaders alongside hands-on design and fabrication, culminating with a finished, packaged medical device capstone project.